Stockholm added 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series, Guatape World Cup Re-scheduled

Vancouver, Canada (1 March 2012) - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today
announced changes to the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series and World Cup calendar.

Stockholm has been added as a new host city, replacing Lausanne, which had to withdraw from the series due to insufficient funding.  

The event will still take place on 25-26 August and includes the ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships as well as the sixth round of the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series.  A total prize purse of $170,000 USD will be on offer across the two races.  It will mark the first time since 1997 that the Swedish capital will host an ITU event and is seen as a great boost for triathlon's growth in the Nordic region. 

The new schedule for the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series is:
April 14 - Sydney, Australia
May 11-12 - San Diego, USA
May 26-27 - Madrid, Spain (final race in Olympic qualification)
June 23-24 - Kitzbuehel, Austria
July 21-22 - Hamburg, Germany
August 25-26 - Stockholm, Sweden (includes Mixed Relay World Championships)
September 30 - Yokohama, Japan
October 20-22 - Grand Final - Auckland, New Zealand (includes Junior, Under23, Paratriathlon and Age-Group World Championships)

ITU has also announced that the Guatape World Cup in Colombia, originally scheduled for 1 July, has been re-scheduled for 9 September due to local challenges with staging the event in July.  

ITU is pleased to confirm the first ever ITU World Cup events that will take place over a sprint distance will be:
July 8 - Edmonton, Canada
July 14-15 - Tiszaujvaros, Hungary
October 7 - Cancun, Mexico

The event in Tiszaujvaros will be held over two days and will feature a new format with the semi-finals on Saturday and the finals on Sunday.