Category: Polls

By its nature, the Olympic Games is a contest between countries as much as it is between athletes. Whereas a single medal is reward for a lifetime of work for an athlete, it is often the overall medal table that garners most attention in some quarters. With that in mind, today you can take your pick as to which country will win the most medals across the three Olympic triathlon events this summer. At the last Olympic Games, Britain and America each came away with multiple medals. For the former,…

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Winning Olympic gold and the WTCS is a phenomenally difficult task. Only two athletes (Flora Duffy and Kristian Blummenfelt, both in 2021) have managed to complete the double, although each had idiosyncrasies in their achievements that should be noted. Looking ahead to 2024, the question to be asked is will anyone from the current batch of contenders achieve the double? Alex Yee has six WTCS wins in two years and an Olympic silver medal but as yet has not won a world title. Similarly, Hayden Wilde has four WTCS wins…

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The last race of 2023 has already receded into the distance. It was a long year in which plenty happened, with shocks, scandals, dramatic races and more. Here, you can test your knowledge to see how much of it you actually remember. With twenty questions to complete, only the truly knowledgeable will get all the questions right; then again, maybe the questions are actually super easy and failing to get full marks will be a bit awkward… Those seeking further challenges can attempt the 2022 quiz here or the 2023…

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Yesterday, we posed the question asking which of the women’s Tokyo podium and 2023 WTCS podium will come out on top in 2024. Over the past two years, the entire women’s podium has changed, pitting the best of the last Olympic cycle against the rising forces of the current quad. In this article, we will turn our attention to the men and raise the same question. Looking ahead to the Paris Olympics in 2024, who would you back to collectively come out on top: the defending medallists from the Tokyo…

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For a variety of reasons, the women’s WTCS podium contained none of the individual medallists from the Tokyo Olympics. Only two years have passed yet there has been a change at the top. In the defence of the Tokyo medallists, injuries to Flora Duffy and Georgia Taylor-Brown left them without a chance to claim a podium spot. Katie Zaferes’ maternity break has likewise seen her put a greater emphasis on 2024 rather than 2023. Nonetheless, Taylor-Brown’s win in Cagliari and Zaferes’ 5th place in Montreal hinted at what could be…

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Earlier in the week, we wondered whether Taylor Knibb would win a WTCS title in her career. She is out of the running this year so the question concerned the totality of her career. There are reasons to believe it will happen, just as there are reasons to suspect it might not. When put to TriStats readers, the sentiment was rather bearish when it came to Knibb’s WTCS prospects. In total, 82% responded with the opinion that she will not win a WTCS title. A combination of factors, such as…

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