Day: May 18, 2024

After the drama of the Olympic Mixed Team Relay qualifier in Huatulco yesterday, the action zipped back across to the other side of the world as Samarkand, Uzbekistan, hosted a World Cup for the first time. It was to prove a day of multiple firsts as Lena Meißner of Germany claimed a maiden World Cup win to put an end to a year of injury-hit turbulence. As was the case as the Chengdu World Cup, Therese Feuersinger was the fastest swimmer. She led into T1 in a time of 19:36.…

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If the final two Olympic Mixed Team Relay slots were allocated on the basis of the teams’ walk outs in Huatulco, Ecuador would be going to Paris. Alas, there is no justice in the world. As the racing in Huatulco swung back and forth, there was also a chance that Canada would end the day aggrieved by an even greater sense of injustice. In the end, though, the threat of the slots being decided away from the race course fizzled out. The male athletes on the opening leg took on…

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