Amid an ongoing reorganisation, the governing body and the PTO have set out to bring the new distance into the Olympic programme for the Games to be held in the Australian city, as explained by the federation's president Antonio Arimany to the newspaper City AM. International triathlon is entering a phase of consolidation after years of proliferation of leagues, formats and projects competing for the attention of the public, sponsors and broadcasters. In this context, World Triathlon has decided to form a structural alliance with the Professional Triathletes Organisation, a move which, as Arimany explained, aims to provide the sport with a more coherent commercial and sporting architecture...
