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The Ironman 70.3 Pennsylvania Happy Valley triathlon has been selected to host the 2026 Ironman 70.3 North American Championship. The event, which will return to the central Pennsylvania destination on June 14, 2026, will offer a North American Championship title, an elevated professional prize purse and increased age group qualifying opportunities for the 2026 Ironman […]
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Tarragona, Spain, will host the 2026 European Triathlon Championships with the Port of Tarragona serving as the event’s epicenter. “This sporting event will once again place Tarragona on the international sports map,” said Tarragona Councillor for Sports and Sports Tourism, Mario Soler. “It is a shared challenge that will become reality thanks to joint work […]
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As the New Mexico city of Ruidoso prepares to host the 30th anniversary of the Xterra World Championship, the mountain village hosted hundreds of athletes from August 15–17 for the inaugural Xterra Ruidoso triathlon event. The Xterra World Championship will celebrate its 30 years by returning to the United States in Ruidoso from October 8–11, […]
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Sometimes a destination and a specific event fit: The competitors are happy, the event organizer is thrilled and the city benefits financially. That’s the case with Milwaukee and the USA Triathlon Sprint and Olympic Distance National Championships. The 2025 edition, taking place August 8–10, marks the seventh time Milwaukee has hosted the event since 2013. […]
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Ironman will host its first event in Nebraska with the addition of the Ironman 70.3 Omaha triathlon on June 7, 2026, the opening year of a three-year contract with the city that will take athletes through Omaha and the Midlands Region of Nebraska. “We are incredibly excited to partner with and welcome an Ironman 70.3 […]
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Maine will host two big sporting events in the next two weeks, with Ironman Triathlon and an international soccer friendly coming to the state. The Kennebec Valley will welcome the Ironman 70.3 Maine triathlon on July 25–27 for its fourth consecutive year. The event is expected to bring more than 5,000 people from around the […]
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USA Triathlon and the USA Triathlon Foundation have announced the appointment of Jason Rizzi as the Foundation’s new chief development officer. Rizzi will play a leadership role in securing philanthropic investment to advance USA Triathlon’s Elevate 2028 Focus Forward Strategic Plan. His focus will include expanding USA Triathlon Foundation’s impact on triathlon in the U.S. […]
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The Professional Triathletes Organization will have a T100 Triathlon World Tour event on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia, starting in 2026. Queensland joins Singapore, San Francisco, London, Lake Las Vegas, Vancouver, Dubai and Qatar as T100 Tour host locations. The inaugural Gold Coast T100 Triathlon weekend will take place over March 21–22, 2026, with […]
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Ironman has announced that beginning in 2026 the Ironman World Championship will return to its roots of Hawaii, with Kona hosting men and women racing on the same day. For the first time in its history, the Ironman World Championship moved to split locations in 2023. After three years of the men and women having […]
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USA Triathlon will hold its inaugural Youth and Junior Cross National Championships from July 12–13 on the mountain biking trails in Hagg Lake, Oregon. The inaugural youth event will take place in conjunction with USA Triathlon Cross National Championships, offering multisport athletes of all abilities the chance to compete in cross triathlon on a national […]
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