Triathlon WT World Championship Series 2021

[Dragon 1,844]

Alex Yee wins the men's race

 Maya Kingma wins the women's race.

I think this is significant because Yee will probably win the last place on the GBR team ahead of double gold medalist Alastair Brownlee

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

On 05/06/2021 at 15:53, Benolympique said:

tomorrow we will know the last qualified?

There's another race next week in Mexico which is the last chance for qualification points.

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

Currently, Ireland's Russell White is in the 55th and final Olympic qualification spot and has been defending that position for a while now. Hopefully he can make it over the line in Mexico next weekend to join Carolyn Hayes in Tokyo.

[Grassmarket 3,404]

Triathlon WS resumes this weekend in Montreal    It’s part of a Canadian double bill with Edmonton next weekend, sneaking in before cruel winter descends on the Land of Snows.  
 

They’re pioneering a new solo Super Sprint race format on Saturday, with a conventional Mixed Relay on Sunday.

 

https://triathlon.org/
 

As usual it’s PayTV only if you don’t have VPN access to the BBC website.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/triathlon/56915545

[Olympionikes 27]

Knibb was really impressive during the first qualifier, I think she will be the future of women triathlon. I see her winning tomorrow

 

The men race look interesting as there is a lot of potential winners.

[Olympionikes 27]

Knibb was very impressive on the cycling part. Duffy is on the same shape as in Tokyo but on this sprint event I don't think see can beat Knibb. To complete the podium I have my eyes on Lindemann but she will need a better cycling, at least stay in contact with Knibb and Duffy.

 

First surprise with Betto out, but she crash during T1 and this format is mistakeless

 

Without the best swimmer in the second leg it will be interesting to see if Knibb will dynamite the cycling too and if best runner can come back this time too. 

 

 

[Grassmarket 3,404]

This weekend sees the official Final Event of the 2021 Triathlon World Championship Series in Edmonton, . This is not the final TWCS event of the calendar year 2021, but the three postponed events from the early summer - Abu Dhabi, Hamburg, Bermuda - will now count towards the 2022 Champs. 

 

In the men's event, it's billed as a replay of the Olympic Final between Alex Yee & Kristian Blummenfelt, although many other combinations are mathematically possible.  In the women's, it is Flora Duffy versus  & the year's new discovery,  Maya Kingma .

 

There are also U-23 races, which will be a one-off World Championship after the last two seasons were lost.  They're only available on PayTV though. 

 

https://wtcs.triathlon.org/