Year: 2023

Potter Edges Beaugrand In World Champion Poll Predictions

Benjamin Eastman

When given the chance to predict this year’s women’s world champion ahead of the WTCS Final, most respondents plumped for Beth Potter. The Brit took 53% of the vote. She arrives in Pontevedra having won the Paris Olympic Test Event, the biggest race of the year so far, in addition to two WTCS wins earlier in the season. Meanwhile, the Series leader, Cassandre Beaugrand, came away with 35% of the vote. Beaugrand took the silver medal behind Potter in Paris. Aside from that race, she has been the fastest runner…

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Majority Pick Yee To Seal World Title In Pontevedra

Benjamin Eastman

The majority of TriStats voters have selected Alex Yee as the athlete they think will win the men’s world title at the WTCS Final in Pontevedra. In total, 62% of voters preferred Yee to the alternatives. Yee will arrive with a slim lead at the top of the WTCS standings and will have to beat his closest rival, Hayden Wilde, if he is to secure the title. Having won the Paris Olympic Test Event with a majestic display, Yee will be confident of repeating the feat. Although Wilde is right…

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Beaugrand Leads But Potter Has Upper Hand In Pontevedra

Benjamin Eastman

On the surface, the women’s WTCS Final in Pontevedra looks to be a little more clear-cut than the men’s race. Cassandre Beaugrand leads Beth Potter by 32 points in the standings and as such will wear number 1. Moreover, she has the fastest run split of the year, has been (on average) the fastest runner across the Series, has a better previous WTCS Final result than Potter and leads the last five head-to-heads with her British rival. By most metrics, Beaugrand represents a formidable opponent. Nevertheless, Potter may actually arrive…

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Is An Upset In Store At The WTCS Final In Pontevedra?

Benjamin Eastman

When considering the men’s race at the WTCS Final in Pontevedra, it is helping to start with the obvious. The favourites to take the win and the world title are Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde. Both have multiple WTCS wins to their name this season and have been outstanding. Between them, they have won the three Olympic distance races on offer in the Series (Yee took Cagliari and Paris while Wilde won in Yokohama) and, as Olympic medallists, they have shown an ability to step up at the big moments.…

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Manta Americas Cup Wins Taken By Rodriguez and Vega

Benjamin Eastman

At the Americas Cup in Manta, Ecuador, the home team delivered a series of impressive results. Over the Sprint distance race, they came away with multiple medals amid an array of fast displays. However, they did not have the event all their own way and several athletes were on hand to pip them to spots on the podium as well as a gold medal. Men’s race A rapid swim from Ramón Armando Matute and Chris Deegan appeared to have broken up the field in the men’s race. When the lead…

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Poll: Who Will Claim The Women’s 2023 WTCS Title?

Benjamin Eastman

The 2023 WTCS has not quite unfolded as people expected. In the pre-season poll that asked who people thought would be world champion, Flora Duffy and Georgia Taylor-Brown were the most popular answers. In total, two-thirds of respondents selected them. However, Duffy has not raced all season while Taylor-Brown will miss the WTCS Final with injury. Although Taylor-Brown won WTCS Cagliari, she was not really in a position to win the overall title. Taylor Knibb was also a popular choice. Yet she too will be absent. The full votes looked…

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Comparing Beaugrand and Potter Ahead of the 2023 WTCS Final

Benjamin Eastman

Although Beth Potter emerged as the winner at the Paris Olympic Test Event, it was actually Cassandre Beaugrand that assumed the leadership of the women’s WTCS standings. The French athlete has 3341 points while the Brit has 3309 points. Whoever crosses the line first at the WTCS Final in Pontevedra, then, will most likely come away with the world title. Of the two leading women, Beaugrand has the better previous WTCS Final finish. She achieved a 10th place last season in Abu Dhabi. Meanwhile, Potter’s best effort in a Final…

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Poll: Who Will Claim The Men’s 2023 World Title?

