Year: 2023

How do triathletes pass the time during intercontinental travel? To answer that question, Claire Michel and Yuko Takahashi provided a Wes Anderson-inspired insight on their way to Yokohama. In doing so they won the internet for today. During a layover in Paris the Triathlon Squad pair channelled their inner Anderson. Indeed they showcased some of the slickest choreography seen since the Triathlon Squad’s end of season Christmas party. When they eventually hang up their tri-suits, Hollywood might just come knocking. You can check out their effort below.

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Based on even a cursory glance at the start lists, the Caorle European Cup seems to be designed with one particular question in mind. What happens when you take a collection of rising athletes with a point to prove and throw them all into the same race? Last year’s world U23 champion, Connor Bentley, is one of the leading names in the men’s field. In Abu Dhabi, back in November, he announced himself as a serious prospect and one of the leading runners of his cohort. Bentley will be joined…

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The showdown has arrived. North versus South. The best young triathletes North America and South America have to offer will clash at the Americas Junior Qualification Event in Punta Cana in pursuit of slots for the World Junior Championships in Hamburg. With only 14 slots available for athletes from the Americas (per gender), the race to secure places in Hamburg will be incredibly close. Up to 70 athletes of each gender can start in the Dominican Republic. To start with, all national federations are permitted 2 athletes per gender. In…

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The European Junior Cup in Caorle, Italy, might just be one of the most intense weekends of the year in triathlon. More than international medals are on the line. The European slots for this year’s World Junior Championships will be up for grabs. For several countries, such as Germany, how the athletes perform in Caorle will also determine whether they are selected for the World Junior Championships in Hamburg, should they earn the quota places. Throw in the fact that the Junior Cup will be contested over two days in…

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Madrid will be the host of the first European Triathlon Championships of the year. With racing kicking off next month, the athletes will be taking on the Olympic distance. Today we will be taking a first look at the start lists for the event. One relevant point to highlight is that the race can be used as a scoring event towards an athlete’s WTCS points. As with all Olympic distance Continental Championships, the race can form one of an athlete’s four scoring events prior to the WTCS Final in Pontevedra.…

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Gabriel Sandör of Sweden kicked off his season with a win at the Arlandastad Duathlon. The race followed the classic duathlon distances of a 5km run, 20km bike and another 2.5km run. The bike portion of the race was draft-legal and Sandör won in comfort as he finished in a total time of 52:26. The most impressive part of his race was his opening 5km in which he logged a 14:32 split. At the end of the race he also finished in a 7:22 over the 2.5km so his running…

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The racing continued at the World Multisport Championships in Ibiza with the elite aquathlon races. With a 1km swim and a 5km run, the athletes were confronted with a slightly different challenge to the standard triathlon fare. Without the need for a bike or drafting considerations, the Senior, U23 and Junior fields all raced as one with the category results extracted after the event. Having won a silver medal in the duathlon already at the championships, Zsanett Bragmayer was an early favourite. Meanwhile, Margareta Vrablova was the prohibitive favourite in…

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Cassandre Beaugrand won the BUCS Sprint Championships title today with a consummate all-round performance. With the racing taking place in waves, when Beaugrand crossed the line it was not immediately certain whether she had won the title. Her victory, though, was duly confirmed afterwards. Racing for Loughborough University, Beaugrand opened her race with a 4:55 400m pool swim (25m). She followed that with a 36:22 split over the 22km bike course and finished her day with a 17:54 5km run split. Her run was some way off her 16:38 5km…

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A handful of Swiss triathletes took on road running races in Lausanne at the weekend. While the 20km race was the premier event on the agenda, three members of the Swiss national team took on the 5km on Saturday. Adrien Briffod finished 4th overall with a time of 14:34.6. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of his performance was that it came barely six weeks after being hospitalised having being hit by a car. Fortunately that episode only left Briffod with ten stitches and a broken nose. Nevertheless it would have…

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There are some titles that insert an athlete into the pantheon of greatness and the Ultimate Athlete Mount Maunganui might just be one of the most prestigious. For Hayden Wilde, the Olympic bronze medal and WTCS wins might not be able to stack up to what he achieved at the weekend. In his native New Zealand, he won the elite 10km race at the Ultimate Athlete. With 25 obstacles to contend with over the course, Wilde finished in a time of 43:40, 3 minutes 43 seconds ahead of the next…

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