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The huge competition returns on Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7, transforming the city with a festival of triathlon.

The weekend's action begins with an event for everyone, a GO TRI held at Roundhay Park.

It's an opportunity for novices to have a go at triathlon in a fun and relaxed environment, surrounded by people of all abilities.

The 2019 ITU World Triathlon Series Event in Leeds (Photo: Martin Rickett/PA Wire)

Sunday's races will see a new route take athletes through the heart of the city centre after beginning the swim at Roundhay Park.

The elite athletes will hit Westgate and surge past Park Square, then begin a seven-lap loop of Leeds city centre, racing up Calverley Street, passing Leeds Town Hall and the spectators packing the iconic Millennium Square grandstand.

Athletes will then race down Cookridge Street and turn onto The Headrow, continuing until Vicar Lane.

This is where the updated route will be enforced, with athletes now taking a right turn onto Vicar Lane and heading towards the heart of the city's shopping district.

Georgia Taylor-Brown on her way to winning the Elite Women's race during the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Series event (Photo: Martin Rickett/PA Wire)

The updated route will provide intimate viewing angles of the intense racing action, as the athletes will turn right when they hit Kirkgate Market to navigate the narrow shopping areas of King Edward Street and Albion Place.

Albion Street will lead the athletes back onto The Headrow.

The British Age-Group Standard Distance Championships also take place on the Sunday and will see athletes on their bikes around Moortown and Chapel Allerton before completing a similar route of the city centre as the elite athletes.

AJ Bell World Triathlon Leeds event director, Wayne Coyle, said: "The changes made to the route this year only add to the incredibly unique triathlon experience that this event delivers.

"Not only passing iconic Leeds landmarks and remarkable green parks, but now being concentrated even more in the heart of Leeds, as athletes will be seen rushing through the bustling shopping district.

"This year, AJ Bell World Triathlon Leeds will again be an event to remember."

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