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🚨 Elite Field is Set for the 2025 World Championships!

With the Pro Doubles races wrapping up in London early Monday morning, we've officially locked in the Elite field for the 2025 World Championships in Chicago.

Here’s a quick breakdown of the field:

🔁 Returning Athletes

  • 11 men and 11 women from last year’s Elite 15 will race in either the Individuals or Doubles Elite 15 this year

📊 Elite Field Stats

  • Total Athletes: 70 (35 men + 35 women)
  • Double Elites: 20 athletes (10 men + 10 women qualified for both Individual and Doubles)
  • Super Teams (two Elite 15 individuals on a Doubles team):
    • Rich Ryan & Pelayo
    • James Kelly & Jake Dearden
    • Lauren Weeks & Lauren Griffith
    • Sinead Bent & Lucy Procter

🌍 Country Representation

Athletes from 17 countries will compete in the Elite Field, led by:

  • 🇺🇸 USA: 16 athletes
  • 🇦🇺 Australia: 12 athletes
  • 🇬🇧 England: 9 athletes

As a reminder, the Individual race will take place on Thursday evening, Relays on Friday evening, and Doubles on Saturday evening. The ability to recover and reset for the next race will be key.

What's next?

In what is now a rare one-race weekend, HYROX will be returning to the Netherlands for a three-day event May 9th-11th at the Thialf ice arena.

With 2.25 curved laps, a tunnel to the spectator area, and the presumably colder temps of an ice arena, could this be the best HYROX set up ever?

HYROX Competition Reaches New Heights

The stat man, Jack Bauer, found himself asking the question: What is the deepest race in HYROX history? Check out his most recent article, replete with tables, charts, and graphs that Jack always delivers.,

The London Doubles recap is in — and it’s clear the game has changed. The Race Brain squad of Matt Mason and Marcus Wallace dives into standout performances, next-level teamwork, and why the standard for Doubles racing just leveled up with special guest Dawson Miller. Read the full recap here or watch the pod:

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