New multi-format elite competition begins in Australia later this month
The Brownlee brothers, Spain’s Javier Gomez and reigning ITU world champion Mario Mola head a stellar cast for a new quick fire race series the organisers are heralding as the ‘future of triathlon’. Super League Triathlon, the brainchild of two-time Ironman world champion Chris McCormack and Russian billionaire businessman Leonid Boguslavsky, is a multi-format series where triathletes will compete for up to $1.5million in prize money.
The first event takes place on Hamilton Island close to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from 17-19 March and will showcase three of five formats – the Triple Mix (17 March), Equalizer (18th) and Eliminator (19th). Triple Mix will see triathletes swim, bike, run, with a 10min break from the time of the first triathlete finishing. They’ll then run, bike, swim, followed by another 10min break, before a bike, swim, run completes the action. The winner is the triathlete with the lowest overall time.
Equaliser is a 6km time trial, with time gaps determining the starting order for a swim, run, swim triathlon that follows.
Eliminator is three consecutive swim, bike, run triathlons with the trailing nine eliminated after race one, five after race two, and the remaining 10 competing for victory. All consist of varying mixes of a 300m swim, 6km bike and 2km run. The action will be broadcast globally with UK viewers able to watch the two-hour show on Eurosport and live at superleaguetriathlon.com.
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