# 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series

The 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series was the 14th season of the World Triathlon Championship Series, the top level international series for triathlon, since its establishment in 2009, and crowned the 34th official World Triathlon Champion for both men and women since the first was crowned in 1989.
The season consisted of seven pairs of triathlon races for both a men's and women's competition, beginning on May 14 in Yokohama, and concluding on November 26 with the grand final in Abu Dhabi. The World Champion is decided on a cumulative points basis, with the sum of their four best points scores, plus their score in Abu Dhabi, deciding the series rankings, medallists and champions.
The Montreal leg introduced a super-sprint eliminator format, and will host both the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships and World Triathlon Sprint Championships; which crowned the third World Triathlon Sprint champion for both men and women, and the tenth Mixed Relay champion team. Alex Yee and Georgia Taylor-Brown of Great Britain won their first World Sprint titles; it was Yee's first World title overall, while it was Taylor-Brown's second after her Elite World Championship win in 2020. France won the Mixed Relay title, while Great Britain, in silver, took the available Olympic Mixed Relay Qualification spot, as France had pre-qualified as hosts. The event included the world championship events for junior men and women, and the mixed relay world championship for junior and under-23 triathletes.
The grand final was held in Abu Dhabi with increased points and prize money to round off the series. As part of the event, Abu Dhabi also hosted the World Championships races in the elite under-23 category, and the six para-triathlon disciplines. Other non-title races were held for age-group athletes.
Kristian Blummenfelt and Flora Duffy began the season as defending champions from the 2021 season. While Blummenfelt, the 2021 Olympic, World and Ironman champion, had concentrated on the Ironman 70.3 events in 2022, winning his first World title in the discipline in 2022, and did not figure in the WTCS race shake-up, Duffy retained her WTCS world title, her fourth, to add to her 2022 Commonwealth Games title, winning over World Triathlon Sprint champion, 2022 Super League Triathlon champion and erstwhile rival Georgia Taylor-Brown in both the Abu Dhabi Grand Final and the overall standings, while Léo Bergère of France leapfrogged over pre-race standings leaders, 2022 Super League Triathlon champion Hayden Wilde and Commonwealth Games and World Sprint champion Alex Yee by winning the Grand Final race, taking his first overall title by just 20 points from Yee. The Abu Dhabi victory was Bergére's first ever in a WTCS event.

## Overview
### Calendar

The 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series visited seven cities.
Events :
| Date | Location | Type |
| May 14–15 | Yokohama | Standard |
| June 11–12 | Leeds | Standard |
| June 24–26 | Montreal | Eliminator |
| July 9–10 | Hamburg | Standard |
| October 7–8 | Cagliari | Standard |
| November 5–6 | Bermuda | Standard |
| November 23–26 | Abu Dhabi | Standard (Grand Final) |
Mixed Relays :
| Date | Location | Type |
| June 12 | Leeds | Mixed Relay |
| June 26 | Montreal | Mixed Relay |
| July 10 | Hamburg | Mixed Relay |

## Results
### Championship series summary (elite)
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Yokohama | Alex Yee (GBR) | Hayden Wilde (NZL) | Léo Bergère (FRA) |
| Leeds | Hayden Wilde (NZL) | Léo Bergère (FRA) | Lasse Luhrs (GER) |
| Montreal * | Alex Yee (GBR) | Hayden Wilde (NZL) | Léo Bergère (FRA) |
| Hamburg | Hayden Wilde (NZL) | Matthew Hauser (AUS) | Jawad Abdelmoula (MAR) |
| Cagliari | Alex Yee (GBR) | Jonny Brownlee (GBR) | Manoel Messias (BRA) |
| Bermuda | Vincent Luis (FRA) | Antonio Serrat (ESP) | Roberto Sanchez (ESP) |
| Abu Dhabi $^{GrandFinal}$ | Léo Bergère (FRA) | Morgan Pearson (USA) | Jelle Geens (BEL) |
| Overall $^{WorldChampionship}$ | Léo Bergère (FRA) | Alex Yee (GBR) | Hayden Wilde (NZL) |
* The Montreal event, held in super-sprint eliminator format, doubled as the stand-alone World Triathlon Sprint Championships.

