The final wildcard selections for the PTO 2020 Championship at Challenge Daytona are known
The Professional Triathletes Organisation today announced that Lucy Hall, Chris Leiferman, Simone Mitchell and James Cunnama have been selected as wildcards for the PTO 2020 Championship at CHALLENGEDAYTONA®. In the final round of wildcard selections, the PTO’s focus was on Category 2 and 3 of our published criteria. Category 2 covers newer professionals who, because of the […]
PTO announces Sam Long, Danielle Dingman, Magnus Ditlev and Renee Kiley as wildcard selections for PTO 2020 Championship at Challenge Daytona
The Professional Triathletes Organisation today announced that Sam Long, Danielle Dingman, Magnus Ditlev and Renee Kiley have been selected as wildcards for the PTO 2020 Championship at CHALLENGEDAYTONA®. In Sam Long and Magus Ditlev we see the young guns of the sport, rightfully stepping up to a championship calibre competition. Both in their early 20’s, their […]
Jonny Brownlee, Angela Naeth, Henri Schoeman and Lisa Norden announced as next wildcards selection for PTO 2020 Championship at Challenge Daytona
The Professional Triathletes Organisation today announced that Jonny Brownlee, Lisa Norden, Henri Schoeman and Angela Naeth have been selected as wildcards for the PTO 2020 Championship at CHALLENGEDAYTONA®. Charles Adamo, Executive Chairman of PTO, commented, “Our third round of wildcard selections is filled with Olympic medallists and a gritty Canadian. With Britain’s Jonny Brownlee and South […]
Another four world class athletes added to stunning PTO 2020 Championship start list at Challenge Daytona
The Professional Triathletes Organisation today announced that Tim Don, Flora Duffy, Gustav Iden and Jessica Learmonth have been selected as wildcards for the PTO 2020 Championship at CHALLENGEDAYTONA®. Charles Adamo, Executive Chairman of PTO, commented, “The second round of wildcard selections were as easy to make as the first. With these four tremendous world-class athletes added […]
Professional Triathletes announces first wildcard selections for PTO 2020 Championship at Challenge Daytona
The Professional Triathletes Organisation today announced that Vincent Luis, Nicola Spirig, Kristian Blummenfelt and Georgia Taylor-Brown have been selected as wildcards for the PTO 2020 Championship at CHALLENGEDAYTONA® Charles Adamo, Executive Chairman of PTO, commented, “It certainly was not a difficult decision for the non-athlete members of the PTO Board to select these four world-class athletes […]
Calvià is preparing for the 2021 edition of Challenge Peguera Mallorca
CHALLENGEFAMILY and the “Fundación Calvià” have extended the contract that unites them for three years for the development of this triathlon event in the municipality CHALLENGEPEGUERA-MALLORCA is one of the main tourist-sports events in Calvià “Fundación Calvià 2004” and CHALLENGEFAMILY have extended the contract that links both entities for the celebration, in Calvià, of the […]
Automatic qualifiers PTO 2020 Championship at Challenge Daytona
The top 40 male and female athletes in the PTO World Rankings on both January 1st 2020 and March 15th 2020 gained automatic qualification to the PTO 2020 Championship and can be seen below. Of the three Collins Cup regions, Team Europe is the best represented with over half of the qualifiers, followed by Team […]
Best drills to improve your swimming by Kieran Lindars
Kieran Lindars is one of the best swimmers in the world of triathlon! To help you improve your swimming, he’s sharing his favourite and most valuable swimming drills with you. Kieran is only 23 years old, but is already one of the best swimmers in the triathlon world. In his first full distance race, the […]
Sebastian Kienle’s favourite recipe
Do you ever ask yourself what top athletes actually eat? How do they manage to remain fit enough for both training and competition? One thing is for sure, nutrition plays a large role. With this in mind, PowerBar wanted to share some of the top athletes’ favourite recipes with you. Today: Sebastian Kienle. Dish: “Mediterranean” spinach […]
Challenge Gunsan-Saemangeum wants to offer their athletes a race: the world’s first multi-day indoor triathlon event!