Benjamin Eastman

We are one week out from the denouement of the 2023 WTCS season and the world titles are about to be decided. With that in mind, it is time to have your say as to who you think will triumph in the men’s competition. At the start of the season, the poll asking who people thought the men’s world champion would be was completely split. The results actually looked like this: Heading into the WTCS Final, it looks as if the Series will come down to a shoot out between…

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Comparing Yee and Wilde Ahead of the 2023 WTCS Final

Benjamin Eastman

The 2023 WTCS looks as is it will boil down to a shoot-out between Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde. It was a similar story in 2022 and neither ended up taking the world title. Nevertheless, the pair have looked a cut above the rest of the field this season. In this article, we break down their seasons and show how they have stacked up against one another. Yee enters the WTCS Final in Pontevedra with the upper hand in the standings. On their day, though, both have shown the ability…

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Recruiting Kicks Off Ahead Of The 2024 Bundesliga

Benjamin Eastman

Even though the Bundesliga came to its conclusion less than a fortnight ago, attention has already turn to the 2024 season. More specifically, the vital aspect of recruitment is about to take its place on centre stage. The unexpected news that Buschhütten have disbanded has also added a new dimension to the recruitment window. Several WTCS athletes, both German and international, will now be hunting for a new team. Any teams looking to add international athletes to their rosters will have to do so before the end of the year. The…

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Over and Out: Buschhütten Disband as Bundesliga Team

Benjamin Eastman

Fresh off their double triumph in the 2023 Bundesliga, EJOT Team TV Buschhütten have sent a shockwave though German triathlon. Effective immediately, they have disbanded their men’s and women’s Bundesliga teams. In addition, the Buschhütten Triathlon will be discontinued For almost 35 years, Buschhütten has been a hot-bed of triathlon in the country. However, the news comes on the back of the retirements of Rainer and Sabine Jung. The pair were instrumental in the rise and prolonged success of Buschhütten. The remaining executive board decided on the new course for…

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Breaking Down Round 5 of the Men’s 2023 French Grand Prix

Benjamin Eastman

In the end, it was close. After winning three of the first four races of the season, though, Saint-Jean-des-Monts Vendée Triathlon had enough of a buffer to hold on to claim the men’s French Grand Prix crown. As with the women’s series, extra points were on offer for the final. The winner would earn 31.5 points instead of the usual 21 and the points available decreased by 1.5 thereafter. However, even with the bumper points available, the top-7 actually came out of the weekend completely unchanged. Read on, then, to view…

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First Look at the Brasilia World Cup 2023 Start Lists

Benjamin Eastman

Slated to take place one day after the Chengdu World Cup, the Brasilia World Cup is part of a bumper month of racing in October. Like Chengdu, Brasilia will offer an Olympic distance race. The double booking has caused a split in attendance and, interestingly, several countries have split their athletes across the two races. On the initial start lists, two former world champions are scheduled to race in Brasilia. Moreover, there is a chance that the current world champion (Pontevedra pending) could race too. Throw in a big long…

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First Look at the Chengdu World Cup 2023 Start Lists

Benjamin Eastman

The World Cup racing will be coming thick and fast in October. After events in Tangier and Rome, Chengdu will host the third stop of the month. Chengdu will offer an Olympic distance course and will be the second Chinese World Cup of the year following the event in Weihai. The race has a twist, though, as it falls on the same weekend as the Brasilia World Cup. Plenty of athletes will therefore have to choose between the two. From the start lists, it is clear that the split has…

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Breaking Down Round 5 of the Women’s 2023 French Grand Prix

Benjamin Eastman

They saved the best for last. Les Sables Vendée Triathlon had stunned the field in Metz and Quiberon by winning individual gold through Valentina Riasova and by finishing 1st and 3rd in the respective rounds. In Saint-Jean-des-Monts, Les Sables Vendée showed they had another gear left in them. In the single most dominant team performance of the championship, they locked out the podium. With 1st, 2nd and 3rd, they therefore recorded a perfect 6 point score. As a result, they earned 30 points for the win, which was up from…

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