Arena Games Triathlon Sursee 2023 » Super League Triathlon

Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift heads to Switzerland for the first time as Sursee hosts the greatest athletes in the world as they battle it out at the national performance centre of Swiss Triathlon, Campuss Sursee Sportarena, for the chance to be crowned the Triathlon Esports World Champion thanks to Super League’s unique partnership with World Triathlon.

Each Arena Games Triathlon regular Series event is competed over heats and a final. Heats will see two stages of swim-bike-run, while, come the final, the fastest 10 pros of the day will race Super League’s unique Arena Games Triathlon format to decide a victor. That means 3 short, sharp and unpredictable stages that all feature swim, bike and run. There is no respite for the athletes, and an added challenge is that the order of the disciplines is shuffled each time. A pursuit style start is adopted for the final stage each time they race. The swim (200m) takes place in an Olympic sized pool, and the bike (4km), and run (1km), legs on static equipment with the racing realised in the virtual world of Zwift, the world’s leading online training and racing platform. This provides real-time, detailed data insights, allowing you to get closer than ever before to the competitors.

The SLT Arena Games was born during the COVID- 19 pandemic, and has gone from strength to strength, drawing a huge audience thanks to its innovative and exciting indoor race concept. With Arena Games Triathlon powered by Zwift, Super League Triathlon and World Triathlon have taken this concept to the next level. In 2023, the Arena Games Triathlon Championship Series will be held across four events, in four iconic cities. At the Grand Finale, held in London, the overall winners of the series will be named the new Esports Triathlon World Champions.

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Women AGT Sursee Final

Sun, 12.03.23

18:00

Men AGT Sursee Final

Sun, 12.03.23

19:00

Race Format

Arena Games Triathlon Race Format

Each event will see multiple races with heats and a final to decide the points and the prize money. The Grand Final will also feature a repechage. Heats will see two stages of swim-bike-run, while, come the final, the best pros on the day will race Super League’s unique Arena Games Triathlon format. That means 3 short, sharp and unpredictable stages that all feature swim, bike and run and offer no respite to the athletes, with the added challenge that the order of the disciplines is shuffled each time and a pursuit style start is adopted for the final stage each time they race.

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The 200m swim legs will take place in an Olympic sized pool while the 4km bike and 1km run disciplines are completed on smart trainers and self-powered curved treadmills with the power and speed of the athletes turned into a virtual race via Zwift’s online platform. The bike sections of the races are always non drafting. There is a couple of minutes break between the three stages, each starting at a set time. That will reward those that finish quickest by giving them a longer rest period. The results of the three individual stages will combine to determine the overall winner.

Men

Henri Schoeman

RSA

Henri Schoeman is one of the few triathletes in the world to have an Olympic medal to his name and has developed into one of the most feared competitors on the global circuit. Henri was probably always destined for sporting greatness. View Profile »

Age 31

Weight 58kg

Height 1.70m

Maxime Hueber-Moosbrugger

FRA

This is Hueber-Moosbrugger’s time. The Frenchman has really come of age in the elite ranks in the past year and is riding a wave of momentum into the Arena Games Triathlon. View Profile »

Age 27

Weight 73kg

Height 1.85m

Simon Westermann

SUI

Career highlights for Simon Westermann include: Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift Sursee 2023 will be Westermann’s debut race over this format View Profile »

Age 24

Weight 71kg

Height 1.79m

Lasse Nygaard Priester

GER

Nygaard Priester has enjoyed a lot of racing success in recent years. A few of his career highlights include; Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift Sursee 2023 will be Nygaard Priester’s debut race over this format. View Profile »

Age 27

Weight 70kg

Height 1.86m

Gregor Payet

LUX

Payet represented Germany in the early part of his career, before making the switch to team Luxembourg in 2016. Payet is returning to Arena Games Triathlon racing, after finishing 14th at Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift Singapore in 2022. View Profile »

