It’s going to be another exciting weekend of swim, bike, run as British triathletes get ready to race at the latest World Triathlon Cup and over the middle distance at the first PTO Canadian Open where nine British pro triathletes are expected to feature.
Mallory Park in Leicestershire will host both the latest event in the British Triathlon Super Series for youth, junior and senior athletes as well as the Triathlon England Sprint Distance Triathlon Championships.
World Triathlon Cup Pontevedra (24 July)
The third of this year’s World Triathlon Cups will be hosted in Pontevedra, Spain where seven British triathletes will take to the start line on Sunday (24 July).
Barclay Izzard and Kate Waugh will both be back in action having raced at World Triathlon Championship Series Hamburg two weeks ago, including being part of Great Britain’s winning mixed relay team.
Waugh will be joined on the women’s start line by Sophie Alden, who was second at Europe Triathlon Premium Cup Holten at the start of the month, and Iona Miller, who will compete at her first World Triathlon Cup.
Joining Izzard on the men’s start list is Tom Bishop, who won bronze at Europe Triathlon Premium Cup Holten and also finished fourth over the middle distance at Challenge Wales since claiming mixed relay silver at AJ Bell 2022 WTCS Leeds.
Also competing in Pontevedra are Harry Leleu and Jack Willis who both competed at the opening World Triathlon Cup in Arzachena with Willis arriving in Spain off the back of consecutive silver medals at Europe Triathlon Cups including the Premium Cup in Holten.
The racing will be over the standard distance in Pontevedra, with both the men’s and women’s races available to watch on triathlonlive.tv.
PTO Canadian Open (23 & 24 July)
History will be made this weekend when nine British pro triathletes compete at the PTO Canadian Open, the first ever PTO Tour event.
The debut tour and event has been developed by the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and will see the world’s best pro triathletes battle for a share of the $1million prize purse on offer, as well as a 10 per cent PTO points bonus.
Many of the world’s best pro long course triathletes will be competing at the PTO Canadian Open in Edmonton over a 2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run.
There could be as many as six British pro women on the start line with Nikki Bartlett, Fenella Langridge, Holly Lawrence, India Lee, Emma Pallant-Browne and Laura Siddall all medalling at events in 2022.
Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee is on the men’s pro start list, along with Joe Skipper, who successfully went sub seven hours over the Ironman distance last month, and David McNamee.
The women’s pro race is on Saturday (23 July), starting at 17:45 (UK Time), with the men’s pro race a day later at 19:45. The race will be broadcast live on Eurosport – details of how to watch can be found below.
British Triathlon Super Series Mallory Park (25 July)
Youth, junior and senior athletes competing in this year’s British Triathlon Super Series will head to Mallory Park where there will be a final opportunity to collect Super Series points before the British Triathlon Super Series Grand Final in Sunderland.
It’s set to be a full day of action around the Leicestershire motor racing circuit with athletes competing in the heats in the morning and then the finals in the afternoon before an opportunity to compete in the event-closing mixed relay.
As with all events in the British Triathlon Super Series, points will be on offer depending on an athlete’s finish position which will then be used to calculate the updated overall standings.
Triathlon England Sprint Distance Triathlon Championships (24 July)
Mallory Park will be the venue for the Triathlon England Sprint Distance Triathlon Championships where the latest English national titles and medals will be awarded.
The National Sprint Distance Championships will form part of the draft-legal waves at Mallory Park Sprint Triathlon, organised by Race Rapid Mallory. Athletes will complete a 750m lake swim, 18km bike and 5km run with the bike and run both including sections on the motor racing circuit.
To be eligible for a Triathlon England National Championship medal, athletes must be a Triathlon England member and hold a valid Triathlon England race licence (Core or Ultimate membership).
Great Britain Age-Group Team Qualifier at Castle Howard Triathlon (24 July)
Castle Howard Triathlon will be the latest opportunity for age group athletes wanting to qualify to represent the Great Britain Age-Group Team at the 2023 European Middle Distance Duathlon Championships.
Castle Howard, in North Yorkshire, will provide a stunning setting for the qualifier, which is part of a weekend of swim, bike, run organised by the Castle Race Series.
Athletes must register their intent to qualify for the 2023 Championships by 5pm on the Friday before the qualifying race, as well as entering the qualifying race itself.
