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Patrick Lange Takes October’s PTO Athlete Of The Month

Anthony Scammell — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:55:20 +0000

London, UK: Patrick Lange has secured a German ‘double double’ by winning the Ironman World title in Kona and this month’s Professional Triathletes Organisation Athlete of the Month award, just a month after his compatriot Laura Philipp did exactly the same.

The 38-year old defied the race favourites and broke the course record to win his third title in just six years – the longest gap between victories. Not bad for someone who had previously described himself as ‘the guy next door who wins world titles’.

Lange beat off competition for the monthly award from:

Taylor Knibb – who made it 3 wins from 3 in the T100 series with a flawless performance at Lake Las Vegas.
Jelle Geens – on debut in the T100 and had his breakthrough long distance performance to defeat the previously undefeated Marten Van Riel.
Julie Derron – who backed up her second in Tokyo and second in Ibiza with a second in Lake Las Vegas and is now making a name for herself as one of the best middle distance athletes in the world.

The German memorably said in the post race interview after his Kona win: “I always said that my best day was yet to come and nobody believed in me but this was the day, it was the absolutely perfect day. This is for my Mum.”

Explaining why he dedicated the victory to his late mother, he revealed: “When I was running along Ali’i Drive, about 5km into the run, it really struck me. I got goosebumps all over my body, even if I was really hot. And that was the moment where I definitely felt her.”

“She died in 2020 from cancer. And when I was with her in the hospice, when I had my last talk to her, she said, I really wish you to be on that top step. I really want you to kick butts one more time. That was a big ‘why’. And I’m really proud that I did this for her.”

Lange had first talked in depth about the impact of his mother’s illness and passing in the PTO’s Beyond Human episode in April 2023, saying that: “I had found out she had cancer the night before a race in Vietnam. It was a beating. What I was doing meant so much to her. I didn’t want to publicly speak about why I was sucking at races.”

“As soon as you realise that you don’t have a lot of time you can spend with your mother any more, it changes things,” Patrick’s wife Julia had explained in the episode.

“The worst thing ever was to be in Frankfurt [later that year],” continued Lange. “The biggest race with German media. In the clinic when I visited her, I was there when they were during the chemo. So straight from that to the press conference where I had to say ‘I want to win the race’ and it didn’t make any sense to me. And the race result speaks for itself [came 11th].”

Global Triathlon Network (GTN), Tri-Mag.de, Triathlon Magazine & Triathlete make up the panel of triathlon media who voted on their 1, 2, 3 from a four-athlete shortlist, awarding 3 points for #1, 2 pts for #2 and 1 pt for #3. Votes were also counted from online triathlon fans who had their say via the T100 social handles. Patrick received the top vote from each of the five judges to receive 15 points.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of T100 races during 2024 that are competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and features the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October) and then the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final (16-17 November). There have also been racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at five stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas and Dubai. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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DATEV Challenge Roth Elevated To Platinum Tier For Professional Triathletes Organisation World Rankings

Anthony Scammell — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:09:01 +0000

Prize purse increases by 115% for World’s Largest Long-Distance Triathlon as PTO and TEAMCHALLENGE announce strategic partnership to ‘grow the sport’.

ROTH, GER / LONDON, UK – The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and TEAMCHALLENGE are delighted to announce that the iconic DATEV Challenge Roth, known as the ‘Home of Triathlon’, has been elevated to Platinum status for the PTO’s 2025 World Ranking System.

This prestigious recognition comes following a substantial increase in prize money for the top ten professional finishers at Roth, ensuring a significant boost for athletes competing in the world’s largest long-distance triathlon. The PTO and TEAMCHALLENGE have also signed a partnership agreement to collaborate on best practices and further grow triathlon’s popularity.

“TEAMCHALLENGE has been a market leader in endurance sport for decades and DATEV Challenge Roth is one of the most iconic events on the triathlon calendar,” said PTO CEO Sam Renouf. “So we are excited to see the race become recognised as a Platinum tier event in our World Rankings System as well as partner with them to elevate the sport more generally.”

115% more prize money for professional athletes in Roth

For the upcoming event, DATEV Challenge Roth will distribute a total of €160,000 in prize money, a 115% increase from last year’s €74,500 payout. This prize boost underscores the event’s commitment to supporting top athletes, as highlighted by Race Director Felix Walchshöfer:

“We are incredibly pleased to further support professional athletes at DATEV Challenge Roth. Its designation as a Platinum-level race, due to the increased prize money for the leading athletes, highlights its significance as one of the most prestigious races that features a 3.8km swim, 180km bike and 42,2km run. Special thanks to Sam and the entire PTO team for their collaboration to advance professional triathlon as our goal is always to cooperate for the benefit of our sport and our outstanding community.”

€30,000 each for the two winners of DATEV Challenge Roth

Starting in 2025, first-place finishers at DATEV Challenge Roth will receive €30,000, double the previous year’s amount. Second place will earn €20,000, representing a 150% increase, while third place will take home €10,000. Prize allocations for fourth and fifth place are €7,000 and €5,000, respectively.