As you all know, it’s a weird year. We almost haven’t had any events, as most had to be cancelled or postponed, cause of the COVID19-virus. In a normal year, at the end of this month CHALLENGEGUNSAN-SAEMANGEUM, our race in Korea, would have taken place. Unfortunately this race couldn’t happen as well, but the team […]
Challenge North America announces new race for 2021: Challenge Miami
CHALLENGENORTHAMERICA®– an organization led by athletes to help enhance race experiences for athletes and their families— has announced expansion efforts with an exciting new race to be held at the Homestead-Miami Speedway®. The CHALLENGEMIAMI™ Triathlon Festival of events weekend will be held March 12-14, 2021 as the first premier event of 2021 at the NASCAR® […]
No-Limit Challenge in Almere huge success despite corona: ‘Always fun to participate’
“Just hurry up.” She said it with a happy smile, but Brittany’s intentions were clear: there had to be no delay during the No-Limit Challenge which just took place, despite all the corona measures in The Netherlands. For Brittany, it was her sixth participation in the No-Limit Challenge, which is meant for people with intellectual […]
PTO and Challenge Family announce allocation of € 40.000,- prize money to professionals and age groupers at cancelled Challenge Davos race
The Professional Triathletes Organisation and CHALLENGEFAMILY today announced that they will be supporting both the professional and age grouper athletes at the recently cancelled CHALLENGEDAVOS race. CHALLENGEDAVOS was forced to be cancelled after the swim start when dangerous weather conditions moved in. The Professional Triathletes Organisation will be paying in full the €21,000 in professional […]
Challenge Davos canceled due to thunderstorm: disappointed athletes reward organization with applause
The disappointment among athletes was huge, but at the same time they fully understood the decision just taken by the organization of CHALLENGEDAVOS: the race had to be cancelled due to very bad weather conditions. While the race was just underway and the male pro’s were only two kilometers on the bike, the pouring rains […]
World-class athletes can’t wait for Challenge Davos: ‘Oh my god, this is really going to happen’
With just one more night to sleep until the start of CHALLENGEDAVOS in the Swiss Alps, pro athletes are already starting to feel their nerves pretty good. After months of no races, an incredibly strong field of athletes will swim 1.9 kilometers in the crystal clear waters of Davos, 54.4 kilometers over the world-famous Flüelapass […]
Challenge Family introduces sustainability program: global partnership Soles4Souls to reduce waste
Knowing that CHALLENGEFAMILY has a big impact on the triathlon community, it introduces a sustainability program. One of the first of multiple goals of this program is not only to create awareness on the challenges that our planet is facing, but more specifically to waste reduction. “Unless action is taken, global waste will increase from […]
World class field at Challenge Davos: ‘Looking forward to a spectacular race’
In a few days time – August 28th and August 29th – CHALLENGEDAVOS will be held for the fourth time in total. It’s considered the first CHALLENGEFAMILY race of the 2020 calendar and thus also the first major triathlon in Switzerland. Despite many corona-related adjustments, many international triathlon stars will not miss the opportunity to […]
Professional Triathletes Organisation announces doubling the Challenge Davos prize purse
The Professional Triathletes Organisation today announced that it will be contributing 21,000 Euros to the prize purse at CHALLENGEDAVOS, more than doubling the prize money at the event. Charles Adamo, Executive Chairman of the PTO, commented, “With the pandemic wreaking havoc on the 2020 racing season, the PTO has been seeking ways to support our […]
Sebastian Kienle about Challenge Davos: ‘rewarded with an absolutely ridiculous strong pro field’
One of the biggest names at CHALLENGEDAVOS will be Sebastian Kienle. The German former World Champion is looking forward to August 29th and can’t wait to get back racing: “I’m definitely not peeking right now, that’s for sure. Still I think I will be in a pretty good shape, because basically I was very strong […]
Challenge Davos: The world’s best athletes come to race Swiss Alps
After a period of almost no races at all, CHALLENGEDAVOS promises to be a true spectacle on August 29th. While the race – which takes place at the beautiful Swiss Alps – is now completely sold out, we can look forward to one of the most heavily occupied pro fields ever. No less than 49 […]
CHALLENGEBLED postponed to 2021
We are very sorry to announce that CHALLENGEBLED will not take place this year. After we already had to move our race from May 2020 to September 2020, we now unfortunately have no choice but to move our race in its entirety to September 2021. We are still working on a suitable date to organize […]
Title defender Pieter Heemeryck about Challenge Davos: ‘This pro field resembles that of a World Championship’
All editions Belgian Pieter Heemeryck started at CHALLENGEDAVOS. Not with the slightest success, because he was runner-up twice in the Swiss mountains and once, last year, he won the iconic race. This year he will be at the start again and on August 29th he will do everything he can to defend his title. “I […]
There will be no Challenge Peguera Mallorca 2020: “Due to responsibility and quality standards”
