ITU suspends all tests until end of April

25 tests are affected

The International Trialton Federation (ITU) has published a statement on its website, explaining the cancellation of all its activities until the end of April.

With this decision, all classifications will stop from Monday, March 16

In light of the rapid worldwide spread of COVD-19, the Executive Board of the International Triathlon Union has decided to suspend all activities until April 30.

The measure includes the suspension of all competitions on the world triathlon calendar, courses, camps and other activities.

Therefore, all cworld classifications, olympic classifications, paratriathlon classifications y paralympic classifications will freeze immediately, beginning Monday, March 16, 2020..

The world triathlon president and IOC member, Marisol Casado, said: “EThis is a decision that is difficult to make, you can have my word that we are making it thinking about the health and safety of athletes, coaches, officials, staff, volunteers and spectators, in short for the entire triathlon family.

We have made this decision convinced that we must do our part to prevent and stop the spread of the virus.

It is our responsibility, as a society. Having our athletes, coaches, officials and staff traveling around the world right now is not something that we at ITU are willing to risk ".

All events on the World Triathlon and Continental calendars will be postponed immediately until further notice.

The ITU strongly recommends that all National Federations extend the measures also in their territories, to prevent the spread of the virus.

All World Triathlon staff will be working from home during these weeks.

Work will continue during this time to try to reassign events after April 30 when possible and will work with all stakeholders to take further action if necessary regarding Olympic and Paralympic qualification.

The ITU will continue to assess the situation on a daily basis and will announce any further changes to the situation as soon as possible to all concerned when this occurs.

List of affected tests

2020 La Paz (MEX) PATCO Triathlon Panamerican Cup 13 - 14 Mar, 2020
2020 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup 14 Mar 2020,
2020 Shandrani ATU Triathlon African Cup 15 Mar 2020,
2020 Montevideo PATCO Triathlon Panamerican Cup and Iberoamerican Championships 20 - 22 Mar, 2020
2020 Durban ATU Triathlon Junior African Cup 22 Mar 2020,
2020 Durban ATU Triathlon African Cup 22 Mar 2020,
2020 Aracaju PATCO Sprint Triathlon Panamerican Cup 28 - 29 Mar, 2020
2020 New Plymouth OTU Triathlon Junior Oceania Championships 28 Mar 2020,
2020 Accra ATU Sprint Triathlon African Cup 28 Mar 2020,
2020 New Plymouth ITU Triathlon World Cup 28 Mar 2020,
2020 New Plymouth OTU Triathlon Mixed Relay Oceania Championships 29 Mar 2020,
2020 Brasilia ITU Triathlon World Cup 3 Apr, 2020
2020 Pokhara NTT ASTC Sprint Triathlon Asian Cup and South Asian Championships 4 Apr, 2020
2020 Quarteira ETU Triathlon European Cup 4 Apr, 2020
2020 Brasilia PATCO Triathlon Mixed Relay Panamerican Championships 5 Apr, 2020
2020 Quarteira ETU Triathlon Junior European Cup 5 Apr, 2020
2020 Gold Coast OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Cup 5 Apr, 2020
2020 Sharm El Sheikh ATU Triathlon Junior African Cup 5 Apr, 2020
2020 Sharm El Sheikh ATU Sprint Triathlon African Cup and Pan Arab Championships 5 Apr, 2020
2020 Sharm El Sheikh ATU Triathlon African Championships Apr 11 - 12, 2020
2020 MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda 18 Apr, 2020
2020 MS Amlin Paratriathlon World Cup Bermuda 19 Apr, 2020
2020 Moreton Bay OTU Triathlon Oceania Cup and Oceania Championships 19 Apr, 2020
2020 Hatsukaichi ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships Apr 23 - 26, 2020

Further information: https://www.triathlon.org/ 

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