As in past years, the event will keep the bonus for the world’s best time and continue to offer the ‘Sub9’ program for male athletes and ‘Sub10’ for female athletes, rewarding men who finish under nine hours and women who complete the 3.8 km swim, 180 km bike, and 42.2 km run in under ten hours. These prize money increases, alongside DATEV Challenge Roth’s existing athlete contractual and bonus payments, elevates the event to Platinum status in the PTO World Rankings.

PTO Platinum Status Provides Rankings Benefits

With its Platinum designation, DATEV Challenge Roth now offers additional advantages for top finishers by directly contributing to their PTO World Rankings status, solidifying the event’s position among the most prestigious races alongside events like the Ironman World Championship and T100 Triathlon World Tour. The PTO updated its World Rankings System in February 2023 following work by a committee of professional athletes to make them more transparent, objective and reflective of athlete’s race performances over a season. Introducing a five-tier system for races – Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze – primarily based on prize money but also factoring in other criteria such as prestige, media exposure and broadcast coverage.

Enhanced Collaboration

In tandem with these advancements, the PTO and TEAMCHALLENGE are fostering greater collaboration between the organisations, with a shared goal to elevate the sport. This will include partnering together to leverage Challenge Roth’s market leading expo experience, enriching the involvement for athletes and fans alike. The team from DATEV Challenge Roth will support and consult the PTO with the design and setup of expo’s across the T100 Triathlon World Tour and triathlon fan’s can look forward to a `PTO Pro Athlete Zone’ at the Challenge expo in Roth next year.

The partnership will also extend to sharing operational best practice, cross promoting each other’s events, and leveraging the PTO’s award winning social media capabilities to promote DATEV Challenge Roth on the PTO channels to the global triathlete audience.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

Heiko Wörrlein E: heiko@challenge-roth.de

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of seven T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October) and the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final (16-17 November). There are also racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas and Dubai. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

About TEAMCHALLENGE and DATEV Challenge Roth

TEAMCHALLENGE is the organizer of the world’s biggest long-distance triathlon: DATEV Challenge Roth, which is 3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.2 km running through the triathlon district of Roth. Emotions and goose bumps are guaranteed, for example at the mythical swim start at the Main-Danube Canal, at the legendary Solar Hill or at the magical finish line party in the triathlon stadium.

The sports festival in the triathlon stronghold has been home to triathletes from all over the world since 1984. The Home of Triathlon last made history again in 2024, when Magnus Ditlev and Anne Haug pulverized the world best times that were only one year old.

DATEV Challenge Roth will take place again on July 6, 2025 and was sold out in 40 seconds.

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Marten Van Riel Leads Men’s Start List For First Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final

Anthony Scammell — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:02:06 +0000

London, UK: Belgian Olympic star Marten Van Riel is in pole position to win the inaugural T100 Triathlon World Tour, as the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon confirmed the men’s line up for the first Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final on 16-17 November.

The two-time T100 winner is currently top of the T100 series standings following wins in San Francisco and Ibiza, along with a second place in Lake Las Vegas, and goes into the season finale needing to finish in any top three spot to be crowned the first ever men’s T100 Triathlon World Champion on Sunday 17 November.

But with increased points available for the final – 55 pts for the win versus the normal 35 pts – it really is all to play for given 55 points separate the top 14 athletes. From Denmark’s Magnus Ditlev in second, to France’s Sam Laidlow in fourth, American Sam Long in fifth, British double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee in eleventh and American Jason West in fourteenth.

Kiwi Kyle Smith, Holland’s Youri Keulen and German Mika Noodt have also qualified for the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final as wildcard athletes due to their performances so far this season. Sadly Noodt is injured and will not be taking up his place, but Smith and Keulen are very much in the mix for podium places as well.

Whoever triumphs in the T100 series victory will be awarded World Champion status by triathlon’s international governing body, World Triathlon, as well as also scooping a cool $210,000 for topping the season-long standings.

The full list of contracted men and wildcards in the order they appear in the current T100 standings is here and includes:

Marten Van Riel (BEL)
Magnus Ditlev (DEN)
Kyle Smith (NZL)
Sam Laidlow (FRA)
Sam Long (USA)
Youri Keulen (HOL)
Pieter Heemeryck (BEL)
Mathis Margirier (FRA)
Rico Bogen (GER)
Alistair Brownlee (GBR)
Frederic Funk (GER)
Daniel Baekkegard (DEN)
Jason West (USA)
Aaron Royle (AUS)
Rudy von Berg (USA)
David McNamee (GBR)
Leon Chevalier (FRA)
Clement Mignon (FRA)
Ben Kanute (USA)
Bradley Weiss (RSA)
Max Neumann (AUS)

T100 Series End Prize Purse:

$210,000
$140,000
$90,000
$75,000
$60,000
$55,000
$50,000
$45,000
$40,000
$35,000
$30,000
$26,000
$24,000
$22,000
$20,000
$18,000
$15,000
$15,000
$15,000
$15,000

The 100km (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run) pro course starts with a swim off the scenic Sunrise Beach in Jumeirah, with its breathtaking skyline views and beach-side location. The bike segment will take in Meydan and includes the Royal Bridge and surrounding area. Whilst the run will be around the Meydan Racecourse – the home of the world famous Dubai World Cup.

