- Event crowns two world champions & sees more than 5,000 amateurs take part
- Germany’s Janina Krug wins women’s Open category; Great Britain’s Chris Fennell is victorious in the men’s
Doha, Qatar: Doha came alive with more than 2,000 amateur triathletes from 82 countries swimming, biking and running around the stunning streets of Lusail as the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final burst into life yesterday.
The participants’ infectious energy and excitement lit up the third day of the inaugural Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final as the amateurs took centre stage.
This followed the phenomenal T100 professional races yesterday which saw Great Britain’s Kate Waugh win the final race and the women’s T100 Race To Qatar season-long crown and New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde complete the same success on the men’s side.
This week’s event is a cornerstone of the wider agreement between the PTO, Visit Qatar, World Triathlon and the Qatar Triathlon Federation that will see Qatar host the T100 Triathlon World Championship Final from 2025 through 2029.
The first T100 Age Group World Championships saw more than 250 qualified athletes from 45 different countries taking part across thirteen age groups: Eligible age-groups are: 18-19; 20-24; 25-29; 30-34; 35-39; 40-44; 45-49; 50-54; 55-59; 60-64; 65-69; 70-74; and 75-79.
Here is the full list of today’s T100 Age Group World Championship podium winners:
Open Category
Female
Winner – Janina Krug (GER) 4hours05minutes30seconds
Second – Renee Vanderheyden (BEL) 4hrs13mins41secs
Third – Simone Walter (GER) 4hrs14mins10secs
On crossing the line Janina Krug (main picture above) said: “To be honest, it’s not sunk in yet. It’s so special. I’ve only been doing triathlon for three years and now I’m in this race. It’s a dream come.”
Open Category
Male
Winner – Chris Fennell (GBR) 3hrs39mins37secs
Second – Oliver Lockyer (GBR) 3hrs39mins47secs
Third – Tom Wood (GBR) 3hrs40mins05secs
Chris Fennell was inspired to catch the triathlon bug by biking with Olympic triathlon champion Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt. Asked how he felt after crossing the line he said: “Super happy, super pleased with the race. It was very close at the end. Ten or so seconds. Out on the run I was thinking, I’ll take second place right now but I managed to squeeze some more energy out of myself. It was a target [to win], but without expectations.”
18-19 years old:
Male
Winner – Thibaut Delaplace (BEL) 4hrs09mins52secs
Second – Travis Hewitt (USA) 4hrs12mins14secs
Third – Adam Crockford (CAN) 4hrs15mins44secs
20-24 years old:
Male
Winner – Kye Robinson (AUS) 3hrs42mins16secs
Second – Finn Bannister (GBR) 3hrs43mins10secs
Third – George Rofe (GBR) 3hrs46mins02secs
Female
Winner – Fossati (ITA) 4hrs28mins09secs
Second – Sanja Truter (RSA) 4hrs30mins19secs
Third – Pia Hampel (GER) 4hrs39mins16secs
25-29 years old:
Male
Winner – Tom Wood (GBR) 3hrs40mins05secs
Second – Joe Cooper (GBR) 3hrs51mins32secs
Third – Clement Simon (FRA) 4hrs05mins41secs
Female
Winner – Janina Krug (GER) 4hrs05mins30secs
Second – Renee Vanderheyden (BEL) 4hrs13mins41secs
Third – Cristina Venuto (ITA) 4hrs27mins03secs
30-34 years old:
