Day: October 25, 2023

Beth Potter On Winning Her First World Title

Benjamin Eastman

It has been a year of firsts for Beth Potter yet the athlete that speaks now is as similar as they are different to the one that started the season. Potter opened her account for the year with a first WTCS win in March. A commanding performance at WTCS Abu Dhabi marked her out as one to watch and further firsts followed. In August she made her first Olympic Test Event appearance; in 2019 she was not ranked highly enough to get onto the Tokyo Test Event start list. Most…

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Jorgensen Will Have Work Cut Out To Continue Golden Run

Benjamin Eastman

After winning three World Cups in a row, it is possibly a safe assumption that Gwen Jorgensen will be fairly competitive at this weekend’s Miyazaki World Cup. Her most recent win in Tongyeong showed the size of the task her competitors have in getting past her. In contrast to her win in Valencia, Jorgensen did not have an especially good swim. She balanced that out with a good bike split. However, a slow T2 put her on the back foot once more. Nevertheless, even as others around her elevated their…

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