Staged and organised with the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism and Dubai Sports Council, the men’s broadcast will begin at 1315 local time on Sunday 17 November, with the athletes starting at 1330 and it will be shown live locally on beIN Sports across the Middle East as well as North Africa and the US. In Europe it will be live and exclusive on Eurosport and then available locally and regionally through a range of other deals that will see the final broadcast in 195+ territories.

The Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will also be an important part of the 30×30 Dubai Fitness Challenge (DFC) – an initiative driven by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, to integrate physical activity into everyday life for the population and make Dubai one of the most active cities in the world.

In addition to the professiona races, there are set to be up to 10,000 amateur participants taking part in 100km and Sprint triathlons (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run) as well as the Dubai debut of The Music Run – an un-timed, energy filled fun-run, perfect for participants of all ages and abilities. For more information, including registration details visit www.t100triathlon.com For more information on The Music Run please visit https://themusicrun.ae

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Notes To Editors:

How the T100 Triathlon World Tour works

Athletes score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each race
The Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Final will count towards the inaugural women’s and men’s T100 World Champions
$250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $1,750,000 across the seven races (1st place – $25,000k; 2nd – $16,000; 3rd – $12,000 at each race)
The series winners following the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $210,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000, with $140,000 for second and $90,000 for third. The full breakdown of prize money is here https://t100triathlon.com/pro-series-explainer/
Between the athlete contracts, T100 race prize fund and T100 Triathlon World Tour pool, the series provides more than $7,000,000 in athlete compensation, and is distributed in a way that not only rewards the winners, but also recognises the significant achievement of racing at this level

For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October) and the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final (16-17 November). There are also racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas and Dubai. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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Taylor Knibb Vs Ashleigh Gentle Headlines Women’s Start List For First Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final

Anthony Scammell — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:44:02 +0000

London, UK: American Taylor Knibb will go head-to-head with Australia’s Ashleigh Gentle in the climax to the inaugural T100 Triathlon World Tour, as the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon confirmed the women’s line up for the first Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final on 16-17 November.

Three-time T100 winner Knibb is currently top of the T100 series standings with a win or second place in Dubai on Saturday 16 November enough for her to be crowned the first ever T100 Triathlon World Champion.

If two-time T100 winner Gentle were to win and Knibb comes third or worse, the T100 women’s title would be heading down under. Whoever scores the T100 series victory will not only be awarded World Champion status by triathlon’s international governing body, World Triathlon, but will also take away a cool $210,000 for topping the standings.

Also in the mix will be Britain’s India Lee, Kat Matthews, Lucy Byram and Lucy Charles-Barclay, Switzerland’s Imogen Simmonds, Germany’s Laura Philipp and Canada’s Paula Findlay – who all have a chance of finishing on the T100 series podium, with increased points available for the final to up the ante [55 pts for the win versus 35 pts normally, down to 4 pts for 20th position versus the normal 1 pt].

There will also be more than 20 athletes on the start line for the first time this year, thanks to five wildcard athletes who have qualified during the season. These include: Haley Chura (USA), Kaidi Kivioja (EST), Laura Madsen (DEN), Grace Thek (AUS) and Julie Derron (SWI), who finished second in Ibiza and Lake Las Vegas and is sure to be a race contender in Dubai.

The full list of contracted women and wildcards in the order they appear in the current T100 standings is here and includes:

Taylor Knibb (USA)
Ashleigh Gentle (AUS)
India Lee (GBR)
Imogen Simmonds (SWI)
Laura Philipp (GER)
Kat Matthews (GBR)
Lucy Byram (GBR)
Paula Findlay (CAN)
Julie Derron (SWI)
Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR)
Flora Duffy (BER)
Taylor Spivey (USA)
Tamara Jewett (CAN)
Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR)
Amelia Watkinson (NZL)
Anne Haug (GER)
Haley Chura (USA)
Kaidi Kivioja (EST)
Laura Madsen (DEN)
Grace Thek (AUS)
Chelsea Sodaro (USA)
Marjolaine Pierre (FRA)

T100 Series End Prize Purse:

$210,000
$140,000
$90,000
$75,000
$60,000
$55,000
$50,000
$45,000
$40,000
$35,000
$30,000
$26,000
$24,000
$22,000
$20,000
$18,000
$15,000
$15,000
$15,000
$15,000

The 100km (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run) professional course starts with a swim off the scenic Sunrise Beach in Jumeirah, with its breathtaking skyline views and beach-side location. The bike segment will take in Meydan and includes the Royal Bridge and surrounding area. Whilst the run will be around the Meydan Racecourse – the home of the world famous Dubai World Cup.

Staged and organised with the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism and Dubai Sports Council, the women’s broadcast will begin at 1315 local time, with the athletes diving in at 1330 and shown live locally on beIN Sports across the Middle East as well as North Africa and the US. In Europe it will be live and exclusive on Eurosport and then available locally and regionally through a range of other deals that will see the final broadcast in 195+ territories.

The men’s start list for the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be announced tomorrow.

