It’s under a month until the Glasgow 2018 European Championships, but ahead of that it’s the elite sprint distance championships this weekend in Estonia as well as the paratriathlon and Age Group standard distance races. Closer to home, Age Group athletes have a chance to be crowned national aquathlon champion and youth and juniors head to Houghton for the Super Saturday Tri.
2018 Tartu ETU Triathlon European Championships
Four days of race includes elite junior, senior and Paratriathlon sprint racing as well as Age Group standard distance races.
Paratriathletes kick off the action on Thursday with Andy Lewis aiming for his third European title. Dave Ellis has won all of his 2018 races to date, and Lauren Steadman looks to be in the form of her life aiming for an unprecedented sixth European title.
Sophie Coldwell will lead the Elite Women’s squad after winning the ITU World Cup event in Tiszaujvaros earlier this month.
A full preview of the event can be found here.
Elite Men: James Chantler-Mayne (Junior), Steve Crowley (PTS4), Marcus Dey (Junior), Sam Dickinson, Dave Ellis (PTVI), Sam Hart (Junior), Andy Lewis (PTS2), Chris Perham, Grant Sheldon, Daniel Slater (Junior), Ryan Taylor (PTS3), Joe Townsend (PTWC)
Elite Women: Sophie Alden, Fran Brown (PTS2), Claire Cashmore (PTS5), Sinead Clark (Junior), Sophie Coldwell, Olivia Mathias, Hannah Moore (PTS4), Alison Patrick (PTVI), Beth Potter, Lauren Steadman (PTS5), Erin Wallace (Junior), Kate Waugh (Junior)
Triathlon England National Aquathlon Championships – Monster Aquathlon
Triathlon England host their National Aquathlon Championships this Sunday in Peterborough with Age Group athletes competing to be crowned Triathlon England Championship.
To learn more about the qualification process please visit here.
Hetton Lyons Super Saturday Tri
Following on from a successful year, Houghton hosts the Hetton Lyons Super Saturday Tri in which Youth, Junior and Tri Star athletes will all be racing.
More about the event here.