Male
Winner – Chris Fennell (GBR) 3hrs39mins31secs
Second – Oliver Lockyer (GBR) 3hrs39mins47secs
Third – John Leerams Chicano (PHI) 3hrs52mins14secs
Female
Winner – Jennifer Morton (GBR) 4hrs 27mins59secs
Second – Slayde Baker (RSA) 4hrs27mins59secs
Third – Lisa Hofheinz (GER) 4hrs36mins12mins
35-39 years old:
Male
Winner – Aleksandr Nefedov (UAE) 3hrs43mins16secs
Second – Benjamin Payne (GBR) 3hrs57mins37secs
Third – Youseff Sebban (VNM) 4hrs01mins08secs
Female
Winner – Elodie Chaiffre (FRA) 4hrs24mins59secs
Second – Hyekyeong Seo (Korea) 4hrs32mins13secs
Third – Margit Laurs (NED) 4hrs33mins20secs
40-44 years old: Male
Winner – Mihai Vigariu (ROM) 3hrs43mins39secs
Second – Andre Yiafas (CYP) 3hrs45mins33secs
Third – Sebastien Sahyoun (FRA) 3hrs47mins19secs
Female
Winner – Simone Walter (GER) 4hrs14mins10secs
Second – Kate Cecil (AUS) 4hrs31mins35secs
Third – Annalisa Fae (ITA) 4hrs35mins07secs
45-49 years old:
Male
Winner – Kevin Chow (VET) 4hrs05mins18secs
Second – Rohan Veal (AUS) 4hrs07mins14secs
Third – Andrew Hardwick (GBR) 4hrs07mins42secs
Female
Winner – Chloe Canning (AUS) 4hrs39mins29secs
Second – Christina Fasolo (ITA) 4hrs40mins22secs
Third – Ludovica Ungaretti (THA) 4hrs41mins17secs
50-54 years old:
Male
Winner – Miroslav Ozorak (SVK) 3hrs57mins30secs
Second – Marcus Stigler (GER) 3hrs59mins11secs
Third – Andrew Jordon (GBR) 4hrs01min47secs
Female
Winner – Becky Coleman (GBR) 4hrs29mins22secs
Second – Sandrine Zandotti (UAE) 4hrs36mins37secs
Third – Heidi Groensedt (NOR) 4hrs39mins14secs
55-59 years old:
Male
Winner – Pete Eggleston (GBR) 3hrs59mins16secs
Second – R Czigany (ITA) 4hrs01min59secs
Third – Lukas Riederer (SWI) 4hrs12mins53secs
Female
Winner – Nicola Beck (GBR) 4hrs55mins46secs
Second – Tracey Smith (GBR) 5hrs19mins42secs
Third – Debbie Marsden (GBR) 5hrs25mins20secs
60-64 years old:
Male
Winner – Gerhard Winkler (GER) 4hrs05mins55secs
Second – Frank Stiller (GER) 4hrs21mins03secs
Third – Giles Cooper (GBR) 4hrs23mins14secs
Female
Winner – Mogull (SWE) 4hrs50mins43secs
Second – Marion Hermitage (AUS) 4hrs5420secs
Third – Evelyn Brolemann (GER) 4hrs59mins19secs
65-69 years old:
Male
Winner – Joachim Doeding (BRA) 4hrs37mins34secs
Second – Tom McInnes (GBR) 4hrs49mins53secs
Third – Bruce Willerton (GBR) 4hrs49mins58secs
Female
Winner – Rebekah Ashby (AUS) 6hrs06mins59secs
Second – Annie Warr (USA) 6hrs13mins45secs
70-74 years old:
Male
Winner – Phillip Hermitage (AUS) 5hrs01min22secs
Second – Herve Griffon (FRA) 6hrs36mins02secs
Third – Peter Dry (GBR) 7hrs05mins56secs
Female
Winner – Marj Carpenter (USA) 7hrs08mins12secs
75-79 years old:
Male
Winner – Richard File (GBR) 5hrs31mins45secs
Second – Keith Greenough (GBR) 5hrs31mins53secs
“One of the unique aspects of T100 is the opportunity for professionals and Age Groupers to compete on the same courses, in the same iconic cities, and on the same weekends,” said PTO CEO Sam Renouf. ‘The T100 wants to be the F1 of long distance triathlon – with the greatest athletes competing consistently in a season-long competition in iconic locations. However, unlike in F1 and other pro sports, triathlon provides the opportunity for amateurs to challenge themselves with the same experience as the top professionals in the world.”