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Notes To Editors:

How the T100 Triathlon World Tour works

Athletes score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each race
The Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Final will count towards the inaugural women’s and men’s T100 World Champions
$250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $1,750,000 across the seven races (1st place – $25,000k; 2nd – $16,000; 3rd – $12,000 at each race)
The series winners following the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $210,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000, with $140,000 for second and $90,000 for third. The full breakdown of prize money is here https://t100triathlon.com/pro-series-explainer/
Between the athlete contracts, T100 race prize fund and T100 Triathlon World Tour pool, the series provides more than $7,000,000 in athlete compensation, and is distributed in a way that not only rewards the winners, but also recognises the significant achievement of racing at this level

For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

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Professional Triathletes Organisation Partners With Two Circles To Lead Partnership Sales For T100 Triathlon World Tour

Anthony Scammell — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 08:30:38 +0000

London, UK: The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has extended its relationship with leading sports marketing agency Two Circles to include partnership sales of the new T100 Triathlon World Tour.

Two Circles has worked with the PTO since 2022 on a digital marketing brief and will now lead on partnership development for the 7-leg T100 Triathlon World Tour, which has already been to Miami, Singapore, San Francisco, London, Ibiza and Lake Las Vegas this year and will be climaxing at the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final next month (16-17 November).

Commenting on the appointment, Two Circles CEO Gareth Balch said: “We were very vocal about how we leapt at the chance to work with the Professional Triathletes Organisation when we started with them a couple of years ago. This was because we saw a lot of parallels between our mission to rewire the sports industry and their ambition to unlock a new model for their sport that was built around elevating the best professionals, but also driving participation, rather than simply positioning it as the usual sports media rights play.”

“Their subsequent launch of the T100 global series in January, which includes a season-long schedule of multisport festivals in iconic global cities, is consolidating a valuable audience and giving them the opportunity to both watch the world’s best triathletes compete head-to-head – in person or through a new TV product – as well as compete on the same city-center courses themselves. The PTO’s progress this year has provided strong validation of the commercial offering and we believe presents a very attractive offering for non-endemic brands to connect with a highly engaged, high value and global demographic.”

At the Singapore T100 and London T100 weekends, as well as the top 20 female and top 20 male professional triathletes racing over the PTO’s unique made-for-TV 100km distance (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run) – that has featured athletes including British double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee and the new mixed relay Triathlon silver medallist from Paris, American Taylor Knibb – almost 5,000 amateurs took part as well. Competing in a range of supporting events from Sprint triathlons (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run) to Super Sprint triathlons (400m swim, 10km bike, 2.5km run) and duathlons. In Ibiza at the end of September (28-29), there were also a series of open water sea swims are available as well as a junior aquathlon. Which all promote an active healthy lifestyle for everyone.

“Triathlon has one of the most valuable audiences in sport – and has been referred to as ‘the new golf’ for many years,” explained PTO CEO Sam Renouf. “But what the sport has lacked to go more mainstream is the right sporting product to reach and consolidate that audience through a season-long offering. This is what the T100 has been created to solve and now, as we approach the climax to our inaugural season, we have the right product to take to brands who want to harness the incredible opportunity from our highly engaged and valuable fan base. Since our inception, we’ve been supported by industry leaders who see the untapped potential of Triathlon – partnering with Two Circles to deliver our partnership strategy is a logical extension of that approach.”

The collaboration with Two Circles on partnership sales will see them field a dedicated team led by Sales Director Simon Hoppe. Hoppe understands audience and opportunity well given his background selling partnerships for Manchester United, but also as an avid triathlete.

“I don’t think people realise quite how global and engaged the triathlon community is,” he said. “It’s clip of Swiss triathlete Imogen Simmonds failing to successfully grab water bottles on the bike leg at the recent London T100 race has amassed over 70 million video plays on Instagram. Which comfortably makes it one of the leading sports clips on the channel this year.”

In 2023, the PTO showed it was delivering on its goal of bringing long-distance triathlon to a broader audience, by delivering a global dedicated TV and streaming audience of 24.6 million across just three races that year. The PTO’s journey has also attracted attention from outside of sport, with its majority investment coming from Silicon Valley’s Sir Michael Mortiz, who was moved to get involved not just because of the business opportunity but also because of the unique governance structure at the PTO which sees its pro athletes, the talent, as co-owners in the business and incentivised to make it a success.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

Two Circles – Victoria Tomlinson: Victoria.tomlinson@twocircles.com

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

About Two Circles

Two Circles grows revenue for the world’s leading sports rights-holders, using data to create strategies, deliver proprietary technology solutions, package and sell sponsorships, and design and market compelling, tailored content.

From nine international offices (Bern, Cologne, Kansas City, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Miami, New York, Paris), Two Circles manages billions of fan data interactions on behalf of over 700 clients around the globe, with more insight into fan behavior and desire than any other organization.

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Wildcard Jelle Geens Runs Away With Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon After Belgian Duel In The Desert

Anthony Scammell — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 02:04:34 +0000

Lake Las Vegas:Belgian wildcard Jelle Geens claimed his first T100 victory at his first attempt in Lake Las Vegas, winning by just 38 seconds after a dramatic duel with compatriot and close friend Marten Van Riel.

Geens’ debut win came courtesy of a blistering run leg, where he averaged 3:13 minutes per km on a brutal run course around the stunning Reflection Bay Golf Course, which had 500 meters in elevation of savage inclines and steep descents.