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Yokohama | Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) | Léonie Périault (FRA) | Flora Duffy (BER) |
| Leeds | Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) | Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) | Sophie Coldwell (GBR) |
| Montreal * | Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) | Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) | Beth Potter (GBR) |
| Hamburg | Flora Duffy (BER) | Beth Potter (GBR) | Lisa Tertsch (GER) |
| Cagliari | Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) | Emma Lombardi (FRA) | Taylor Knibb (USA) |
| Bermuda | Flora Duffy (BER) | Taylor Knibb (USA) | Beth Potter (GBR) |
| Abu Dhabi $^{GrandFinal}$ | Flora Duffy (BER) | Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) | Lena Meissner (GER) |
| Overall $^{WorldChampionship}$ | Flora Duffy (BER) | Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) | Taylor Knibb (USA) |
$^{*TheMontrealevent,heldinsuper-sprinteliminatorformat,doubledasthestand-aloneWorldTriathlonSprintChampionships.}$

#### World Sprint Championship

The event was held as a leg of the World Triathlon Championship Series in Montreal, in conjunction with the World Mixed Relay Championships
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sprint Men | Alex Yee (GBR) | Hayden Wilde (NZL) | Léo Bergère (FRA) |
| Sprint Women | Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) | Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) | Beth Potter (GBR) |

#### Mixed relay

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Leeds | Germany (GER) Lasse Nygaard Priester Anabel Knoll Lasse Lührs Laura Lindemann | Great Britain (GBR) Tom Bishop Sophie Coldwell Grant Sheldon Georgia Taylor-Brown | France (FRA) Tom Richard Sandra Dodet Léo Bergère Audrey Merle |
| Montreal $^{WorldChampionship}$ | France (FRA) Pierre le Corre Emma Lombardi Vincent Luis Cassandre Beaugrand | Great Britain (GBR) Alex Yee Sophie Coldwell Sam Dickinson Georgia Taylor-Brown | United States (USA) Seth Rider Taylor Spivey Kevin McDowell Summer Rappaport |
| Hamburg | Great Britain (GBR) Barclay Izzard Sian Rainsley Sam Dickinson Kate Waugh | Australia (AUS) Luke Willian Sophie Linn Matthew Hauser Natalie Van Coevorden | Germany (GER) Valentin Wernz Lisa Tertsch Lasse Nygaard Priester Laura Lindemann |

## Overall standings

In the individual events, the athlete who accumulates the most points throughout the season is declared the year's world champion.

### Men

| Rank | Athlete | Points |
| | Léo Bergère (FRA) | 4741.89 |
| | Alex Yee (GBR) | 4721.41 |
| | Hayden Wilde (NZL) | 4696.48 |
| 4 | Jelle Geens (BEL) | 4384.52 |
| 5 | Vincent Luis (FRA) | 3880.95 |
| 6 | Matthew Hauser (AUS) | 3232.56 |
| 7 | Antonio Serrat Seoane (ESP) | 3000.65 |
| 8 | Vasco Vilaça (POR) | 2895.57 |
| 9 | Lasse Lührs (GER) | 2792.69 |
| 10 | Pierre Le Corre (FRA) | 2727.14 |

### Women

| Rank | Athlete | Points |
| | Flora Duffy (BER) | 5105.63 |
| | Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) | 5081.25 |
| | Taylor Knibb (USA) | 4179.23 |
| 4 | Taylor Spivey (USA) | 3889.44 |
| 5 | Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) | 3801.32 |
| 6 | Sophie Coldwell (GBR) | 3537.29 |
| 7 | Beth Potter (GBR) | 3479.86 |
| 8 | Laura Lindemann (GER) | 3296.14 |
| 9 | Maya Kingma (NED) | 3101.88 |
| 10 | Miriam Casillas Garcia (ESP) | 3019.96 |

