News & UpdatesThe season ends this week in Stockholm: The PUMA HYROX World Championships run June 18 to 21 at the Strawberry Arena in Solna, four days of racing across Elite 15, Pro, Age Group, Doubles and Relay that bring the 2025/2026 season to a close. The Elite 15 races are the ones to block out (all times Stockholm, CEST): the Elite 15 singles go Thursday with the women at 7:00pm and the men at 8:30pm, the Elite 15 doubles follow Friday with the women at 8:20pm and the men at 9:35pm, and the Mixed Relay Invitational closes the weekend on Sunday at 7:45pm. All three are streamed live: singles, doubles and relay. Hybrid racing just took its first real step toward the Olympics: The Spanish Triathlon Federation (FETRI) has launched Hyatlón and opened registration for a four-stop circuit in 2026 across Madrid, La Nucía, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Zaragoza. It runs in two formats, an H6 with six stations and an H8 that is the same eight-station format as HYROX, with individual, doubles, team relay, age group, Paralympic, and Open and Elite categories. What makes it worth noting is who is behind it. HYROX is a commercial brand, but Olympic recognition runs through recognized international federations, and triathlon is already an Olympic sport. A national triathlon federation building its own hybrid racing circuit means the format is being picked up inside that institutional structure rather than alongside it, which is the path any sport actually has to walk to reach the Games. And Spain is not alone: the Colombian Triathlon Federation is running its own Hyathlon under the same idea, recognized by World Triathlon. These are still a long way from the Olympics, but a different kind of momentum than another race series, and worth watching as the sport matures. Via the FETRI announcement. HYROX will start charging 100 Euro to fix points lost to registration errors: From the 2026/27 season, licensed Elite athletes who register with the wrong details and later ask HYROX to move their points onto the correct profile will be charged 100 Euro plus tax. The system treats every variation of a name, date of birth or nationality as a separate athlete, so points scatter across multiple profiles instead of building up under one record, and Elite Racing's Mat Lock says it is one of the most common reasons athletes contact HYROX about missing points. The fix is on the athlete now: confirm your legal name, date of birth and nationality every time, using the exact Romanized passport spelling for non-Latin scripts. HYROX says the fee is a deterrent rather than a revenue line, with all of it going to a charity fund. Via Hybrid Fitness Media. |
