ITU World Championship Series 2015

date place O S. M. 7th Mar 2015 Abu Dhabi x 29 Mar 2015 Auckland x Apr 11, 2015 Gold coast x Apr 25-26, 2015 Cape Town x May 16-17, 2015 Yokohama x May 31, 2015 London x July 18-19, 2015 Hamburg x x August 22-23, 2015 Stockholm x 6 Sep 2015 Edmonton x Sep 15-20 2015 Chicago x O: Olympic distance, S: sprint distance, M: mixed relay

7th ITU World Championship Series 2015
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The World Championship Series 2015 is a triathlon racing series over the "short distance" or "Olympic triathlon distance". It is organized by the international triathlon association ITU ( International Triathlon Union ).

organization

The distances for these races are 1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running (Olympic distance). This world series has been organized annually by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) since 1989 . In the 2015 season, nine races and the final in September took place in Chicago.

A new addition is the race in Abu Dhabi, the first competition in the Middle East and the main competition on the sprint distance (0.5 km swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running) will be held here. There is also a race on the Olympic distance and the maxi distance (2 km swimming, 80 km cycling and 20 km running).

Rating

In addition to the ten races of the world series, the other races of the ITU World Cup are also taken into account for the annual ranking of the world championship:
At the final in Chicago in September there are 1200 points for a win and in the other nine races of the world series there are 800 points for a win Points. In a normal ITU World Cup, however, there are only 300 points. Every further placement in these races receives a fixed number of points.

The five best results of the world series, the last final race and a maximum of two World Cup races are taken into account for the annual ranking.

qualification

Each national umbrella association can nominate up to six male and female athletes for each competition in the series, the host association up to eight. The notification must be made to the ITU at least 33 days before the competition. Based on the placement of the registered athletes on the ITU Points List, the ITU compiles the starting fields of 60 male and 60 female athletes. In addition, five invitations can be issued. In contrast to the World Championship Ranking, the ITU Points List also includes other competitions such as B. U23 world championships, continental championships and cup events and student world championships.

Prize money

The series will pay out a total of US $ 2.385 million in prize money: US $ 150,000 per competition, US $ 280,000 for the Grand Final, US $ 140,000 for the World Championship in Mixed Relay and a bonus pool of US $ 755,000 for the World Championship. The fastest men and women each receive US $ 18,000 per competition in the series, US $ 7,500 per World Cup victory and US $ 30,000 at the Grand Final in Cozumel, the world champion and the world champion receive a further US $ 80,000, prize money up to 35th place.

Results

The US-American and later world champion Gwen Jorgensen had an outstanding performance this season: She was able to win all of her seven starts in ten races.
Javier Gómez started eight times and he was always able to place in the top three (2 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze).

In the fourth race of the series in Cape Town on April 25th and 26th, the swimming distance had to be shortened from 1500 to 750 m in the race for women and men because of the cold water temperature.

As the strongest nation, the Spanish athletes were able to secure fifteen medal places in 2015. After the ten races of the racing series, the United States team was able to secure sixteen of the thirty possible medals for women - but not a single one for men.
Nicola Spirig won a bronze medal for Switzerland in the fourth race in Cape Town. Besides her, however, no other athlete from the German-speaking countries was able to achieve a top three placement in the men or women this season.

Men

date	place	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
07th Mar 2015	Abu Dhabi	Mario Mola	00:52:32	Vincent Luis	00:52:45	Richard Murray	00:52:50
29 Mar 2015	Auckland	Jonathan Brownlee	01:55:26	Javier Gomez Noya	01:55:41	Pierre Le Corre	01:55:52
Apr 11, 2015	Gold coast	Jonathan Brownlee -2-	01:46:53	Mario Mola	01:47:11	Javier Gomez Noya	01:47:21
Apr 26, 2015	Cape Town *	Alistair Brownlee	01:39:19	Javier Gomez Noya	01:39:24	Vincent Luis	01:39:28
17th May 2015	Yokohama	Javier Gomez Noya	01:47:00	Alistair Brownlee	01:47:02	Mario Mola	01:47:20
May 31, 2015	London	Alistair Brownlee -2-	00:50:39	Fernando Alarza	00:50:51	Vincent Luis	00:50:57
July 18, 2015	Hamburg	Vincent Luis	00:51:54	Javier Gomez Noya	00:51:58	Mario Mola	00:52:20
23 Aug 2015	Stockholm	Javier Gómez Noya -2-	01:49:33	João José Pereira	01:50:18	Aaron Royle	01:50:26
06 Sep 2015	Edmonton	Richard Murray	00:53:19	Javier Gomez Noya	00:53:23	Mario Mola	00:53:34
19 Sep 2015	Chicago	Mario Mola -2-	01:44:53	Javier Gomez Noya	01:44:57	Richard Murray	01:45:35

