Triathlon Canada provides governance, resources and leadership for athletes seeking to achieve gold medals at the highest levels of competition in the sport of Triathlon as recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and, World Triathlon.
An important strategy in achieving these goals is to ensure the provision of high quality and appropriate competitive racing opportunities at all levels. To that end, the Triathlon Canada Bid
Process will prioritize events that fit with Triathlon Canada’s published High Performance Plan and best benefits the current athlete pool within the High-Performance Program.
Hosting world-class triathlon events has been a critical part of Triathlon Canada’s past successes from both a sport and business development perspective but, more importantly from an athlete
performance perspective. For all these reasons, hosting excellence and building world class events here in Canada remains a high priority for the future.
Organizing Committees that host a national or international event can expect to realize some of the following benefits:
- An improved sponsorship offering
- International and/or National exposure
- Increased event activities
- Attraction of new competitors
- Increase in number of competitors participating from outside of the region
- Stronger community engagement and support
- Development of a stronger local volunteer base and improved capacity to host national and international events
PLEASE NOTE: the High Performance bid document only addresses events that fall within the Olympic/Paralympic pathway with the exception of the World Triathlon Multisport Championships.