Day: May 5, 2024

Graf and Arpinelli take victories in Yasmine Hammamet

Benjamin Eastman

The African Cup in Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia, took place yesterday and served up two contrasting races. Yasmine Hammamet played a notable role in a wider story in 2023 as Tim Hellwig’s win at the race last season propelled him on to high finishes at WTCS Montreal and the Paris Test Event before medalling at the WTCS Final in Pontevedra. The winners of this year’s edition will no doubt be hoping for a similar spike in form. Men’s race Evidently keen to ape Hellwig’s 2023 narrative, Henry Graf of Germany claimed…

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Fullagar and Yee Make It Double British Delight in Fréjus 

Benjamin Eastman

The French Grand Prix season got underway yesterday in Fréjus with a pair of electric Sprint distance races. The reigning team champions Poissy Triathlon and Saint-Jean-des-Monts Vendée Triathlon arrived looking to set an early marker for their title defences while the race also set the stage for the first clash of 2024 between Olympic medallists Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde. Women’s race Picking up where she left off from last season, Lea Marchal (Issy Triathlon) was the fastest woman in the water, completing the 750m in 10:34. Her teammate, Celia Merle, was…

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