Vancouver, Canada – The leading women in the T100 standings – Imogen Simmonds, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Alanis Siffert, plus home favourite Paula Findlay and defending T100 World Champion Kate Waugh – will line up for a spectacular showdown at next month’s Vancouver T100 Triathlon on 15 August, 2026, the Professional Triathletes Organisation and World Triathlon have announced.
With just under one month to go, Swiss star Siffert will head to Vancouver off the back of an incredible victory at Challenge Roth, which saw her become the youngest ever winner of the iconic race at just 24-years-old.
“Challenge Roth gave me a lot of confidence, and I feel like I have more cards to play on race day than I did at the beginning of the season,” said Siffert, in what is fast becoming a breakthrough season after she was also victorious in Shanghai and Zarauzko, as well as coming tenth in the Gold Coast T100 and an impressive fifth in the Spain T100 after a trademark surge on the bike and was leading at the start of the run.
“But every race starts from zero. My focus is on executing the best race I can, staying in the fight, and competing against the best athletes in the world.”
“That’s what I love most about the T100 Series. The level is incredibly high, and every race brings together the best athletes in the world. It pushes all of us to raise our level, and that’s exactly what motivates me. I’m excited to race in Vancouver and continue building on the progress we’ve made this season.”
Alanis will be up against Imogen Simmonds, who leads the current Race To Qatar T100 standings, and Georgia Taylor-Brown, the winner at the Spain T100 last time out in May, who is ready to pounce in second place.
“I had so much fun in Pamplona [for the Spain T100, where she won],” said the British Olympic Champion. “That result gave me the belief that I can win over this distance, so I will be going all out in Vancouver for another victory.”
The stunning Vancouver course will see 20 of the world’s leading female professionals do a 100km triathlon (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run), starting with a 2 lap 2km swim off Locarno Beach and then an 80km bike leg that sets off along Spanish Banks and does 5 laps taking in the University of British Columbia Campus. Finishing with an 18km run out and back along Locarno Beach and Spanish Banks Beach Park.
Canadian #1 Paula Findlay (pictured above competing last year) is also back racing the T100 in North America.
“I’m so excited for T100 returning to Vancouver,” said the Edmonton-born Olympian. “Any time I race in Canada it feels like a home race, which always brings extra support and energy on course.”
“Last year in Vancouver Findlay finished eighth and she sees this as an opportunity to improve on that showing.”
“It’s been exciting to watch Canada’s run in the FIFA World Cup over the last few weeks, making it to the Round of 16 and creating some great moments for Canadian sport. So it’s exciting that the T100 is back to add to the sporting buzz in Canada right now!”
The list of professional women competing in the Vancouver T100 Triathlon includes:
- Imogen Simmonds (SUI)
- Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR)
- Alanis Siffert (SUI)
- Julie Derron (SUI)
- Nicole Van Der Kaay (NZL)
- Taylor Spivey (USA)
- Bianca Bogen (GER)
- Sara Pérez Sala (ESP)
- Kate Waugh (GBR)
- Ellie Salthouse (AUS)
- Lucy Byram (GBR)
- Lydia Russell (USA)
- Hannah Berry (NZL)
- Lisa Perterer (AUT)
- Paula Findlay (CAN)
- Lizzie Rayner (GBR)
- Hanne De Vet (BEL)
- Lotte Wilms (NED)
- Daisy Davies (GBR)
- Audrey Merle (FRA)
T100 weekends are ‘festivals of multisport’ and feature a range of opportunities for amateur athletes of all levels to get involved. As well as giving the opportunity for amateurs to do their own 100km triathlon on the same Vancouver course as the pros, this year there will also be Sprint (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run) or Junior Super Sprint (350m swim, 10km bike, 2km run) distance triathlons on offer in Vancouver. To sign up for the last few spaces, visit https://t100triathlon.com/vancouver/participate/
If you’re looking for inspiration to do a triathlon, whether it’s your first or you are returning to the swim, bike & run fold after some time off, then look no further than Vancouver local and lifelong triathlete David Walker who was interviewed by CTV News, watch here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/video/2026/04/23/april-is-parkinsons-awareness-month/
Despite the onset of Parkinson’s, David completed our Vancouver T100 Triathlon last year and has bravely decided to do ‘one more’ triathlon at this summer’s Vancouver T100, where he’ll be doing the Sprint distance (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run).
Notes To Editors:
- Vancouver is a west coast jewel set in an ancient rainforest, where the Coast Mountains meet the Pacific Ocean. The PTO and T100 Triathlon World Tour gratefully acknowledges that we live, work, compete and connect on the traditional, unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and we thank them for their stewardship of these lands and waters since time immemorial.
How the 2026 T100 Triathlon World Tour works:
- Athletes score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each of the races; 2nd – 29 points; and 3rd – 26 points
- The Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
- Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will count towards the women’s and men’s T100 World Championship titles
- $275,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $2,750,000 across the nine races (1st place – $50,000k; 2nd – $40,000; 3rd – $30,000 at each race)
- The series winners following the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $100,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $1,450,000 (2nd – $80,000; 3rd – 75,000)
- Between the T100 race prize fund and T100 Triathlon World Tour pool, the series provides $4,200,000 in athlete compensation, and is distributed in a way that not only rewards the winners, but also recognises the significant achievement of racing at this level
- For more details, visit https://t100triathlon.com/pro-racing/
For Further Information:
PTO – 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’. This is part of a 12-year strategic partnership with the sport’s international governing body to develop the sport and it will grow further in 2027 with the launch of the new Triathlon World Tour. 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. In 2026, the T100 Tour will deliver its 9-stop T100 Race To Qatar to: the Gold Coast (21-22 March), Singapore (25-26 April), Spain (23-24 May), San Francisco (6-7 June), Vancouver (15-16 August), French Riviera (19-20 September), Dubai (12-15 November), Saudi Arabia (November) & Qatar (11-12 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
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.
