Hyde Park live on the BBC and Twitter

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The world’s best triathletes compete in the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship London presented by Tata Steel on 24 and 25 July, with both men’s and women’s races broadcast live on the BBC.

The elite women’s race will be broadcast on the BBC Red Button from 13.00 on Saturday 24 July. The action will include former world champion, Helen Jenkins and current U23 world champion Hollie Avil, who will both be aiming to perform well in front of a home crowd. 

Last weekend’s French Grand Prix winner, Jodie Stimpson, current long distance world champion, Jodie Swallow, will also race, along with Vicky Holland, who finished 5th last weekend in Hamburg, and Liz Blatchford.  

The elite men’s race will be broadcast live on BBC2 from 15.00 on Sunday 25 July. Tim Don will race and aim to continue his excellent form, having finished third in Hamburg last weekend. Current world champion, Alistair Brownlee, races alongside his brother Jonathan, with Stuart Hayes, Will Clarke and Olly Freeman also competing.

The weekend also includes a youth and junior aquathlon and paratriathlon event on Saturday 24 July. Sprint distance age group races will be held on Saturday, and on Sunday Age Group athletes will be racing over the standard distance before the elite men’s race.

Throughout the two days, you can also follow all the action on twitter. So log on and follow @BritTri

There are also video's on YouTiube, including Helen Jenkins talking about her season so far and thoughts on Lonodn. Click here to watch the video.