London T100 Triathlon Launches New Open Water Swim Event

June 5, 2025

London, UK (June 5, 2025) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has announced it will host a new open water swim event at its London T100 Triathlon weekend on 9-10 August, 2025.

Called Swim Docklands @ T100, it will take place in Royal Victoria Dock, opposite the iconic ExCel London and in the same open water where the 100km, Olympic and Sprint distance triathlons will also be held.

Participants will be able to choose between a one or two mile swim and can sign up here. Both swims will take place on Sunday 10 August after the amateur triathlon swim legs for the 100km and Olympic distances have been completed. More event specific information can be located here.

“T100 weekends are about creating opportunities for amateur athletes of all levels to get involved,” explained T100 professional athlete Lucy Charles-Barclay, who lives in East London and regularly trains at the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

“From experienced amateurs tackling a 100km triathlon on the same courses as the professionals, but also for individuals wanting to take part in single discipline events like this open water swim. For those that have perhaps missed out on a place in the sold-out Swim Serpentine in September or are looking for a warm up event, it’s a great opportunity to have a first go or practise your open water swimming.”

T100 weekends are ‘festivals of multisport’. As well as showcasing the top 20 professional female and top 20 professional male triathletes in the world – including multiple Olympians and World Champions – racing head-to-head over the new 100km distance (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run) on a live global broadcast feed going to 195+ territories, they also offer the chance for amateurs to have a go. Either to take on the challenge of their own 100km triathlon on the same course as the pros – or do an Olympic (1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run) Sprint (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run) or Junior Super Sprint (350m swim, 10km bike, 2km run) distance triathlon.

To sign up for any of these events, including the new Swim Docklands @ T100 visit https://t100triathlon.com/london/participate/

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. Its T100 Triathlon World Tour was introduced in January 2024 and is designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’, which is part of a 12-year strategic partnership with the sport’s international governing body. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is a season-long schedule of World Championship level races competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run), where the world’s best triathletes go head-to-head in iconic locations on a global broadcast showing the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters. In 2025 these will include: Singapore (5-6 April), San Francisco (31 May-1 June), Vancouver (13-15 June), London (9-10 August), France (29-31 August), Valencia (20 September), Lake Las Vegas (25-26 October), Dubai (15-16 November) and Qatar (12-13 December) for the first Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final. T100 weekends are ‘festivals of multisport’ and feature a range of opportunities for amateur athletes of all levels to get involved. From experienced amateurs tackling the 100km distance to first-time swim, bike and run participants taking on single discipline, untimed events. For more information visit www.t100triathlon.com