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Hedley and Okrafo-Smart Punch British World Junior Tickets

Benjamin Eastman

The selection race for the British team ahead of this year’s World Junior Championships in Hamburg took place on Sunday. With three slots to play for in both the men’s and women’s races, a collection of some of the best Junior talents in the country descended upon Mallory Park. Some athletes such as the winner of the Junior performance assessment, Lawrence Martindale, were unable to race due to injury. Millie Breese also did not race. Nevertheless, there was an impressive array of future prospects on display. In the women’s race,…

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Can Lehmann Spoil Spain’s Day at Madrid European Champs?

Benjamin Eastman

The European Championships over the Olympic distance will take place in Madrid this weekend and the home Spanish team have a number of gold medal prospects. Leading the way will be Antonio Serrat Seoane, last year’s silver medallist from WTCS Bermuda. On his day, Serrat is one of the best runners in the field. His past two WTCS races in Yokohama and Cagliari did not go entirely to plan, however he did open his season with an 11th place at WTCS Abu Dhabi. If Serrat can get his swim right,…

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6 Stories You Might Have Missed From WTCS Cagliari

Benjamin Eastman

Piece of cake for Le Corre Pierre Le Corre barely missed a beat. In fact, he made it all look a little easier than he probably should have. In his first WTCS race of the season, the recently-crowned world military champion claimed 5th place on the back of a consummate all-round display. He was also the only man to hang with Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde on the first lap of the run (notwithstanding Jonas Schomburg’s not-so-surprising sneak attack that put him in first place for a spell). In doing…

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How Did Gwen Jorgensen Fare In Her First WTCS Race Back?

Benjamin Eastman

In her first WTCS race since Cozumel in 2016, Gwen Jorgensen returned to the highest echelon of elite triathlon. Today’s race in Cagliari marked her biggest step yet in a comeback that began in earnest at the Oceania Cup in Taupo back in February. Unfortunately, her day in Sardinia did not end quite as she would have hoped. A difficult swim saw her emerge at the back of the field, 1 minute 41 seconds down on the leader, Vittoria Lopes. From there, her race was always going to be a…

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What Else Is Happening Alongside WTCS Cagliari?

Benjamin Eastman

Although WTCS Cagliari will be the headline event this weekend, there are plenty of international races taking place around it. With a Continental Championship to follow, as well as Continental Cups taking place in three different continents, the coming weekend offers one of the clearest demonstrations of the globalised state of elite triathlon. Oceania The racing will kick off Down Under with the final race of the Oceania season. A star-studded field will contest the Oceania Championships over the Olympic distance in Port Douglas, Australia. Fresh off his silver medal…

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British World Champs Trials To Take Place This Weekend

Benjamin Eastman

This weekend, Britain’s fastest Junior triathletes will be gathering to compete for a spot on the World Junior Championships team. The selection race is being held in Mallory Park and the results of the Sprint distance event will largely inform who gets to race in Hamburg in July. In the wake of the results of the European Junior Cup in Caorle, which doubled as the European qualification event for Hamburg, Britain should have three male and three female slots available in Hamburg. To be selected for the British team, the…

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First Look at the WTCS Montreal 2023 Start Lists

Benjamin Eastman

The fourth round of the WTCS season will see the Series move to North America. For several years now, Montreal has been a fixture in the Series and the Canadian city will host a race again this June. After hosting a Super Sprint format in 2021 and 2022, this year it will revert to a classic Sprint race. Who’s there? After a topsy-turvy start to the year, Hayden Wilde will be starting at his fourth straight WTCS event. He will be joined by Tayler Reid to form a two man…

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Coldwell Voted Most Impressive Start To 2023 WTCS By Readers

Benjamin Eastman

At the weekend we asked TriStats readers to vote for the athlete they thought had produced the most impressive performance in the 2023 WTCS so far. With two races gone in the Series, there have been a number of classy showings. After taking two medals in her two appearance, Sophie Coldwell took the lion’s share of the votes. In the end, 33% of readers voted her as having the most impressive race so far. With Coldwell readers were spoilt for choice as to which race was her most impressive. She…

