USA Triathlon has announced over $110,000 (£90,000/€101,000) was raised in a virtual duathlon for a relief fund to assist members of the multi-sport community impacted by the pandemic.
This year's Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships and World Triathlon Series (WTS) in Hamburg have been rescheduled for September after the events were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The World Triathlon Executive Board has announced the bidding process has opened for the sport's global events in 2021.
The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is expecting a loss of up to $1.4 million (£1.1 million/€1.3 million) in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus crisis, but the organisation will not ask for an advance on its Tokyo 2020 payment from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
World Triathlon has approved a series of COVID-19 prevention guidelines for event organisers and is discussing the possibility of staging a "mini-season" later in the year if the global health situation has improved.
World Triathlon has announced that its Grand Final, due to be held in Edmonton in Canada, will not take place in 2020.
The Hong Kong Triathlon Association has announced the departures of coaches Steven Gleeson and Stephen Moss, with the former reportedly breaking anti-coronavirus measures.
This year's World Triathlon Series (WTS) and Mixed Relay World Championships in the German city of Hamburg have been postponed.
World Triathlon claim member nations have expressed “total support” for a principle that the Olympic and Paralympic qualification rankings will not be restarted until fair conditions can be guaranteed for all athletes.
World Triathlon's Executive Board has approved the sport's new Olympic and Paralympic qualification systems for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, pending approval from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
World Triathlon has extended the suspension of its activities until June 30 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, following a meeting of its Executive Board.
Advance Publications have reached an agreement to acquire the Ironman Group from the Wanda Sports Group in an “all-cash transaction”.
World Triathlon's Executive Board has created financial and communications groups to deal with the fallout of the COVID-19 crisis.
Organisers of this year’s World Triathlon Series meeting in Leeds have decided to postpone the event due to the current situation with the coronavirus outbreak.
The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has frozen its Olympic and Paralympic qualification rankings and suspended all of its competitions until at least April 30 in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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The coronavirus pandemic forced a near global shutdown of sport across the world, but sports governing bodies have staged successful events despite the COVID-19 crisis. Mike Rowbottom speaks to those who have been able to do so.
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