LIVE this Weekend: XTERRA Worlds & Short Track Final
Fuck it, let’s start with the schedule
XTERRA World Championship 2022 on Saturday, October 1st
Live coverage starts at 8:40 am CEST (2:40 am on the US East Coast)
XTERRA Short Track in Molveno, Italy on Sunday, October 2nd
Live coverage starts at 13:50 pm CEST (7:50 am on the US East Coast)
Preview
Following an action-packed racing season that traveled around the world to qualifying events in 22 countries, XTERRA will host its 26th annual XTERRA World Championship off-road triathlon and XTERRA Short Track Trentino races at the base of the breathtaking Brenta Dolomites in Trentino, Italy on October 1-2, 2022.
It’s the first time since XTERRA’s inception in 1996 that off-road triathlon’s greatest day will take place outside the Hawaiian Island of Maui, and a capacity field featuring more than 750 of the world’s best amateur and professional XTERRA athletes representing 40 countries are headed to Trentino to take part in its European premiere.
“Our territory has been confirmed to be one of the best locations for large sports events and this is proven yet again by the XTERRA World Championship,” said Roberto Failoni, Councillor for Crafts, Trade, Promotion, Sport and Tourism of the Autonomous Province of Trentino.
“Molveno Lake and its mountain range will be the extraordinary backdrop to a truly breathtaking and challenging competition. Like on other occasions, we aim at top quality in the accommodation and catering offered to athletes, teams and spectators, with the commitment Trentino is famous for and that, we are certain, will make this event unforgettable,” he added.
The challenge athletes face on Saturday combines a 1.5-kilometer (1-mile) swim in Lake Molveno with a two-lap 32-kilometer (20-miles) mountain bike that climbs high into the Dolomites, followed by a flowy 10-kilometer (6.2-miles) trail run that twists through forest trails and the lake shore.
Elite athletes’ race for a share of €100.000 in prize money, while all competitors chase the sports’ ultimate, and most coveted title of XTERRA World Champion.
Then, the fastest elite finishers in Saturday’s full distance XTERRA World Championship race will have a chance to showcase their skills on Sunday, October 2, in the invite-only, made-for-TV, XTERRA Short Track Series Finale.
The race combines a two-lap swim (200m per lap), four-lap mountain bike (1.8k per lap), and two-loop run (1.2K per lap). The atmosphere will be nothing short of electric and the event, historic. This all-out sprint for the €10.000 prize purse and €20.000 series bonus could not be better suited as the final act of an epic season.
The top 15 elite men and women finishers at the XTERRA World Championship on Saturday are guaranteed a spot in the Short Track showdown on Sunday, and the fight for that right will be tight.