The ITU World Triathlon Series Rankings 2017 are used to determine the best performing Triathletes of the season.
An athlete’s final score is obtained by adding the points gained in the ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final plus the 5 best scores in the ITU World Triathlon Series events and the ITU Triathlon World Cup events.
A maximum of two ITU Triathlon World Cup events scores will count for the final rankings.
Presently Bermuda’s Flora Duffy who is the defending champion is ranked 6th in the Elite Women’s Field.
Duffy has competed in 2 less events than the current leader Kristen Kasper who has 2049 points, with Duffy having won both events she has entered having 1600 points.