Triathlon will be initiated as a brand new sport on the Canada Summer Games Calendar.
The Triathlon competition is set to begin in Week One and will be located on the Summerside waterfront.

Male and female athletes will compete in two separate events: the Individual Sprint Triathlon (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run) and the Team Triathlon (300m swim, 7km bike, 2km Run). There is sure to be some exhausting and exciting battles fought at this event. The Competitions will be run under Triathlon Canada Competition Rules. For more info check out, http://www.triathloncanada.com/.

The Open water swimming competition will be held in the Southwest River which is fed by the ocean and therefore affected by the tides. Since PEI doesn’t have any fresh water lakes or rivers the PEI host committee did a ton of research to find the best location for this competition. The Southwest River was chosen for the race site because it is the body of water that is the least affected by the tides in the entire province. Even though Team Sask athletes will be competing in uncharted waters we are confident they that will still light it up out there.