Age 28

Weight 71kg

Height 1.85m

Nicolò Strada

ITA

The 2018 Italian Junior National champion has been a competitive athlete across triathlon and duathlon in his country as he has risen through the ranks. Now competing with the elites, Strada has enjoyed a lot of success in recent years, he finished second in the Italian National Championships sport distance at elite level in both […] View Profile »

Age 23

Weight 70kg

Height 1.82m

Maciej Bruzdziak

POL

Polish triathlete Maciej Bruzdziak has enjoyed some of the best results of his career in recent years. He was the highest placed Polish athlete, finishing in 16th place, at the 2022 European Championships, which were heald on home soil, in Olsztyn. View Profile »

Age 24

Weight 80kg

Height 1.93m

Donald Hillebregt

NED

The former swimmer has previous Arena Games Triathlon experience, which could be a major bonus in a field of competitors largely inexperienced in this format of racing. He grew up in the water as a swimmer but moved to triathlon at a relatively early age and has been progressing ever since. View Profile »

Age 30

Weight 76kg

Height 1.76m

Maurice Clavel

GER

Maurice Clavel may be more familiar to fans of long distance triathlon, however after a few highly successful years over full distance, the German triathlete is taking on a new challenge in 2023. Now, Clavel wishes to test himself against SLT’s fastest and shortest format at Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift Sursee, racing against […] View Profile »

Age 35

Weight 76kg

Height 1.83m

Joris Basslé

BEL

Full bio coming soon… View Profile »

Age 23

Weight 75kg

Height 1.86m

Itamar Eshed

ISR

A few of Eshed’s career highlights include… View Profile »

Age 22

Weight 62kg

Height 1.77m

Victor Goené

NED

Full bio coming soon….. View Profile »

Age 23

Weight 71kg

Height 1.82m

Max Stapley

Triathletes are known for their globetrotting exploits – Max Stapley takes it to another level. Born in France but growing up in Canada and Australia, the Politics, Philosophy and Economics graduate is now based in the British triathlon hotbed of Leeds. View Profile »

Age 24

Weight 70kg

Height 1.85m

Justus Nieschlag

GER

Nieschlag is the original king of Arena Games Triathlon. The German came into the format’s debut event in Rotterdam in 2020 ranked as an outsider, and left with the gold medal in his pocket, beating a stacked field to the title. View Profile »

Age 31

Weight 67kg

Height 1.84m

Hamish Reilly

GBR

Reilly is another athlete who is returning to the Super League Triathlon family for the 2023 Arena Games Triathlon Series, having raced in SLT youth and junior events early in their career. Despite his young years, Reilly, who started competing in triathlon aged just 8, is already an experienced athlete. View Profile »

Age 20

Weight 66kg

Height 1.78m

Jesus Jimenez Gimeno

ESP

Full bio coming soon… View Profile »

Age 22

Weight 71kg

Height 1.86m

Josiah Ney

CAN

Ney represented New Zealand until 2020 and now represents Canada. His career highlights include finishing third at 16-19 age category of ITU Grand Final on the Gold Coast in 2018. View Profile »

Age 23

Weight 78kg

Height 1.91m

Fabian Meeusen

SUI

Born in Antwerp, Meeusen moved to Switzerland at just a few months of age. He started his sporting career as a swimmer, before making the move into triathlon in 2017. View Profile »

Age 25

Weight 72kg

Height 1.78m

Márton Kropkó

HUN

Márton Kropkó has achieved a host of podium at junior level including, Aquathlon Junior World ChampionAquathlon Junior European Champion, Triathlon, Aquathlon and Duathlon National ChampionMultiple European Cup podium finisher. He has also made a successful start to his senior career, finishing third in the European Aquathlon Championships in 2022. View Profile »

Age 18

Weight 61kg

Height 1.80m

James Chantler-Mayne

GBR

Although fairly new to the senior triathlon scene Chantler-Mayne is already proving himself to be a name to be reckoned with. Some of his highlights to date include; View Profile »

