World Triathlon Gold Certification

The 2024 World Triathlon Championship Finals head to Torremolinos on 17-20 October, and initiatives put in place surrounding the event’s suppliers, the banning of single-use plastics, accessibility and carbon neutrality, have all helped towards the event being awarded the World Triathlon Gold Certification for Sustainability.

The four-day event will see World Championship racing at the elite, U23, Junior, Para and Age-Group level. Providing the competition circuits with drinking fountains for water consumption, for age-group athletes, as well as for volunteers and staff and the use of reusable cups will save more than 65,000 single-use plastic bottles from being used, thanks to the collaboration with the Torremolinos City Council and Aguas de Torremolinos.

The award underlines the progress made since the 2023 Championship Finals in Pontevedra, where silver was achieved, and matches the gold that was awarded to the Multisport World Championships Ibiza last year.

WTCS Hamburg, WTCS Yokohama and WTPS Swansea are the other events this year to have achieved the highest level of certification.