Speaking after crossing the line, Geens, who also broke Van Riel’s unbeaten 6-race winning streak in middle distance triathlons dating back to November 2019, said:

“It sounds crazy, but a month ago I wasn’t sure if I could even start here, so now to win here, it’s a great honour – and it was a hard and tough battle with Marten. We said for years when we were still doing short course it would be cool to be on the podium together and it never happened in short course, but it’s happened now in our first battle over middle distance.”

“To be honest I felt really good on the run,” the 31-year-old continued. “Even when Marten came back I felt in control and felt I was going to go for it on the last lap. I kept trying to put pressure on the uphill because that’s where I’m strongest and I tried to get every lap better at the downhill but it really wasn’t easy for me. My knees are really hurting now. But I felt confident. I was still running a bit on fear during the downhill sections. But once I had a gap on the downhills, I started believing it.”

“It was very tough from the start to the end actually,” said Van Riel, also 31 and who has been racing Geens since they were teenagers in Belgum. “The course is brutal…but I was actually suffering on the bike already. I saw Jelle was yo-yoing with the group and then it was the same on the run. He’s lighter than me so on the uphills he had the advantage but on the downhills I tried to use the gravity to pull him back. But in the end I cracked, I didn’t have it. So I’m very happy it’s Jelle that takes away the [winning] streak.”

However, the second place still puts Van Riel in pole position at the top of the T100 standings to win the first T100 men’s World Championship crown in Dubai next month. Where a first, second or third place result will secure him the inaugural series title.

“That’s obviously very important. I was quite scared on the bike because I felt like midway on the bike my watts were very high and I was starting to suffer a little bit and I was thinking, oh, it’s better to finish high than completely burn myself and completely fade. It was definitely playing a little bit in my head. But I’m in a very good position going into Dubai so that’s obviously a nice cushion.”

Asked whether he would follow through on his pre-race promise to put his winnings – which are $16,000 USD for finishing second – on red in a casino later tonight, Geens was quick to answer for him:

“I’m keeping him to it. We’ve figured out how to get enough money out of everyone’s credit card, so it’s happening.”

Last Sunday, Van Riel had gone to a casino with Australian fellow pro athlete Aaron Royle and turned $100 into $1,000 playing black jack.

Third was German Justus Nieschlag, also on his T100 debut.

How the Race Unfolded

South African flier Henry Schoeman led home the swim in Lake Las Vegas in warmer conditions than the women, with the water temperature up from 20.7 to 22.9 degrees Celsius and the air temperature up from a cooler 16.4 when the women started, to 21.1 degrees Celsius. In the front pack with him were Australian Aaron Royle, Marten Van Riel, Britain’s Alistair Brownlee, Justus Nieschlag and American Marc Dubrick; all 21 seconds ahead of Australia’s Josh Amberger and Max Neumann, Jelle Geens, France’s Mathis Margirier and Americans Matthew Mcelroy, Justin Riele and Jason West. Plus German Max Sperl. Flat last was American Sam Long, 5:40 back from the leaders.

After a slow transition, where he took extra time to put his socks on, it looked like Marten Van Riel had lost the first group, but he immediately powered back to second spot. To then set the early pace at the front with double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee.

Then the drafting penalties – which had started this morning with three in the women’s race – continued, with Alistair Brownlee collecting his second one minute drafting penalty in two races. Clearly frustrated, he rode back with vengeance to re-establish himself, settling in the third group just over two minutes back from Van Riel and Margirier. But it looked like it had lit a match too far as he later DNF-ed on the run. Then it was Pieter Heemeryck’s turn to collect a 30-second penalty for not putting his goggles and hat in the swim box. Before Max Neumann also got a one minute drafting penalty.

Jason West was probably the surprise package on the bike leg. Having been nursing an injury since London which has meant more bike training, it seemed to be suiting him as he tucked in behind Brownlee in the third group.

On the fourth lap Van Riel made his move from second place, upping his heart rate percentage to 90% and powering past Mathis Margirier to set the pace. Meanwhile, starting from the very back after the swim, American Sam Long started to move through the field on the penultimate bike lap.

Marten Van Riel was quickly out of T2 to get away from Margirier and Geens. But it wasn’t long before Geens was up to and past him. His legs bouncing and stride popping. Especially uphill.

Geens and Van Riel played cat and mouse on the run. With Van Riel determinedly holding on up the climbs and then squeezing the gap down on the descents. But the efforts to catch back up took their toll and the heart rate percentages told the story, with Geens averaging high 70 percents to Van Riel who was consistently pushing over 90% and reaching 99% as he gave one final effort on the last lap to bridge the gap.

Explore all the twists and turns of the race on the T100 Triathlon Live Data Dashboard as well as the final positions att100triathlon.com/live/ It’s packed with lots of useful statistics and extra information on the races. Including the addition of athletes’ gearing setups and a ‘Race Facts’ tabs showing all the pivotal moments in the race, such as lead changes, fastest discipline times, penalty information and more.

Fans can also stay abreast of how the action will affect the T100 Standings as the race unfolds via the ‘Virtual Standings’ tab. All this is on top of the live leaderboard, which shows key data such as splits to leader, groups, speeds, positions gained and Heart Rate effort.

The seventh and final race of this first T100 season will be the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final on 16-17 November where inaugural T100 World Champions will be crowned.