Age 22

Weight 74kg

Height 1.88m

Women

Zsanett Bragmayer

HUN

Coming into Arena Games Triathlon on the back of her most successful year as a pro, Bragmayer is one to watch. 2021 proved a breakthrough year, for the Hungarian athlete, as Bragmayer finished 12th in the individual event at the Tokyo Olympics and grabbed a fourth place finish at WTCS level in Hamburg. View Profile »

Age 29

Weight 60kg

Height 1.74m

Olivia Mathias

GBR

Olivia Mathias put in a stunning display in the Poznan Qualifier to earn her way into this year’s Championship Series. She is now looking to enhance her growing reputation further. View Profile »

Age 24

Weight 59kg

Height 1.72m

Fanni Szalai

HUN

Earlier this year, ahead of Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift 2023, we told you that 15 year olg Hungarian protégé Fanni Szalai would be one to watch – and boy did she deliver! Despite being the youngest athlete to ever tackle Arena Games Triathlon’s infamous format, Szalai breezed through the heats at her first […] View Profile »

Age 15

Weight 53kg

Height 1.65m

Cathia Schär

SUI

At just 21 years old, Switzerland’s Cathia Schär was one of the youngest athletes standing on the Super League pontoon for the 2022 series. Since starting on the junior European Cup circuit in 2017, she barely has a poor result to her name and most recently retained her Swiss national title. View Profile »

Age 21

Weight 62kg

Height 1.74m

Márta Kropkó

HUN

Márta Kropkó is returning to Arena Games Triathlon following a successful debut in Montreal where she finished 5th. Kropko’s other career highlights include: Her brother Marton will also be racing Arena Games Triathlon Sursee. View Profile »

Age 20

Weight 59kg

Height 1.66m

Emma Jackson

AUS

Emma Jackson is a well known figure in the world of triathlon, having raced extensively on the international circuit since 2010. A few of Jackson’s career highlights include; View Profile »

Age 31

Weight 60kg

Height 1.60m

Alissa Konig

SUI

An expert over short distance racing, 2019 Swiss elite champion Konig will be hopingher explosive speed transfers to the city streets of Super League.With Switzerland having a fine track record in triathlon, the 26-year-old from Dürntenoff the northern shore of Lake Zurich, is hoping to follow in the wake of her celebrated compatriots – all-time […] View Profile »

Age 27

Weight 57kg

Height 1.63m

Luisa Iogna-Prat

ITA

One of the new generation of lifelong triathletes, Iogna-Prat raced her first swim-bike-run event when she was just eight-years-old, encouraged into the sport by her father Stefano, a triathlete himself. She is a three-time Italian champion over triathlon and duathlon and has been runner-up the same number of times. View Profile »

Age 27

Weight 53kg

Height 1.65m

Céline Kaiser

GER

Current World Aquathlon Champion Kaiser could be one to watch at Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift Sursee with her strong swim and bike legs. The Univerity of Nuremburg law student has enjoyed a lot of sporting success in recent years including placing as runner-up at the World Duathlon championships 2022 and being crowned FISU […] View Profile »

Age 24

Weight 53kg

Height 1.72m

Leana Bissig

SUI

Full bio coming soon…. View Profile »

Age 24

Weight 54kg

Height 1.64m

Anabel Knoll

GER

Anabel Knoll is forging her own way in triathlon but has her inspiration right behind her. Anabel’s father, Roland, represented Germany in triathlon at the World Championships in 1995, and for a time even served as her coach. View Profile »

Age 27

Weight 56kg

Height 1.80m

Kim Van ‘t Verlaat

NED

Full bio coming soon…. View Profile »

Age 21

Weight 65kg

Height 1.83m

Petra Kuříková

CZE

A former swimmer who went on to discover triathlon and win the Children and Youth Olympics in Brno, Kurikova fulfilled her dream of making it to the full Olympics in Tokyo last year. She has picked up nine podiums at elite and junior level across her World Triathlon career and with a big swim could […] View Profile »

