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Olympic and World Triathlon Champions set to battle for first honours of 2024 in Abu Dhabi

Olympic and World Triathlon Champions set to battle for first honours of 2024 in Abu Dhabi

04/03/24 - The World Triathlon Championship Series is back with a bang this weekend, and in the familiar surrounds of the famous Yas Marina F1 track, where a fascinating, fast and furious season opener awaits: WTCS... |

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Alex Yee executes golden race at Olympic Test Event to seal Paris 2024 start

Alex Yee executes golden race at Olympic Test Event to seal Paris 2024 start

18/08/23 - It was the race he had been building towards all year, and the satisfaction of delivering a 13-second win margin against one of the toughest fields of the season was written across Alex Yee’s face at... |

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Men’s final push to Paris 2024 continues with Friday’s crucial Olympic Games Test Event

Men’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... |

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World Triathlon Championship Series Hamburg – Five things we learned

World Triathlon Championship Series Hamburg – Five things we learned

19/07/23 - Round five of the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Series saw the unique demands of super-sprint racing take to the streets of Hamburg, where the key to the qualifiers was to avoid the evening repechage,... |

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World Triathlon Championship Series Cagliari: 5 things we learned

World Triathlon Championship Series Cagliari: 5 things we learned

30/05/23 - Round three of the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Series had sub-plots aplenty as the action returned to the Italian island of Sardinia for the second time on 27 May and WTCS Cagliari delivered another... |

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Yee and Wilde ready for a running battle at WTCS Cagliari

Yee and Wilde ready for a running battle at WTCS Cagliari

25/05/23 - The World Triathlon Championship circuit returns this weekend to Italy, where reigning world and Olympic champions will be competing for the first points of the second period of Olympic Qualification in... |

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On the comeback trail – stars returning to the blue carpet in 2023

12/01/23 - If last year provided one of the most entertaining seasons of all time across triathlon in every form, then 2023 might just be lining up another stone-cold classic for the sport’s fans around the world.... |

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Bermuda gets ready to party like it’s 2018

01/11/22 - Buckle up Bermuda – there’s an almighty race blowing into town! It may feel like a lifetime ago, but the inaugural Series event in Bermuda back in 2018 was one of the all-time classics. Hometown... |

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World Triathlon Podcast #65: Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden

World Triathlon Podcast #65: Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden

25/08/22 - On episode 65 of the World Triathlon Podcast, we caught up with Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden ahead of the weekend’s first World Cup in their hometown of Bergen. With only one appearance between... |

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Olympic Champion Kristian Blummenfelt surges into the history books with world title in Edmonton

Olympic Champion Kristian Blummenfelt surges into the history books with world title in Edmonton

21/08/21 - Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt underlined his status as the greatest triathlete on the planet right now with a consummate performance in Edmonton on Saturday afternoon to take both the gold and the 2021... |

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Alex Yee and Maya Kingma lead Series heading into WTCS Montreal

Alex Yee and Maya Kingma lead Series heading into WTCS Montreal

09/08/21 - With just two races left to decide the 2021 World Champions, and current Maurice Lacroix Series Ranking leaders Maya Kingma (NED) and Alex Yee (GBR) not racing this weekend, the Groupe Copley World... |

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World Triathlon Podcast #43 - Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Kristian Blummenfelt

World Triathlon Podcast #43 - Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Kristian Blummenfelt

29/07/21 - Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt was heading back to his home town of Bergen on Tuesday for the first time in seven months. He had in his bag an Olympic gold medal and in his head a stack of memories from a... |

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Olympic Champion: Kristian Blummenfelt triumphant in Tokyo

Olympic 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,... |

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Blummenfelt, Stornes and Iden: Raising the flag for Norway at Tokyo 2020

Blummenfelt, 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... |

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WTCS Leeds set to sizzle with men’s Olympic places in the balance

WTCS 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... |

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High altitude training with the world’s best triathletes

High altitude training with the world’s best triathletes

19/04/19 - As the 2019 season launches, we focus the lens on the high performance teams, all around the world, who are training in volume and strength to prepare. All teams and athletes with unique schedules and... |

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Mario Mola secures fourth WTS win of the season in Montreal

Mario Mola secures fourth WTS win of the season in Montreal

26/08/18 - Having another best run of the season, Spaniard Mario Mola had a blistering come-from-behind performance to become the victor for the fourth time this season after his win at the 2018 ITU World Triathlon... |

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Norway becomes first men’s team to sweep WTS podium in Bermuda

Norway becomes first men’s team to sweep WTS podium in Bermuda

28/04/18 - It was to be a historic day for triathlon as the debut 2018 MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda saw Norway become the first team in the history of WTS racing to take all three places on the men’s podium.... |

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Jonny Brownlee gets his first WTS win of the season in Stockholm

Jonny Brownlee gets his first WTS win of the season in Stockholm

26/08/17 - Jonathan Brownlee got his first victory of the season after performing a perfect race in 2017 ITU World Triathlon Stockholm. “A great swim, a breakaway on the bike and I pushed hard on the run”, as he... |

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Javi Gomez returns to top of podium with a strong win in WTS Montreal

Javi Gomez returns to top of podium with a strong win in WTS Montreal

06/08/17 - An impressive run gave Spaniard Javier Gomez Noya his 14th victory in the World Triathlon Series after claiming the title of the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Montreal. The Spaniard, five times world champion,... |

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Best of 2016: Men’s Breakout Star

Best of 2016: Men’s Breakout Star

08/12/16 - The 2016 triathlon season was a year that the world will never forget. From the World Triathlon Series, World Cups, World Championships and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was a busy year that... |

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Best of 2016: Men’s Bike

Best of 2016: Men’s Bike

25/11/16 - The 2016 triathlon season was a year that the world will never forget. From the World Triathlon Series, World Cups, World Championships and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was a busy year that... |

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Blummenfelt breezes to Montreal gold

Blummenfelt breezes to Montreal gold

08/08/16 - Cruising through the course and never losing his leader position in the last two disciplines, Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt secured the first-ever men’s elite title at the 2016 Montreal ITU Triathlon... |

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Athlete chatter before the Montreal World Cup

Athlete chatter before the Montreal World Cup

05/08/16 - For the first time in 17 years, Montreal returned back to the ITU family to host its first-ever World Cup event. While the elite action does not get underway under this Sunday, a few Rio bound athletes... |

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Mola earns first-time Yokohama gold

Mola earns first-time Yokohama gold

14/05/16 - It was an event that provided a podium of firsts as Spaniard Mario Mola was finally able to capture the gold medal in Japan at the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama. While the other two podium spots were... |

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