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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…