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For the first time, the comeback trails of Gwen Jorgensen and Katie Zaferes will intersect. Next weekend, two of the biggest names in triathlon will be racing against one another at the Americas Cup in St. Peters, Missouri. Jorgensen announced her comeback late last year having retired in 2016 after winning gold at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. In the intervening years, she raced on the track and in the marathon, hitting a best time of 15:08 in the 5000m. In this new phase of her career, her primary…

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The return of Kristian Blummenfelt to the World Triathlon Championship Series has been something triathlon fans around the world have anticipated with bated breath. However, his comeback has yet to truly take off. A silver medal at the Bergen World Cup last August was a promising start. Then came 6th and 8th place finishes at WTCS Bermuda and the WTCS Final in Abu Dhabi, respectively. Both were solid results. Yet when stacked up against his former levels, particularly as an Olympic champion, Series winner and three time WTCS gold medallist,…

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For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, elite international triathlon will return to mainland China as athletes prepare to race the Asia Cup event in Dexing. The last international race that took place in the country was a Winter Triathlon Cup in January 2020. In terms of the standard triathlon format, an Asia Cup in Shantou back in in November 2019 was the last time China featured on the international scene. After hosting the Olympic Games in 2008, Beijing was home to the WTCS Final in…

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It have often been the case that after a home Olympics many countries have struggled to replicate their performances at the subsequent Games. With such a close turnaround between the Tokyo and Paris Olympics, Japan will be hoping to buck that trend across all sports. In the triathlon events at the Tokyo Games, Japan was led by Kenji Nener (who finished 14th), Yuko Takahashi (who finished 18th) and a Mixed Team Relay that finished 13th. One of the vital parts of having an even better Games in Paris will be…

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At the British performance assessments, Youth and Senior athletes were on show as well as the Juniors. For the full breakdown of how the Juniors performed, click here. Several of the athletes in the Senior category were in their first year out of the Junior ranks. As such, including them in the tests enabled British Triathlon to keep their finger on the pulse of athletes are they progress through the next stages of their careers. Similarly, the Senior field contained a number of athletes that had picked up triathlon a…

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The British domestic triathlon calendar commenced at the weekend with the Junior performance assessments. Concurrent tests also ran for Youth and Senior athletes; in this article we will cover the Junior performances while the Youths (also see below) and Seniors will be in a separate piece. As a reminder, the Junior athletes took on a 800m swim on the Saturday. The next day, the Juniors completed a bike-run of 20km and 5km. As anticipated in the preview, reigning British Junior champion Bethany Cook did indeed remain in America where she…

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Triathletes here, triathletes there, triathletes everywhere. Such is the way of the modern elite triathlon calendar. While there were Continental Cups taking place in Africa and Asia at the weekend, a number of athletes opted for alternative racing opportunities. Mario Mola After his recent medal at the European Duathlon Championships, Mola was racing again at the Triathlon de Portocolom in Mallorca. The three time world champion took on an irregular set of distances as he raced over a 500m swim, 50km bike and a 5km run in a “55.5” format.…

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At the Setubal Triathlon, an elite trio of Portuguese athletes took on the middle distance relay. Under the conditions of the relay, one athlete would swim 1.9km, a second athlete would cycle 90km and then a third would run 21.1km. Taking the win were the “Lidl Stars”. As Lidl was the primary sponsor of the event, it made sense for them to enter a relay of athletes that they support. Two of the Lidl Stars were none other than WTCS athletes Ricardo Batista and Melanie Santos. Mafalda Rosa, the European…

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At the weekend, Hungarian WTCS athlete Gábor Faldum ran a new personal best over the half marathon distance. Taking on the Kikelet Félmaraton Baja, Faldum produced a time of 1:07:20. For reference, his previous personal best (as per World Athletics) was 1:09:54, a time he ran a decade earlier. Perhaps the best half marathon performance of any active triathlete remains with American Morgan Pearson. Towards the end of 2021, Pearson ran a time of 1:01:47. Nevertheless, that should not detract from Faldum’s performance at the weekend, particularly as Faldum’s race…

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Yesterday, the reigning world champion Léo Bergere took on Ironman 70.3 Oceanside. Despite having been waylaid by COVID en route to the United States, Bergere stepped up to take the win. From the off, he controlled the race with the fastest swim then rode with the leaders on the bike. On the run, he then saw off any challengers to get the job done. The race itself, though, is not the interesting bit. The intrigue from Bergere’s showing in California lies with his race to defend his world title. After…

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We have seen the best Junior triathletes France has to offer. Then came the cream of the current German crop. This weekend it is the turn of the top talents in Great Britain. Most of the best young British triathletes will be taking part in a performance assessment weekend under the watchful eye of British Triathlon. The primary purpose of the assessments is to set the order for the subsequent British Super Series (for both Junior and Youth categories). To kick things off, the athletes will take on a swimming…

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Canadian WTCS athlete Emy Legault took on the Course et marche populaires de LaSalle this past Sunday. Racing over the 5km, Legault ran a time of 16:26. That made her the first woman home and 11th fastest athlete in total. Moreover she was a mere 2 seconds away from the top-10. As a fun aside, Legault is actually the course record holder in the women’s 1km race. Back in 2007, she ran a time of 3:33.5 In addition, she technically broke the course record in the 5km with her performance…

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Three time Olympian Andrea Hansen has announced her retirement from elite triathlon. After a career spanning 18 years, she has taken the decision to step away from the sport and devote her time to raising her 2 year-old daughter. Prior to her announcement, Hansen had not raced since last July’s Commonwealth Games. In Birmingham she finished 18th in the individual race and 4th in the Mixed Team Relay. She was still in the running to make the New Zealand Olympic team next year. The recent performances of Ainsley Thorpe and,…

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With racing in three continents to track at the weekend, it would be understandable if a couple of stories slipped through the cracks. With that in mind, read on to find five stories that you might have missed from the last weekend of March. A New Dutch Relay Candidate? As things stand, the Netherlands lie in 18th in the Mixed Team Relay Olympic rankings. As a result, they are not in line to send a relay to the next Olympic Games. Of course, that could change over the next year.…

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The return of former Olympic champion Gwen Jorgensen continued at the World Cup in New Plymouth this weekend. After winning a bronze medal in her first race back at the Oceania Cup in Taupo last month, it was hard going into New Plymouth to gauge where Jorgensen would fit. In our preview, we predicted a top-5 finish for her. Her run had looked strong in Taupo and with another month of training under her belt it did not seem too outlandish. At the same time, New Plymouth represented a step…

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