Triathlon WT World Championship Series 2023

[Grassmarket 4,027]

Men’s race comes down to a running duel between  Wilde & / Yee.  Only one winner when that happens!

[Nickyc707 382]

1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

Men’s race comes down to a running duel between  Wilde & / Yee.  Only one winner when that happens!

You seem a bit confused. Alex Yee doesn't compete for Malaysia.

[Grassmarket 4,027]

14 minutes ago, Nickyc707 said:

You seem a bit confused. Alex Yee doesn't compete for Malaysia.

Yeah, but it’s a remarkable thing that the current British Olympic team has four world class athletes with one  & one  parent - Alex, Joe Choong (modern pentathlon) & the Atkins sisters (ski halfpipe).

[Grassmarket 4,027]

Another meet today in Montreal  - 2 sprint races today & a mixed relay tomorrow.

Edited June 24, 2023 by Grassmarket

[Rafa Maciel 1,658]

 Great performance from  Beth Potter - her 2nd win of the season

[owenp_23 564]

WT Championship Series 4 (Montreal ) Results

 

Elite Men

1. Matthew Hauser 53:47

2. Manoel Messias 53:58

3. Jelle Geens 54:02

 

Elite Women

1.  Beth Potter 58:10

2. Leonie Periault 58:12

3.  Summer Rappaport 58:19

[mpjmcevoy 375]

On 5/27/2023 at 5:50 PM, Grassmarket said:

Yeah, but it’s a remarkable thing that the current British Olympic team has four world class athletes with one  & one  parent - Alex, Joe Choong (modern pentathlon) & the Atkins sisters (ski halfpipe).

There's been a bit of a charge of East and South East Asian Brits in sport - Jake Jarman, Edel Chung, Emma Raducanu, Alice Tai all spring to mind

[mpjmcevoy 375]

Just now, mpjmcevoy said:

There's been a bit of a charge of East and South East Asian Brits in sport - Jake Jarman, Edel Chung, Emma Raducanu, Alice Tai all spring to mind

Though they have a long way to go to beat the epic one liner commentary about Irish Hurling legend Sean Og O'Halpain..

 

"his father's from Fermanagh, his mother's from Fiji, neither one of them a hurling stronghold..."

[Rafa Maciel 1,658]

Just catching up on the results of the weekend - hadn't realised that the mixed relay event had to be called off because of the air quality. 

[Grassmarket 4,027]

World Series moves onto the glamour destination of Sunderland,  this weekend, in order to highlight how much closing down all your industries and other sources of employment can improve water quality for swimmers.   

 

Two sprints on Saturday and a Mixed Relay on Sunday.  Quite a few big names missing either through injury or focussing on the rehearsal event in Paris in August.

 

World Triathlon Championship Series 2023: BBC coverage times for Sunderland leg - BBC Sport