Abu Dhabi gears up for World Triathlon Championship Finals

Abu Dhabi is set to host the World Triathlon Championship Finals 2022 on Yas Island.

The emirate joins a list of iconic cities like London, Budapest, Beijing, Chicago, Lausanne and the Gold Coast in hosting the prestigious four-day event.

It's the first time that the season finale of the global series will be hosted in the MENA region.

Running from November 23-26, the world championship of triathlon will take place across the waterways, tracks, and roads of Yas Island.

The event village will be hosted on Yas Bay, in front of the region’s new state-of-the-art entertainment venue, Etihad Arena.

The event is expected to attract more than 7,500 local, regional and international triathletes who will compete across five categories: Elite Men & Women; Elite U23 Men & Women; Elite Para Men & Women; Age Group Men & Women (super sprint and standard distance); and Community Races.

🇯🇵 Yokohama
🇬🇧 Leeds
🇨🇦 Montreal
🇩🇪 Hamburg
🇨🇳 Chengdu
🇧🇲 Bermuda

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🇦🇪 ABU DHABI!

Are you ready for the World Triathlon Championship Finals, hosted for the first time ever in the MENA region?

Mark your calendar: 23 - 26 November | Yas Bay, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi pic.twitter.com/MoiZXxRCJ2

— World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi (@WTSAbuDhabi) March 16, 2022

Abu Dhabi’s journey to hosting the world championship of the sport started in 2010.

From 2010 to 2014, Abu Dhabi hosted five editions of the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon on Abu Dhabi Corniche – an all-inclusive race welcoming an exhibition field of elite athletes who raced alongside age-grouper and junior triathletes.

In 2014, the prestigious season-opening date on the World Triathlon Championship Series became available and Abu Dhabi stakeholders recognized a unique opportunity to host the first and only WTCS event in the region.

The inaugural World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi took place in March 2015 on Abu Dhabi’s corniche.

The following edition in March 2016 was also hosted on Abu Dhabi’s corniche, before the event was moved to Yas Island in 2017.

With the ambitious vision of eventually bidding to host the World Championship Finals in future years, the move to Yas Island was a strategic one.

The new Host Venue partnership with Miral created additional capacity to keep up with the ever-growing participation, paving the way to hosting the World Championship in 2022.