The best of the Olympic triathlon is in Cagliari .
The historic Italian stage of the World Triathlon Championship Series is held on Saturday ("We have longed for it for 10 years", said Federal President Riccardo Giubilei) and the 110 athletes present, including the four with blue and tricolor bodies, are already in town to try the Poetto route.
We compete on Saturday: the women will start at 10.30, the men at 14.45, both on the Olympic distance which includes 1500 meters of swimming, 40 km of cycling and 10 of running.
At the Teatro Doglio the presentation conducted by the journalist Paola Saluzzo, with the president of World Triathlon, the Spanish Marisol Casado (who had affectionate words for Sardinia, an island with a tourist and sporting vocation and for Sandro Salerno who coordinates the local organization), the president of FiTRi, Riccardo Giubilei, the regional councilor for tourism, Gianni Chessa, and the deputy mayor of Cagliari, Giorgio Angius.
Connected from Milan (where he is dealing with issues related to the Winter Games of 2026), the president of Coni, Giovanni Malagò , blessed the exceptional event: “Prestigious not only for Sardinia but for all of Italy. This is an appointment of excellence that will grow from year to year and Sardinia is the ideal theater. The path that this sport has managed to cover in a few years thanks to its appeal is extraordinary: even my son-in-law is sick of triathlon ”.
Giubilei also thanked Sardinia for its commitment and support, joking: "By contract you have guaranteed good weather, so all the connected countries will see that Italy is the most beautiful country in the world".
