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Leading age-group triathletes set to take over Lausanne for the World Championships

By Courtney Akrigg | 26 Aug, 2019
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From 29 August to 1 September 2019, the Olympic capital Lausanne, Switzerland, will host the Grand Final of the World Triathlon Series and World Championships.

More than 4,000 elite and age-group “World Triathletes”, from across the globe, have qualified to race in the 2019 ITU World Championships. The competitive fields of age-group triathletes will liven up the shores of Lake Geneva to race for national pride and personal bests.

The host nation of Switzerland will have a team of over 300 age-group triathletes set to battle for World Championship titles in the beautiful city of Lausanne. The largest participating teams include USA and Great Britain, who will descend on Switzerland with over 600 age-group triathletes in their respective teams and Canada and Mexico are expected to have close to 300 age-group athletes, per team, lining up to represent and race for Championship honour.

The event will open on Friday, 30 August, showcasing the new generation of world triathletes, with the junior and U23 events. On Saturday, 31 August, the elite men and women will race for glory in the 2019 World Triathlon Grand Final and battle for Series titles, rankings and valuable Olympic qualification points. Saturday will also host the ITU Sprint Distance World Championship events for the age-group world triathletes. On Sunday, 1 September the schedule will feature the ITU Standard Distance World Championships on Sunday, 1 September and the incredibly World Paratriathlon Series Grand Final in the afternoon. The U23 | Junior Mixed Relay, a spectacular race format that will make its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, will close the weekend of triathlon in Lausanne.
Review the event schedule.

Where are the World Triathletes coming from to race in the 2019 World Triathlon Grand Final?
BAH | Americas: 1
BOL | Americas: 1
CMR| Africa: 1
COK | Oceania: 1
CZE | Europe: 1
GRE | Europe: 1
IND | Asia: 1
LAT | Europe: 1
PUR | Americas: 1
SWE | Europe: 1
TUN | Africa: 1
VEN | Americas: 1
ZIM | Africa: 1
GIB | Europe: 2  
LUX | Europe: 2
MAC | Asia: 2
POR | Europe: 2
RUS | Europe: 2
SEN | Africa: 2
SKN | Americas: 2
CHI | Americas: 3
HKG | Asia: 3
POL | Europe: 3
ARG | Americas: 4
LIE | Europe: 4
QAT | Asia: 4
TUR | Europe: 4
UKR | Europe: 4
BER | Americas: 5
FIN | Europe: 5
SGP | Asia: 7
SVK | Europe: 8
ISL | Europe: 10
KUW | Asia: 10
DEN | Europe: 11
KOR | Asia: 12
ESP | Europe: 20
NED | Europe: 25
ECU | Americas: 28
ITA | Europe: 29
COL | Americas: 30
CRC Americas: 35
NOR | Europe: 44
RSA | Africa: 52
NZL | Oceania: 70
IRL | Europe: 71
JPN | Asia: 71
FRA | Europe: 85
BRA | Americas: 93
AUT | Europe:132
BEL | Europe: 140
GER | Europe: 143
MEX | Americas: 290
CAN | Americas: 295
AUS | Oceania: 317
SUI | Europe: 388
GBR | Europe: 621
USA | Americas: 677

For the first time ever, with your TriathlonLIVE pass you will be also able to watch live full coverage of the Junior, U23, Elite, Paratriathlon, Junior Mixed Relay and Age Group World Championships, so don’t miss this opportunity and get your passes ready!

Follow the athletes, action and exclusive content on www.triathlonLIVE.tv

Related Event: 2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne
29 - Sep, 2019 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
1. Kristian Blummenfelt NOR 01:50:47
2. Mario Mola ESP 01:51:03
3. Fernando Alarza ESP 01:51:18
4. Gustav Iden NOR 01:51:34
5. Vincent Luis FRA 01:51:53
6. Javier Gomez Noya ESP 01:52:14
7. Casper Stornes NOR 01:52:20
8. Jonathan Brownlee GBR 01:52:32
9. Marten Van Riel BEL 01:52:53
10. Alois Knabl AUT 01:52:53
Results: Elite Women
1. Katie Zaferes USA 02:02:45
2. Jessica Learmonth GBR 02:02:49
3. Georgia Taylor-Brown GBR 02:03:03
4. Rachel Klamer NED 02:03:44
5. Flora Duffy BER 02:04:26
6. Laura Lindemann GER 02:04:41
7. Annamaria Mazzetti ITA 02:04:51
8. Alice Betto ITA 02:05:11
9. Taylor Spivey USA 02:05:40
10. Nicola Spirig SUI 02:05:53
Results: U23 Men
1. Roberto Sanchez Mantecon ESP 01:50:20
2. Csongor Lehmann HUN 01:50:36
3. Ran Sagiv ISR 01:50:50
4. Vasco Vilaca POR 01:51:07
5. Brandon Copeland AUS 01:51:12
6. Diego Moya CHI 01:51:28
7. Diego Alejandro Lopez Acosta MEX 01:51:38
8. Ben Dijkstra GBR 01:51:44
9. Matthew Hauser AUS 01:51:52
10. Simon Westermann SUI 01:51:57
Results: U23 Women
1. Emilie Morier FRA 02:04:01
2. Olivia Mathias GBR 02:04:08
3. Lisa Tertsch GER 02:04:32
4. Kate Waugh GBR 02:04:53
5. Kira Hedgeland AUS 02:05:22
6. Alicja Ulatowska POL 02:05:38
7. Lena Meißner GER 02:06:30
8. Erika Ackerlund USA 02:06:49
9. Ainsley Thorpe NZL 02:07:25
10. Therese Feuersinger AUT 02:07:37
Results: Junior Men
1. Ricardo Batista POR 00:55:05
2. Lorcan Redmond AUS 00:55:12
3. Sergio Baxter Cabrera ESP 00:55:16
4. Boris Pierre FRA 00:55:18
5. Paul Georgenthum FRA 00:55:23
6. Levente Karai HUN 00:55:29
7. Brock Hoel CAN 00:55:36
8. Alessio Crociani ITA 00:55:38
9. Eric Diener GER 00:55:41
10. Simon Henseleit GER 00:55:42
Results: Junior Women
1. Beatrice Mallozzi ITA 01:00:41
2. Costanza Arpinelli ITA 01:00:42
3. Jessica Fullagar FRA 01:00:53
4. Hannah Knighton NZL 01:01:26
5. Erin Wallace GBR 01:01:47
6. Chisato Nakajima JPN 01:01:49
7. Nora Gmür SUI 01:01:54
8. Anja Weber SUI 01:01:58
9. Gillian Cridge USA 01:01:59
10. Brea Roderick NZL 01:02:01