The Professional Triathletes Organisation and World Triathlon have announced that the 2026 T100 Triathlon World Tour will be available to watch free of charge globally on TriathlonLive.tv, starting with the Gold Coast T100 on 21 March.
A press release from the PTO said: “Moving the T100 Tour and all historical PTO race content to TriathlonLive.tv simplifies watching triathlon and will make it easier for fans of the sport to access all the action from one single platform.”
The fragmented nature of triathlon broadcasts hasn’t helped the sport in trying to reach a wider audience and that’s been most notable around World Triathlon Championship Series races – the highest tier in short course racing.
Olympic champion Alex Yee recently told TRI247 that it was “bonkers” that viewers in the UK last year were only able to watch those WTCS races – and the Grand Final in Wollongong – behind a subscription paywall.
It remains to be seen if that changes going forward – firstly this season now that the UK will again host a race with WTCS London, and then from 2027 onwards when the partnership with the PTO really kicks in as the WTCS evolves into T50.
World Triathlon told us today [March 10th] that negotiations are still ongoing for this season and we’ll revisit that subject ahead of what is now the first WTCS event of 2026 at Samarkand in late April.
One home for T100 and WTCS
But back to the T100 announcement and this does seem an encouraging step in the right direction.
PTO CEO Sam Renouf said: “By partnering with World Triathlon to stream T100 on TriathlonLive.tv, we’re beginning the process of unifying our live pro content under one home.
“We’re keeping T100 free-to-watch, but hope that fans of the sport will see the value in subscribing to the platform to get to know the short course racing and athletes who will become the stars of T50 in 2027.”
This comes following the PTO and World Triathlon announcement in December last year of their plans for the Triathlon World Tour in 2027. The new, unifying approach and branding for both professional and amateur racing will see the T100 and World Triathlon Championship Series – the top tier of short-course racing – coexist together as the T100 World Championship Series and T50 World Championship Series respectively, while also adding T100 Challenger Series and T50 Challenger Series [currently World Triathlon Cup races] to the mix.
Antonio Arimany, World Triathlon President, added: “TriathlonLive.tv has always been the ultimate destination for our community, and this partnership further cements it as the one-stop shop for triathlon lovers worldwide. It is the place to watch super high-quality live events from every corner of our sport, as well as an incredible library of on-demand and exclusive content.
“By bringing the T100 Tour to the platform, we are providing fans with a seamless experience to follow the best athletes in the world across all distances and formats.”
Starting in 2027, the Triathlon World Tour will encompass over 80 events, giving professionals and amateur athletes the opportunity to race in big cities and iconic locations around the world in multi-sport festival events catering for all abilities over multiple distances.
TriathlonLive.tv is available to watch via web browser and direct on iOS/Android app, Apple and Google TV or cast direct to a smart TV. A paid subscription [monthly, annual or Race Pass pay-per-view] delivers the full 2026 World Triathlon Championship Series and every World Cup live and on demand, plus an archive of racing, features and interviews, reaching back to the first ever World Championships in Avignon in 1989.
Free registered users will be able to watch the first World Cup of 2026, live from Lanzarote on 14 March, in addition to the 2026 T100 season and full catalogue of PTO races to date.
Fans can also watch the T100 live in Europe through the PTO’s exclusive partnership with Warner Bros Discovery on channels such as Eurosport, TNT Sport in the UK, Max or Discovery+, or through a network of other international, regional and local broadcasters including beIN Sports in MENA and North America, Huya in China, Fox Sports in Australia and ITV in the UK.
