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Yesterday, Olympic bronze medallist Hayden Wilde appeared in unfamiliar territory as he took part in the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Race in Hannut, Belgium. Racing over the 9000m course, Wilde took on a fine field of athletes and emerged with a very respectable finish. He came 19th overall in snowy conditions, 1:32 behind the winner Yann Schrub of France. For reference, Schrub is the European bronze medallist over the 10,000m. Indeed, Wilde was only 62 seconds from the podium. Wilde is already known as one of the fastest runners…

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Last night the inaugural Global Triathlon Awards took place in Nice, France. Gustav Iden came away with the Male Athlete of the Year prize. The gong rewarded a brilliant season in which he won the most recent Ironman world championships. Meanwhile, Flora Duffy flew the flag for short course triathlon as she won the Female Athlete of the Year prize. In 2022, Duffy won her fourth world title and won the last two WTCS races of the season, in Bermuda and Abu Dhabi, in style. The Rookie of the Year…

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Having looked at how the Olympic Games would look if the Mixed Team Relay and men’s race were to take place already, today we are looking at what the women’s field would look like. Who would qualify? As was the case in the relay, France would qualify two women’s slots as hosts. Just as with the men, in this simulation these slots are allocated by the current individual Olympic qualification rankings and Cassandre Beaugrand and Emma Lombardi would receive the French slots. Next up would be Great Britain and their…

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Yesterday we looked at the teams that would qualify in the Mixed Team Relay if the Paris Olympics were to take place today. Due to the nature of the qualifying system for the Olympic Games, the relay qualifications inform the qualifiers for the individual. As a result, we cannot simply look at the Olympic qualification rankings and assume the best ranked men will qualify. Given this, what would the start list look like if the men’s Olympic slots were allocated today? Who would qualify? To start with, we would have…

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British triathlete Sian Rainsley will likely miss the early WTCS and World Cup races of 2023 after she revealed that she recently suffered an ankle injury. After rolling her ankle, Rainsley experienced an AFTL grade 3 and a CFL grade 1 in her left ankle. An ATFL grade 3 describes a complete tear of the joint. In most cases, there will be reduced strength although conversely there may be increased range of movement as the ligament is no longer carrying out its role as a joint stabiliser. The general prognosis…

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With a little under 18 months until the Olympic Games kick off in Paris, it is inevitable that the world of triathlon will keep half an eye on who will qualify. If the Games were to take place today, who would be racing? We will start by looking at the Mixed Team Relay. The Mixed Relay receives the first slots that are allocated to qualifying countries. Using the World Triathlon Olympic qualification rankings, it is possible to simulate who would qualify. The current rankings will have significant implications for how…

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Yesterday the Luxembourg Aquathlon Championships were held at the D’Coque national centre. With the Luxembourgish title on the line at an indoor venue, it represented a good winter racing opportunity for a number of athletes in the region. A number of Luxembourg’s best triathletes were also on the start list. Among the field were WTCS athletes Jeanne Lehair and Eva Daniels. Lehair switched her sporting nationality from France to Luxembourg in 2022. With 2022 WTCS race finishes of 8th in Montreal and 19th in Bermuda to her name, she was…

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In contrast to the British and American selection policies, the Spanish selection policy for Paris has different criteria for its men’s and women’s teams. This is a rather unusual approach as many countries tend to favour keeping their policies identical across genders. As with all countries, the eligibility of athletes will be affected by whether Spain qualifies a Mixed Team Relay, whether athletes are ranked highly enough in the world rankings and how many slots Spain receives in total. How will the athletes be picked? For the Spanish men, the…

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As things stand, Team New Zealand are in line to qualify two men and two women to the Paris Olympic Games in 2024. As with the British and American teams, they will arrive in Paris with a defending Olympic medallist in their ranks after Hayden Wilde won individual bronze in Tokyo. As a result, there is a strong likelihood they will be looking to pick up at least one medal in Paris. Indeed, from their selection policy, it is clear Triathlon New Zealand are gunning for more hardware. How will…

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The other day, we presented the Olympic selection policy for the British team. Today, we are looking at one of their biggest rivals in the Mixed Team Relay: the USA. Read on to find out how the American team for Paris will be picked. After winning a relay silver in Tokyo and the women’s individual gold in Rio and bronze in Tokyo, the American team has grown accustomed to Olympic success. Moreover, before Tokyo, there was some controversy over an in-form Taylor Spivey being omitted from the team. How the…

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Two big names in the world of triathlon recently announced that they will be making changes to their coaching set-up in 2023. Leonie Periault shared that she will be parting ways with coach Stephanie Gros after six years together. In her most recent race finish, Periault came 5th at the WTCS Final in Abu Dhabi. Her best WTCS finishes are her silver medals from Edmonton 2021 and Yokohama 2022. Periault highlighted such high points in her farewell post to Gros and the coaching change marks the end of a highly…

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As we enter 2023, we are only four months away from the end of the First Period in which athletes can score points towards Olympic qualification. The qualifying procedure for how countries get slots at the Olympics has been known for some time. However, just because an athlete qualifies, that does not mean they will be picked for the Games. Instead, National Governing Bodies are in charge of selecting which athletes fill the Olympic slots that have been earned. Every country has a slightly different selection policy and today we…

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