Universal Sports to Provide Live Coverage of ITU World Championship Series Race

Universal Sports will provide live coverage of the Washington, DC, stop of the ITU Triathlon World Championship Series on Sunday, June 21 on UniversalSports.com.  Fans can tune in to watch the world’s elite triathletes compete head-to-head in this one-of-a-kind event.

Points leader Dmitry Polyansky from Russia leads the elite men’s field, which includes U.S. triathletes Jarrod Shoemaker, Hunter Kemper and Andy Potts in the nation’s capital. The women’s field features great competition from a pair of Australians: Emma Moffatt and Emma Snowsill. This is the only North American stop in the ITU World Championship series.

Fans can visit UniversalSports.com for up-to-date broadcast schedules, highlights, breaking news, video highlights, special features, photo galleries and more.

What: ITU World Championship Series Stop from Washington, DC

Schedule
June 21	Men's Elite Race	9:05 a.m. ET	Live
June 21	Women's Elite Race	11:40 a.m. ET	Live

Click here for online coverage at UniversalSports.com.

The International Triathon Union also has extensive coverage of each Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series race at www.triathlon.org/tv.

The coverage on the ITU website includes high definition video of each world championship series race as well as past full race coverage (2 hours), race highlight shows (52 minutes), features and interviews.

Free low-resolution live coverage online is also available from each event. All you need to do is create a login account.

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