The last time Richard Murray (NED) performed his signature leg kick when taking the tape at a major event was in 2018, in Mooloolaba, but the Men’s race at the World Triathlon Cup Huatulco marked several firsts and one comeback.
She might be coming from a Nordic country, but Alberte Kjær Pedersen (DEN) has proven once and again that she can manage racing under extreme weather circumstances.
The heat was cranking up and his rivals were thinning out over the closing stages of the 10km run to the medals in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Saturday afternoon, as Britain’s Connor Bentley found a pace that was just too hot for his rivals to stay with.
It had been a long road from her breakthrough bronze at the 2022 Championship Finals Abu Dhabi, but Germany’s Lena Meissner proved herself once more on Saturday as she topped a World Cup podium for the first time in the heat of Samarkand.
Team Norway -Vetle Bergsvik Thorn, Lotte Miller,, Casper Stornes and Solveig Løvseth- executed their race plan to perfection to take the tape at the 2024 Huatulco World Triathlon Mixed Relay Olympic Qualifier, securing their team a spot on the Mixed Relay race at the Olympics this summer.
With less than ten days for closing the Olympic qualification period, all eyes are set this weekend on two different spots: Samarkand, in Uzbekistan, and Huatulco, in Mexico.
Sunday morning in Huatulco will be time for redemption for many. For the ones that didn’t have a great day out there during the Mixed Relay Olympic Qualifier Event, the ones that couldn’t finish or event he ones that did not have the chance to race at all.
With the Olympic qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games just about to close on May 27, Mexico becomes the centre of the drama that surrounds the
One weekend, two World Cups, two continents, one huge goal: Paris 2024 Qualification. As we reach the pointy end of the chases for places on the 30 July Olympic start line, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, gets ready to host an Olympic-distance thriller that could decide the 2024 Games destiny of several athletes.
With qualification opportunities for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games now down to their final fortnight, the first ever Samarkand World Cup assumes huge significance for many of the 37 women set to toe the line on Saturday morning in Uzbekistan.
There were joys in the first wins of Morgan Pearson (USA) and Leonie Periault (FRA), there were lows in the crashes that wiped out the likes of world champion Dorian Coninx (FRA) and Vasco Vilaca (POR) and there were plenty of talking points in between.
The patience of triathlon fans was rewarded as the WTCS season burst into life at the opening round of 2024 in Yokohama. It had been a long wait since the Championship Finals in Pontevedra and athletes, coaches and fans were champing at the bit to get the new Series underway.
The sun was out and the action was on from the gun for the men’s WTCS Yokohama on Saturday afternoon, and Morgan Pearson delivered the gold with a blistering 29m11s 10km run to the tape.
In a race full of stories and Olympic consequence on Saturday morning in Yokohama, it was a French star with renewed designs on the biggest prize in Paris who shone brightest, Leonie Periault pulling out a run for the ages to seal a second World Triathlon Championship Series gold of her career.
On a beautiful Saturday morning in Yokohama, Japan, some of the biggest names in Para Triathlon hit the city streets with just over 100 days to go to the opening of the Paralympic Games and the hunt for form and points as well as the medals delivered plenty of entertainment for the crowds.
The Olympic Qualification window has entered its closing stages, with less than two months to go, and plenty is left to be decided. For most countries, the final composition of their Olympic triathlon teams remains up in the air.
World Triathlon and the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) have announced new anti-doping measures, including a growing, global Registered Testing Pool (RTP) that will see athletes tested in and out of competition for the new T100 Triathlon World Tour.
As the racing towards Paris 2024 heats up, April saw another busy month in Development, Education and NF Services in which: 124 National Federations confirmed their Good Standing status with World Triathlon on time, a testament to each Federation’s commitment to the fulfilment of its membership obligations.
Team World Triathlon are facing their final roll of the dice. The Olympic qualification window closes in less than four weeks and, as such, the current iteration of the Team will soon find out which of them will be going to Paris.
On small details can grand moments turn. The individual triathlon events at the Olympic Games may last for a tad under two hours, but the races can be won in the briefest of windows.
It is a city and a course that have become synonymous with the sport, and Yokohama hosts its 12th year of top-tier Para Triathlon racing on Saturday morning, with the athletes chasing everything from WTPS medals to Paralympic points to the form that could see them ultimately triumph in Paris.
When Jack Howell (AUS) speaks of the prospect of racing at the Paris Paralympic Games in September, you can practically feel the energy crackle from his every word.
Yokohama is ready to get the 2024 World Triathlon Championship Series rolling on Saturday morning, and anticipation is running red hot with the prospect of an almighty first Olympic-distance test for the athletes in this huge year for the sport.
After the comings and goings of Abu Dhabi, the 2024 Series will finally begin in earnest in Japan on Saturday, with WTCS Yokohama the stage for one of the most hotly anticipated races of recent times.
The 2024 Chengdu World Cup was the first official event of the year for Team World Triathlon, the development squad for athletes from smaller national federations to help them realise their Olympic potential.
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