## List of 2022 World Championship podiums

The following is a list of all the World Championship medalists crowned on the various legs of the World Triathlon Championship series. While the men and women's elite championships were decided over the full series, the Sprint, Mixed Relay, Under-23, Junior and Para-triathlon World Championships were all decided by single races, either on the Montreal leg (junior, sprint and both elite and u-23/Jr mixed relay) or Abu Dhabi grand final (Under-23 and paratriathlon).
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Senior ||||
| Men's overall $^{season-long}$ | Léo Bergère (FRA) | Alex Yee (GBR) | Hayden Wilde (NZL) |
| Women's overall $^{season-long}$ | Flora Duffy (BER) | Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) | Taylor Knibb (USA) |
| Mixed relay $^{Montreal}$ | France (FRA) Pierre le Corre Emma Lombardi Vincent Luis Cassandre Beaugrand | Great Britain (GBR) Alex Yee Sophie Coldwell Sam Dickinson Georgia Taylor-Brown | United States (USA) Seth Rider Taylor Spivey Kevin McDowell Summer Rappaport |
| Men's sprint $^{Montreal}$ | Alex Yee (GBR) | Hayden Wilde (NZL) | Léo Bergère (FRA) |
| Women's sprint $^{Montreal}$ | Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) | Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) | Beth Potter (GBR) |
| Age-grade ||||
| Men's U-23 $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Connor Bentley (GBR) | Gergely Kiss (HUN) | Hamish Reilly (GBR) |
| Women's U-23 $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Kate Waugh (GBR) | Annika Koch (GER) | Bianca Seregni (ITA) |
| Men's junior $^{Montreal}$ | Thomas Hansmaennel (FRA) | Toby Powers (AUS) | Reese Vannerson (USA) |
| Women's junior $^{Montreal}$ | Tilda Månsson (SWE) | Jule Behrens (GER) | Livia Gross (SUI) |
| Mixed relay U-23/Jr $^{Montreal}$ | France (FRA) | Great Britain (GBR) | Germany (GER) |
| Para triathlon ||||
| Men's PTWC $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Jetze Plat (NED) | Florian Brungraber (AUS) | Geert Schipper (NED) |
| Men's PTS2 $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Jules Ribstein (FRA) | Lionel Morales (ESP) | Wim De Paepe (BEL) |
| Men's PTS3 $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Daniel Molina (ESP) | Nico van der Bergte (NED) | Max Gelhaar (GER) |
| Men's PTS4 $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Alexis Hanquinquant (FRA) | Pierre-Antoine Baele (FRA) | Jeremy Peacock (AUS) |
| Men's PTS5 $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Stefan Daniel (CAN) | Martin Schultz (GER) | Chris Hammer (USA) |
| Men's PTVI $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Dave Ellis (GBR) | Thibaut Regaudeau (FRA) | Antoine Perel (FRA) |
| Women's PTWC $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Lauren Parker (AUS) | Kendall Gretsch (USA) | Jessica Ferreira (BRA) |
| Women's PTS2 $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Hailey Danz (USA) | Melissa Stockwell (USA) | Anu Francis (AUS) |
| Women's PTS3 $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Elise Marc (FRA) | No medals awarded* | No medals awarded* |
| Women's PTS4 $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Andrea Miguelez Ranz (ESP) | Kelly Elmlinger (USA) | Marta Frances Gomez (ESP) |
| Women's PTS5 $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Grace Norman (USA) | Claire Cashmore (GBR) | Kamylie Frenette (CAN) |
| Women's PTVI $^{AbuDhabi}$ | Susana Rodriguez (ESP) | Francesca Tarentello (ITA) | Alison Peasgood (GBR) |
* Due to the classification consisting of only 2 competitors, only the gold medal was awarded.