Welcome to the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Grand Final in Budapest

It is a great honour for us to host the most important triathlon event of 2010. We will close the series after such emblematic cities as Sydney, Madrid and London, and we believe that our event in Budapest along the river Danube will also be a spectacular experience. The Hungarian Triathlon Federation, as the local organiser, would like to prove with world-class event organisation and warm hospitality that the choice fell on the right place.

Triathlon is one of the world’s most dynamically developing sports, which is also becoming more and more popular in Hungary. We hope that through the Budapest Grand Final, the magic of this multi-sport, where endurance, willpower, and challenging one’s limits are key, will touch even more life-style athletes, young people and triathlon fans.

Triathlon today is not the sport of the limited professional elite any more, but has become a real leisure sport with a wide appeal where everyone can find individual goals. Next to the elite athletes, who represent the cream of the sport, thousands of age-groupers, juniors and paratriathletes make the palette of competitors colourful. The team races play an important role in the programme as well, as they give our partners and sponsors the opportunity to get actively involved. We would also like to give an opportunity to the young duathletes and triathletes – school teams with the best performance at the pre-Grand Final race series will be invited to participate.

The Budapest Grand Final will have one more unique characteristic – it will be the first "green" world-class sport event in Hungary! Our organisation encompasses a comprehensive environmental programme which includes selective waste management, rehabilitation of the race venues and environmentally friendly transportation. With this initiative, triathlon, as one of the "greenest" sports, would like to call Hungary’s and the world’s attention to the importance of the role sport plays in protecting the environment. Clean water, fresh air and pollution-free soil is our sport field, we have to take care of it. If you don’t print the pages of our web-site, you are already supporting our green efforts.

Our goal at the Budapest Grand Final is to create a real triathlon festival where everyone can find the best race, a noble rival and a good friend. We will certainly offer the best of our city and hospitality, and we encourage you also to "Tri your best in Budapest".