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Double WTCS race winner Dorian Coninx popped up in the forests in the region of Poissy and Saint Germain en Laye at the weekend. In a successful venture into the woods, he won the 10km at La Pisciacaise. Coninx recorded 30:54 for his efforts on a mix of asphalt and grass. By way of comparison, in 2022 Coninx’s Poissy Triathlon team mate Aurelien Raphael took the win over the 10km in a time of 31:42. As per an Instagram story posted after the race, Coninx was instructed to tackle the…

The third place finisher in last season’s women’s WTCS is on the comeback trail. Last June, Taylor Knibb discovered that she had suffered a stress reaction in her foot ahead of WTCS Leeds. After initially being advised to avoid running for two to six weeks, the reaction did not subside. Eventually, upon a new medical consultation, Knibb received the green light to run regardless and so returned to a full swing of autumn races. Amidst those races she won consecutive medals at WTCS Cagliari and WTCS Bermuda. At both races,…

British duo Alex Yee and Sophie Coldwell took on the English National Road Relays at Sutton Park, Birmingham, yesterday. The men’s race consisted of twelve legs of which six were long and six were short. The women’s relays, meanwhile, contained two long legs and four short. Both Yee and Coldwell took on the long course which measured out to 8.65km on an undulating course. The short leg was 5km. After winning gold and silver medals at WTCS Abu Dhabi, respectively, the relays provided a useful opportunity for the pair to…

Earlier today an array of Australia’s most promising Junior athletes toed the start line at the Australian Junior Sprint Championships in Port Adelaide to determine the third and final slots for the men and women at the upcoming World Junior Championships. The first two male and female slots were decided at the Oceania Junior Championships in February. Bradley Course won the Junior men’s race in Taupo. Course has been in sterling form this season and followed it up with a silver medal at the Oceania U23 Sprint Championships. Thomas Feldmann…

World Triathlon confirmed earlier today that there will be several changes to the World Cup calendar in 2023. Foremost amongst those changes was the announcement of a new World Cup race to be held in Tangier, Morocco. The racing will take place over the Sprint distance and the event is slated to take place on 1 October. The Tangier World Cup will be a watershed moment for the sport. Notably, it will mark the first African World Cup since 2019 and will represent the first time a race of this…

World Triathlon has approved, in principle, the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international triathlon. Earlier this year, there was a question mark as to whether the two countries would be permitted to participate in international competition. Following the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), World Triathlon will be lifting the suspension to Russia and Belarus. The ban was instituted in March 2022 following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Belarus was banned for its support of the invasion. In the original attacks against Ukraine, the Belarusian border…

The European Cup in Caorle, Italy, is due to kick off in one month although there is a surprising name on the start list. Non Stanford, the 2013 world champion, is apparently in line to race. However, the defending European champion retired from elite triathlon at the end of last season. Could this be the first step of a comeback? That seems unlikely. For a start, Stanford has since moved on into a coaching position and has not given any indication of being on the verge of returning to competition.…