Pontevedra will be a candidate to host the Grand Final of the Triathlon World Series

Encouraged by the "absolute success" that the ITU Multisport 2019 has brought, which included five triathlon world championships, the mayor of Pontevedra, Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores, has announced that the city of Lérez will be candidate to host the great final of the world triathlon series.

 We echo this news published on the web Pontevedraviva, where they say that the mayor of Pontevedra will try to get his city to host the final of the Triathlon World Series in 2023.

 This year 2019 the final will be played in the Swiss city of Lausanne, for the 2020 will be the Canadian town of Edmonton, in 2021 will be in Bermuda and in the 2022 Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. The Concello de Pontevedra iIt will be for the 2023 the venue for this event to be the Boa Vila. The organizing committee will choose the venue at the end of the year between the candidacies submitted from all corners of the planet.

The final of the World Series will culminate the season of ITU world championships where world, youth, sub23 and paratriathlon champions will be crowned. The city would welcome more than 5.000 athletes in three days of competition, in addition to the massive attendance of the public.

Lores has commented that Pontevedra has the "vantage" of the experience acquired these ten days with the organization of the ITU Multisport 2019 where "all foron parabens" from the members of the International Triathlon Union (ITU).

The mayor of Pontevedra has insisted on "absolute success" both from the sporting point of view and "from the public, from the projection of the city and also from the economy". pride” of all citizens “for having the ability to organize a championship of these characteristics with such success”.

Fernández Lores thanked all the people who have participated in the organization as well as the welcome that the pontevedreses have given to all the participants and visitors.

The evaluation of all the international delegations and of the ITU itself has recognized that this Multisport 2019 "was the best world event celebrated today", highlighted Lores.

Finally, the mayor has linked this result with "a city model that allows events of these characteristics to be held" and that in the coming months will accommodate new sporting events such as the Junior Handball World Cup, the European Olympic Wrestling Championship and the professional circuit. -triathlon tour, in elite category.

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