“As part of our partnership with World Triathlon, it was always the strategy to give aspiring Age Groupers and amateur athletes the chance to compete for their T100 World Championship glory alongside the professionals. Today has been a great demonstration of why we wanted to do it. The performances and atmosphere have been off the charts.”
On Wednesday 10 December, Lusail saw 3,087 participants take part in a 5km and 1km run, followed by an eye-catching drone show. In addition to the 256 Age Groupers competing in the T100 Age Grouper World Championships, another 1,830 took part in: a Youth Sprint Distance Triathlon; an Open 100km triathlon (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run); and a Sprint distance triathlon (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run). Meaning the three-day event saw 5,171 amateurs involved.
The T100 Age Group World Championships where introduced by the PTO across standard triathlon age brackets to give amateur athletes the opportunity to race for the glory of being crowned a T100 Age Group World Champion.
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Notes To Editors:
Further details on amateur qualification for the amateur T100 Triathlon World Championship Finals are included within the World Triathlon Rules:
- Eligible age-groups are: 18-19; 20-24; 25-29; 30-34; 35-39; 40-44; 45-49; 50-54; 55-59; 60-64; 65-69; 70-74; 75-79; 80+;
- Start list will be created 60 days before the first competition day;
- National Federations will have a baseline quota of twenty (20) athletes;
- Host National Federation will have a baseline quota of twenty-five (25) athletes;
- Both National Federation and Host National Federation quotas will be increased above the baseline when athletes representing the NF achieve qualification according to the Rules. The increase in quota will correspond to the cumulative total number of top 10 finish positions achieved by different athletes within the same Age-Group and gender across all T100 Triathlon World Tour events of the calendar year. These additional start places may only be assigned to the athletes who achieved these top 10 finish positions;
- All athletes (those selected in the internal selection process and those gaining a start place in the T100 Triathlon World Tour events) must comply with the National Federation requirements to be entered in the T100 Age-Group World Championships.
- World Triathlon Technical Delegate may reduce the National Federation and Host National Federation quota if the technical conditions require;
- National Federations (including Host National Federation) may request a further extension of quotas to the Technical Delegate.
- Places are only available to athletes who finish in the Top 10 in their Age-Group. There will be no roll downs should athletes not claim their place.
- If qualifying through a T100 result, the athlete may defer their entry to 2026 if they qualify at any event after 10th August 2025.
- If qualifying through a T100 result, athletes must accept, decline or defer within 30 days of their result.
For Further Information:
Anthony Scammell E: [email protected]
About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)
The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. Its T100 Triathlon World Tour was introduced in January 2024 and is designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’, which is part of a 12-year strategic partnership with the sport’s international governing body. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is a season-long schedule of World Championship level races competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run), where the world’s best triathletes go head-to-head in iconic locations on a global broadcast showing the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters. So far in 2025 these have included: Singapore (5-6 April), San Francisco (31 May-1 June), Vancouver (13-15 June), London (9-10 August), French Riviera (30-31 August), the Spain T100 in Oropesa de Mar (20 September), the Wollongong T100 (18 October) and the Dubai T100 (13-16 November). The first Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will take place on 10-13 December. T100 weekends are ‘festivals of multisport’ and feature a range of opportunities for amateur athletes of all levels to get involved. From experienced amateurs tackling the 100km distance to first-time swim, bike and run participants taking on single discipline, untimed events. For more information visit www.t100triathlon.com
About World Triathlon
World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the sport to be extraordinary.
About Visit Qatar
Visit Qatar is the main arm of Qatar Tourism. Visit Qatar’s mission is to promote and expand tourism in Qatar by cultivating its rich culture, developing thrilling attractions, enhancing Qatar’s calendar, becoming the leading MICE destination in the region, diversifying events and luxury experiences. Visit Qatar is rooted in Service Excellence, boosting the entire tourism value chain, and increasing local and international visitor demand in Qatar. Through Visit Qatar’s network of international offices in priority markets, cutting-edge digital platforms, and marketing campaigns, Visit Qatar is expanding Qatar’s presence globally and enhancing the tourism sector. For more information visit www.visitqatar.com
