Taking place from tomorrow until Sunday (July 16), Germany's second-largest city will see an action-packed schedule featuring elite, junior, and age group races with the first ever world titles to be won in the super-sprint format.

The highest-ranked country in Sunday's mixed relay event that has not already qualified will earn four quota spots for next year's Olympic Games with two for men and two for women.

As the future host nation, France have already secured their Olympic mixed relay spots alongside Britain, who finished behind them in second at last year's Mixed Relay World Championships in Montreal.

The Hamburg course has been streamlined for the inaugural Super-Sprint World Championships.

It is now made up of a 300-metre swim in the Binnenalster lake, a technical 7.5-kilometre bike through the city centre and a 1.6km run in front of the Rathaus.

Prior to the finals on Saturday (July 15), a series of qualifiers and repechage races will whittle down the field to the 30 fastest men and 30 fastest women.  

The finals are split into three stages with eliminations in the first two as the slowest 10 get cut from the race at each point.

This will leave the last remaining ten to fight for the World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) points and super-sprint world titles.

"The super-sprint format has shown to be another unique test of the world's best triathletes, where tactics are as crucial as their remarkable powers of endurance and recuperation," said World Triathlon President and International Olympic Committee member Marisol Casado. 

"As part of World Triathlon’s long-term strategy seeking to introduce additional individual medal events to the Olympic programme, the World Championships follow two hugely successful outings at WTCS Montreal.

"We are delighted to be able to stage the format's first World Championships alongside the Mixed Relay World Championships for elite and juniors/under-23, the Junior World Championships and the Age Group Sprint and Mixed Relay World Championships in Hamburg, all of which will add huge entertainment to what was already one of the most popular stops on the Series."

Last year's men's sprint winner in Montreal was double Commonwealth Games gold medallist Alex Yee of Britain.

The 25-year-old will face tough competition in the form of Portugal's Vasco Vilaca, who currently tops the Series rankings, as well as Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway. 

Meanwhile in the women's event, the United States are tipped for the top of the podium as they boast the likes of the Series' top two Taylor Spivey and Summer Rappaport who have both enjoyed top five finishes in the elimination format.

Yee's compatriot Beth Potter is also one to watch as she is the only woman with two gold medals in the Series this season following her triumphs in Montreal and Abu Dhabi.

Norway are favoured for the mixed relay title with impressive depth led by Blummenfelt and 2022 Ironman world champion Gustav Iden.

The country also has recent European Games champions Vetle Thorn and Solveig Løvseth who won the men's and women's individual events before contributing to the mixed relay win in Krakόw.