Moya the Entertainer Denied at the Viña del Mar World Cup

Benjamin Eastman

A big start list of 63 men took to the water in Viña del Mar but the race seemed to come down to the antics of one man. Local favourite Diego Moya had a strong start to the swim. He made it to the first buoy with Jawad Abdelmoula for company. Wearing number 1, Abdelmoula is not normally renowned for his swim and so was in prime position. Moya, meanwhile, looked strong. Over the second half of the swim, he really stretched the field, maximising the waves to his advantage to…

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Dodet Edges Sereno to Take the Win at Viña del Mar

Benjamin Eastman

On the day a World Cup race came to Chile for the first time, there was an air of familiarity in the outcome. Sandra Dodet of France has been a fixture of the top-5 in World Cups this year. She came into this race as one of the favourites and, after a closely-fought battle on the run with American Gina Sereno, Dodet would pick up yet another World Cup medal in 2022. As swimming conditions go, those at the start of the race were perhaps some of the least hospitable…

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Viña del Mar to be a Battle of the Runners

Benjamin Eastman

After a breakout year, Manoel Messias of Brazil was originally slated to race the Viña del Mar World Cup. With his running speed combined with the exceptional form he has shown in recent months, he would have been an easy pick for the win. As it happens, though, Messias will not be starting in Viña del Mar and his absence makes the race significantly more unpredictable. The race has all the hallmarks of becoming a foot race out of T2. Tantalisingly, several athletes with remarkable running speed will be taking to the…

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Baptista the Favourite at the Viña del Mar World Cup

Benjamin Eastman

The last World Cup race of 2022 kicks off in Chile this weekend and represents one of the final chances of the year to score invaluable points on the road to potentially qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Based on the Americas Cup event in the same location back in February of this year, Viña del Mar promises to be a fast race. The women’s winner in February was Luisa Baptista of Brazil and she will be on the start line this weekend. She comes into the race in great…

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Flora Duffy Dominates at WTCS Bermuda 2022

Benjamin Eastman

Homecomings don’t come much sweeter than this. Three years after being forced to miss her home race in Bermuda through injury, Flora Duffy returned to win WTCS Bermuda in emphatic fashion. Coming into the race, the smallest of doubts had begun to form over whether her extraordinary standards were beginning to falter. Wins at the Commonwealth Games and WTCS Hamburg in July were impressive. However, the rest of Duffy’s season year had yet to fully ignite in the way it had in the past. Those concerns were comprehensively put to…

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Vincent Luis Stuns the Field at WTCS Bermuda 2022

Benjamin Eastman

As dawn broke over Bermuda, the narrative was set. Everyone knew what was supposed to happen. Alex Yee had been unbeaten all season and needed one more win to put himself in pole position to take the 2022 world title. After wins at WTCS Yokohama, Montreal and Cagliari, plus the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Yee had asserted himself as possibly the best triathlete in the world. There was one threat to him on the start line. Blummenfelt. Barely a week removed from his win at World 70.3 Championships in St.…

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The Terminology of Elite Triathlon Explained

Benjamin Eastman

Elite triathlon comes in various forms. Broadly speaking, racing at the elite level in short course can be broken down by distance and by the category of race. To start with distances, the races all follow a similar logic. The Olympic distance was the original distance having been standardised over thirty years ago as part of triathlon’s pitch to be included in the Summer Olympics. This format consists of a 1500m swim, 40km bike and 10km run. The Sprint distance evolved a little later. This format involves a 750m swim,…

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How are the 2022 WTCS Points and Rankings Calculated?

Benjamin Eastman
Stockholm bike through T2

The World Triathlon Championship Series is used to determine the World Champion for the year although at times it can be a little tricky to figure out how the system works. When does the season run? The 2022 season has been contested from September 2021 through to November 2022. The anomaly of racing taking place in 2021 was caused by delays to the races in Hamburg and Abu Dhabi in 2021 which, for pandemic-related reasons, had to be postponed. In addition to the two 2021 races, there have been a…

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What do the World Triathlon Rankings Mean?

Benjamin Eastman

All triathletes that compete internationally in World Triathlon events are included in World Triathlon’s rankings. Different races are given different scores and weightings to determine how athletes should be ranked at any given time of the year. Breaking down the numbers Athletes can have a maximum of 12 events to count towards their ranking. These events are split across two windows:(i) 6 events are taken from the 52 weeks previous to the date of the publication of the rankings list (the current period);(ii) 6 events are taken from the days…

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What is TriStats all about?

Benjamin Eastman

Welcome to TriStats! For those of you that discovered TriStats on Instagram, you probably have a good idea of what we are trying to offer. TriStats offers statistics, analysis and commentary on elite triathlon. We started in 2021 ahead of the first WTCS race of the season in Yokohama. The idea was simple: to provide the specialised analysis and coverage of Olympic triathlon that we could not find elsewhere. The more we posted the more we enjoyed it. Our interest is in World Triathlon racing (or “short course” racing). As…

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How Will Triathletes Qualify for the Paris Olympic Games?

Benjamin Eastman
T2 image

How do athletes qualify individually? The Olympic Qualification period runs over the course of 24 months, from 27 May 2022 to 27 May 2024. This period is split into two parts; the First Part runs from 27 May 2022 to 26 May 2023 and the Second Part runs from 27 May 2023 to 27 May 2024. Athletes can use their twelve best results in total towards Olympic qualification. In the First Part, a maximum of six results count. In the Second Part a maximum of eight results count. The twelve…

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