Super League Triathlon

Super League Triathlon is an international three-day triathlon sporting event that has been held since 2017 .

organization

Chris McCormack (2011)

In 2017 the Australian triathlete Chris McCormack and Michael D'Hulst founded a new triathlon competition format with the "Super League Triathlon" on Hamilton Island in Australia.

The race lasts three days:

• On the first day, the usual order of the disciplines is mixed over short distances (300 m swimming, 6 km cycling and 2 km running) in a “triple mix”.
• The “Equalizer” begins on the second day with an individual time trial over 15 km and an interval triathlon followed with a chase start (300 m swimming, 16 km cycling and 2.5 km running).
• On the third day, the "Eliminator" will end with three short triathlons: 15 athletes from the first round reach the semifinals and after a break of only 10 minutes the best ten athletes qualify for the finals (each 300 m swimming, 5 km cycling and 2 km run).

2017/18 racing series

date Place / race Qualifier Race Championship Race March 17-19, 2017 Hamilton Island Super League Australia x September 22-24, 2017 Jersey Super League Jersey x

• The premiere race of the Super League Triathlon in Australia was in March 2017. An overall rating was calculated from the points from the individual stages. The winner of the first edition was Richard Murray from South Africa and the winner received 100,000 AUD. The Spaniard Mario Mola (50,000 AUD) came in second and the Australian Jacob Birtwhistle took third place (25,000 AUD). The Spaniard Javier Gómez Noya and the Slovak Richard Varga shared fourth place .
• The Super League Jersey won the American Katie Zaferes and the Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt . Nicola Spirig and Summer Cook ended up tied with 39 points in second place. Briton Jonathan Brownlee (39 points) and Richard Murray (39 points) also shared second place in the men's overall standings .

2018/19 racing series

The 2018/19 championship includes five races in Jersey (United Kingdom), Malta, Mallorca (Spain), Singapore and Australia - with an additional two qualifying races in Poland and Canada. 50 athletes (25 women, 25 men) from all over the world were invited to the championship races and a further 20 starting places will be awarded for the two qualifying races.

date Place / race Qualifier Race Championship Race June 29 - July 1, 2018 Poznan Super League Poznań x August 17-19, 2018 Penticton Super League Penticton x September 28-30, 2018 Jersey Super League Jersey x October 27-28, 2018 Malta Super League Malta x November 3-4, 2018 Manacor Super League Mallorca x February 23-24, 2019 Singapore Super League Singapore x March 23-24, 2019 Hamilton Island Super League Australia x

• With the Super League Poznań , a new qualification race was introduced in Poznan, which provides starting places for the championship races.
• In August 2018, the Penticton Super League Triathlon , the Challenge Penticton, which has been held since 1983, was added to the racing series. In this three-day competition, the races on the third day had to be canceled after the second day due to poor air conditions after forest fires.
• In October 2018, with the Super League Malta, the new racing format was also held in Malta. Victory went to Vincent Luis from France and Katie Zaferes from the US for women .
• For November 2018, a new European venue was added to the championship racing series in cooperation with Rafael Nadal on Mallorca with the Super League Mallorca in the Rafa Nadal Sports Center (RNSC) in Manacor . Here the victories went to the American Taylor Spivey and in the men's category again to Vincent Luis .
• After two days of competition in Singapore, the American Katie Zaferes and Vincent Luis from France were able to maintain their lead and take the series victory in February 2019.

2019/20 racing series

date Place / race Qualifier Race Championship Race March 23-24, 2019 Bali Super League Bali x June 28-30, 2019 Poznan Super League Poznań x 3rd - 4th August 2019 Ottawa Super League Ottawa x September 28-29, 2019 Jersey Super League Jersey x April 24-26, 2020 Salinas Super League Salinas x August 2020 Singapore Super League Singapore x September 19-20, 2020 Jersey Super League Jersey x October 19-20, 2020 Malta Super League Malta x October 2020 Malta Super League Malta x

The first championship race in September 2019 was won by two French athletes: Cassandre Beaugrand and Vincent Luis .

The for from 27 to 29 March planned series opener in 2020 in Saudi Arabia in the region Neom had to the spread of the coronavirus to be canceled.

Web links

• Official website of the Super League Triathlon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Super League Triathlon Premiere: It's Done on Hamilton Island (March 15, 2017)
2. ↑ Richard Murray crowned Super League Triathlon champ (March 19, 2017)
3. ↑ MURRAY SECURES THE JACKPOT (March 19, 2017)
4. ↑ SUPER LEAGUE TRIATHLON: BLUMMENFELT AND ZAFERES TRIUMPHANT ON JERSEY (September 25, 2017)
5. ↑ Super League season confirmed (April 25, 2018)
6. ↑ Droga do Mistrzostw Cyklu Super League Triathlon rozpoczyna się w Poznaniu (May 15, 2018)
7. ↑ Super League Triathlon coming to Canada (August 9, 2018)
8. ↑ Penticton Super League Triathlon suspended due to smoky skies (August 18, 2018)
9. ↑ Super League Series adds Malta to its 2018 schedule (August 27, 2018)
10. ↑ SUPER LEAGUE TRIATHLON OVERALL VICTORIES TO LUIS AND ZAFERES (February 25, 2019)
11. ↑ Cassandre Beaugrand dominates Super League Tri (Aqu) athlon Jersey 2019 (September 29, 2019)
12. ↑ Vincent Luis completes French double at Super League Triathlon Jersey (September 29, 2019)
13. ↑ Coronavirus: Super League Triathlon in Saudi Arabia canceled (March 9, 2020)