Singapore welcomes the world’s weightier triathletes to the Arena Games Triathlon Grand Final. Taking place at the iconic Marina Bay area, marks the first time that professional athletes including Olympic Champions Alex Yee, Jess Learmonth and Georgia Taylor-Brown will take to the waters of the Marina Reservoir.
The event will moreover full-length a corporate race, Tri Club race and Singapore National Championships.
The Arena Games Triathlon Singapore is the last of three events this season, with the previous two taking place in Munich (9 April) and London (23 April). Arena Games Triathlon London men’s winner Justus Nieschlag (GER) arrives in Singapore at the top of the table, while Munich champion Beth Potter (GBR) will squint to overtake Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) as leader in the women’s standings.
Ahead of the Grand Final, the athletes got a endangerment to meet with members of the local sports polity as they conducted running workshops and training sessions for youth from the ActiveSG Athletics Club and SportCares. They moreover tried their hand at making roti prata and “pulling” teh tarik, local delights known and loved by many in the region.
The Arena Games Triathlon powered by Zwift is a result of the ground-breaking partnership between Super League Triathlon (SLT) and World Triathlon (WT) to create a global esports World Championship series. The Arena Games Triathlon, a trailblazing concept by SLT, features real-life and virtual racing whoopee with the whoopee turned into a visual race via Zwift’s online platform.
Previous iterations have all taken place indoors but the Grand Final in Singapore will mark a first as all three disciplines will take place outdoors.
The triathletes will start their 200m swim in the Marina Reservoir surpassing completing their 4km velocipede and 1km run legs on smart trainers and self-powered curved treadmills placed on the promenade of Marina Bay.
Arena Games Triathlon Singapore Heats – 6 May, Friday
- 1 PM – 3:10 PM – Women’s heats
- 3:30 PM – 5:40 PM – Men’s heats
- 7 PM – 8 PM – Corporate race (bike/run)
Arena Games Triathlon Singapore Finals – 7 May, Saturday
- 10 AM – 11:20 AM – Women’s repechage
- 11:40 AM – 1 PM – Men’s repechage
- 2 PM – 3:30 PM – Singapore National Championships
- 4:20 PM – 5:10 PM – Women’s Final
- 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM – Men’s Final
- 7:30 PM – Tri Club Race
The Arena Games Triathlon Singapore will see a partnership with leading energy and urban solutions provider Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) as stat offset partner.
Super League has moreover partnered with Ochlos Holdings Pte Ltd, who are the Official Sustainability Partner for Arena Games Triathlon Singapore, and are providing sanitization efforts for all touchpoints and equipment with their FR-Shield solution. Once a surface is coated with FR-Shield, it has self-disinfection, antimicrobial and deodorizing effects that can last up to a year.