Age 31

Weight 55kg

Height 1.70m

Nora Gmür

SUI

Nora Gmür is a well established figure on the European triathlon circuit, having been part of the Swiss National Team since 2017. Some of her career highlights include; View Profile »

Age 22

Weight 56kg

Height 1.73m

Hanne De Vet

BEL

The Belgian triathlete who goes by the nickname of ‘Vetje’ was born in Brasschaat in Flanders just south of the Dutch border and a first appearance in the Super League Triathlon Championship series is the latest step in fulfilling her multisport potential. One of the best young hopes for her country, the 23-year-old finished third […] View Profile »

Age 24

Weight 53kg

Height 1.67m

Rani Skrabanja

NED

Rani Skrabanja may be a familiar face to those who have been following Arena Games Triathlon since its inception in 2020. She won the women’s invitational amateur event at Arena Games Rotterdam 2020 and was then invited to race as an elite in Rotterdam the following year, where she finished 9th. View Profile »

Age 24

Weight 67kg

Height 1.80m

Pragnya Mohan

IND

Pragnya Mohan is making history for Indian triathlon. Over the course of her career, she has now become her country’s highest ever ranking triathlete. View Profile »

Age 28

Weight 50kg

Height 1.50m

Rebecca Beti

SUI

Full bio coming soon… View Profile »

Age 21

Weight 54kg

Height 1.63m

Julia Bröcker

GER

Full bio coming soon… View Profile »

Age 20

Weight 60kg

Height 1.74m

Venue Information

CAMPUS SURSEE Sportarena, the largest public swimming and sports centre in Central Switzerland will host Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift Sursee, for Arena Games Triathlon’s first ever visit to the country.

Spectator Information

At Arena Games Triathlon Sursee, you’ll see the world’s best triathletes battle it out in the fastest, most exciting and brutal racing. At the event, there will be live on the ground MCs, taking you through the action as it unfolds, and BIG Screens so you can follow every second of the racing.

Venue Map

How to get here

The venue for Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift Switzerland is CAMPUS SURSEE Sportarena.

Leidenbergstrasse, 6208 Oberkirch, Switzerland

Take the motorway exit in Sursee in the direction Huttwil/Willisau. Follow the signpost direction CAMPUS SURSEE. If you are using a navigation system enter «Leidenbergstrasse 17, 6208 Oberkirch» as your final destination.

You will find around 1'100 charged parking slots (indoor and outdoor), parking P3 (part B or C) is intended for sportarena guests.

Take the train to Sursee station. On weekdays every half hour and on weekends every hour, a post bus takes you to the CAMPUS SURSEE stop.

There is also a footpath from Sursee train station to CAMPUS SURSEE. It takes around 15 minutes to get to CAMPUS Sursee via the footpath.

Take the train to Sursee station, from there a post bus can take you directly to the CAMPUS SURSEE stop.

There is also a footpath from Sursee train station to CAMPUS SURSEE. It takes around 15 minutes to get to CAMPUS Sursee via the footpath

.The nearest airport to Sursee is Zurich Airport (ZRH). There are around 75 trains a day between Zurich and Sursee. Although there is no direct line, you will only need to make one change on your journey and it can take as little as 1 hr 12 minutes.

From Sursee train station, you can get a post bus direct to the CAMPUS SURSEE stop. There is also a footpath from Sursee train station to CAMPUS SURSEE. It takes around 15 minutes to get to CAMPUS Sursee via the footpath.

Event Schedule

Women Heat 1 ( 2 Stages)

10:00 - 10:30

Women Heat 2 (2 Stages)

10:50 - 11:20

Men Heat 1 (2 Stages)

11:40 - 12:10

Men Heat 2 (2 Stages)

12:30 - 13:00

Swiss Triathlon Races

14:00 - 17:30

Venue Opens to Spectators

17:30

Women's Final

19:00 - 20:00

Men's Final

20:00 - 21:00

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO ARENA GAMES TRIATHLON POWERED BY ZWIFT SURSEE

When and where will the Arena Games Triathlon World Championship Series Powered by Zwift 2023 take place?

