Supertri Toronto 2025: How to watch live as Alex Yee makes his triathlon return

Toronto, Canada’s most populous city, is a new venue to start the 2025 Supertri season.

It’s a blockbuster beginning too as both Olympic champions line-up in what is Alex Yee’s triathlon return after his debut at the London Marathon.

Cassandre Beaugrand tops the women’s field and lines up in the same team alongside Supertri’s most successful athlete, Georgia Taylor-Brown.

It’s also part of Supertri’s first year of running the Toronto Triathlon Festival – read on to find out who else is racing, hear about a change of format and much more…

Start time and how to watch live

Racing takes place on Saturday 26 July 2025.

Women’s PRO race: 14:08 local, that’s 19:08 UK and 20:08 CET

Men’s PRO race: 15:23 local, that’s 20:23 UK and 21:23 CET

You can sign up to watch the Toronto races for free on the Supertri website here and this page also gives full details of broadcasters in your region.

Pro women – Who is racing in Supertri Toronto?

There’s no doubt about which of the women’s teams looks the strongest – reigning champions Crown Racing.

They are headed by Beaugrand, who looks on track to defend her WTCS world title, and will go into this as clear favourite.

Taylor-Brown is a three-time Supertri champion but taking a more relaxed approach to this year while Emma Lombardi and Emma Jeffcoat, fresh from being part of the World Mixed Relay winning team, are a formidable support act.

Brownlee Racing: Olivia Mathias (13), Jess Fullagar (12), Jolien Vermeylen (14) and Tilly Anema (11)

Crown Racing: Cassandre Beaugrand (22), Georgia Taylor-Brown (26), Emma Lombardi (25) and Emma Jeffcoat (24)

Podium Racing: Jeanne Lehair (31), Sophie Alden (32), Léonie Périault (34) and Zuzana Michalickova (33)

Stars & Stripes: Taylor Spivey (43), Nina Eim (41), Rosa Maria Tapia Vidal (44) and Annika Koch (42)

(Bib numbers in brackets)

Pro men – Who is racing in Supertri Toronto?

It will be fascinating to see what sort of shape Alex Yee is in after his superb marathon debut in London.

Not surprisingly that took its toll and this is his first triathlon of 2025, though he doesn’t have his great rival Hayden Wilde to contend with yet as he works his way back from a horror bike crash.

Vasco Vilaca has been second at both WTCS Yokohama and Hamburg and will be a leading contender here again – the line-ups in full are as follows:

Brownlee Racing: Alex Yee (14), Jonny Brownlee (11), Marcus Dey (13) and Oliver Conway (12)

Crown Racing: Vasco Vilaça (26), Tyler Mislawchuk (23), Charles Paquet (24) and Ricardo Batista (21)

Podium Racing: Kenji Nener (33), John Reed (34), Tayler Reid (35) and Alberto Gonzalez Garcia (32)

Stars & Stripes: Csongor Lehmann (42), Chase McQueen (43), Reese Vannerson (45) and Mathis Beaulieu (41)

(Bib numbers in brackets)

More on the supertri teams

The Supertri League features three rounds (Toronto, Chicago and Jersey) plus the Grand Final in Toulouse, with additional points on offer for the finale. There are both men’s and women’s individual categories, but athletes are not just competing for themselves, they are competing for their squad in the Teams League.

There are four teams fighting for the crown and the prize pool on offer, and for the 2025 season these are: Brownlee Racing, Crown Racing, Podium Racing and Stars and Stripes Racing.

As the reigning Supertri League champions, Crown Racing enters the 2025 season with a bold ambition: to defend their sweep of the women’s, men’s, and team titles.

Each team consists of four women and four men, and must contain an under-23 athlete in line with Supertri’s commitment to develop the future of triathlon.

The team managers are as follows:

Brownlee Racing – Tim Don
Crown Racing – Chris McCormack
Podium Racing – John Anthony
Stars & Stripes Racing – Parker Spencer

And with over $1million up for grabs in the prize fund this year – the majority again in the Teams League – there’s a huge amount at stake.

Toronto course and format

The Supertri League course sees a swim in Ontario Place, a 200m run to T2 via a bridge and biking and running around Exhibition Place, with transition at the iconic Bandshell Park.

The format in Toronto – unlike all the other supertri races this season – is Eliminator.

While the Supertri format (formerly called ‘Enduro) has no breaks, the Eliminator provides a short break between each of the three stages, allowing athletes to reset their equipment.

However, in a big twist the last two athletes to cross the finish line at the end of Stage 1 and 2, will be eliminated. For Stage 3, the remaining athletes will have their times combined from those first two stages to determine the starting order for the Pursuit Start.

The Pursuit Start sets athletes off in order of their accumulated times, providing a time advantage for the quickest in the field. This also provides an incentive for athletes to pick up every second in the first two stages to make their job easier in Stage 3.

Each stage will consist of a 300m swim, a 4km cycle and a 1.6km run.

The rules – and quirks – of supertri

‘Normal’ rules do not apply in supertri and a small short cut, aka ‘Short Chute’, can be earned during the racing for being first across the line at various points.

You can earn a Short Chute in Toronto as follows:

The Short Chute is awarded to the first athletes across the Mount Line – where the transition area ends – after their first swim and bike. It is also awarded to the first across the Dismount Line – the start of the transition area – after their first run (or across the Finish Line for the Eliminator).

Short Chutes are won for a Team and awarded to an athlete during the race by their Team Manager. Short Chutes are to be taken on the first lap of the run in Stage 3. No team can win more than one Short Chute.