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A reminder of how the T100 Triathlon World Tour works:

Athletes score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each race
The Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Final will count towards the inaugural women’s and men’s T100 World Champions
$250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $1,750,000 across the seven races (1st place – $25,000k; 2nd – $16,000; 3rd – $12,000 at each race)
The series winners following the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $210,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000
Between the athlete contracts, T100 race prize fund and T100 Triathlon World Tour pool, the series provides more than $7,000,000 in athlete compensation, and is distributed in a way that not only rewards the winners, but also recognises the significant achievement of racing at this level

For Further Information:

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Taylor Knibb Delivers Supreme Swim, Bike & Run In Lake Las Vegas To Complete First Hattrick Of T100 Wins

Anthony Scammell — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 21:07:55 +0000

Lake Las Vegas: American superstar Taylor Knibb won the Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon to live up to her pre-race billing as an overwhelming favourite and complete the first-ever hattrick of T100 race wins – following her successes in San Francisco and Ibiza earlier this season – and surge to the top of the T100 standings.

She now needs to finish first or second in next month’s Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final (16-17 November) to become the inaugural T100 women’s World Champion.

Asked about her levels of confidence after the win, Knibb said:

“Oh, I’m not sure. But I’ll spin the answer and say that all three of us on the podium today could have raced somewhere else. But we choose to race here. At this point in the season I’m just trying to enjoy myself and enjoy the process, enjoy the journey and this is what I’m choosing to do.”

And the opportunity to win a first-ever T100 World Championship crown?

“It’s just one step at a time. I’m just grateful for today and to have another race.”

Breaking down her performance, she said: “I would kill to have that swim start every single time. I have a team of people here. My swim specialist and my movement specialist and they are each taking credit for that start. So they both have to come to every race now. On the bike I loved how broken up it was.”

Then, turning to ask second-placed Julie Derron what the run course was like, the Swiss star loudly agreed with Knibb, saying: ‘I’ll agree with you, it was savage.”

Knibb had earlier described the challenging Lake Las Vegas run course, which had steep inclines and declines and the belied the beautiful golf club setting as ‘savage’. It has both positive and negative connotations she said. “I have respect for savage. Good luck to the men!”

Third placed Flora Duffy from Bermuda was pleased to make her first T100 podium having talked all week about it being important for her to be battling at the front of the race.

“I’m really, really happy to be on the podium,” she said. “It was a super hard day out there. It was really tough. Taylor took off like a bullet in that swim. I thought ‘gosh’ I’m back in a short course race. But then I gathered myself and found some good feet to sit on. The bike is the biggest area I need to improve. Getting stronger and more comfortable on the TT bike and this course is certainly better for me today [than Ibiza].”

“I frustratingly got a penalty. I think I need to control my technical abilities. Go through the corners a little slower I suppose. I guess it’s just one of those things. You go into the corners fast. You come out of it and you’re in the red and try to back off and the ref thinks you’re doing something that you shouldn’t be doing. So it’s a learning experience.”

Fourth placed Brit Lucy Byram recorded her best T100 finish.

“I’m really happy finishing fourth,” said Byram. “Which is my best result of the season so far. I unfortunately got a penalty. I think it was up the hill for me. Paula [Findlay] came round and I didn’t drop back quick enough, even though we were going up an 8% hill. But, yeah, I just need to learn to drop back quicker I guess.”

How the Race Unfolded

Taylor Knibb had led out the swim on a serene Lake Las Vegas, that was significantly calmer than it had been during the week. The weather was also significantly cooler too with the air temperature 16.4 degrees celsius. She was followed by compatriot Taylor Spivey and Bermuda’s Flora Duffy, who had celebrated her own national day yesterday in her homeland with a chocolate brownie and strawberries delivery to her hotel room. Following them was Haley Chura in fourth. This front group gapping the rest of the field by 36 seconds on the first lap.

Haley Chura moved to the front on the second lap and was first out of the water in 24:46 followed by Taylor Spivey, Flora Duffy and Taylor Knibb and with a lead of 1:09 on the second group of De Vet, Derron, Curran, Findlay, Byram and Iemmolo.

Onto the bike course first was Flora Duffy, her intent to push the pace clear, but it wasn’t long before Taylor Knibb was pushing past and into the lead at the 6km mark.

As Taylor powered off to set the fastest bike time of the day in 1:58:09, there was plenty of drama and excitement behind, including three drafting penalties – Lucy Byram, Flora Duffy and Canada’s Paula Findlay; two retirements – Britain’s Emma Pallant-Browne and Australia ‘s Grace Thek and another high profile puncture for Germany’s Anne Haug.

Onto the run and the big question was how quickly Julie Derron could close the 5:20 gap to Knibb, having run four and a half minutes faster than her in Ibiza last month. Derron powered past Byram and was closing on the American – 20 seconds in the first 2km – but Knibb seemed perfectly suited to the rolling run course – having been a stand-out cross country runner as a junior – and more than held her own to win by 2:15 in an overall time of 3:37:03. The full, final results are here.

Sodaro Shines On Comms & Lake Las Vegas Course A Winner

On commentary Chelsea Sodaro made a very assured debut, but will be hoping to be back on the course for the final race in Dubai.

