Triathlon Mixed Relay
Huatulco to award two Mixed Relay Teams a golden ticket to Paris 2024 Olympics
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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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 -
Triumphant Italy bring home Winter Triathlon Mixed Relay gold in Pragelato
The final day of World Triathlon Winter Championships Pragelato-Sestriere action saw Team Italy smash the...Feb 25, 2024 -
Team Australia storm home with gold in the Mixed Relay Series in Napier
Team Australia (Callum McClusky-Emma-Jeffcoat-Brandon Copeland-Sophie Linn) is back on the podium after...Feb 25, 2024 -
Lindemann brings world champions Germany home for stunning Paris Test Event gold
It was an almighty denouement to the four-day Paris Test Event action as Laura Lindemann and Mixed Relay World...Aug 20, 2023 -
Team France shine on in Sunderland with imperious Mixed Relay gold
There would be no denying Team France yet another Mixed Relay title on Sunday afternoon in Sunderland, even...Jul 30, 2023 -
Teams chasing more Olympic points in Sunderland
Only a couple of weeks after Germany was crowned as the 2023 Mixed Relays World Champion, another 19 teams...Jul 29, 2023 -
Germany land Mixed Relay World title glory in Hamburg, confirm team place at Paris 2024
Sunday afternoon saw Team Germany lift the 2023 Mixed Relay World title at WTCS Hamburg, the first nation to...Jul 16, 2023 -
Teams on the hunt of Olympic spots in Hamburg
The city of Hamburg is interlinked massively with the Mixed Relay format. Since 2013, for seven times the...Jul 15, 2023
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Upcoming Events
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17 May, 2024Huatulco, Mexico • Start Lists
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01 - 02 Jun, 2024Silver lake, Serbia • Start Lists
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Latest Triathlon Mixed Relay Videos
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2023 World Triathlon Multisport Championships Ibiza25 Apr, 2023
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World Triathlon Explainer: Triathlon Mixed Relay19 Jan, 2023
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Excitement ahead of Mixed Relay Olympic debut30 Jul, 2021