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The 2018 ITU World Multisport Championships in Fyn

July 4, 2018
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The 2018 ITU World Multisport Championships begins in Fyn, Denmark, with the opening ceremonies on July 5th. Last year, the ITU decided to put all the multisport events (not the traditional triathlon) together in one festival. All of the races being held together creates a lively atmosphere and feeling of togetherness in the multisport community. The first edition of this festival was last year, in Penticton, BC.

A cobblestone street in (Fyn) Odense, Demark with coloured houses.

The multisport events included in the 2018 ITU World Multisport Championships are:

  1. Sprint Duathlon WC (5km run, 20km bike, 2.5km run)
  2. Standard Duathlon WC (10km run, 40km bike, 5km run)
  3. Cross Triathlon WC (1km swim, 27km off-road mountain bike, 10km trail run)
  4. Aquathlon WC (1km swim, 5km run)
  5. Aquabike WC (3km swim, 120km bike)
  6. Long course WC (3km swim, 121.5km bike, 30.7km run)

Schedule of Events

Opening Ceremonies – July 5th

Standard Duathlon – July 6th

Sprint Duathlon – July 8th

Cross Triathlon – July 10th

Aquathlon – July 12th

Aquabike and Long Course Triathlon – July 14th

The team

This year, despite the distance from Canada, over 225 age group multisport athletes will be competing in Denmark. The youngest athletes on the team are Noah Cornish and Victor Marchand. Both will be competing in the sprint duathlon, in the 16-19 male age group. The most mature athletes competing in Denmark, are three 75-79 age group athletes. Woddy Paylor is competing in the standard duathlon, Maureen Teixeira in the sprint duathlon, and Bob Hubbard in both the aquabike and sprint duathlon.

Just over a 100 Canadians competing Denmark, will be racing in the duathlon (sprint or standard). While only eight Canadians will be competing in the aquathlon.

Among the Canadian contingent are a few elite racers, including Jesse Bauer, Melissa Paauwe and Stefan Daniel in the duathlon, Frank Sobara in the long course triathlon and Karsten Madsen in the cross triathlon. Also, two junior elite athletes are racing, Tate Haugan in the cross triathlon and Jackson Konkin in the aquabike.

Frank Sobara at the 2107 ITU World Multisport Championships in Penticton, BC.

Among the Canadian contingent are a few elite racers, including Jesse Bauer, Melissa Paauwe and Stefan Daniel in the duathlon, Frank Sobara in the long course triathlon and Karsten Madsen in the cross triathlon. Also, two junior elite athletes are racing, Tate Haugan in the cross triathlon and Jackson Konkin in the aquabike.