Aquabike Standard Distance World Championships 2023 Pontevedra - Race Report

The second edition of the Aquabike Standard Distance World Championships took place on September 24^th in Pontevedra, Spain. For most athletes from the northern hemisphere, it was the last race of the season while it was the season opener for those who travelled to Galicia from South Africa, Australia or New Zealand. According to participating athletes we saw an almost perfectly organized race with only minor points of criticism. So everything was well prepared for a thrilling race.

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Aquabike Standard Distance World Championships 2023 Pontevedra - Race Preview

We are less than one week away from the second Standard Distance Aquabike World Championships. While less than 200 aquabike athletes travelled to last year´s premiere in Abu Dhabi, this year´s edition in Pontevedra will see a twice as big field of competitors fighting for gold, silver and bronze medals. It´s not the first time aquabike world champions are crowned in the city in the north-west of Spain. In 2019 the third edition of the Long Distance Aquabike World Championships were held in the same location. So the local organizers do have some experience with organizing big multisport events and we can hope to see a well organized race. However, there is one point of criticism. If you have read my race previews and reports of the most recent major races in Spain it´s not hard to guess what it is about.

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New #1 in Men´s and Women´s Aquabike.World Ranking

As expected, the European Championships brought quite some shifts in the top ranks of the Aquabike.World Ranking. If you compare the Men´s and the Women´s rankings, you will notice that they look very different. In this article we´ll take a closer look at the reasons for this.

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European Aquabike Chamionships 2023 Race Report

The 5th European Aquabike Championships in Menen, Belgium brought out a favourite´s victory but also some surprises with quite a few strong Belgian athletes mixing up the top ranks. We had a beautiful, perfectly organized race in perfect weather conditions.

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New #1 in Men´s Aquabike.World Ranking

Lately I had some controversial discussions about how the points for the ranking are calculated. Since this also might be an issue with the new #1 and how he got there, I want to say a few words about this beforehand.

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How to register for the 2023 European Aquabike Championships

The 2023 European Aquabike Championships will be held in Menen (Belgium) on August 27^th. And this is definitely a race to look forward for aquabike athletes, as the organizers are obviously paying much more attention to aquabike athletes as in previous World or European Championship races.

If you would like to compete in the Europeans but have not yet raced in an international championship race before, you might not be aware of how to register for it. Because the registrations for those events are processed through the national federations – and this is a bit different in every country. In this article we collected information about the top 15 European countries in the Aquabike.World country ranking about the registration process but also about the deadlines which are coming up pretty soon in some countries.

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Bike Course & Finish at the 2023 European Aquabike Championships

You might think it´s a bit exaggerating to write an article about the finish of an aquabike race. Well, after repeated issues with the location of the finish line in recent championships, most of all the disaster at the World Championships in Ibiza a few weeks ago, I think it´s well worth to take a closer look about this in future events.

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New #1 in Men´s Aquabike.World Ranking

The Long Distance World Championship in Ibiza was the biggest aquabike race since the 2019 World Championships in Pontevedra. Not only because of the big number of starters, but also because of the quite demanding course there were big points to grab for the best athletes in the race (read more about how points are calculated). So it´s no surprise that we saw big changes in the Aquabike.World Ranking after the race. All athletes inside the top 10 were competing in Ibiza. But it´s not the new World Champion who is now holding the top spot in the rankings.

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2023 Aquabike World Championships Ibiza Race Report

186 male and 127 female athletes finished the Long Distance Aquabike Championships last Sunday in Ibiza. After smaller fields of starters in the previous editions this was the biggest aquabike race since the 2019 World Championships in Pontevedra (where they will again be held in 2025). After the 3 km swim athletes had to tackle a quite demanding 116 km bike course under perfect weather conditions – except maybe for the wind which certainly didn´t make the bike leg easier. The race was perfectly organized – apart from one little (or maybe not so little) thing. But more about that a bit later…

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