The Championship - Samorin-Slovakia

Our Flagship Event Where The Best Of The Best Challenge Family And Age Group Athletes

Five Reasons to Race The Championship:

1. Challenge Family’s flagship middle distance event where the best of the best professional and age group athletes qualify to race for Challenge Family’s ultimate accolade – Champion of The Championship!
2. Experience the unrivalled race destination of the x-bionic sphere Olympic training centre with everything on site for ultimate convenience
3. Multiple side events for all ages and abilities, something for every member of the family
4. Just 20 minutes from the beautiful UNESCO city of Bratislava
5. Earn the ultimate Challenge Family bragging rights – you qualified for, and raced, The Championship!

About the Race

For professional athletes, The Championship carries a professional prize purse of 100k euros. A unique professional qualifying system will firstly see professional athletes able to qualify for The Championship via Challenge Family events worldwide.

Age group athletes will have the opportunity to qualify with a top-six age group finish at any Challenge Family event worldwide during the qualification period. Top six teams in the male, female and mixed categories in relay events will qualify for The Championship at Challenge Family events.

Slots will roll down in each age group and relay category up to 12th place. There won’t be a roll down system for professional athletes.

About the Course

The 1.9km swim is in the Danube Canal with its clear, fresh water rand great spectator vantage points, running adjacent to the x-bionic sphere resort.

The 90km ride is fast and flat on closed roads and is deceptively challenging, especially in the windy, exposed areas – be prepared to hold the aero position for the full 90km with no respite.

The 21km run is entirely within the x-bionic sphere resort and again, while flat, is tough with no less than four different surfaces under foot – grass, sand, tarmac and cobbles before finishing in the giant arena.