Andorra (Pyrenees) hosted the World Triathlon Winter Championships for the first time this weekend with more than 200 athletes from 12 countries: Czech Republic, Norway, Russia, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Portugal, Great Britain, Andorra and Romania.
Naturlandia park, near the town of San Julia de Loria, hosted racing on Saturday and Sunday (March 20-21).
The two-day event will have races for in elite, junior, under-23 and Para-triathlon athletes, and there will be a mixed relay event for both elite and junior athletes.
Russian Triathlon Federation (RTF) athlete Pavel Andreev started as the clear favourite in the men’s race, having won every world title since winning his first in 2011. But he only had the second position after Hans Christian from Norway.
The Russian national team got the highest number of medals, receiving one gold, four silver and six bronze medals.
Seven medals were won by the Norwegian team, four medals were won by the Italian team.
Results: 2021 World Triathlon Winter Championships Andorra
Elite Men
Hans Christian NOR
Pavel Andreev RTF
Giuseppe Lamastra ITA
Elite Women
Sandra Mairhofer ITA
Romana Slavinec AUT
Anna Medvedeva RTF
Results: 2021 World Triathlon Winter Championships Andorra
U23 Men
Mattia Tanara ITA
Evgenii Evgrafov RTF
Ivan Zalavtsev RTF
U23 Women
Nadezhda Belkina RTF
Olga Cheremisinova RTF
Valeria Kuznetsova RTF
Results: 2021 World Triathlon Winter Championships Andorra
Junior Men
Sivert Ekroll NOR
Casper Rønning NOR
Yaroslav Kurilenok RUS
Junior Women
Julie Meinicke NOR
Theresa Fürstenberg NOR
Anastasiia Nepomilueva RUS
Results: 2021 World Triathlon Winter Championships Andorra
2×2 Mixed Relay
Team I Norway NOR
Team I Italy ITA
Team I RTF RTF
2×2 Mixed Junior Relay
Team I Norway NOR
Team I Russia RUS
Team I Spain ESP
See also Andorra best ski resorts
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See also Pyrenees travel guide
