Europe Providing Elite Racing Opportunities for British Athletes – Looking at Stage 1 of French Triathlon Series, in Metz
[Credit FF Triathlon] Europe has drawn British athletes to top racing opportunities for many years now with a growing attraction to race for teams across France, Germany and Spain offering D1 & D2 competition. Last weekend commenced Stage 1 of the French Triathlon Series, formerly French Grand Prix, in Metz. British Junior and Senior athletes…
Race Report: British Youth and Junior Super Series Racing Gets Underway with Performance Assessments
(Credit: Mick Hall/British Triathlon) The British Triathlon Super Series started again for 2026, opening with the Performance Assessments, taking in Youth, Junior and Senior racing around Nottingham and Rutland over a two day format. With all categories racing over the same distance the short super sprint format provided fast racing, with a 400m pool time…
Race Report: Elite European Cup Monte Gordo
[Credit – Europe Triathlon] The second Portuguese European Cup of the year, two weeks post the Elite European Cup in Quarteira took place in Monte Gordo with elite men and women racing over the sprint distance last weekend. Elite Women In the elite women’s race an early group of 5 was away at the front…
Race Report: Elite European Cup Quarteira
For the first Elite European Cup of the season and the start of the season for many elite athletes, Quarteira hosted the 2026 opening European Cup of the year, with a double weekend of Elite and Junior European Cup racing. The elites kicked off the weekend’s racing on Saturday racing over the Olympic Distance with…
Race Report: Junior European Cup Quarteira
[Credit – World Triathlon] The opening European Junior Cup of the 2026 season took place on the Algarve coast in Portugal with a strong number of British Junior athletes racing in Quarteira, the Sunday following the elite race the day before. See also the Elite Race Report here Racing both over the sprint distance on…
Race Report: Youth and Junior Bath Duathlon 2026
The 2026 edition of the Bath Duathlon provided another competitive duathlon for youth and junior racing on its 14th edition. With draft legal racing on the Odd Down bike circuit in Bath, the Youth and Junior fields attracted top athletes from around the South West and beyond for fast racing over the super sprint distance.…
Race Result: Africa Triathlon Premium Cup Swakopmund
Racing in the Africa Triathlon Premium Cup in Namibia yesterday saw Olympic competition in a strong field with Luke Holmes (GBR) taking 12th in the Elite men’s race in his first season post Junior. Elite Results Full
Race Report: World Triathlon Cup Haikou
Credit – [World Triathlon] Racing at the second World Triathlon Cup of the year a number of top British elites were out in force over the flat and fast sprint format in China for the Haikou Elite World Cup. Warm conditions for early racing meant non wetsuit conditions and Michael Gar made the most of…
Elite World Cup Season Gets Underway with Lanzarote World Cup
Image Credit [World Triathlon] The 2026 World Triathlon World Cup season officially began on Saturday, with the new World Cup location of Lanzarote setting the stage for a windy race for both men and women over the sprint distance. Georgia Taylor-Brown and Sophie Evans (formerly ‘Coldwell’) formed part of an 8 strong breakaway on the…
Race Report: Chilly Duathlon 2026
Credit: [DB Max Timing] Like previous years the Chilly Duathlon attracted a strong field across both male and female races, with draft legal racing on the flat and fast Castle Combe circuit, acting also as the age-group qualifier for the 2027 European Champs Sprint distance duathlon. The first run in the men’s race saw junior…
Race Report: Trail X UK Duathlon Matterley Basin
On 1 March the second Trail X Off-road Duathlon of the year was hosted at Matterley Basin, near Winchester, attracting athletes from 14 and upwards, to race over either the Half X distance or Full X. The morning drizzle and recent days of rain set the scene for a muddy course, but started to clear…
Youth Triathletes take Standout Performances at National XC
As well as some already well known names in the world of elite triathlon, including the likes of Hugo Milner winning the senior XC title and Olivia Mathias taking a top 15 finish in the Senior Women’s race, youth and junior triathletes took top performances at the English National Cross Country on 21 February, through…
Race Report: TrailX Duathlon Crow Hill
(Image: TrailX UK) Crow Hill in the New Forest, was host to the TrailX Duathlon on Sunday 1st February, organised by Eventrex UK. At a venue more familiar with hosting one of the rounds of the Southern XC mountain bike series, this was a chance for xc duathletes aged 14 and over to compete over…
The Next Generation: 10 Youth and Junior Athletes selected onto the British Academy
British Triathlon has announced 10 Youth and Junior athletes selected onto the British Academy for 2025-26. The group includes 6 girls; Darcy Gladwell, Emma Graham-Brown, Kitty Scott, Sophie Richmond, Betsy North, Ellie Birchall, and 4 boys; Lucas Gorrill, Finlay Goodman, Tom Mythen, Reuben Wadey. From British Triathlon, ‘This new, smaller, more focussed national squad has…
British Triathlon Super Series Dates Released
The 2026 British Triathlon Super Series is spread across nine venues for Youth, Junior and Para Tri. Youth and Junior Super Series: Para Super Series Youth and Junior Preview The Youth and Junior series looks relatively similar to recent years and last. As usual, the series starts with the Performance Assessments on the 18-19 April…
New Junior and U23 Athletes selected onto Olympic World Class Programme
British Triathlon has released the new World Class Programme for building towards LA 2028 and Brisbane 2032, including a number of new U23 and final year Junior athletes. They join some well-established names and Olympic medallists already on the programme, including the likes of Alex Yee and Beth Potter. New Olympic Programme Athletes The new…
European Junior Cup Schedule Announced for 2026
Europe and World Triathlon have released the European Junior Triathlon Cup schedule for 2026. Majority of the European Junior Cup events are hosted alongside the same weekend of Elite European Cup racing with the 2026 European schedule starting in Quarteira, Portugal, on the 29th March and ending in Bled, Slovenia according to current World Triathlon…
How To: Qualifying for the 2026 XTERRA Youth and Junior World Championship
(The above image is from the 2025 World Championship in Italy.) The XTERRA World Championship for 2026 heads from Europe to the high altitude town of Ruidoso, New Mexico in the USA. Ruidoso sits at over 2000m above sea level and will host the Elite, AG and Youth and Junior XTERRA World Championship from 2026…
Introduction to the Site
Welcome to Triathlon Scene UK. We have developed this site to put the UK’s next generation of multisport athletes in the spotlight. The Youth and Junior triathlon and multisport scene has been neglected in the UK in terms of news and athlete exposure, so here we want to create a site where you can find…