The other winner was the fabulous Lake Las Vegas course. All week the pros had been praising the venue, the Westin Lake Las Vegas hotel and the training facilities as well as the toughness of the challenge – in equal measure.

The local Mayor of Henderson, Michelle Romero, explained:

“Southern Nevada is the sports and entertainment capital of the world and this just adds to our repertoire of having great World Championship events here. There’s such a diversity of environment. It’s great weather. We’re very welcoming and so we just love having athlete events here and the people who live here also love it. So I think it’s great for the visiting athletes to feel so welcome and feel so safe. We’re one of the safest cities in the country and I think it’s a great combination.”

Asked if watching the world’s best female triathletes had inspired her, she tactfully responded: “Not in this lifetime, no!”

The 1,000 amateurs taking on a very similar T100 course tomorrow morning will be hoping for the same, cooler weather at the start of the race rather than the heat the pro women finished in. Otherwise they may think Mayor Romero has the right idea.

The seventh and final race of this first T100 season will be the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final on 16-17 November where inaugural T100 World Champions will be crowned.

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A reminder of how the T100 Triathlon World Tour works:

Athletes score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each race
The Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Final will count towards the inaugural women’s and men’s T100 World Champions
$250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $1,750,000 across the seven races (1st place – $25,000k; 2nd – $16,000; 3rd – $12,000 at each race)
The series winners following the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $210,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000
Between the athlete contracts, T100 race prize fund and T100 Triathlon World Tour pool, the series provides more than $7,000,000 in athlete compensation, and is distributed in a way that not only rewards the winners, but also recognises the significant achievement of racing at this level

For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

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World’s Best Triathletes Ready To Roll The Dice At Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon

Anthony Scammell — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:16:55 +0000

Lake Las Vegas, Nevada: The world’s best triathletes are ready to take on a challenging Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon 100km course this Saturday as the T100 Triathlon World Tour reaches its penultimate race in the 7-leg series.

American favorites Jackie Hering, Chelsea Sodaro and Jason West visited the Nellis Air Force Base earlier today and found some eve-of-race inspiration.

“It was so cool to visit the Nellis Air Force Base this morning and chat to some of the pilots and officers,” said Jason. “I’m incredibly proud of all they do to keep us all safe and it’s given me even more inspiration going into Saturday’s races.”

Meanwhile, American Haley Chura stopped off on the Strip to get a picture with the world famous Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas sign.

Sam Long Is All In For Vegas

Top-ranked American male Sam Long, who currently sits 5th in the T100 standings, can’t wait to get going. After a near-perfect start to the year, when he finished 2nd in Miami and Singapore having been last out of the water on the swim, Long fell away in San Francisco (8th) and then London (11th). But he believes the Lake Las Vegas course will suit him perfectly.

“I actually have no idea what people think of me right now… if I’m going into Vegas dangerous or washed out and not a threat,” he told the Countdown To Lake Las Vegas T100 preview show. “I know I have a very, very clear goal of the performance I want to put down in Vegas, and I’m pretty confident in that level of performance. I think it’s the best course for me to win at. I’ve got anger within me right now. I’ve got frustration. I need a place to funnel that anger and frustration and that’s all going into Vegas.”

“I would say I am both an underdog and a favorite,” he continued. “From January until May I had the absolute best year you could imagine. I had, I think, what you would consider the best comebacks the sport’s ever seen [placing last in the swim in Miami and Singapore but finishing second overall]. But San Francisco was a pretty hard experience for me. I just had a lot of external things happen to me and I tried to be as strong as I could, but it took a big toll.”

The Big Unit has had lots to reflect on in 2024, which has seen him become a dad for the first time, buy a house and prepare to get married in December.

“This year for me has actually been much more about my personal life than the professional life. It’s just been one life step another life step – and at the same time having to compete at the highest level every day. So I think I’ve done an unbelievable job doing all of that. Normally you see a big falloff in results when people do all these things, and I’ve been able to be right up there. I would say that the life stuff has actually been pushing me harder in a developmental sense than the triathlon racing.”

Comparing how he races through the field – with arguably the strongest bike and run combination in the sport when on form – to the US’s biggest sport he said:

“If we were to compare how I race in a triathlon to, say, American Football, it’s like I’d go out in my first quarter and let the other teams score four touchdowns and I’d get zero points. I’m down by such an unbelievable margin and I’m up against the best in the world. There’s no possible way you can come back from that. But I’ve done it for years.”

How To Watch The Lake Las Vegas T100

The broadcast for the women’s T100 race begins at 0800 local time, with the race starting at 0815. Meanwhile, the T100 men’s broadcast is at 1400 with the field diving in at 1415. Fans in the US can watch the action live on Max and beIN Sports, with highlights on Bally TV. See here for where can watch around the world. For fans in Europe the action starts at 1600 on Eurosport – or you can tune into PTO+.

The T100 Triathlon Live Data Dashboard is available at t100triathlon.com/live/ and will be packed with extra information on the races. Following the addition of athletes’ gearing setups in Ibiza, a new feature for Lake Las Vegas will be the ‘Race Facts’ section. Here fans can view pivotal moments in the race so far, such as lead changes, fastest discipline times, penalty information and more. Fans can also stay abreast of how the action will affect the T100 Standings as the race unfolds via the ‘Virtual Standings’ tab. All this is on top of the live leaderboard, which shows key data such as splits to leader, groups, speeds, positions gained and Heart Rate effort.

