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With a lot of young talent coming through, Italy could be a sleeping giant on the world stage in triathlon. In the here and now, though, the Italian team is already burgeoning with talent. The race to make the Olympic team in Paris will therefore be fierce. Despite a 4th place in Leeds last year, it also seems like we have not yet seen the full extent of what an Italian Mixed Team Relay is capable of. Expect that to change this year as the team pushes to lock up…

On Sunday, the first German Junior test took place in Leipzig. The athletes competed over a 400m swim and then a 3000m run, with a break between. The top-16 performers of each gender were subsequently invited to Kienbaum to participate in the second test. The top-3 finishers of each gender in Kienbaum would then be selected for the European Junior Cup in Caorle in May. In turn, the results at Caorle will determine the selection for the World Junior Championships in Hamburg. Today, we will be breaking down the performances…

It is the stated goal of Germany to qualify three men and three women to the Paris Olympic Games in triathlon. At this point they are almost certain to qualify three women; a third male slot, by contrast, is still up in the air. We already know that Paris and Pontevedra will form the core components of the German selection criteria. However, the German Olympic Committee has since approved the full selection policy. Without further ado, then, let’s dive in to how the team will be picked. How will the…

With plenty of action to keep up with at the weekend, here are five stories that you may have missed. Garabedian makes her first start for Cambodia After previously racing for France, Margot Garabedian made her first international start for her new country of Cambodia at the Melilla European Cup. Her status as a Cambodian athlete was confirmed one week ago, on 13th March. Prior to that, she had been racing under the ITU colours. While racing as an ITU athlete, Garabedian enjoyed some high points including a win at…

This year, the World Junior Championships will be taking place in Hamburg, Germany. As a result, the German Triathlon Union (DTU) have a high premium on medals at the home championships. After recent success at the Junior level, including Jule Behrens’ World Junior title in 2021, Germany will also be looking to maintain that form. For German Junior athletes, the road to Hamburg is one of the most complicated routes in elite triathlon. Today, Germany will be holding its elite performance tests in Leipzig. An array of Junior of athletes…

The elite races at the European Duathlon Championships took place yesterday in Venice-Caorle, Italy. Of the athletes starting, the most prominent name was that of three time world champion, Mario Mola. Fifteen years ago, Mola finished 2nd at the European Junior Duathlon Championships in Serres, Greece. After a lengthy absence from the duathlon scene, upgrading that Junior silver to Senior gold was the objective. Mola would also be making his first international start of the year. The elite races consisted of a 5km run, a 20km bike and then a…

How does a smaller country marshal its resources ahead of an Olympic Games? Belgium makes for an interesting case study in this regard given its relatively small population and core of talent in triathlon. Most notably, the Belgian Federation will be able to call upon WTCS medallists Marten Van Riel and Jelle Geens and will be hoping to sneak a medal in the Mixed Team Relay. As depth is not a luxury the Belgian team have, particularly when compared with countries like America and Australia, any selection policy has to…

This past weekend, Zaferes won a silver medal at the Sarasota Americas Cup. After her maternity absence from the sport, she now has two races under her belt and has barely put a foot wrong. Indeed, Zaferes has shown a lot of promising signs in her comeback. Her next race was scheduled to be at the European Cup in Quarteira, Portugal, next weekend. Quarteira will play host to an exceptionally deep field, perhaps the deepest at the Continental Cup level of 2023. The race will also be over the Olympic…

This weekend the first European Junior Cup of the year will take place in Melilla, Spain. One week later, another European Junior Cup will be held in Quarteira, Portugal. Quarteira in particular has long been a tried and trusted proving ground of young talent. Winning the Junior Cup in Quarteira has often been reliable marker for further Junior success in the same season. As an example, in 2019 Beatrice Mallozzi won the race prior to winning both the World and European Junior titles later in the year. A number of…

By now, you may have seen that the latest crop of French Junior triathletes are immensely talented. At the test weekend in Cannes, they produced a series of performances that were sensational. The question to ask is how does this latest cohort compare to those that came before. This is no small question. Consider that the Junior tests have been previously undertaken by current world champion Leo Bergere, two time world champion Vincent Luis, WTCS gold medallists Cassandre Beaugrand and Dorian Coninx, and a host of brilliant athletes such as…

One of the perks of a life as an international triathlete is the travel. At times it can also be a disadvantage, but it certainly facilitates an exotic lifestyle. Ivana Kuriackova has embodied that lifestyle over the past six weeks. In that time, she has raced four Continental Cups in three countries. Her travels started in Venezuela at the La Guaira Americas Cup. In her first race of the season, Kuriackova ended up in 5th. Next was a trip to Cuba. At the La Habana Americas Cup she put herself…

One of the more surprising stories to come out of WTCS Abu Dhabi earlier this month was that Gustav Iden faced a shoe protest after the race. His shoes were suspected of being in violation of World Triathlon’s new rules. As a result, they were sent to World Athletics for testing. At the start of this year, World Triathlon updated their rulebook to address the rise of so-called “super shoes”. In doing so, they aligned their policy with that of World Athletics. The primary aspects that were affected included the…

Some of the best Junior and Youth talent France has to offer in triathlon gathered in Cannes at the weekend for pre-season testing. As a reminder, the athletes completed a swim of 800m (50m), a run of 5000m on the track and a time trial bike of 3.6km. Their times from each stage are then added together and ranked to give the final results for the tests. France is currently home to the reigning male world champion, the Mixed Team Relay world champions and the male Junior world champion. As…