The organisation of CHALLENGE-PEGUERA MALLORCA reports the cancellation of the edition of the event that was planned for the 17th of October, 2020. A decision that has been made after analysing all circumstances and seeing the impossibility of being able to carry out this important event whilst maintaining the quality standards that have been offered […]
Webinar: season planning – Lubos Bilek
To help you with your training, we have, together with Lubos Bilek of LB-training, made you a series of three webinars about training! The topics of the webinars are: General training theory Season planning Race planning The topic of this second webinar is season planning. In this webinar Lubos will explain how to prepare for […]
Webinar – Race week preparations – by Kieran Lindars
We all hope we can race again soon. At the moment it looks like we can race again by the end of August at CHALLENGEDAVOS. Time to host a webinar that helps you to prepare for your next race! How to prepare for your next race? What should you do in the week before a race? […]
Professional Triathletes Organisation announces appointment of Chris Kermode as Vice Chairman
LONDON, ENGLAND: The Professional Triathletes Organisation today announced that it has appointed Chris Kermode as its Vice Chairman and member of the Board of Directors. Chris started his career as a journeyman tennis professional from 1985-1988, after which he held a number of leadership positions in tennis. From 2013-2019, Chris served as Executive Chairman and […]
Webinar: general training theory – Lubos Bilek
To help you with your training, we have, together with Lubos Bilek of LB-training, made you a series of three webinars about training! The topics of the webinars are: General training theory Season planning Race planning The topic of this first webinar is general training theory. In this webinar Lubos will explain the basic principles […]
Challenge Bled to take place on September 19th and 20th, no ETU European Championships
CHALLENGEBLED is still scheduled to take place on the weekend of September 19th and 20th. At the moment the local organisation is very busy making protocols on how to organise the event during this COVID-19 time. They are working closely with the local authorities, and looking forward to welcome you all in Slovenia coming September. […]
Challenge Davos takes place as planned on August 29th
We are really happy that our patience paid off. At the end of June the Swiss Federal Council allowed events for up to 1,000 people paving the way for the fourth edition of CHALLENGEDAVOS at the end of August. However the event is limited to 700 competitors due to corona regulations. For a long time […]
Challenge Kaiserwinkl-Walchsee introduces ‘Solo Challenge’: ‘Doing nothing is not an option’
Unusual times require unusual solutions. It’s with this mindset CHALLENGEKAISERWINKL-WALCHSEE is introducing their Solo Challenge, which gives athletes the chance to participate in their own race. “Unfortunately we had to cancel our planned 11th edition of CHALLENGEKAISERWINKL-WALCHSEE , including the ETU European Championship on June, 28th. But do nothing, is not an option”, said by […]
Brand new Challenge Bled will host the 2020 ETU European Championships: ‘Memorable race for years to come’
While CHALLENGEBLED is scheduled for the weekend of 18-20 September 2020, European athletes can look forward to more than ‘just’ a race in the pearl of Slovenia. It is with pride that CHALLENGEFAMILY announces that this brand new CHALLENGEBLED will host the 2020 ETU Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships, ETU Aquathlon European Championships and ETU […]
Webinar – Open water swimming tactics by Kieran Lindars
Open water swimming is known as one of the most difficult parts of a triathlon. When starting his career, Kieran Lindars was struggling to find information about the different tactics there are. That’s why he has made a video for all of you, sharing his experiences. The result: an in-dept guide for open water swimming […]
Professional Triathletes unite at Challenge Florianopolis 2020 with a $60,000 prize purse supported by Challenge Brasil and the Professional Triathletes Organisation
Today was announced that CHALLENGEBRASIL, CHALLENGEFAMILY, and PROFESSIONAL TRIATHLETES ORGANISATION – PTO will work side by side in the edition of CHALLENGEFLORIANÓPOLIS 2020, which will take place in the Brazilian city of Florianópolis – SC, on November 29. The partnership signed aims at valuing Triathlon in Brazil and strengthening the event on a global scale, through […]
The Championship 2020 Age group race has been cancelled: registrations and qualifications move on to next year
The postponement of CHALLENGEFAMILY THECHAMPIONSHIP to August 16th, as communicated a few weeks ago, was based on hope for better times. Although the situation is improving, at this point of time it turns out to be impossible to host a big event with many participants and today the organisers had had to make the final […]
The Almere Multisport World Championships moved to 2021, organisation still aims to organise a regular race
During a World Triathlon Board meeting held this Thursday, the Executive Board approved the postponement of the Multisport World Championships, due to be hosted in Almere (The Netherlands) from September 4 to September 13, 2020. The event will now take place in 2021, with dates to be confirmed at a later stage. The Multisport World […]