Major triathlon race cancelled on safety grounds after road users fail to obey local closures

August 24, 2024

Challenge Sandefjord in Norway was cancelled on Saturday on safety grounds as road users failed to obey closures in the town and surrounding area after signs were removed.

Pros and Age Groupers from all over Norway and 26 countries around the world had descended on the Scandanavian venue for what had been intended to be a festival of swim, bike and run.

But on Saturday afternoon things went badly wrong when the Middle Distance race for Pros and Age Groupers was cancelled, with organisers unable to guarantee the safety of competitors. The cause for that was road users failing to obey the local closures in place for the event after some road signs had been removed. Tri247