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100 Days to go: the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
16/04/24 - Wednesday 17 April marks exactly 100 days until the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. That means 104 days to the individual men’s triathlon, 105 to the women’s and 110 to the Mixed Relay. The... |
Full StoryOlympic triathlon ranking movers after big weekend of racing in Napier
26/02/24 - In a blockbuster start to the season, Callum McClusky and Sophie Linn powered to the gold medals at the Napier World Cup. The next day, the Australian team stormed to another win as they crossed the line... |
Full StoryOlympic triathlon qualification: the pathways to Paris 2024
11/01/24 - The new year is here and the Paris 2024 qualification picture is beginning to clear for some of the athletes chasing the 55 men’s and 55 women’s berths on the Olympic start line. The qualification... |
Full StoryMen’s final push to Paris 2024 continues with Friday’s crucial Olympic Games Test Event
14/08/23 - At 8am on Friday morning, the world’s top 65 male triathletes will line up in the shadows of Paris’ iconic Ponte Alexandre III ready to sample the full challenge of the 2024 Olympic Games triathlon... |
Full StoryAthletes chase first Paris 2024 spots at Thursday’s huge Olympic Games Test Event
14/08/23 - Thursday morning in the French capital will see 65 women lining up for arguably the biggest race of their year at the World Triathlon Olympic Games Test Event Paris, all eager to get a good taste of the... |
Full StoryThe year in review: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
23/12/21 - Tokyo 2020. Postponed by a pandemic, constrained by Covid but, ultimately another inspirational Olympic Games and another unforgettable chapter in the history of triathlon. It may have been a year late,... |
Full StoryASICS World Triathlon Team members look back to Tokyo 2020
13/09/21 - For every athlete who made it to Tokyo 2020, the journey in reaching the biggest start line in the sport was filled with challenges as well as thrills. For those who hail from some of triathlon’s smallest... |
Full StoryGreat Britain bring home historic Olympic Mixed Relay Gold at Tokyo 2020
31/07/21 - The build up had been intense, the anticipation huge and the action did not disappoint as Great Britain’s Alex Yee hung on to the tightest of leads for the final 2km run and bring home the first ever... |
Full StoryWorld Triathlon Podcast #44 - Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Flora Duffy
29/07/21 - The journey to becoming Olympic Triathlon Champion at Tokyo 2020 was a long one for Bermuda’s Flora Duffy. That she achieved her lifelong dream at the fourth time of asking underscores the resilience that... |
Full StoryOlympic Champion: Kristian Blummenfelt triumphant in Tokyo
28/07/21 - After more than a decade of meticulous planning with his team, it was Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt who was crowned the men’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Triathlon Champion on Monday morning on Odaiba Bay,... |
Full StoryTriathlon Mixed Relay’s Olympic debut ready to take centre stage at Tokyo 2020
28/07/21 - Two incredible individual triathlon races down, one spectacular team relay to come. The stage is set for Tokyo 2020 to witness arguably the greatest team competition of the Olympic Games: four world-class... |
Full StoryOlympic Champion: Flora Duffy realises Olympic destiny at Tokyo 2020
27/07/21 - What an Olympic journey it has been for Bermuda’s Flora Duffy. On Tuesday morning at Tokyo 2020 she produced the performance of a true champion, powering through difficult conditions on the bike and then... |
Full StoryTokyo 2020 Olympic Triathlon: Women’s preview
25/07/21 - The wait is nearly over. On Tuesday 27 July, 6.30am local time, 55 women will dive into Odaiba Bay, each having navigated their own unique path to reaching the Tokyo 2020 Olympic start line over the past... |
Full StoryWomen’s Tokyo 2020 pontoon positions drawn
25/07/21 - Sunday morning local time, two days ahead of the Women’s Olympic Triathlon (Tuesday 06:30am local time), the draw was made for the athletes’ pontoon positions on the start line. As with the men’s draw 24... |
Full StoryMen’s Tokyo 2020 pontoon positions drawn
24/07/21 - Following the second day of training and familiarisations ahead of Monday’s men’s Olympic Triathlon (06:30am local time), the draw was made for their pontoon positions on the start line. The possibility... |
Full StoryThe talk from Tokyo: Pre-race quotes from Olympic Triathlon’s front line
23/07/21 - Friday and Saturday mornings saw the first two days of training and familiarisation from the Tokyo 2020 Odaiba Bay Olympic Triathlon course. We caught up with some of the athletes and coaches looking to... |
Full StoryTokyo 2020 Olympic Triathlon: Men’s preview
23/07/21 - Take a look across the men’s start list for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Triathlon and it is impossible not to get excited by what lies ahead once the athletes have dived into Odaiba Bay after the horn sounds... |
Full StoryBlummenfelt, Stornes and Iden: Raising the flag for Norway at Tokyo 2020
20/07/21 - Something special happened on 28 April 2018 as Bermuda made its debut as a host of the World Triathlon Championship Series, a subtle shift in the balance of triathlon power towards Scandinavia courtesy of... |
Full StoryJavier Gomez: One more shot at Olympic gold for a Spanish legend
20/07/21 - There cannot be many involved in the world of triathlon who, on 26 July at Odaiba Bay, would not want to see Javi Gomez at the pointy end of the Tokyo 2020 race challenging for a second Olympic medal.... |
Full StoryBritish trio looking to make history at Tokyo 2020
20/07/21 - Has there ever been a stronger case for a British gold in the women’s Olympic Triathlon than Tuesday morning’s race (Tokyo time) in Odaiba Bay? On paper, probably not. Georgia Taylor-Brown goes in as... |
Full StoryFlora Duffy: Unfinished Olympic business in Tokyo
17/07/21 - One of the undisputed greats of the sport, Bermuda’s Flora Duffy has won two world titles, the Commonwealth Games, dominated the sport at the top level for much of the 2016-2018 period and then bounced... |
Full StoryHayden Wilde: Maltese Falcon flying high to Tokyo
16/07/21 - For anyone that has seen him in action over the past few years, it is clear that New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde is a man who relishes racing. A big fan of Richard Murray‘s ‘aggressive style’, an equally... |
Full StoryAlex Yee: In form and on a mission in Tokyo
14/07/21 - The rise and rise of 23-year-old Alex Yee all the way to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic start line has been impressive, but far from smooth. His clear talent notwithstanding, it would have taken a brave person to... |
Full StoryBarbara Riveros: Overcoming doubt to hit fourth Olympic start line
13/07/21 - When Barbara Riveros powered her way to fifth place at Rio 2016 behind Non Stanford, Vicky Holland, Nicola Spirig and Gwen Jorgensen, she also landed the best Chilean Olympic performance by a woman since... |
Full StoryTyler Mislawchuk: Training hard and aiming high in Tokyo
12/07/21 - After 18 months at the mercy of international travel restrictions and uncertainty, Canada’s Tyler Mislawchuk is now ready to hit Tokyo and the final stages of his Olympic preparations. The period may... |
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