How to watch the World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama

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We’ve had to wait an agonising three whole months for the second round of the 2025 WTCS! But it’s almost here – almost – so here’s everything you need to know about WTCS Yokohama on 17 May.

What happened in the 2024 series?

Abu Dhabi was set to kick the season off on 8-9 March 2024, but unfortunately the event had to be cancelled. Yokohama instead started the racing in May, and saw first-time wins in both events – Morgan Pearson for the men and Léonie Periault for the women.

Next up was Cagliari at the end of June, where several federations made their final team selections for the Paris Olympic Games. Alex Yee set his stall out with a convincing win over Hayden Wilde, while home favourite Cassandre Beaugrand took her first Olympic-distance win when it mattered.

In the final race before Paris in Hamburg, Germany, it was a repeat podium from Cagliari in the women’s race as Beaugrand once again got the better of Beth Potter. Matt Hauser, meanwhile, chalked up his second WTCS victory.

The penultimate race of the season saw dominant displays from both Yee in the men’s event and Lisa Tertsch in the women’s, the latter also marking the young German’s first-ever WTCS victory.

At the Grand Final in Torremolinos towards the end of October, both Olympic champions, Yee and Beaugrand, were able to convert solid race performances into world-championship victories, becoming only the second male and female triathletes to win Olympic and world titles in the same season (Kristian Blummenfelt and Flora Duffy were the first to achieve the feat in 2021).

What’s happened in the 2025 WTCS so far?

The first round in Abu Dhabi saw victories for Hayden Wilde in the men’s sprint race, and a German podium sweep for the women, with rising star Lisa Tertsch taking the top step.

When and where is the next WTCS taking place?

The second round of the 2025 WTCS takes place in Yokohama, Japan, on 17 May.

Which events are taking place in Yokohama?

Yokohama will be hosting a Para Triathlon Championship Series race, plus elite men’s and women’s Olympic-distance WTCS races.

Which athletes are racing in Yokohama?

Abu Dhabi winner Hayden Wilde will be back on the WTCS circuit following his phenomenal debut win at T100 Singapore. The Paris silver medallist will be joined by fellow Kiwi Tayler Reid, who notably was a major help to Wilde’s breakaway success at WTCS Torremolinos at the end of last year.

Aussie Matt Hauser, who finished a close second in Abu Dhabi, is also on fine form and chasing a home world title in 2025, so don’t be surprised to see him podium once more in Japan.

Portugal’s Vasco Vilaca, who finished third in Abu Dhabi, has some unfinished business on the Japanese course having crashed at last year’s event which derailed much of his summer. Also keep on his impressive teammates, Ricardo Batista and Miguel Tiago Silva.

Dorian Coninx was also taken out in the same crash as Vilaca in 2024, and the 2023 world champion has only raced one WTCS since then – a fourth-place finish at the WTCS Final in Torremolinos. Expect to see the Frenchman in the podium mix.

Paris bronze medallist Léo Bergere will be hoping to avoid seeing the back of Wilde’s tri-suit in Japan, having finished runner-up to the Kiwi in April’s T100 Singapore and last year’s Grand Final – and of course, Paris.

Last year’s winners Morgan Pearson (USA) will also be on the startline.

On the women’s side, reigning world champ Cassandre Beaugrand is down on the startlist and ready to kickstart her 2025 WTCS campaign. She’s already won her first two races of the year at the Indoor World Cup Lievin and the supertri E World Champs in London, so the smart money’s on the Olympic champ to dominate in Japan.

But don’t be surprised to see Abu Dhabi winner Lisa Tertsch in the mix. The rising star heads a German team of six, which includes fellow podium placers from that first race Nina Eim and Laura Lindemann.

GB’s Beth Potter, who finished runner-up to Beaugrand in London in April, is also down to race and, other than Tertsch, is the only woman to have beaten Beaugrand in a standard-distance triathlon since May 2023.

T100 Singapore winner Kate Waugh and Sian Rainsley will also be racing for Great Britain.

Other names to watch out for include Léonie Periault (FRA), who finished 12th at the European 10km Championships recently, Taylor Spivey (USA), Gwen Jorgensen (USA) and Jeanne Lehair (LUX).

To see the full start lists head here.

The 2025 WTCS Yokohama elite course

How can I watch the 2025 WTCS Yokohama race?

You can watch all races live on TriathlonLive.tv, while UK audiences can also stream live coverage via BBC Sport, the BBC Sport app and the BBC Red Button.

When do the 2025 WTCS Yokohama events start*?

*All times are local (JST), which is 9hrs ahead of the UK (BST).

Saturday 17 May

6:50am – Para Triathlon Championship Series

10:15am – Elite women’s Olympic distance

1pm – Elite men’s Olympic distance

2025 World Triathlon Championship Series

The 2025 series will have visited eight different locations during the season, culminating at the Grand Final in Wollongong, Australia, in October.

WTCS 2025 overview

15-16 February: WTCS Abu Dhabi, UAE (sprint and mixed relay)
17 May: WTCS Yokohama, Japan (Olympic)
31 May: WTCS Alghero, Sardinia, Italy (Olympic)
12-13 July: WTCS Hamburg, Germany (sprint and mixed relay)
31 August: WTCS French Riviera, Saint-Raphaël – Fréjus, France (sprint)
14 September: WTCS Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (sprint)
26 September: WTCS Weihai, China (Olympic)
15-19 October: World Triathlon Grand Final Wollongong, Australia (Olympic)

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Paratriathlon

14-15 February: Para Triathlon Cup Abu Dhabi, UAE
14-15 March: Para Triathlon Championship Series Devonport, Australia
17 May: Para Triathlon Championship Series, Yokohama, Japan
24-25 May: Para Triathlon Cup, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
7-8 June: Para Triathlon Championship Series, Taranto, Italy
12-13 July: Para Triathlon Cup, Magog, Canada
19-20 July: Para Triathlon Championship Series, Montreal, Canada
TBC: Para Triathlon Cup, Tata, Hungary
TBC: Para Triathlon Cup, Alhandra, Portugal
15-19 October: World Paratriathlon Championships, Wollongong, Australia

About

Former 220 deputy editor Liz Barrett started work on the magazine in 2007 as staff writer. During her 18 years with the brand, she reported live from almost every major triathlon across the globe, including the Ironman World Championship, the 70.3 World Championship, six World Triathlon Grand Finals, Challenge Roth, the 2014 and 2022 Commonwealth Games, the London and Paris Olympics and the Rio Paralympics, to name but a few. Name a pro and chances are she’ll have interviewed them, so, unsurprisingly, she’s still our go-to pro-athlete expert. She now works as a freelance journalist, copywriter and editor.