XTERRA Short Track Czech Republic

XTERRA Short Track Czech Republic

The 13th annual XTERRA European Championship returns to Prachatice, Czech Republic for full-distance and televised Short Track off-road triathlon racing on Saturday and Sunday, August 13-14.

Nearly 70 elites from 20 countries including the reigning World Cross Triathlon Champions Arthur Serrieres (FRA) and Sandra Mairhofer (ITA) will line-up for the championship on Saturday, which combines a 1.5-kilometer swim, 30K mountain bike, and 10K trail run and dishes out €25,000 in prize money.

The top 20 finishers from that race advance to Sunday’s televised showcase XTERRA Short Track event, along with a handful of wildcard selections.

Live coverage starts Sunday, August 14, with the women’s race at 8:50am CEST, followed by the men’s race at 10:50 CEST.

Spectators on-site and online will have a front row seat to all the action in a race that combines a two-lap, 400-meter swim with an exciting four-lap, 7.6K mountain bike course requiring skill and strength to master sections such as the Vittoria Rocks, The ElleErre downhill, and the Red Bull jumps, and finishes with a tough two-loop, 2.4K trail run.

The winning effort should take the world’s best off-road triathletes about 30 to 40 minutes to complete.

Read the full event preview here, and learn more at xterraplanet.com.

Tentative Start List Elite Women
*XWR - Name, NAT
2 - Loanne Duvoisin, SUI
3 - Marta Menditto, ITA
4 - Sandra Mairhofer, ITA
5 - Samantha Kingsford, NZL
6 - Alizée Paties, FRA
9 - Solenne Billouin, FRA
11 - Jindřiška Zemanová, CZE
12 - Morgane Riou, FRA
16 - Carina Wasle, AUT
20 - Ségolène Léberon, FRA
21 - Amanda Felder, USA
31 - Katerina Jezkova, CZE
33 - Hana Odlová, CZE
38 - Elizabeth Orchard, NZL
43 - Maria Doring, GER
50 - Štěpánka Bisová, CZE
73 - Lara Buttigieg, MLT
77 - Pauline Vie, POR
100 - Beatriz Ferreira, POR

Tentative Start List Elite Men
*XWR - Name, NAT
2 - Arthur Serrieres, FRA 50 - Petr Soukup, CZE
3 - Ruben Ruzafa, ESP 54 - Tim Van Hemel, BEL
5 - Felix Forissier, FRA 55 - Daniel Niederreiter, AUT
8 - Arthur Forissier, FRA 60 - Arthur De Jaegher, AUT
9 - Maxim Chané, FRA 62 - Wouter Dijkshoorn, NED
10 - Sam Osborne, NZL 74 - Simon Schwarz, GER
11 - Jens Emil Sloth Nielsen, DEN 79 - Koen de Leeuw, NED
12 - Lukáš Kočař, CZE 83 - Dominik Wychera, AUT
17 - Xavier Dafflon, SUI 86 - Gaëtan Vivien, FRA
19 - Kristoffer Visti Graae, DEN 89 - Quinten Dewaele, BEL
21 - Franco Pesanvento, ITA 94 - Michal Francke, CZE
23 - Francois Vie, POR 110 - Daniel Kraviansky, SVK
27 - Kieran McPherson, NZL 111 - Keller Norland, USA
29 - Michele Bonacina, ITA 113 - Felix Schumann, GER
32 - Théo Dupras, FRA 116 - Tiago Maia, POR
33 - Federico Spinazzè, ITA 136 - Morgan Rhodes, GBR
34 - Mathias Cloostermans, BEL 143 - Mathieu Wohlgemuth, FRA
36 - Karel Dusek, CZE 155 - Thomas Sauser, SUI
38 - Andrea Zanenga, ITA 160 - Quirijn Waaijenberg, NED
40 - Scott Anderson, GER 167 - Pâris Fellmann, LUX
41 - Lucas Van Deynze, BEL 193 - Bart Cooymans, NED
43 - Francois Carloni, FRA 269 - Taylor Charlton, AUS
45 - Geert Lauryssen, BEL 353 - Octavio Vicente, POR
47 - Peter Lehmann, GER NR - Jan Šneberger, CZE
*XTERRA World Rank

All-time XTERRA European Championship Winners
Year Location Men Women
2021 Zittau, Germany Arthur Serrieres Sandra Mairhofer
2019 Prachatice, Czech Republic Arthur Serrieres Morgane Riou
2018 Zittau, Germany Bradley Weiss Brigitta Poor
2017 Mons Klint, Denmark Bradley Weiss Brigitta Poor
2016 Zittau, Germany Ruben Ruzafa Michelle Flipo
2015 Cranleigh, England Ruben Ruzafa Lesley Paterson
2011 Zittau, Germany Olivier Marceau Marion Lorblanchet
2010 Sardinia, Italy Franky Batelier Melanie McQuaid
2009 Klopeinersee, Austria Franky Batelier Renata Bucher
2008 Sardinia, Italy Olivier Marceau Sibylle Matter
2007 Sardinia, Italy Olivier Marceau Eszter Erdelyi
2006 Villacidro, Italy Nicolas Lebrun Renata Bucher

Learn more on the venues and athletes in the full XTERRA Short Track Series preview here.

Text Credits: XTERRA
Photo Credits: Carel du Plessis / XTERRA
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XTERRA Europe Media Relations:
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TV broadcasters: ICARUS Sports' output from XTERRA Short Track Czech Republic will be uploaded on ICARUS Sports SERVER on 14th August.