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Knibb out of WTCS Cagliari, Jorgensen and Zaferes Starting

Benjamin Eastman

In a late change to the women’s start list for WTCS Cagliari, Taylor Knibb has withdrawn from the event. Knibb won the bronze medal at WTCS Yokohama and looked in fantastic shape in the swim and on the bike. In spite of an ongoing foot injury that required surgery at the start of the year, she was also able to run to a medal too. There has yet been any confirmation as to why Knibb has pulled out. One possibility was that racing two Olympic distance races over a fortnight…

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Hidalgo and Murray Show Fitness With Fast 5km Times

Benjamin Eastman

WTCS athletes Richard Murray and Miguel Hidalgo showed off their running prowess on different continents over the weekend. Racing in the Netherlands, Murray took on the Hardenberg City Run and clocked a time of 14:34 for the 5km. That represents a very solid in-season time for the triple WTCS race winner. Over in Brazil, Hidalgo ran 14:06 on the track. Hidalgo was racing at the Paulista Athletics Championships and his performance appears to be a personal best. Indeed, he is on the precipice of entering the vaunted 13 minute realm.…

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Tilda Månsson Breaks Swedish Junior 5km Record

Benjamin Eastman

She’s been at it again. Rising Swedish star Tilda Månsson broke the Swedish National Junior record in the 5000m as she crushed a time of 15:46.58 in Stockholm. Her performance came barely three weeks after she dropped a 33:07 10km on the track in training. The race came just days after she turned nineteen years old. As birthday presents go, that isn’t a bad one to give yourself. Her performance in Stockholm is not the first Swedish Junior record of the year. Back in January, Månsson nailed an indoor 3000m in 9:08.85…

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Bundesliga Action Kicks Off In Kraichgau Tomorrow

Benjamin Eastman

Tomorrow the Bundesliga will get underway as the opening first division races of the season take place. The teams will descend upon the familiar venue of Kraichgau in Baden-Württemberg but what awaits them will be something novel. Rather than contest a Sprint triathlon as per usual in the series, the teams will be taking on the “2+2 format“. This style of racing has been used before, including in last season’s series. In the 2+2, both the men’s and women’s teams each send teams of four athletes to the race. The…

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First Look at the Huatulco World Cup 2023 Start Lists

Benjamin Eastman

After a long break since the races in New Plymouth at the end of March, the World Cup returns. The second instalment of the series will take place in Huatulco, Mexico, next month. The venue has long been a popular one having held thirteen previous iterations of the event. Huatulco will also be among the first races in the Second Period of qualification for the Paris Olympic Games. For many athletes, then, it will be an opportunity to accrue some early points as the race to Paris enters its final…

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World Triathlon Makes Changes To WTCS Host Requirements

Benjamin Eastman

Calling all cities. Do you want to host a leg of the 2024 World Triathlon Championship Series? Then step right up as World Triathlon opened the bidding process earlier this week. The full bid document is available here and there have been some notable changes from this season. In the 2023 WTCS bid process, the Sanction Fee for all cities was USD 150,000. That means that to host a WTCS event, the city involved would have to pay World Triathlon USD 150,000. In the 2024 process, the same Sanction Fee…

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Bianca Bogen Announces Pregnancy After Racing in Fréjus

Benjamin Eastman

After racing at the first French Grand Prix race of the season at the weekend, German athlete Bianca Bogen has confirmed that she is five months pregnant. Bogen took to the start line for Les Tritons Meldois in Fréjus and came away with a 45th place. She noted that she made sure to steer clear of the main group in the water and on the bike as a precaution. As per the frozen rankings introduced by World Triathlon’s new maternity policy, Bogen’s World Ranking will be maintained at 200th, the position…

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