Registration

Age group athletes cannot enter the Grand Final individually, all entries must go through the national federations.

ITU events, such as continental and world championships, require athletes to qualify for their national teams. Triathlon is unique in that age group, or amateurs, can compete against each other in internationally recognized competition within their five year age bracket. Many National Federations hold qualification events to determine their best athletes. Contact your national federation for more details on qualifying for ITU Age Group races. ITU Age Group racing is very competitive, however every Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series race have an age group race, where athletes of all abilities can enter.

National federations use their respective qualifying rules to decide who can enter the Budapest Grand Final. Every country has a quota of 20 persons per age group (aquathlon, sprint and olympic triathlon) in both gender. Athletes are not allowed to compete within 48 hours in more than one event of the same individual ITU related multisport, which means that the Age Group athletes cannot enter in both Sprint and Olympic distance. 

Athletes pay the entry fee to the national federation which in turn transfers the fee to the local organizing committee (LOC). The on-line registration system for national federation is expected to start

in March 2010 on the official web site of the Grand Final: www.triathlonbudapest.com

Elite and junior athletes can only enter through the ITU on-line registration system. Start lists are prepared by the ITU and then sent to the LOC.