Women

date	place	gold	time	silver	time	bronze	time
07th Mar 2015	Abu Dhabi	Gwen Jorgensen	00:58:59	Katie Zaferes	00:59:15	Flora Duffy	00:59:23
29 Mar 2015	Auckland	Gwen Jorgensen -2-	02:09:04	Katie Zaferes	02:10:42	Andrea Hewitt	02:10:58
Apr 11, 2015	Gold coast	Gwen Jorgensen -3-	01:56:59	Sarah True	01:58:17	Katie Zaferes	01:58:35
Apr 25, 2015	Cape Town *	Vicky Holland	01:49:51	Katie Zaferes	01:49:52	Nicola Spirig	01:49:56
May 16, 2015	Yokohama	Gwen Jorgensen -4-	01:57:20	Ashleigh Gentle	01:58:33	Emma Moffatt	01:59:03
May 31, 2015	London	Gwen Jorgensen -5-	00:55:45	Katie Zaferes	00:56:06	Sarah True	00:56:07
July 18, 2015	Hamburg	Gwen Jorgensen -6-	00:57:08	Vicky Holland	00:57:13	Non Stanford	00:57:24
22 Aug 2015	Stockholm	Sarah True	02:01:05	Katie Zaferes	02:01:19	Andrea Hewitt	02:01:26
06 Sep 2015	Edmonton	Vicky Holland -2-	00:58:55	Flora Duffy	00:59:04	Gillian Backhouse	00:59:10
Sep 18 2015	Chicago	Gwen Jorgensen -7-	01:55:36	Non Stanford	01:56:05	Vicky Holland	01:56:20

* During the race in Cape Town on April 25, the swimming distance for women and men had to be shortened from 1500 to 750 m due to weather conditions.

Overall rating

Men

Javier Gómez - five-time triathlon world champion on the short distance (2008, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2015)

space	country	athlete	Points
1	ESP	Javier Gomez	4,930
2	ESP	Mario Mola	4,795
3	FRA	Vincent Luis	4,422
4th	RSA	Richard Murray	4,317
5	ESP	Fernando Alarza	3,774
6th	OUT	Ryan Bailie	3196
7th	Mex	Crisanto Grajales	3,005
8th	POR	João José Pereira	2,987
10	FRA	Pierre Le Corre	2702
11	GBR	Jonathan Brownlee	2,695
12	RSA	Henri Shoeman	2,585
13	CHE	Sven Riederer	2,556
14th	GBR	Alistair Brownlee	2,340
23	DEU	Justus Nieschlag	1,486
27	POR	João Pedro Silva	1,307
29	DEU	Steffen Justus	1,248
39	CHE	Andrea Salvisberg	1,100
57	DEU	Gregor Buchholz	738
61	AUT	Alois Knabl	673
65	FRA	David Hauss	631
72	AUT	Thomas Springer	500
110	DEU	Franz Löschke	187

(As of September 20, 2015)

Women

Gwen Jorgensen - two-time triathlon world champion on the short distance (2014, 2015)

space	country	Athlete	Points
1	United States	Gwen Jorgensen	5,200
2	NZL	Andrea Hewitt	4,081
3	United States	Sarah True	4,074
4th	GBR	Vicky Holland	3,953
5	United States	Katie Zaferes	3,900
6th	NED	Rachel Klamer	3,099
7th	BER	Flora Duffy	3,094
8th	GBR	Non Stanford	2,890
9	IRL	Aileen Reid	2,721
10	OUT	Emma Moffatt	2,720
11	CHI	Bárbara Riveros Díaz	2,491
12	OUT	Ashleigh Gentle	2,456
13	DEU	Rebecca Robisch	2.405
17th	CHE	Nicola Spirig	1,871
18th	DEU	Hanna Philippin	1,862
19th	AUT	Lisa Perterer	1,829
20th	DEU	Sophia Saller	1,791
21st	CZE	Vendula Frintová	1,755
24	DEU	Laura Lindemann	1,625
29	DEU	Anne Haug	1,458
30th	JPN	Yuka Sato	1,399
32	OUT	Emma Jackson	1,334
35	CHE	Jolanda Annen	1,203
40	GBR	Helen Jenkins	1,156
58	AUT	Sara Vilic	706
66	GBR	Emma Pallant	585
77	AUT	Julia Hauser	436
107	RSA	Mari Rabie	169

(As of September 18, 2015)

U23

On the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) the world champions in the U23 category are determined annually as part of the race at the last venue of the season (Grand Final).

Men	Women
Date / year venue U23 world champion Second Third 17 Sep 2015 Chicago Jake Birtwhistle David Castro Fajardo Nan Oliveras	year U23 world champion Second third 2015 Audrey Merle Léonie Periault Melanie Santos

Web links

• ITU homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ITU World Triathlon Series Rankings 2015
2. ↑ World Triathlon Series Qualification. (PDF; 203 kB) In: ITU . December 20, 2015, accessed April 8, 2016 . 
3. ^ ITU Points List Criteria. (PDF; 180 kB) In: ITU . December 9, 2015, accessed April 8, 2016 . 
4. ↑ ITU WTS and World Cup Prize Money 2016. (PDF; 271 kB) In: ITU . January 11, 2016, accessed April 8, 2016 .