Doha Triathlon 2020

Doha Triathlon is wetsuit optional If you are wondering if you need a wetsuit to participate in the Doha Triathlon, here is our advice. The water is expected to be around 20oC. At this temperature, ITU rules designate the swim as wetsuit optional for all race distances. In practice, for inexperienced swimmers, we advise wearing a wetsuit for the Olympic distance 1500m swim. However, the temperature is not extreme and...

The opening event of 2019 – 2020 Series started last Friday with beautiful Katara Triathlon, presented by Royal Aire Maroc. The prestigious venue and popularity of the National Series has drawn a large number of 300 + participants with adults participating in Triathlon Sprint event and those younger than 16 had to tackle with Aquathlon. With more races than ever, plus good competition against the best of the expat community,...

Only handful of days have passed since the inaugural Beach Games that were successfully held in Qatar. One of the main venues was Katara Cultural Village which proved to be the best venue for this type of events. Aquathlon was organized without any problems and we return to the crime scene soon. With second Katara Triathlon and first event in the Qatar National Triathlon Series 2019/2020 on Friday, November 8th....

The Pearl-Qatar was the final venue for the Qatar National Triathlon Series. A five races series started November with Katara Triathlon, followed by Al Ghariya Triathlon in December, main event of the series was Doha Triatlhon in Mia Park in February. Penultimate event was in Lusail City in March and final one last Friday in Pearl-Qatar. Almost 300 athletes including teams and kids participated in the so called “Sprint” event...

Lusail City hosted first Qatari Diar Triathlon last Friday, 29th of March with some 250 adults and kids taking over the Lusail City. Marina Promenade, next to the Yacht Club triathlon was the main venue and start of the race which went underway at 7:15am. Bernard McCullagh (Irl) won the main Open Men event with 54 minutes 11 seconds in front of Aday Alvarez (Spa) and Mouhcine Rhaili (Mor). With...

Doha Triathlon has option of three different distances (Super Sprint, Sprint, Olympic) and also separate race for Qatar National Championships (Sprint distance). The decision has been made that points will be equally allocated for Sprint, Olympic and Qatar National Championships Sprint distance race (only Super Sprint will not count in points system). Meaning winner of each event can get maximum 250 points. Keeping in mind, that the highest number of...

Al Ghariya Resort was the venue of the second event in the Qatar National Triathlon Series this Saturday, 15th of December. The sprint triathlon distance with750 meters of superb swimming conditions, 20 km of flat but windy cycling leg and always difficult 5 km run for the finals took a lot of energy from 160 participants. The open man race was almost exact copy of the first event (Katara Triathlon)...

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Video highlights of the Katara Triathlon 2018.

Qatar Triathlon Federation launches its National Triathlon Series 2018/2019 with Katara Triathlon on Friday, November 9, 2018 The inaugural Katara Triathlon was organised by the Qatar Triathlon Federation in conjunction with MAD Triathlon and support from Qatar Olympic Committee. It took place at the Katara Cultural Village Beach on Friday 9th of November with transition opening at 5am and the race getting underway at 6:45am. The event hosted 240 participants...