Aquabike.World 2023 Season Review - Part I

2023 started with the transition from Aquabike.Events which was focused on Europe only, to Aquabike.World – the worldwide platform for the aquabike community that we have today. Maybe we could contribute a little bit to the development of this beautiful multisport discipline. Because in 2023 we had more than 1.000 aquabike races worldwide – 1.053 to be precise – in no less than 30 different countries.

You will see some more record-breaking numbers in the second part of our season review. In this first part we´ll take a look at how the champoinship races and some other big races of the season went.

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Bad News for US Aquabikers

At least for those who plan to participate in a world championship.

Yesterday USA Triathlon announced their new membership plans. To be able to “compete internationally with Team USA” – which applies to aquabike athletes if they want to participate in the long or standard distance world championships – you have to become a Platinum Member for $400 a year. Yes, there are also some other benefits for Platinum Members. But honestly… I wouldn´t have any use for those. And reading the comments in the US triathlon facebook groups I´m not the only one.

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2025 Standard Distance Aquabike World Championships to be held in Wollongong

Today World Triathlon announced that the World Triathlon Championship Finals will take place in Wollongong, New South Wales, to finish the 2025 season. For a few years now the finals are also hosting the standard distance triathlon and aquabike world championships for age group athletes.

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Happy New Year with new Features at Aquabike.World

Exactly one year after our worldwide launch we had another big update on the 4th of January. We now offer a premium membership which not only gives you the chance to enjoy Aquabike.World without all the annoying ads, but also gives you access to pretty cool new features. But of course, we are also working hard to improve our free accessible content.

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Course Details for the 2024 World Championships in Townsville

This week the organizer of the 2024 Long Distance World Championships in Townsville, Australia released the course details for all the races at the multisport event. The first look at the page for the aquabike race might give a slightly misleading impression though.

But before the good swimmers get a bit too excited: No, the bike leg is not only 30 km. And no, the picture with a bunch of cyclists does not mean that the race will be draft legal.

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European Championships for 2024 & 2025 announced

After the latest statement which followed the PTO’s premature announcement for the 2024 European Championships, Europe Triathlon kept their word to announce date and location for the 2024 European Multisport Championships a week later. They will be held on the 23rd of June in Coimbra, Portugal.

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2024 European Championships will be held in Ibiza - NOT

Last August World Triathlon announced that the long-distance triathlon world championships will be held as a PTO race series with races all around the world, including continental championships on each continent. For aquabike athletes it remained questionable if this is good or bad news since there was no mentioning of other multisport disciplines. Will we have continental aquabike championships on every continent? Maybe even more aquabike races at other events of the series? Or will there be no aquabike races included whatsoever?

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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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