Cross Triathlon
100 days to go until the 2023 World Triathlon Multisport Championships Ibiza
Introducing Cross Triathlon
Cross triathlon, or X-tri, is an off-road triathlon discipline that typically takes place over a 1km swim, 20-30km mountain bike and 6-10km trail run.
The discipline first emerged in 1996 at a race in Maui, Hawaii, before evolving into the world-renowned XTERRA series.
After four years of continental championships, ITU held its first Cross Triathlon World Championship in April 2011 in Extremadura, Spain, at the ‘Ring’ complex. Since then, champions have included Bermuda’s Flora Duffy and Mexico’s Francisco Serrano, who won the men’s title at the inaugural World Multisport Championships Festival in Penticton, Canada in 2017, along with local favourite Melanie Mcquaid.
A year later in Fyn, Denmark, it was Spain’s Ruben Ruzafa and Lesley Paterson (GBR) with the titles, and at the Pontevedra 2019 World Multisport Championships, Arthur Forrisier of France and Italy’s Eleanora Peroncini were crowned champions. Arthur Serrieres (FRA) and Loanne Duvoisin (SUI) won the 2021 golds in Extremadura, Spain, and on a tough Targu Mures course in 2022 it was Serrieres successfully defending his title and Italy’s Sandra Mairhofer with the women’s prize.
The first ever Cross Duathlon World Championships were also held in the Romania forests in 2022, Belgium’s Thibaut de Smet and Italy’s Eleonora Peroncini winning the inaugural world titles.
The 2022 results can be found here, and the 2023 World Triathlon Multisport Championships will take place in Ibiza, Spain, from 29 April - 7 May.
Latest Cross Triathlon News
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Battling Mairhofer shakes off fall to win first Cross Triathlon world title in Targu Mures
It was another day to remember for Italy at the 2022 World Triathlon Multisport Championships on Wednesday as...Jun 08, 2022 -
Supreme Serrieres retains Cross Triathlon world title in Targu Mures
The conditions could not have been more different to eight months ago when France’s Arthur Serrieres won his...Jun 08, 2022 -
Duvoisin and Serrieres set to defend Cross Triathlon world titles in Targu Mures
The 2022 Multisport World Championships Targu Mures continues on Wednesday morning with the Cross Triathlon...Jun 07, 2022 -
The Year in Review: 2021 Multisport World Championships
With September’s hotly anticipated 2021 Multisport Festival in Almere unable to proceed as planned due to...Dec 20, 2021 -
World Triathlon award the 2022 Cross Triathlon & Duathlon Championships to Targu Mures
The Executive Board of World Triathlon has decided to award the 2022 Cross Triathlon & Duathlon World...Dec 17, 2021 -
Duvoisin and Serrieres battle through the mud to earn 2021 Cross Triathlon World titles
On a day full of thrills and spills at El Anillo – Extremadura in Spain, Switzerland’s Loanne Duvoisin and...Oct 31, 2021 -
Extremadura, Spain readies for World Triathlon Aquathlon and Cross Triathlon Championships
The impressive El Anillo Centre in Extremadura, western Spain, welcomes two days of World Championship...Oct 27, 2021 -
World Triathlon awards 2021 Cross Triathlon World Championships to Spain
The World Triathlon Executive Board has approved the awarding of the 2021 World Triathlon Cross Championships...Jul 09, 2021
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Latest Cross Triathlon Videos
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Pontevedra Cross Triathlon elite men's highlights06 May, 2019 -
Pontevedra Cross Triathlon elite women's highlights06 May, 2019