2012 ITU Triathlon World Championship Series Announced
2012 ITU Triathlon World Championship Series Announced
As was just announced at the 24th ITU Congress, the ITU is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2012 ITU Triathlon World Championship Series.
The 2012 edition will travel to eight world class host cities on four continents, offering more geographic spread.
2012 ITU World Championship Series Schedule
| Race 1 | Sydney, Australia | April 14-15 |
| Race 2 | San Diego, USA | May 12-13 |
| Race 3 | Madrid, Spain (final event in Olympic qualifying) | May 26-27 |
| Race 4 | Kitzbühel, Austria | June 23-24 |
| Race 5 | Hamburg, Germany | July 21-22 |
| Race 6 | Lausanne, Switzerland | August 25-26 |
| Race 7 | Yokohama, Japan | September |
| Race 8 | Grand Final: Auckland, New Zealand | October 20-22 |
Race 3 in Madrid is the final Olympic qualifying event. Race 6 in Lausanne includes the ITU Team Triathlon Championships.
The 2012 ITU Triathlon World Cup season will be announced at the end of September.
All elite women's and men's races will be broadcast live to an international audience and streamed online live. In 2011, the series was broadcast in more than 160 countries.
The first event of 2012 takes place in Sydney for the third straight year. After Sydney, the series welcomes a new city - San Diego, the birthplace of our sport.
Then the series shifts to Europe, starting with Madrid, the final event in the Olympic qualification period.
Kitzbühel will be a host city for the fourth straight year and the 2012 edition will feature a redesigned course with a more demanding and hillier bike course.
Hamburg will stage the final round before the 2012 Olympic Games but the races will be a sprint distance.
For the second straight year, the Olympic capital of Lausanne will host the Sprint and Team Triathlon World Championships on the last weekend of August.
In September the series travels to Japan for its only Asian stop in Yokohama for the penultimate round.
The ITU World Champions will then be crowned in Auckland, New Zealand at the 2012 Grand Final.
Courtesy of the International Triathlon Union - Internal News
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