Triathlon Mixed Relay
Team France on top at the World Mixed U23-Junior Relay Champs
Welcome to Triathlon Mixed Relay
The Triathlon Team Mixed Relay format showcases racing at its most thrilling, where the individual sport combines with pure team spirit to produce fireworks on the blue carpet!
All four athletes on a team must complete a super-sprint triathlon - 300m swim, approx 6.6km bike and 1km run - before tagging off to a teammate (for the Paris 2024 Olympic cycle, the order is always male-female-male-female).
Among the most exciting aspects of the races for spectators is the athletes’ dramatic sprint and dive after being tagged by their teammate, as well as the intensity and speed from start to finish, with tight, back-and-forth lead changes and team pride the hallmarks of the events.
The very first World Triathlon Triathlon Team Mixed Relay World Championships was held in Des Moines, Iowa, USA in 2009 when the powerful Swiss team claimed the inaugural title. In 2013, the World Championships were hosted in Hamburg for the first time, the German city rapidly becoming the format’s spiritual home and hosting every year since except for Montreal 2022.
The entertaining format was soon embraced around the world and was included in major Games programmes such as the Youth Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games before it was finally announced that Triathlon Mixed Relay would make its Olympic Games debut at Tokyo 2020.
Before then, in 2019, the first ever Team Mixed Relay World Series saw four races take place - in Abu Dhabi, Nottingham, Hamburg and Edmonton. France defended their world title in Hamburg, and went on to win gold at the Tokyo Test Event.
However, it was to be the Great Britain squad that took the first ever Olympic gold, with Jonathan Brownlee, Jessica Learmonth, Alex Yee and Georgia Taylor-Brown combining for glory, USA taking the silver and France the bronze.
Mixed Team Relay explainer
Latest Mixed Team Relay News
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France crowned World Champions in Townsville 2x2 Duathlon Mixed Relay
Two days after the World Duathlon Championships were decided in Townsville, the athletes returned for the 2x2...Aug 18, 2024 -
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Team Germany defends Mixed Relay world title to deliver Olympic warning shot to rivals
It was to be back-to-back world titles for Team Germany on Sunday afternoon in Hamburg, as Annika Koch brought...Jul 14, 2024 -
Opportunity knocks for Sunday’s World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships
After a scintillating Saturday of WTCS Hamburg action, the course now shrinks and the teams become close to...Jul 13, 2024 -
Sixteen teams ready to chase Olympic Triathlon Mixed Relay glory at Paris 2024
Of the 41 nations to have qualified at least one athlete for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, sixteen teams are...Jun 04, 2024 -
Norway and the Netherlands seal the deal in Huatulco and qualify a Team for Paris24
Team Norway -Vetle Bergsvik Thorn, Lotte Miller,, Casper Stornes and Solveig Løvseth- executed their race...May 17, 2024 -
Huatulco to award two Mixed Relay Teams a golden ticket to Paris 2024 Olympics
With the Olympic qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games just about to close on May 27, Mexico becomes...May 15, 2024 -
Mixed Relay ranking deadline day confirms first teams for Paris 2024 Olympic Mixed Relay
Monday 25 March signals triathlon’s first concrete qualification milestone on the path to Paris 2024, with...Mar 25, 2024
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Latest Triathlon Mixed Relay Videos
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2023 World Triathlon Multisport Championships Ibiza25 Apr, 2023 -
World Triathlon Explainer: Triathlon Mixed Relay19 Jan, 2023 -
Excitement ahead of Mixed Relay Olympic debut30 Jul, 2021 -
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