Elite Triathlete Information

INTRODUCTION

In 2024, elite athletes have an opportunity to compete in the XTERRA World Cup, a premier series of events that will award roughly $350,000 to XTERRA’s fastest professional athletes.

The seven-stop, 11-race XTERRA World Cup kicks off March 23, 2024 at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Kenting, Taiwan, and culminates September 26-28 at the XTERRA World Championship in Trentino, Italy.

Find schedule, rules, prize money, and points breakdown for the XTERRA World Cup here.

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XTERRA WORLD CUP ELITE ENTRY & TRAVEL INCENTIVES

XTERRA World Cup event organisers provide complimentary entries to the top 10 athletes in the World Cup rankings. Thus, the top 10 elite men/women at the Asia-Pacific Championship will earn free entry into the XTERRA Greece, the top 10 elite men/women in the World Cup standings after the North American Championship will earn free entry into the XTERRA Belgium, and so on.

To further incentivise traveling athletes, the top 5* ranked elite male and female athletes traveling from outside the host region will be eligible for a complimentary entry to World Cup Events subject to the athlete confirming their racing schedule by February 15th.

*note - Athletes must have a top 50 WPI ranking to be eligible for this benefit.

For example: XTERRA World Cup #1, XTERRA Taiwan. An athlete from the Americas region ranked as a top five travelling elite men or women to commit/pre-register by February 15, will receive a complimentary race entry.

THREE FREE NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION: The top five ranked active elites in the World Performance Index (WPI) and the top five ranked elites in the World Cup standings are ELIGIBLE for three free nights. From this pool, a maximum of 10 athletes will be awarded complementary accommodation as follows:

• The top five elite men/women at the Asia-Pacific Championship (thus the top five in the World Cup standings) have priority to accept 3 nights free at XTERRA Greece. If there are rooms remaining (for example, if an athlete in the top five isn’t racing at XTERRA Greece) then their spot will roll to the highest ranked elite (must be in top 5 WPI World Rankings) who is attending XTERRA Greece.
• The top five elite men/women in the World Cup standings after XTERRA Greece have priority to accept 3 nights free at the XTERRA North American Championship. If there are rooms remaining (for example, if an athlete in the top five isn’t racing Belgium) then their spot will roll to the highest ranked elite (must be in top 5 WPI World Rankings) who is attending the XTERRA North American Championship.
• The top five elite men/women in the World Cup standings after the North American Championship have priority to accept 3 nights free at XTERRA Belgium. If there are rooms remaining (for example, if an athlete in the top five isn’t racing Belgium) then their spot will roll to the highest ranked elite (must be in top 5 WPI World Rankings) who is attending Belgium.
• The top five elite men/women in the World Cup standings after Belgium have priority to accept 3 nights free at XTERRA Québec, and the European Championship. If there are rooms remaining (for example, if an athlete in the top five isn’t racing CAN or CZE) then their spot will roll to the highest ranked elite (must be in top 5 WPI World Rankings) who is attending those events.

Note: Athletes accepting the free accommodation must confirm by the same deadline as race registration outlined in step 2 below.

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RACE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS: Athletes interested in receiving comp entries and/or lodging as noted above are required to pre-register by the following deadlines:

Step 1: Pre-registration

All Elites must send us their entire 2024 World Cup schedule before February 1st, 2024.

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Step 2: Race Registration

Elites must confirm their registration (and free accommodation where applicable) by the following dates:

XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship: February 1, 2024

XTERRA Greece: April 1, 2024

XTERRA North American Championship: May 4, 2024

XTERRA Belgium: May 26, 2024

XTERRA Québec: June 15, 2024

XTERRA European Championship: July 21, 2024

XTERRA World Championship: September 1, 2024

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Notes: Elites who do not send their schedules on time, or who miss race registration deadlines will not be eligible for comp entries or free accommodation. Elites should only commit/pre-register for races they will attend.

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XTERRA SHORT TRACK

All four XTERRA Short Track events are part of the XTERRA World Cup, awarding points and prize money to elite participants. XTERRA Short Track races are free to enter for the 30 men and women selected to participate.

2024 Short Track Races:

XTERRA Oak Mountain Short Track - 19th May

XTERRA Quebec Short Track - 13th July

XTERRA Czech Short Track - 11th August

XTERRA Trentino Short Track - 26th September

Find complete XTERRA Short Track rules and qualification criteria here.