Tagged News for Olympic Qualification
The early June update: which triathletes have qualified for the Paris Olympics?
07/06/24 - Another week, another batch of Olympic qualifiers confirmed. Over the past seven days, some two dozen athletes have had their Olympic slots made official by their national federations. Among the countries... |
Full StoryThe end of May update: which triathletes have qualified for the Paris Olympics?
31/05/24 - Earlier this week, the Olympic qualification window snapped shut and the final slots for the triathlon events at Paris 2024 were allocated. A handful of athletes had already been nominated by their... |
Full StoryWho earned the Paris Olympic Triathlon New Flag places?
30/05/24 - One of the most exciting narratives to have unfolded in the 2024 season so far was the hunt for New Flag slots at the Paris Olympic Games. After a seemingly constant back-and-forth between the various... |
Full StoryThe key moves in the Olympic triathlon rankings after WTCS Cagliari
27/05/24 - It is over. After two years, twenty-nine World Cups, over a dozen WTCS events and two incredible WTCS Finals, the Olympic qualifying window has come to a close. The world’s leading triathletes can at... |
Full StoryFive things we took away from WTCS Cagliari
26/05/24 - It was the race that closed the Olympic qualification window but such was the action at WTCS Cagliari it is hard to escape the feeling that the drama has only just begun. Cassandre Beaugrand prevailed in... |
Full StoryThe Triathlon Races to Paris: The Third Athletes
21/05/24 - In the final week of Olympic qualification, everything is slotting into place. Some athletes have prevailed in their intranational races to Paris, such as Jonas Schomburg holding off Lasse Nygaard... |
Full StoryHow the Samarkand and Huatulco World Cups reshaped the Olympic rankings
20/05/24 - After a Mixed Relay Olympic qualifier and World Cup double-header of a weekend, triathlon fans trying to track the various permutations and vagaries of the Olympic rankings may have risked ending the... |
Full StoryThe key moves in the Olympic triathlon rankings after WTCS Yokohama
13/05/24 - There were joys in the first wins of Morgan Pearson (USA) and Leonie Periault (FRA), there were lows in the crashes that wiped out the likes of world champion Dorian Coninx (FRA) and Vasco Vilaca (POR)... |
Full StoryThe Olympic triathlon qualification movers after the Chengdu World Cup
29/04/24 - It was a day for breakaways at the Chengdu World Cup as Julie Derron (SUI) and Max Stapley (GBR) claimed the gold medals in style. You can watch back the thrilling races and see how they unfolded on... |
Full StoryWollongong World Cup shakes up the Olympic triathlon rankings
22/04/24 - As a test run for the 2025 World Triathlon Championship Finals, the Wollongong World Cup certainly delivered. The men’s and women’s races brimmed with action and the crowds were on fire. If the return... |
Full StoryOlympic New Flag races face crucial moments in Asia and Africa
04/04/24 - The long road to Olympic qualification continues this weekend with major continental events in both Asia and Africa. In Dexing, China, the Asia Triathlon Sprint Championships will pit direct rivals... |
Full StoryTokyo 2020 triathlon line-ups begin to take shape as Olympic Qualification Period closes
15/06/21 - With the closure of the 2021 Olympic Qualification period after the weekend’s World Triathlon Cup Huatulco, the start lists for Tokyo 2020 individual Men’s and Women’s Triathlon and the Mixed Team... |
Full StoryWTCS Leeds set to sizzle with men’s Olympic places in the balance
04/06/21 - The men’s 2021 World Triathlon Championship Leeds will bring even more intrigue and races-within-the-race than usual as the Olympic Qualification period enters its final stages and the last points are... |
Full StoryWTCS Leeds to reveal Olympic stories in crucial women’s race
03/06/21 - If any race captured the essence of a Season Like No Other, it would surely have to be this weekend’s World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds. The women will face a brand-new course, some crucial... |
Full StoryBrownlee pulls out a performance for the ages to win in Arzachena
29/05/21 - There was a familiar swagger about Jonathan Brownlee’s finish-line bellow as he came through a hotly contested World Triathlon Cup Arzachena to show once more what he is capable of just two months away... |
Full StoryGomez-Islinger shows perfect timing to win first gold in Arzachena
29/05/21 - A sun-baked World Triathlon Cup Arzachena saw 57 elite women line up for one of the toughest sprint-distance courses ever seen on the circuit, and it was to be Marlene Gomez-Islinger’s day as the German... |
Full StoryTriathlonLive to deliver 2020 World Championship and Olympic qualification action
09/03/20 - Following the announcement of its new digital partnership with Texaco for the OTT platform TriathlonLIVE, World Triathlon is ready to raise the curtain on a historic year of racing that is set to take... |
Full StoryRecord number of countries earn spots at London 2012 Olympic Games
05/06/12 - After the International Triathlon Union’s (ITU) two-year Olympic qualification period officially ended last week, ITU yesterday began notifying the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and National... |
Full StoryJapan announces Olympic team for London 2012
05/06/12 - The Japan Triathlon Union (JTU) has announced that Juri Ide, Ai Ueda, Mariko Adachi, Yuichi Hosoda and Hirokatsu Tayama have been selected to represent Japan at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Over the... |
Full StoryFinal Olympic qualification update before 2012 ITU World Triathlon Madrid
22/05/12 - The race for a spot on the London 2012 Olympic Games triathlon start list began in Madrid almost exactly two years ago. So it’s a perfect symmetry that the Spanish capital is also where it will end this... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Qualifying Update after San Diego
16/05/12 - The two-year ITU Olympic Qualification Period is almost at an end after the penultimate race in the city where triathlon was invented. The ITU World Triathlon San Diego held plenty of hopes and dreams,... |
Full StoryLondon Olympic qualifying update after Huatulco, before San Diego
10/05/12 - As the third race left in the official Olympic qualification period, the Huatulco ITU Triathlon World Cup always had the potential to impact the Olympic simulation in a major way. And while it didn’t... |
Full Story2012 Huatulco World Cup press conference highlights
04/05/12 - Past world champion Ivan Rana (ESP) and 2011 Pan Am Games bronze medallist Pamela Oliveira (BRA) joined Mexico’s Claudia Rivas and Crisanto Grajales in the Huatulco heat to speak with the media ahead of... |
Full StoryOlympic Qualification Update post Eilat and Ishigaki
25/04/12 - As we make our way down to the business end of the Olympic qualification process, each and every race has the potential to have a big impact on the final field for the London 2012 Olympic Games. It’s... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Qualifying update post Sydney WTS
19/04/12 - As the most valuable event in terms of Olympic qualifying points on offer, it’s not surprisingly that the first ITU World Triathlon Series of 2012 managed to shake up the London simulation. What’s... |
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