The Professional Triathletes Organization (PTO) and World Triathlon have confirmed that this year’s Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon has been postponed until 2026.
Sam Renouf, PTO’s CEO, explained that the decision to postpone the Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon – due to take place on October 25-26 this year – was made following discussions with the event’s local stakeholders.
“We’ve made the difficult decision to postpone the Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon for 2025 and switch it to 2026,” said Renouf. "Following a successful first year of the event in October 2024, which saw a spectacular course take participants around Reflection Bay Golf Course and The Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa and provide a challenging test for both our professional and amateur athletes, we were looking forward to returning. However, following extensive conversations with our local stakeholders over the past couple of weeks, we agreed to give ourselves more time to work through the course changes that will take the bike leg into Lake Mead National Recreation Area for the first time. We will offer all those amateur participants who were already signed up for the event a full refund. Following this decision, and to deliver on our commitment to stage nine T100 professional legs this year at world class venues, we have decided to take the women’s and men’s professional T100 races to Wollongong and become part of World Triathlon’s Championship Finals.”
Elites heading Down Under
The top 20 male and top 20 female professional athletes from the T100 series will race head-to-head on the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, in Australia on Saturday October 18, 2025, in the same venue as the World Triathlon Championship Finals.
The event will see many of the world’s best short-course and long-course athletes converge, creating an atmosphere for athletes and spectators alike as both the World Triathlon Champions will be crowned and the T100 athletes continue to chase points in the T100 Race To Qatar ahead of the season’s final two events in Dubai (November 15-16) and then Qatar for the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Finals (December 12-13).
The addition of the T100 race to the Championship Finals program continues the collaboration between World Triathlon and the PTO.
“This is a momentous occasion for the sport of triathlon,” said World Triathlon President Antonio Arimany. “Bringing the T100 Tour to Wollongong alongside our World Triathlon Championship Finals underscores the strength of our partnership with the PTO and our shared commitment to growing the sport globally.
“We have seen the power of this cooperation already this year, with the successful T1 Indoor World Cup in Lievin and the upcoming joint WTCS and T100 race on the French Riviera in August. This event in Wollongong will be a true showcase of the best in triathlon, and we are excited to witness the incredible racing that will unfold.”
The 2025 World Triathlon Championship Finals will feature 13 races over four days, including elite, U23, Junior, Para triathlon and Age-group events. In addition, the schedule will include a community triathlon, giving the expected 6,700 participants from all over the world the chance to experience the setting of a major event.
Destination NSW and Wollongong City Council have joined forces as key partners and stakeholders, helping the event to deliver economic, social, and environmental benefits to the region.
In addition to the 6,700-strong global contingency of triathletes there will be an expected crowd in excess of 15,000 supporters and spectators lining the Wollongong foreshore, reaffirming Wollongong’s position as a key sports destination.
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