The season consisted of four pairs of triathlon races for both a men's and women's competition, beginning on May 15 in Yokohama, and concluding on August 21 with the grand final in Edmonton.

The event would follow a McIntyre system-like format over the course of two days, in which athletes would need to secure a top-10 finish in their respective heat in order to advance to the next round.

[6] Due to it being scheduled after the grand final in Edmonton, World Triathlon later made the decision to designate the event as a race in the 2022 series.

In the early stages of the run, a 4-man group consisting of Jonas Schomburg, Jelle Geens, Kristian Blummenfelt and Alex Yee initiated a breakaway.

The group eventually settled down to just Blummenfelt and Geens in the final lap, with Yee and Morgan Pearson battling for the bronze medal.

However, the focus of the race shifted to Maya Kingma and 2018 U23 World Champion Taylor Knibb, who broke away from the rest of the athletes and built a lead over the course of the first few kilometers.

The remainder of the race was dominated by Knibb, while Summer Rappaport overtook Kingma in the final lap to secure the silver medal.

[16][17] Kristian Blummenfelt wore the number one as the series leader and placed himself in the starting to the left of the pontoon, setting himself up for what should have been the shortest path to the first buoy.

With a run split of 29:46, Yee earned his first WTCS win, 25 seconds ahead of Morgan Pearson; and the final podium spot was claimed by Marten Van Riel.

[3][16][19][20] 3-time Ironman World Championship runner-up Lucy Charles-Barclay made her professional short course debut at Leeds, eventually leading the race at the conclusion of the swim segment.

The two leaders remained neck-and-neck until the final 500m, where Kingma broke away uncontested to secure her first WTCS victory, while Learmonth claimed the silver medal.

Flora Duffy separated herself from the rest of the field within the first kilometer, while Georgia Taylor-Brown- who slowed down from a flat tire at the end of the bike- eventually made her way back to the top 3.

In the end it was Taylor-Brown who claimed the second place spot over Zaferes, while Duffy finished with a 74-second gap to secure the first-ever gold medal for Bermuda.

After the first exchange, it was  Johnathan Brownlee (GBR) in front, followed by  Jonas Schomburg (GER),  Kevin McDowell (USA) and  Marco Van Der Stel (NED).

Alex Yee (GBR) anchored the British team, with  Morgan Pearson (USA) and  Vincent Luis (FRA) in pursuit.

Yee took the win for Great Britain with Pearson securing a silver medal for the United States and Luis earning France the bronze.

Jacob Birtwhistle, Marten Van Riel, Léo Bergère, Kevin Mcdowell, Dorian Coninx, Vincent Luis, Hayden Wilde, Taylor Reid, Antonio Serrat Seoane and Seth Rider were featured on the start list for the final eliminator heat.

Five athletes formed a lead group on the run, though Coninx would eventually come out in front, followed by Luis and Bergere, closing out a French podium sweep.

Although the athletes finished the swim within 5 seconds of each other, a lead group consisting of Duffy, Knibb and Spivey broke away from the rest of the field on the bike and stayed close together for the entirety of the run.

[30][32] Kira Gupta-Baltazar (CAN) and  Miyu Sakai (JPN) exited the water as the early leaders of the race, with  Taylor Spivey (USA) 10 seconds behind.

After the first exchange it was  Seth Rider (USA),  Dylan McCullough (NZL) and  Gianluca Pozzatti (ITA) at the front of the race, their lead increasing over the course of the swim and bike.

Alice Betto (ITA) and  Ainsley Thorpe (NZL) remained 15 seconds off the lead as Kasper reached the midway point of the swim, but eventually caught up during the bike.

Betto pulled away during the run and handed over to  Alessandro Fabian (ITA), who started the last swim segment with  Saxon Morgan (NZL) right behind and  Chase McQueen (USA) 9 seconds further back.

McQueen pulled away one last time on the run to secure a win for the United States, while Morgan claiming the silver for New Zealand and Fabian earning the final podium spot for Italy.

Van Riel, along with Vincent Luis and Hungarian athlete Mark Devay, built a lead over the rest of the competitors after the first lap of the swim.

A chasing pack of 17 athletes including Blummenfelt continued to pursue the leaders, closing the gap to 24 seconds with one lap to go.

[3][34][35][36] Flora Duffy entered the grand final with enough of a gap over nearest competitors in the series standings, with Taylor Spivey in second place and Maya Kingma only 9 points behind in third.

However, Knibb broke away from the rest of the field and build a 34-second lead over the chasers at the end of the first lap, and continued to steadily increase the gap over the course of the race.