Super League Series keen to add Malta on its list

Malta could be hosting the world’s leading triathletes as from next year as talks are under way for our country to be included on the Super League Triathlon Series. The Super League Triathlon Championship series features the world’s best male and female triathletes, such as British brothers Alistair and Jon Brownlee, women’s world champion Flora Duffy, of Bermuda, and Ashleigh Gentley of Australia, who race under contract on a ‘closed league’ for a US $1.5 million in prize money. The series is currently being held in five countries around the world ­­– namely Singapore, Australia, Jersey, Dubai and Monaco. The Super League Triathlon Championship series was co-founded by three former triathletes, Chris McCormack, Michael D’Hulst and Leonid Boduslavsky, who were keen to break new ground in the sport. Recently, McCormack and D’Hulst were in Malta to look at the facilities available and held talks with the authorities alongside Fabio Spiteri, Xandru Grech and Bernard Farrugia who are the local promoters of the event. “We created this product, the Super League Triathlon Championship, and brought together the leading triathletes who are vying for the title of best in the world,”...