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Running in parallel to the British Junior performance assessments were tests for both the country’s top Youth prospects and Senior athletes looking to put their names forward for international selection later in 2024. The Senior tests were the same as those undertaken by the Juniors, with an 800m swim on the Saturday preceding a 20km bike into a 5km run on the Sunday. For the Youth athletes, the test was half the distance and consisted of a 400m swim on the Saturday and then a 10km bike into a 2.5km…

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On the same weekend Britain’s leading Junior triathletes were put through their paces, Germany’s top young talents were likewise tested at the DTU Junior Cup in Halle (Saale). The German model mostly matched the British approach in terms of layout. An 800m swim kicked things off on the Saturday (although the German test was long course while the British test was short course). The test then concluded on the Sunday with a bike-run of 21km and 5km. The cycling component was run in a time trial format with the athletes…

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After the French Junior tests took place last month, it was the turn of Britain at the weekend. The assessments include an 800m time trial in the pool (25m) on Saturday at the University of Nottingham. The next day, the athletes took on a timed bike-run on the Sunday at Prestwold Hall Circuit. The bike section was draft-legal and started in a stagger with the fastest swimmer going first. Youth and Senior assessments also took place and the highlights will be noted in a separate article. Swims Junior men Pos…

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The final World Cups of the Olympic qualification window will take place as a double header in the middle of May. The first of the two races will be the classic stop in Huatulco, Mexico. With its reputation for brutal conditions and a fast Sprint distance course, Huatulco usually offers lively racing. With the close of Olympic qualification likely on the minds of the athletes starting this time, it could throw up some of the tightest finishes of the season. Who’s there? Returning to defend her gold medal from 2023…

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Earlier in the week we put out a poll asking readers to predict which country will win the most medals across the three triathlon events at the Paris Olympics. At this point in the season, the hosts came out as the favourites. France claimed 39% of the vote. Although the WTCS season has not yet started, they have enjoyed outstanding recent success in the Series. France can call upon the last two men’s world champions, Dorian Coninx and Leo Bergere. Both men also made the overall WTCS podium in 2023.…

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After the WTCS season got off to a false start in Abu Dhabi, the first event of the campaign will take place next month in Yokohama. The race has attracted a star-studded field as plenty of athletes look to kick-start their seasons. With the now-shortened WTCS season, one big performance in Yokohama could create an invaluable advantage in the race to the world title. Moreover, with the race coming a little over two months before the Olympic Games, it will likely be one of the best indicators for who the…

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As she continues her pursuit of making the Spanish Olympic team this summer, World Cup medallist Noelia Juan dropped a noteworthy performance at the Spanish 10km Road Running Championships. Juan clocked 34:56 to take home the silver medal in Crevillente. Her time stands as an improvement on the 35:34 she recorded over the same distance in Valencia back in January. As such, it signals that Juan’s fitness is progressing as the triathlon season gets underway. Moreover, as per World Athletics, her recent performance in Crevillente stands as a new personal…

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It was a little under four months out from the real thing, but some of triathlon’s leading lights got a new taste for racing on the streets of Paris ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games. At the ASICS Festival of Running, WTCS medallists Leonie Periault and Annika Koch were among those to race. Periault took on the 10km while Koch stepped up to the plate over the 5km. Confronting the triathletes were top quality fields of established world-level runners. In the women’s 10km, Periault dropped a time of 32:29, earning…

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Note: this was an April Fools’ joke. Heading into the Olympic season, the home French team faced an invidious situation. After the outstanding performances by Dorian Coninx and Pierre Le Corre, as they claimed 1st and 3rd, respectively, at last year’s WTCS Final in Pontevedra, two-thirds of France’s male Olympic triathlon slots had been allocated. With the team in line to earn the maximum three slots, this created a problem. One of Vincent Luis, the 2019 and 2020 world champion, and Leo Bergere, the 2022 world champion, would have to…

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In a shift from its autumn slot in 2023, the Chengdu World Cup will take place next month in April. Upon taking a first glance at the start lists, it soon becomes clear that the event has a very similar story to the Wollongong World Cup a week prior. Plenty of athletes will be racing with Olympic qualification in mind and points-hunting will be at a premium. Given the turnaround between Wollongong and Chengdu, it makes sense that much of the field is the same. However, the same outcome might…

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At the latest instalment of the French Junior test weekend in Cannes, there were a number of superlative performances. World Junior Championships medallist Manon Laporte dominated the women’s competition to win by over a minute. Meanwhile, Martin Hubner triumphed in the men’s test on the back of a storming 14:24 5000m run. The question to ask is how does this latest cohort compare to those that came before. In this respect, the current batch of Junior athletes are against some of the biggest names in the sport. Four of the…

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