These triathlons are canceled because of the corona virus

Nils Flieshardt
–
–

Update: Due to the developments and consequences surrounding the corona pandemic and the nationwide ban on all major events until August 31, 2020, we have decided not to continue and update this list in detail with all cancellations. Instead, we will keep you up-to-date with the latest developments and inform you about which triathlon events may still take place in summer and which alternative dates will actually be possible in autumn. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the active support and the numerous submissions with information on the specific cancellations of the events up to this point.

The effects of the corona virus, which originally came from China, are now far-reaching in addition to the enormous consequences in the various economic sectors and in many different sectors in the sports and triathlon world: Large triathlon and running events were canceled in advance by the end of April. These include the actually first WTS race of the year in Abu Dhabi, the new Super League race in Neom and several middle distances in Asia. In Germany, the big spring marathons in Hamburg, Hanover and Düsseldorf are threatened. How the situation will develop until the first German triathlons in May is still open. Some federal states, including Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen, Thuringia, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria, have canceled major events with more than 1,000 participants for an indefinite period.

Update March 11: The Challenge Salou on the last weekend in March was also canceled and temporarily postponed to September 27th. For Patrick Lange, the first race of the season against other big names such as David McNamee, Pieter Heemeryck, Pablo Dapena or Frederic Funk is canceled.

Update March 12: The Ayia Napa Triathlon in Cyprus, which is one of the largest competitions in the country, has been canceled for the 2020 season and is scheduled to take place again in March 2021. In addition, the Ironman 70.3 Greece in Costa Navarino was moved from April 4 to October 25.

Update March 13: With the Ironman South Africa, one of the most relevant international long distances has now been canceled. Here, among others, Laura Philipp and Sebastian Kienle wanted to start the season and buy their Hawaii ticket. The race is slated to be postponed to November 15th.

Update March 14-16: The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has canceled all races until the end of April. This means that there are no WTS races, no World, European or Continental Cups. The XTERRA racing series has also canceled its races in Greece, Cyprus, Croatia and Italy. The Ironman South Africa was also postponed to the autumn and both Ironman and Challenge now have an overview launched with the respective cancellations of the racing series. The duathlon in Alsdorf on April 19 is also affected by the cancellations, which this year would have held both the European Championship for the first time and the German Championship again. Major races in North America were also postponed or canceled: the Ironman 70.3 Oceanside, Ironman 70.3 Texas and Ironman Texas. The Ironman 70.3 races in Greece, Puerto Rico and Port Macquarie (AUS) will not take place as planned.

Update March 17th: Ironman canceled both the Ironman 70.3 Busselton on May 2nd and the Ironman Cairns in Australia on June 7th and postponed them until autumn. This also affects the first June race at Ironman. Just two weeks after Cairns the Ironman Hamburg is scheduled to take place on June 21st and the Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt on June 28th.

In the list below we list all major triathlon events that have already been canceled due to the corona virus. You can add to the list and know about other races that have been canceled and are not yet to be found in the list? Help us and others by commenting on the article or sending us your additions with an informal email to [email protected].

–