Paula Findlay Looks Forward To Racing On Home Turf At Vancouver T100 Triathlon

June 11, 2025

Vancouver, Canada (June 11, 2025) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ –  Canadian favourite Paula Findlay cannot wait to race on home soil again as she looks forward to this Saturday’s Vancouver T100 Triathlon on 14-15 June.

Buoyed by an encouraging fourth position in the San Francisco T100 10 days ago on 31 May, the Edmonton-born Olympian will be looking to get onto the podium when the gun goes in Jericho Beach Park for the professional women’s race at 12 noon local time on Saturday 14 June.

“My last race in Canada was the PTO Canadian Open in Edmonton in 2022 where I finished second,” said the World #6 in the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) rankings in the Countdown To Vancouver T100 preview show that you can watch from today on YouTube. “Canada feels like home and it will be really cool to have some family and friends able to come and watch me. I definitely have more fans at a race in Canada than I do for any other race on the circuit.”

On the importance of the new T100 Triathon World Tour coming to Canada for the first time as part of its 9-stop T100 Race To Qatar format in 2025, Findlay said: “It’s super important to have a race in Canada. I was on the PTO Athlete Board and I heard rumours of a Canada race last year so it’s nice to see it come to fruition.”

The course will see 20 of the world’s leading female and 20 male professionals do a 100km triathlon (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run), starting with a 2km swim off Locarno Beach and then an 80km bike leg that sets off on the coastal NW Marine Drive and does 5 laps taking in UBC Sunset and Nitobe Memorial Gardens, before a turn around just past Old Marine Drive Lookout. Finishing with an 18km run out and back along Locarno Beach and Spanish Banks Beach Park.

“It feels like a good course for me. I’ve raced in Jericho Beach Park before and my Dad is from Vancouver. So I’m familiar with the set up of the city and know the layout of this course whilst I’ve not actually raced it before. The bike course is hilly but not overly technical. Flat courses aren’t my favourite, so it’s good from that point of view.”

Paula won the first ever 100km event organised by the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) – a new sports body co-owned by its professional triathletes – when they put on the PTO Championship at Daytona during Covid in December 2020, so she knows what it’s like to win over this distance.

“Canada is always a country that punches above its weight in terms of the performances of its athletes competing in the biggest races,” said PTO CEO Sam Renouf. “Going back to Simon Whitfield of Canada winning the inaugural triathlon event at an Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000. Vancouver is a city with a strong Olympic heritage and tradition of hosting the best sports events, so we’re excited to be working with Destination Vancouver on this T100 race and look forward to Vancouverites coming out to support Paula and the rest of the world’s best triathletes.”

After finishing fourth in the San Francisco T100 race, Paula said: “This level is so competitive and honestly I’m honoured sometimes to be in the same zip code as some of these athletes but it’s early in the season so there are lots of improvements to be made. The courses on the T100 are all so different. Which I know is what the PTO has set out to achieve, in order to test out all athletes over different terrains.”

“My goal is definitely to win a T100 race, but I’m trying to be more mellow this year. Trying to be smart. My head is in a good place and I feel I’m competitive. With these T100 races you just need the cards to go your way and the race dynamics to fall for you. I hope that happens in Vancouver and I can put on a good show for all the fans.”

About the T100 Triathlon World Tour

The professional side of the event on 14-15 June will see the world’s leading female and male triathletes compete head-to-head over the 100km (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run) distance on a live global broadcast feed in a competition that is the equivalent of the F1 for triathlon. For more details of how the season-long series works, see the Notes To Editors section of this press release.

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 a 100km on the same courses as the T100 professionals, to first-time swim, bike and run participants taking on single discipline, untimed events. As well as giving the opportunity for amateurs to do their own 100km triathlon on the same Vancouver course as the pros, there are also a Sprint (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run) or Junior Super Sprint (350m swim, 10km bike, 2km run) distance triathlons on offer in Vancouver. Plus a free 5km community run and a yoga experience, powered by lululemon. More than 1,500 have already signed up for the Sun Up 5k Run. For more details visit https://t100triathlon.com/vancouver/participate/

How To Watch the Vancouver T100

The broadcast will start at 0915 local time on Saturday 14 June. With the men starting at 0930 and then the women at 1200. Fans can can tune in live for free globally on PTO+, or watch on our partners channels such as TNT Sports 2 in the UK, Max or Discovery+ in Europe, or beIN in North America. You can catch the highlights on FanDuel Sports Network in the US. For a full breakdown of where to watch, please visit: https://t100triathlon.com/san-francisco/pro/#how-to-watch

If you’re simply looking to come down and support, the schedule at Jericho Beach Park for the weekend is as follows:

Saturday 14th of June:

7am Free Sun Up 5k followed by yoga on the beach powered by lululemon

9:30am PRO T100 Men’s race

12noon PRO T100 Women’s race

4:30pm Junior Draft Legal Super Sprint

Sunday 15th of June:

5:30am 100km distance triathlon

9:30am Sprint distance triathlon

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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 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