The World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships is a aquathlon championship competition organised by World Triathlon. The competition has been held annually since 1998. The championships is a continually timed race containing a swim stage and either one or two run stages. Typically, the race consists of run—swim—run segments. When the water is less 22 degrees Celsius, a wetsuit is required and the race starts with the swim stage, followed by a single run stage, so that participants do not have to put on a wetsuit mid race. [1] The total run distance is around 5 km and the swim is between 750m and 1 km. However the distances have varied during the event's history depending on local circumstances.
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Year | Date | Location | Distances (kilometers) | ||
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First Run | Swim | Second Run | |||
1998 | 8 November | Noosa, Australia | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
1999 | 31 August | Noosa, Australia | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2000 | 28 October | Cancún, Mexico | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2001 | 18 July | Edmonton, Canada | 2 | 0,75 | 2 |
2002 | 3 November | Cancún, Mexico | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2003 | December | Queenstown, New Zealand | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2004 | 5 May | Madeira, Portugal | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2005 | 8 September | Gamagōri, Japan | 3,2 | 1 | 1,6 |
2006 | 30 August | Lausanne, Switzerland | - | 1 | 4 |
2007 | 12 May | Ixtapa, Mexico | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2008 | 28 June | Monterrey, Mexico | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2009 | 9 September | Gold Coast, Australia | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2010 | 8 September | Budapest, Hungary | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2011 | 7 September | Beijing, China | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2012 | 7 October | Auckland, New Zealand | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2013 | 11 September | London, UK | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2014 | 27 August | Edmonton, Canada | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2015 | 16 September | Chicago, USA | - | 1 | 5 |
2016 | 14 September | Cozumel, Mexico | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2017 | 25 August | Penticton, Canada | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2019 | 2 May | Pontevedra, Spain | – | 1 | 5 |
2021 | 30–31 October | Extremadura, Spain | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2022 | 18 August | Šamorín, Slovakia | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
2023 | 1 May | Santa Eulària, Spain | 1 | 5 | |
2024 | 23 August | Townsville, Australia | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
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