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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
LAP. Joao Silva POR LAP
DSQ. Crisanto Grajales Valencia MEX DSQ
DSQ. Irving Perez MEX DSQ
DNF. Sam Ward NZL DNF
DNF. Matthew Sharpe CAN DNF
DNF. Shachar Sagiv ISR DNF
DNF. Luke Willian AUS DNF
DNF. Ryan Sissons NZL DNF
DNF. Valentin Wernz GER DNF
DNF. Jelle Geens BEL DNF
Results: Elite Women
DNS. Kirsten Kasper USA DNS
LAP. Long Hoi MAC LAP
LAP. Kseniia Levkovska AZE LAP
LAP. Zsófia Kovács HUN LAP
DNF. Emma Jackson AUS DNF
DNF. Valerie Barthelemy BEL DNF
DNF. Melanie Santos POR DNF
DNF. Jolanda Annen SUI DNF
DNF. Anna Godoy Contreras ESP DNF
DNF. Non Stanford GBR DNF
Results: U23 Men
LAP. Herculaas Cronje RSA LAP
LAP. Meirlan Iskakov KAZ LAP
LAP. Oliver Gorges LUX LAP
DNF. Lars Holenweger SUI DNF
DNF. Charles Paquet CAN DNF
DNF. Tsz To Wong HKG DNF
DNF. Matthew Greer RSA DNF
DNF. Johannes Vogel GER DNF
DNF. Endre Espedal NOR DNF
DNF. Grigory Antipov RUS DNF
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
DNF. Milan Agnew AUS DNF
DNF. Kiri Atkin NZL DNF
DNF. Pauline Landron FRA DNF
DNF. Jessica Romero Tinoco MEX DNF
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
DNF. José Vieira POR DNF
DNF. Raul Alberto Ruiz Valenzuela MEX DNF
DNF. Fidel Diaz Sebriano ARG DNF
Results: Junior Women
LAP. Louisa Marie Middleditch SGP LAP
DNF. Eva Daniels LUX DNF
DNF. Gabriela Ribeiro POR DNF
DNF. Cecilia Sayuri Ramirez Alavez MEX DNF
DNF. Amber Schlebusch RSA DNF
DNF. Alevtina Stetsenko RUS DNF
DNF. Ellie Hoitink AUS DNF
DNF. Cade Wright HKG DNF
DNF. Josefina Pilar Flores Clemo CHI DNF
DNF. Aimee Roux RSA DNF
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