Supertri have revealed a new calendar of combined events culminating in a new Supertri Pro Series Final which will have $800,000 of prize money up for grabs in a single day for the world’s best triathletes.

That tops every other race day on the triathlon calendar, with the IRONMAN World Championships in Kona currently the biggest one-off pay day with $750,000 split equally between women and men.

There are more lucrative combined bonus prize purses in the shape of IRONMAN’s Pro Series ($1.7m) and the T100 Triathlon World Tour ($1.45m) but they are for season-long competitions.

$100,000 to the winners

Supertri say their overarching aim is aim is “to unify professional and amateur racing to grow triathlon” and the new race format will see athletes – from elite to first timers – participating together under one Supertri brand at multiple triathlon festivals across North America and Europe.

Their press release states: “The expansion will increase participation in triathlon whilst ensuring Supertri has a robust and resilient commercial structure in place, and a platform for sustainable growth. By bringing elites and amateurs closer together Supertri aims to inspire the competitor in everyone.

“All Supertri Pro Series events will pay 10 deep to encourage development in the sport, with the winners of the Supertri Pro Series Final scooping $100,000 for their day’s work.”

The IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, which is obviously at the other end of the distance spectrum compared to the short and sharp Supertri format, sees each winner receive $125,000.

Second and third in the Supertri Pro Series Final will get $75,000 and $60,000 respectively, more than their Kona counterparts ($65,000 and $45,000).

Supertri Pro Series schedule

In 2026, professional athletes will join amateurs in racing at the following Supertri events:

• Ascension Seton Supertri Austin, USA – May 25
• Supertri Blenheim Palace, UK – June 6
• Supertri Toronto, Canada – July 26

The date and location for the Supertri Pro Series Final will be announced soon. Toulouse in the south of France, which hosted the professional finale in 2025 and is a hotbed for age-group triathlon, is currently slated as the last regular-season participation event on October 4 so could be an obvious contender, though it would be more than two months after the third and final qualifying event.

It comes one week after the WTCS Grand Final in Pontevedra which will attract the world’s top short course stars.

All about individuals now rather than teams

As part of the unification, professional athletes will race a draft legal, sprint distance format like many of their amateur counterparts in Austin, Blenheim and Toronto, with an innovative, digital-first distribution approach designed to maximise reach and engagement across key platforms.

The Supertri Pro Series Final will be raced over the Supertri format and delivered as a full live broadcast, providing a premium, global showcase for the sport and its athletes.

Athletes racing at Supertri Pro Series events will have the opportunity to qualify for the Supertri Pro Series Final, with three women and three men qualifying at each race. The Supertri Pro Series Final will see the qualifiers join Supertri’s all-star central athlete roster in competing for the $800,000 prize pool. All athletes will compete as individuals rather than in teams.

That is a key departure from the last couple of years when the bulk of the prize money was based on the final combined positions of the four teams.

Supertri CEO and Co-Founder, Michael D’hulst, said: “Professional athletes are some of the most inspirational forces in sport. Their efforts seem almost super human to most of us. To be able to see them up close to us, racing the same distances on the same courses gives us a true yardstick and motivates us to push ourselves to our own limits as well.

“By unifying professional and amateur racing, we aim to deliver the next level of inspiration to amateur triathletes and bring the short course triathlon community closer together. Our unified events underscore Supertri’s ability to put on premium event experiences, respond to what our professional athletes need, foster opportunities for elite athlete development through qualification, and will see us take the next stage of digital-first innovation to meet the demands of a modern global audience, all while building a sustainable platform for the long-term growth of the sport.”

Supertri has been staging professional racing since 2017, with the most decorated Olympic medallists in the sport such as Alex Yee, Hayden Wilde, Jonny Brownlee, Cassandre Beaugrand, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Beth Potter regularly competing.

Supertri say they will announce the central athlete roster in the coming weeks.