In 2023, the Arena Games Triathlon World Championship Series powered by Zwift series will take place in 4 iconic locations.

February 25, 2023: Montreal, Canada

March 12, 2023: Sursee, Switzerland

March 25, 2023: Singapore

April 8, 2023: London, UK, Grand Finale

What is the concept?

Arena Games Triathlon powered by Zwift is an amalgamation of real-life and virtual racing. It provides an immersive viewing experience that allows fans to get up close and personal with the best triathletes in the world and enjoy live data.

The swim leg takes place in an Olympic sized pool, or in Singapore open water, while the bike and run disciplines are completed on smart trainers and self-powered curved treadmills with the power and speed of the athletes turned into a visual race via Zwift’s online platform.

The TV broadcast brings together the best of all these elements to produce a captivating event, with in-your-face cameras bringing you closer than ever to the athletes and an enclosed environment showing their effort and raw suffering like never before.

How does the Arena Games Triathlon World Championship Series powered by Zwift work?

The Championship Series events will consist of both heats and finals. At each event athletes will need to qualify for the final race via a heat which will consist of 2 Stages (Swim – Bike – Run / Swim – Bike – Run). The second stage will be held in a pursuit format. Athletes will start in reverse order of their result in stage 1. The athlete with the fastest time will start first, every other athlete will follow with a time gap as per the result of stage 1.

Just 8-10 athletes from the heats (venue dependant) will then progress to the final. The final will consist of 3 Stages over Super League’s unique Arena Games Triathlon format (Swim – Bike – Run // Run – Bike – Swim // Swim – Bike – Run).

The competition times for each athlete will be added from the 1st and the 2nd stage. Pursuit starts for the last stage based on the time difference accumulated across the first two stages. The athlete with the fastest time, will start first.

The Championship Finals will follow a similar format but with a two-stage repechage offering an extra route to the big finale: a three-stage battle for the 30 athletes who make it onto the start lists.

For more information on formats please visit the Formats section.

How does the point scoring work?

The World Champions will be decided via a points system combining the results of the final in London plus each athlete’s best result at one additional Arena Games event. The results also contribute to World Triathlon’s world rankings.

The Series race winners will each receive 250 points, the Championship Finals winners 500 points, decreasing by 7.5% for each position thereafter. The Arena Games Triathlon World Champions will be the man and woman with the highest combined score from the Finals and one Series event.

Who is racing?

Official start lists for the Arena Games Triathlon powered by Zwift events will be announced in the run-up to each event.

There will be between 16-20 female athletes and 16-20 male athletes racing the events in Montreal, Sursee and Singapore. The Finals, in London, will see that number grow to 30 female and 30 male athletes.

Is there prize money?

Yes, the Pros will be racing for cash to add extra incentive to race at full throttle throughout. However, there is not only money at stake, the Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift will also crown the world’s first triathlon esports World Champions in 2023.

The winners of the Series events will get $5,000, while for the Finals it is $7,500. All athletes reaching the final of any event will earn prize money.

In addition, the World Champions will also receive $8,000 on top of what was earned in the races, with $6,000 going to the overall second-placed athletes and $4,000 overall third.

Where can I watch Arena Games Triathlon powered by Zwift?

Our broadcast partners will be showing uninterrupted coverage of the Finals of each event and are being regularly updated on our website. You will also be able to watch all the action, live, on our Website and YouTube Channel.

Where can I find Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift tickets/ merchandise?

Official Super League Triathlon merchandise is available from the SLT Dryworld store HERE.

For information on how to spectate at Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift, go to the ‘Come to the Event’ tab for the event that you wish to attend.

Are the events COVID secure?

Yes. As elite sports events, Arena Games Triathlon Powered by Zwift events fully comply with all applicable local and national regulations.