This is the big one. After much anticipation, we arrive at the final step: the six best male triathletes in the world. The men listed below are at this time the likeliest candidates to make either the Olympic podium, overall WTCS podium or both this year. All won multiple WTCS medals in 2023 and all will treat Olympic gold as their objective in the coming months. To succeed in 2024, they will not have to make any great leap from their current state. Rather they will simply have to maintain…
Read MoreFirst Look at the WTCS Abu Dhabi 2024 Start Lists
The start lists for the opening race of the 2024 WTCS season have been published and there are several interesting details to note. WTCS Abu Dhabi will be one of three races in the Series to take place before the end of the Olympic qualification window. Moreover, with only five regular season WTCS events taking place this year, it will be an invaluable opportunity to log early points for those with world title ambitions. While some switching and substituting is par for the course with WTCS start lists, the bulk…
Read MoreThe TriStats Top 30 Triathletes 2024 – Women: 12-7
Higher and higher we rise in the Top 30, and the chances of Olympic glory and WTCS success look all the stronger. In this section, WTCS medallists and Continental champions abound. Any of them could be an outside runner to make the Olympic podium or the overall WTCS podium. Some of the difficulty in separating the names arises from whether they are likely to have a couple of outstanding performances or if they are likelier to be consistent across the season. Perhaps more than anywhere else in the ranking, the…
Read MoreKoch Signs For New Team As Changes Sweep Bundesliga
WTCS medallist Annika Koch has found her new home in the Bundesliga. After her previous team, women’s champions EJOT-Team TV Buschhütten, folded at the end of the 2023 season, Koch was forced to search for a new team. She had ended the 2023 campaign on a high having won the final round in Hannover. It has now been revealed that Koch will be starting for triathlon.one Witten this year. Although they enjoyed a difficult season last year, Witten have previously contended for the overall podium in the series. Koch brings race-winning…
Read MoreThe TriStats Top 30 Triathletes 2024 – Men: 12-7
As we get higher in the Top 30, the balance between potential Olympic success and WTCS success becomes more pronounced. At their best, everyone in this section can medal in the WTCS and some of the difficulty in separating them arises from whether they are likely to have a couple of outstanding performances or if they are likelier to be consistent across the season. Perhaps more than anywhere else in the ranking, the difference between who would win on any given day (for which Olympic success can be a proxy)…
Read MoreThe TriStats Top 30 Triathletes 2024 – Women: 18-13
In this next segment of the TriStats Top 30, we are entering the territory of the athletes that can push for WTCS medals and World Cup wins. To put the rankings together, WTCS performances have generally taken priority. At the same time, results at World Cups and Continental Championships also feature and attempts have been made to strike a balance between the different levels of the sport. Moreover, we have tried to weigh the consistency of some athletes against the medal-winning exploits of others. Remember, these rankings are not intended…
Read MoreThe TriStats Top 30 Triathletes 2024 – Men: 18-13
In this next segment of the TriStats Top 30, we are entering the territory of the athletes that can push for WTCS medals and World Cup wins. To put the ranking together, WTCS performances have generally taken priority. At the same time, results at World Cups and Continental Championships also feature and attempts have been made to strike a balance between the different levels of the sport. Moreover, we have tried to weigh the consistency of some athletes against the medal-winning exploits of others. There will always be an element…
Read MoreThe TriStats Top 30 Triathletes 2024 – Women: 24-19
In this instalment of the women’s Top 30 Triathletes for 2024, we will be casting an eye of the names occupying places 24 through 19. While we have attempted to strike a balance between the different levels of the sport, WTCS performances have generally taken the priority. Results at World Cups and Continental Championships also feature while we have tried to weigh the consistency of some athletes against the medal-winning exploits of others and the potential of rising younger athletes against the experience of those nearer to the end of…
Read MoreThe TriStats Top 30 Triathletes 2024 – Men: 24-19
We are back with the next cluster of athletes in the men’s Top 30 Triathletes for 2024. To compile the ranking, WTCS performances have generally taken the priority. At the same time, results at World Cups and Continental Championships also feature and attempts have been made to strike a balance between the different levels of the sport. Moreover, we have tried to weigh the consistency of some athletes against the medal-winning exploits of others. Remember, these rankings are not intended as a prediction for the year but rather as more…
Read MoreThe TriStats Top 30 Triathletes 2024 – Women: 30-25
After starting with the men yesterday, today we are kicking off the women’s series in the TriStats Top 30 for 2024. The same parameters have been used to govern the women’s ranking as were applied with the men. In general, WTCS performances have taken priority but results at World Cups and Continental Championships also feature. Across the board, we have tried to find a balance between promise and experience, consistency and medals, and the different levels of the sport. It should also be noted that these rankings are not intended…
Read MoreThe TriStats Top 30 Triathletes 2024 – Men: 30-25
It’s back! As we enter the Olympic season, the time has come to cast an eye over the men and women that form the TriStats Top 30 Triathletes. With so much talent on the World Triathlon scene, we have resisted the temptation to extend the list and, as a result, several worthy names have narrowly missed the cut. It should be noted that these rankings are not intended as a prediction for the year but rather more of a survey of how we feel the field stands going into the…
Read MoreThe State of Play in the Swiss Olympic Triathlon Team Race
After a couple of major Mixed Team Relay results, including a stunning 3rd place at 2023 World Championships in Hamburg, Switzerland have all but locked up qualification for the relay event at the Paris Olympics. As a result, they can plan to send a team of two men and two women to the Games. With Olympic success in years prior, such as through Sven Riederer and then Nicola Spirig, Switzerland have celebrated medals in the men’s and women’s competitions. A third Olympic event, the relay, was then introduced in Tokyo.…
Read MoreThe State of Play in the Belgian Olympic Triathlon Team Race
Only one Belgian triathlete was able to fall asleep on New Year’s Eve safe in the knowledge that they will be going to the Paris Olympic Games. For the rest of the national squad, a convoluted selection policy means that it will be impossible to forecast the team until the very last day of the qualification window. Much of the complexity with the Belgian selection policy arises from whether or not the team qualifies in the Mixed Relay. Deepening the complications is the fact that Belgium is the top-ranked team…
Read MoreHow Fast Do The World’s Quickest Female Triathletes Run?
It takes a special athlete to make it to the front of the field in the WTCS. The speed required to fight for medals on the run can be dizzying at times and only a select few can find that rare gear. Of the current cohort of WTCS stars, Cassandre Beaugrand leads the way as the second fastest woman of all time in the Series. Her performances in Cagliari in 2022 and 2023 earned her the third and fourth quickest Olympic distance WTCS splits ever. To go with that, she…
Read MoreThe State of Play in the Portuguese Olympic Tri Team Race
Portugal is a team that brims with potential. However, it may also miss out on at least two of the three triathlon events at the Paris Olympics. Working out what the country may do on the triathlon scene this year is thus no easy feat. While the national team has the talent to qualify, both in the relay and individually, as things stand they are only in line to earn two men’s slots. None of the women are currently in a qualifying position and the relay is also on the…
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