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Alex Yee summons enormous comeback to win remarkable Paris 2024 Olympic gold
07/08/24 - A final lap of an Olympic Games that will be talked about for years to come. When Alex Yee (GBR) took the bell he found himself 15 seconds off leader Hayden Wilde (NZL) and was staring at a second... |
Full StoryOlympic Mixed Relay Triathlon ready to take over the streets of Paris
03/08/24 - After Wednesday and Day 5 of the Games was renamed Triathlon Day at the Paris 2024 Olympics, on 5 August, 15 teams will be ready to throw down some high-octane swim-bike-run entertainment all over again,... |
Full StoryExplainer: The Paris 2024 Olympic Triathlon Mixed Relay
02/08/24 - The stage is set for triathlon to hit the Paris 2024 headlines again at 8am on 5 August, when the second ever Olympic Mixed Relay takes to the streets of the City of Light. Added to the Olympic... |
Full StoryWomen’s Paris 2024 Olympic Triathlon pontoon positions drawn
29/07/24 - On Monday morning, 29 July, the Pontoon Draw for the women’s individual Paris 2024 Olympic triathlon took place at the Grand Palais on the edge of the Seine River, to decide the starting spots for the... |
Full StoryParis 2024 breakdown: where the women’s Olympic Triathlon can be won or lost
28/07/24 - On 31 July, 55 women will line up for the individual Olympic triathlon and a shot at writing their name in the history of their sport for eternity. But where can the advantages be gained throughout the... |
Full StoryParis 2024 Olympic Games preview: Course Breakdown
22/07/24 - The strong current in the river. The fast, iconic, cobbled course. Will there be a breakaway on the bike? Who will rise to the occasion over the 10km run? Tens of thousands of fans are ready to line the... |
Full StoryDARE TO DREAM – the story so far
09/07/24 - Wednesday 10 July will see the release of the fourth episode of DARE TO DREAM, World Triathlon’s first in-house documentary charting the Olympic journeys of 14 of the contenders for the individual... |
Full StorySixteen teams ready to chase Olympic Triathlon Mixed Relay glory at Paris 2024
04/06/24 - Of the 41 nations to have qualified at least one athlete for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, sixteen teams are now confirmed to be competing for the Paris 2024 Mixed Team Relay. The final names and race... |
Full Story100 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... |
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