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Friday, April 19, 2024
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Smith Finishes 23rd in Australia
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Despite the wind and rainy day, Australia’s Luke Willian brought the sunshine to Wollongong to capture a Men’s Elite victory on home soil that delighted the crowds on the coastal oceanic city. A dramatic sprint on the blue carpet saw South African rising star Jamie Riddle capturing the silver medal, his first-ever podium on the World Triathlon Cup circuit, while Diego Moya ended up crossing the finish line in third just a few meters ahead of New Zealand Tayler Reid, who had to stop to serve a ten seconds penalty meters before finishing the race.
Tyler Smith finished 23th clocking a time of 55:00, Smith completed the Swim Course in a time of 8:26, he would then record a time of 29:12 on the bike, before clocking a time of 16:00 on the Run.
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Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Could Bermuda Host Another Triathlon Event
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World Triathlon is welcoming bids for the World Triathlon Championship Series, World Triathlon Cups and World Triathlon Para triathlon events in 2025. Bid applications are also open for cities to host the Winter Triathlon World Championships and Winter Cups and World Triathlon Development Regional Cups next year.
World Triathlon’s top-tier events are broadcast in 22 countries (or larger regions) including the biggest global markets, as well as reaching out to more than 360,000 viewers per year on the OTT platform TriathlonLIVE. Hosting these events therefore offers a perfect opportunity for bidding cities to enjoy socio-economic benefits for tourism, business, and sports development, and to ensure a sustainable sporting spectacle for the city and local organizing committee.
“We are fully committed to finding the best host cities for our sport, and engaging earlier with our host venues to collaborate on creating a sustainable, long-term strategy that keeps major events on track with modern priorities. The legacy piece is important, and using the Olympic and Paralympic movements to align our major events strategy with our members is vital as we move past Paris and into the following Major Games cycles”, said Marisol Casado, World Triathlon President and IOC member.
The World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) is the world’s most prestigious triathlon series, featuring the best triathletes on the planet competing head-to-head around the globe and culminating with the flagship Championship Finals, where the year’s World Champions are crowned.
The Series encompasses races over the Olympic Distance (1.5km swim, 40km bike, and 10km run), Sprint Distance (750m swim, 20km bike, and 5km run), and the Eliminator format (two-day Semi-Final/Final super-sprints), as well as the Mixed Relay Series events.
Over the 15 years since its inception in 2009, the World Triathlon Championship Series has established itself as the pinnacle of Olympic and Sprint distance triathlon racing.
Hosting Championship Series events provides cities with opportunities to showcase themselves to millions via live international television broadcasts and TriathlonLIVE.tv, as the Series events regularly draw annual on-site spectators upwards of 1 million
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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Hawley & Smith to Compete in Australia
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Pristine waters, scenic coastal routes for cycling, and a challenging lighthouse course for running. The setup is ready in the beautiful coastal town of Wollongong, Australia, for its debut on the World Triathlon Cup circuit.
With a stellar line up filled with talent and Olympic dreams, which includes both Erica Hawley, and Tyler Smith.
The female field is ready to tackle a demanding course that will offer a 750m ocean swim with a beach start, followed by a demanding 20km hill climb on each of the five laps of the cycling course, culminating in a challenging 5km hilly run.
Wearing the one this Saturday will be Rachel Klamer. The experienced Dutch woman is looking to secure her ticket for Paris 2024, which will be her fourth Olympics, and her second place last season in Karlovy Vary World Cup proved that she is always one to be considered when it comes to hard courses like the one in Wollongong.
Ainsley Thorpe, also battling for a spot on the Olympic team for New Zealand, will be toeing the start line looking to grab some valuable points that will allow her to make the team for next summer. Some strong European athletes have made it all the way to Australia to kick off their season, including Ilaria Zane or Lisa Perterer. Both of them strong bikers and runners, they will likely try to keep the fast runners like Tilda Mansson or Maria Carolina Velazquez Soto behind them as soon as possible.
Hawley will also be starting in Wollongong as she hunts for the precious final points that could secure her qualification for Paris. A 12th place finish at the Napier World Cup at the start of the season aided Hawley’s cause and a similar finish would be a major boost for her campaign.
Wearing the golden number 1 in the Men’s Field will be home hero Matt Hauser. The Aussie has already set the tone for his Olympic year winning last week the Oceania Championships in Taupo, and is looking for back-to-back victories, this time on home soil. Hauser, who has already secured his spot at the Olympic Games in Paris next summer, will be leading a strong Australian squad that has quite a few athletes battling for the other spots on the Team, including Luke Willian, Brandon Copeland, Callum McClusky and Olympian Jacob Birtwhistle, who seems to be back in full form after his fourth place last weekend in Taupo, logging the fastest run of the day.
The Team World Triathlon - the sport’s global development squad for athletes with Olympic potential from smaller National Federations - will be well represented in Wollongong, as they continue to chase Paris 2024 qualification. Racing for Bermuda will be Smith as he seeks to advance his Olympic hopes on the Men’s side.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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Paris Olympics Triathlon Swimming Challenge Mounts
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According to Sky News, with just over 100 days to go until the Paris Olympics, the triathlon event could be delayed or the swim even cancelled due to poor water quality levels in the River Seine.
Despite millions of dollars being spent by authorities trying to make the river safe, the threat of E. coli still looms large.
Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet has said the event could be delayed, or the swimming leg cancelled altogether if water quality worsens.
This is because, he said, it could be adversely affected by weather conditions.
Heavy rain in the French capital could raise levels of E. coli in the water, making it unsafe to swim.
On Tuesday, as the countdown to the Games continues, the Surfrider Foundation Europe charity issued a warning that samples from the Seine showed dangerous levels of bacteria in the water.
They said that of 14 samples taken from the river, at the point where the triathlon and other events would take place, only one came back with "even satisfactory" water quality.
After finding evidence of E. coli, enterococci, intestinal bacteria and "formidable indicators of pollution of faecal origin", the charity said athletes swimming in the water will be "taking significant risks to their health".
Mr Estanguet has admitted weather could dictate whether or not they can use the river for the event.
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Saturday, March 30, 2024
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Langley & Smith Win BTA Easter Home Event
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 Jackson Langley IslandStats.com
Langley covered the Approximate Sprint Distance of 750m Swim, 20K Bike, and 4.7K Run in a time of 56.11, he clocked 9.23 during the Swim, he then clocked a time of 30.09 on the Bike, before closing out with a Run time of 16.37.
Smith finished 5th overall stopping the clock in 1:06.11, Smith completed the Swim in 12.12, before clocking 34.47 on the Bike, she would conclude the Run Course in 19.12.
Approximate Sprint Distance (750m Swim; 20K Bike - 4.7K Run)
56.11 Jackson Langley
56.43 Ollie Hayward
58.29 Alex Waldauer
1.03.13 Will Green
1.06.11 Karen Smith
1.08.01 Luke Hyland
1.10.12 Kristen Robinson
1.13.27 Bryce Williams
1.14.52 Matt Smith
1.15.58 Gareth Yeomans
1.22.02 Polly Longmire
1.23.31 Heather Cooper
1.27.47 Barbara McWhirter
1.39.48 Mike Mahoney
Approximate Distances (400m Swim; 20K Bike - 4.7K Run)
54.59 Dylan Eiselt
57.02 Jens Drea
750m Swim; 20K Bike (no Run)
51.48 Julia Hawley
750m Swim; 4.7K Run (no Bike)
37.48 Maddie Schindel
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