Six WTCS series races, one Championship Finals, two world champions to be crowned. The LA 2028 cycle begins in earnest on 15 February as the 2025 World Triathlon Championship Series kicks off in Abu Dhabi, and the year looks set to be a thriller. 

Between the UAE curtain-raiser and the finals in Wollongong, Australia, we'll have some classic Series stops in the form of Hamburg and Yokohama, a new Italian venue in Sardinia, a debut for the mighty Karlovy Vary course in the Czech Republic and the return to the hills of Weihai, China. Buckle up, there's a big year ahead, and you can watch it all on the new-look TriathlonLive.tv. 

WTCS ABU DHABI (UAE)
15-16 February
The Series begins in the traditional home of WTCS Abu Dhabi, and sees a brand new course at Hudayriat Island for the tenth edition of the race. An hour's drive from the Yas Marina F1 circuit, the race now starts with a 750m swim in the stunning Bul Sayayeef Marine Reserve and then transitions to a three-lap 20km bike with long sweeping bends and tight, technical sections, before all wrapping up in an equally fast and flat 5km run to the first medals of 2025. The Mixed Relay Series action takes over on 16 February.

WTCS YOKOHAMA (JPN)
17 May
Another long standing favourite of the Series, WTCS Yokohama hits its 15th edition this year with another battle for the ages around the iconic harbour. After the thrills and spills of last year in the heat of Paris 2024 qualification, this year the Olympic-distance challenge is likely to see some new faces emerge onto the scene alongside, quite possibly, the reigning World and Olympic Champions Cassandre Beaugrand and Alex Yee as they fire up their title defences. A gruelling 40km bike off the two lap 1.5km swim, and a 10km run to test the very best. 

Location TBC (ITA)
31 May 
After three spectacular races in Cagliari, the Italian leg of the Series now moves a new location in Sardinia. An Olympic-distance challenge again awaits and with 1,000 points available and the halfway point of the season approaching, the start list is set to be packed for this exciting debut race.

WTCS HAMBURG (GER)
12-13 July
An eagerly anticipated staple of the Series, Hamburg has been hosting top-tier racing every year since 2002, a remarkable unbroken run that has made the race part of the sport’s folklore. That and the dark tunnel section of the swim back towards land and those crazy crowds lining the lake and every inch of the tight, technical bike course. Add in the prospect of another huge Mixed Relay World Championships, and this great German city will once again be in thrall to the magic of swim bike run as we hit the midpoint of the 2025 season with another sprint-distance thriller!

WTCS KARLOVY VARY (CZE)
14 September
First hosting as part of the European Cup circuit in 1999, European Championships host in 2003 and a World Cup favourite since 2017, Karlovy Vary has acquired legendary status among those to have conquered it. The Olympic-distance challenge in the picturesque Bohemian town in the western Czech hills now steps up to host the Series for the first time. One of the most technical swims around, a draining 40km ride including the point-to-point into the famous spa town and 7 laps of cobbles, sharp climbs and rapid descents, and wrapped up in a gruelling 10km run. A ‘proper’ Olympic distance triathlon to test the very best. 

WTCS WEIHAI (CHN)
26 September
After making its WTCS hosting debut in 2024, WTCS Weihai returns in 2025, with another hilly course that leaves nowhere to hide. It was also the venue for the consummate Alex Yee race, as he took control of the world title race with three outstanding segments, rival Hayden Wilde struggling to come to terms with an 8-lap bike segment he was expected to relish. Lisa Tertsch was equally immaculate from the gun, hoovering up the ocean swim. A draining Olympic distance challenge that could prove pivotal in the title chase once again this year. 

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS WOLLONGONG (AUS)
15-19 October
100km south of Sydney stands the coastal town of Wollongong, home of the 2025 World Triathlon Championship Finals. This will be the first time that Australia has hosted a finals since Gold Coast 2018, and the locals will be hoping to see the likes of Matt Hauser or last year’s World Cup winner here Luke Willian standing on top of the podium here come the end of the season. As ever, the Finals are over the Olympic distance, and it’s a beach start for the 1.5km Tasman Sea swim, winding coastal roads on the 40km bike and a tough 10km Lighthouse run course that will decide this year’s world champions.