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WTCS Yokohama bubble and protocols a success as World Triathlon racing resumes
18/05/21 - The 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series and Para Series Yokohama were the first events of their kind to be delivered under the ‘bubble’ restrictions this year, taking place with less than 10... |
Full StoryBlummenfelt hangs tough in Yokohama for season-opener gold
15/05/21 - It was always going to be a fascinating start to a huge year as the men lined up for their first World Triathlon Championship Series of 2021, and it was to be Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) who rose to the... |
Full StoryVincent Luis the man to beat for Yokohama season opener
11/05/21 - The hotly anticipated 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series begins this weekend in the Japanese city of Yokohama, when Saturday sees the defending men’s World Champion Vincent Luis (FRA) get his... |
Full Story2021 World Triathlon Championship Series ready for launch
07/05/21 - With the Olympic Qualification period having restarted on 1 May and the 2021 calendar for the top-tier series set, the new-look 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series remains the pinnacle of the sport... |
Full StoryWorld Triathlon Podcast 34: Taylor Knibb
19/04/21 - Taylor Knibb was a USA Junior National Champion in 2015 and World Junior Champion just a year later. In 2017, she became the youngest athlete to podium in the World Series, taking silver at WTS Edmonton... |
Full StoryTriathlonLIVE to deliver Yokohama homage this weekend
14/05/20 - TriathlonLIVE continues its lockdown look-back over three decades of racing this weekend with an homage to one of the most iconic venues on the World Triathlon Series circuit: WTS Yokohama. It was in... |
Full StoryFresh faces and big names set for challenging 2019 World Paratriathlon Series
25/03/19 - The 2019 World Paratriathlon Series gets underway in Milan at the end of April, the first of three stops throughout the year with Yokohama in May and Montreal following in June. Alongside great... |
Full StoryBusy weekend for Paratriathlon ahead
13/05/16 - Not only will the elite athletes compete for selection points to Rio in Yokohama, paratriathletes will also line up on two continents this weekend to race for Paralympic qualification points. On Saturday,... |
Full StoryOlympic qualification update ahead of Yokohama
12/05/16 - After two competitive years of qualification, there is just one race left that will decide athletes’ Olympic dreams. It all comes down to World Triathlon Yokohama. While plenty of athletes have already... |
Full StoryITU signs global partnership with NTT Group
11/05/16 - ITU is pleased to announce it has signed an initial two-year contract with the NTT Group to become a global partner of both ITU and the ITU World Triathlon Series for 2016 and 2017. “NTT’s proven... |
Full StoryMen will battle it out for last remaining Oympic spots in Yokohama
09/05/16 - After exactly two years of battling it out on the race course, the Olympic qualifying period finally comes to a close this weekend at the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama. Athletes have been accumulating... |
Full Story2016 World Triathlon Series calendar revealed
15/06/15 - ITU is pleased to confirm the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series calendar. In its eighth season, the World Triathlon Series will feature at least eight stops, with two cities debuting for the first... |
Full StoryColumbia Threadneedle Rankings Report Yokohama 2015
19/05/15 - Welcome to the third Columbia Threadneedle Rankings Report of 2015 following the World Triathlon Yokohama. Women’s Review The Gwensanity streak continued in Japan. By taking her third consecutive... |
Full StorySprint finish gives Gomez first season gold
16/05/15 - Leaving it all down to the blue carpet, Javier Gomez Noya (ESP) won a thrilling sprint over Alistair Brownlee (GBR) to claim his first gold medal of the season at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama on... |
Full StoryGwen Jorgensen takes three-peat in Yokohama
16/05/15 - Showing no weaknesses despite the rainy and cold weather, Gwen Jorgensen (USA) extended her undefeated streak in claiming her ninth consecutive win in taking out the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series... |
Full StoryParatriathletes prevail on Yokohama course
16/05/15 - The paratriathletes were first out on course at the World Series Triathlon event in Yokohama this morning, with racing underway at 6.55am local time under drizzly and overcast skies that turned to heavy... |
Full StoryJorgensen and Stanford back in action in Yokohama
12/05/15 - Yokohama this weekend marks the fifth race and halfway stage in the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series, in a season that has so far provided great contrast between the men and women in regards to the... |
Full StoryTop men vie for Yokohama title
12/05/15 - If the women’s WTS season has been dominated by a certain American, the men’s racing has been anything but a one-person show, with the four WTS events this season throwing up three different winners... |
Full StoryBest of 2014: Japan’s hot streak
24/12/14 - Today’s top moment is really a succession of standout performances put together by Japan’s small but mighty athletes. Starting in Yokohama, Ai Ueda became the second Japanese athlete to podium at the... |
Full StoryBest of 2014: Poland’s WTS podium
23/12/14 - Today’s top moment of 2014 goes to Poland’s Agnieszka Jerzyk. Jerzyk first made her name in Beijing in 2011, taking out the Under23 World Championship that year, but had failed to translate that into... |
Full StoryPhoto competition: Yokohama
24/11/14 - Yokohama was filled with thrills and spills this year, changing up both the rankings and the usual order on the podium. In the elite women’s race, a nasty spill saw then-Threadneedle leader Jodie Stimpson... |
Full StoryITU unveils 2015 World Triathlon Series schedule
05/09/14 - On the back of the successful conclusion to the 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series, ITU is pleased to confirm the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series calendar. For the first time, the 2015 Series will touch down... |
Full StoryITU President Marisol Casado expresses vision
20/05/14 - Over the weekend, Marisol Casado, ITU President and IOC Member, set out her vision for the organisation, highlighting the desire for Triathlon Mixed Relay to be added to the Olympic Sports Programme,... |
Full StoryThe social story from #WTSYokohama
19/05/14 - [View the story “The Social Story from #WTSYokohama” on Storify] |
Full Story2014 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama Elite Women’s Review
17/05/14 - The USA’s Gwen Jorgensen returned to the top of the ITU World Triathlon Series podium in style in Yokohama on Saturday, pulling out a dominating win ahead of two breakthrough medallists. In a race where... |
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