The World Triathlon Cross Duathlon Championships is a premier cross duathlon championship competition organised by World Triathlon. The first event took place in 2022 as part of the 2022 World Triathlon Multisport Championships and consisted of a 7km trail run, followed by a 23.2km mountain bike cross-country race and finishing with 3.5km of trail running.
Year | Date | Location | Race distances (kilometres) | ||
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Run 1 | Cycle | Run 2 | |||
2022 | 6 June | Târgu Mureș, Romania | 6.5 | 23.2 | 3.3 |
2023 | 3 May | Sant Antoni, Spain | 5.8 | 20.9 | 3 |
2024 | 22 August | Townsville, Australia | 6 | 20.5 | 3.5 |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2022 Targu Mures | Thibaut De Smet (BEL) | Sebastien Carabin (BEL) | Alessandro Saravalle (ITA) |
2023 Ibiza | Sebastien Carabin (BEL) | Jens Emil Sloth (DEN) | Alessandro Saravalle (ITA) |
2024 Townsville | Michele Bonacina (ITA) | Sebastien Carabin (BEL) | Benjamin Forbes (AUS) |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2022 Targu Mures | Eleonora Peroncini (ITA) | Carina Wasle (AUT) | Noor Dekker (NED) |
2023 Ibiza | Diede Diederiks (NED) | Anna Zehnder (SUI) | Eva García (ESP) |
2024 Townsville | Marta Menditto (ITA) | Kristína Lapinová (SVK) | Maeve Kennedy (AUS) |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
2 | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
9 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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