ITU World Triathlon Series was incorporated into the series giving the same points and prize money as any other event, from this point on sprint distance events would make up a part of the series. In 2013, the series offered a total of $2.25 million in prize money to elite athletes, making it the richest series in triathlon.With the growing popularity of the ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships and the disciplines addition to the Olympic program it was decided that at three of the events on the 2018 calendar a mixed relay event would be held alongside the men's and women's competition these
Triathlon at the Commonwealth Games Wells (men), both from New Zealand. Triathlon at the Commonwealth Games Triathlon is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It was first granted Commonwealth Games sport status in 2002. It is a core sport which has to be included in each competition's sporting programme. A para triathlon was first included as an optional sport in the Gold Coast 2018 games. Currently there are five triathlon events in the Commonwealth Games (Men's, Women's, Men's Para, Women's Para, and the Mixed Team Relay event). At the 1990 Commonwealth Games at Auckland, the Triathlon was a demonstration event; won