Category: Races

For over fifteen years, Holten has been a regular fixture on the European Junior Cup circuit. Among the standout versions of recent times, in 2015 Gustav Iden beat Alex Yee to the gold while Taylor Knibb triumphed over a podium containing Sandra Dodet and Kate Waugh. An array of prominent faces have therefore passed through the streets of Holten on their way to the top. As Junior races go, it is one with plenty of tradition to call upon. At this year’s iteration, a fairly small women’s field lined up…

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The elite triathlon scene takes on some truly beautiful locations around the world. Krakow in the rain is not one of them.  Nevertheless the elite men’s field lined up to tackle the Olympic distance at the European Games as youth and experience took up their positions. Connor Bentley and Simon Henseleit both arrived with consecutive European Cup wins to their name. Meanwhile Adrien Briffod entered the fray on the back of a 6th place at WTCS Yokohama. A medal would all but seal his place on the Swiss Olympic team…

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After triathlon appeared at the first iteration of the European Games in Baku, it was not a part of the event in Minsk in 2019. Four years later, it was back on the menu in Krakow. In a bid to assert dominance early in the race, the World Military champion, Mathilde Gautier, set the pace in the water. Along with Sophie Alden, she broke clear of the field over the non-wetsuit 1500m. By the time the duo made it to T1, they had a gap of 15 seconds. Jolien Vermeylen…

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When does a win become a statement? In particular, at what point is a winning margin large enough to be considered a message to one’s rivals? On their way to the wins at the European Junior Cup in Wels, both Thomas Hansmaennel and Margareta Vrablova made loud statements with their performances. Racing on the Junior scene now enters a crucial phase, with focus crystallised around the World Junior Championships in two and a half weeks. Some athletes will have another opportunity to race before the gun goes off in Hamburg.…

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One of the big challenges of the European Cup in Wels proved to be staying upright on the bike as several athletes fell foul of the course, including the German duo Neilan Kempmann and Fabian Kraft. Only a week separated the event from the last Austrian event in Kitzbühel and many of the athletes took on the back-to-back races. With bad luck stalking several athletes, though, the winners of the latest Sprint race needed a slice of fortune to go with their finishing speed. Men’s race Whereas Kempmann and Kraft were…

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The Asian U23 and Junior Championships were held earlier today in Gamagori, Japan. With the athletes racing over the Sprint distance, for some the event offered a final tune-up ahead of the World Junior Championships. For others, such as the Kazakhstan’s men’s team that spurned the spots they earned, it was a chance to show what the field in Hamburg could have gone up against. On that note, the Kazakhstan team made a statement as Alexandr Ten won the Junior men’s race in style. Ten finished 4th at the same…

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Kitzbühel is steeped in triathlon history. A regular host of European Championships, including races over the Olympic distance in 2014 and 2017 and the Super Sprint in 2021, it also used to be a frequent stage of the WTCS. Its final appearance in the Series included the iconic race up the mountain in 2013. The innovative mountain climb route was not on the agenda for the athletes taking part in this weekend’s European Cup and at that some will have breathed a sigh of relief. Among those lining up to…

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The unstoppable force of the Spanish men’s team met the immovable object of Tyler Mislawchuk’s success in Huatulco. For many athletes, there can often be a case to be made that they have one venue in particular that suits them, for whatever reason. For Mislawchuk, that venue seems to be Huatulco. Wins in 2019 and 2021 preceded a silver medal in 2022. But for Genis Grau’s majestic sprint finish last year, the Canadian would have made it a hat-trick. As he took his place on the beach, Miswlachuk was a…

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It has been coming. Like a gathering storm on the horizon, it was possible to see Anahi Alvarez Corral approach yet there was precious little anyone could do about it. At this point Alvarez’s ridiculous running speed has been well-established. She was disqualified at the St. Peters Americas Cup but logged the fastest run split of the day by a wide margin. Silver medals followed at the Americas Cups in Punta Cana and Ixtapa; across those races only one woman has actually managed to out-split Alvarez on the run (Domnicky…

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Izvorani, Romania, played host to the first European Junior Cup since the start lists for the World Junior Championships were revealed. Several athletes starting thus used the event as preparation for the big race in Hamburg. Rather than the customary Sprint distance, a Super Sprint race awaited them, offering an ideal chance to hone their speed. The distances to cover were a 400m swim, 11km bike and a 2.5km run. Over such short distances, the medals came down to the finest of margins. Women’s race Lana Gavrilović attacked the swim…

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