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ITU Triathlon Grand Final events are heading to Bermuda and Abu Dhabi

The International Triathlon Union have today announced the venues for the 2021 and 2022 Grand Final. Following previously announced events in Lausanne (2019) and Edmonton (2020), the next two Grand Finals will be held in Bermuda and Abu Dhabi
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If you are one for long-term planning, the ITU have today confirmed the venues for three major events, the ITU Grand Final of 2021 and 2022, and the ITU Multisport Championships Festival for 2020. The ITU Grand Final for 2019 had already been confirmed for Lausanne, Switzerland with 2020 scheduled for Edmonton, Canada. Here – in summary – is who gets what from today’s news:

  • 2020 ITU Multisport Championships – Almere, Netherlands
  • 2021 ITU Grand Final – Bermuda
  • 2022 ITU Grand Final – Abu Dhabi

Here is the full announcement received today from the International Triathlon Union.


Bermuda and Abu Dhabi awarded with the 2021 and 2022 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final

The Executive Board of ITU has met during two days in the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia, just ahead of the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final to debate and decide on several important issues, including the 2019 competition calendar, the new services for National Federations or the cities that will host the 2021 and 2022 Grand Final. After reviewing the bids of the different cities interested on hosting our major events, the ITU Executive Board has decided to award the 2021 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final to Bermuda, with Abu Dhabi hosting the Grand Final in 2022. The Board also discussed the 2020 edition of the Multisport Championships, and decided to award it to Almere, in the Netherlands.

“I am really satisfied of the intense work we have done, especially on two main aspects for our future as an organization: the cities willing to host one of our major events, and the development programmes and the way we work with the National Federations in order to continue to push our sport and bring it to the next level of participation and engagement”, said ITU President and IOC Member Marisol Casado.

“I feel really confident that with the work that we have been doing during last year, and the commitment from all the Board members and ITU staff, we will continue to push our organization even further. We do have more presence and impact now on both the Olympic and the Paralympic movement, our financial statements are on track, we still are a role model on good governance and we have our Strategic Plan in place and setting up the path for the next few years, so we can proudly say that 2018 has been an excellent season by all means for us”, she said.

The Board agreed that the three strong and sustainable Organising Committees awarded with major events in the upcoming years –Bermuda, Abu Dhabi and Almere- will guarantee the level of excellence required for the pinnacle of ITU’s events, and is convinced that we will work together in order to continue growing our sport.

One of the main topics of the Executive Board meeting was the review of the competition structure for the upcoming years, trying to balance events across the world and extend the calendar to give as many opportunities as we can to all athletes to compete near their continents. The Board members also reviewed the 2019 calendar, that will be presented to Congress.

With a changing environment and to ensure the global leadership of ITU within the sports community, the Board continued working on the good governance practices and the Strategic Plan for 2017-2020.

After the reports from the Continental Presidents on their activities for the last 12 months, the Board also reviewed the recently created National Federations Services department, to establish and maintain continuous communication and constructive working relationship with all the National Federations, to help all our members to develop triathlon within their own territories. A new concept of Development events has been approved in this regard.

The Board also approved the 2018 budget to be presented for approval to Congress. Next meeting of the Board will be in November in Luxor (Egypt).

John Levison
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John Levison
TRI247's Chief Correspondent, John has been involved in triathlon for well over 30 years, 15 of those writing on these pages, whilst he can also be found commentating for events across the UK.
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