The full start lists for both races can be found here.

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A reminder of how the T100 Triathlon World Tour works:

Athletes score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each race
The Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Final will count towards the inaugural women’s and men’s T100 World Champions
$250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $1,750,000 across the seven races (1st place – $25,000k; 2nd – $16,000; 3rd – $12,000 at each race)
The series winners following the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $210,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000
Between the athlete contracts, T100 race prize fund and T100 Triathlon World Tour pool, the series provides more than $7,000,000 in athlete compensation, and is distributed in a way that not only rewards the winners, but also recognises the significant achievement of racing at this level

Notes To Editors:

Course Details: The pros start with a 2km 2-lap swim in Lake Las Vegas, before a first transition in the shadow of the stunning Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort and Spa. The 80km bike course breaks down into five 11 mile laps which each start with a steep 20% gradient climb onto a rolling course which goes through Wetlands Park and Calico Ridge towards Henderson and back. The total elevation over the five laps is more than 1,400 meters – the most on any bike course in the T100 The course finishes with an 18km run split into six 1.8 mile laps around Reflection Bay Golf Club. Course details here.

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Laura Philipp Wins PTO Athlete Of The Month For September

Anthony Scammell — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:44:32 +0000

London, UK: Laura Philipp’s first Ironman World title in Nice won her the vote for September’s Professional Triathletes Organisation Athlete of the Month.

The German’s duel with Britain’s Kat Matthews and then blistering second half of a 2:44:59 marathon to pull clear, secured her victory in 8:45:15 and drew a clean sweep of the voting to beat off the other three short-listed athletes:

Belgium’s Marten Van Riel, who won the Ibiza T100 to remain unbeaten over middle distance.

Germany’s Mika Noodt, who collected the IM 70.3 Zell am See title at the start of the month before following it up with his best ever 100km performance, coming third in Ibiza.

American Taylor Knibb, who was a dominant winner of Ibiza T100 women’s race and is now ‘two from two’ in the T100 series this year, with a chance to make it a hat-trick of wins on home soil at the Lake Las Vegas T100 next weekend (Saturday 19 October)

Reflecting in Ibiza, where she delighted age groupers by getting involved in the open water swims on the Friday night of the T100 weekend there and then cheering on the pros and amateurs over the weekend, she said:

“I’m feeling good, but I definitely feel it in the body. But I’m grateful to be here and swim in this beautiful ocean. It was so cool to meet so many people in Ibiza, cheer on the athletes and celebrate my own victory here on this beautiful island.”

“I’ll be back in training soon, because Las Vegas is just around the corner and I’m looking forward to race the last two T100 races in Las Vegas and then Dubai.”

Laura will be in action at next weekend’s Lake Las Vegas T100 and then the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final (16-17 November) as she looks to build on a third position in San Francisco and a fourth in London, to move her up the T100 series leaderboard from her current position of ninth.

Global Triathlon Network (GTN), Tri-Mag.de, Triathlon Magazine & Triathlete make up the panel of triathlon media who voted on their 1, 2, 3 from a four-athlete shortlist, awarding 3 points for #1, 2 pts for #2 and 1 pt for #3. Votes were also counted from online triathlon fans who had their say via the T100 social handles. Laura received 15 points with Marten securing 9 points to take second place.

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Professional Triathletes Organisation And World Triathlon Announce 12-Year Strategic Partnership To Grow The Sport

Anthony Scammell — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 12:46:41 +0000

London UK: The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have announced a 12-year strategic partnership that will run until 2036.

Following the announcement in August 2023 to collaborate on a new Official World Championship Tour of Long Distance Triathlon and then the launch of the T100 Triathlon World Tour in January 2024, World Triathlon and the PTO have taken their work together a step further by expanding their commercial relationship to grow the sport longer term.

The initial partnership term is for 12 years, running through to 2036, and will include: the sole and exclusive Official World Championship Tour of Long Distance Triathlon, Anti-doping, Safeguarding and collaboration on rights management, including sponsorship and broadcast. It also includes a framework for both parties to explore new opportunities to grow the sport together, including hosting shorter-distance events alongside the T100 Tour.

Speaking about the new announcement, the World Triathlon president and IOC member Marisol Casado (pictured above at the launch of the T100 Triathlon World Tour in January 2024) said:

“Having seen three amazing Olympic Triathlon races in Paris, and just before the Championship Finals in Torremolinos and the T100 Finals in Dubai, we believe that it is both ours and PTO’s responsibility to double down on the good work that we’ve already started and use the great exposure our sport enjoys at the moment as a catalyst to grow deeper engagement with the sport’s committed fan. We also want to find a way to promote our sport to the broader sports fan. We believe we’re already starting to answer part of that question through our partnership with the PTO around the new T100 Triathlon World Tour and want to ensure we provide it with the right support and solid foundation to go from strength to strength. We will see in the near future athletes moving from the World Triathlon Championship Series to the T100 Tour, and we see more and more fans engaging with both worlds and enjoying the shorter or longer distances events alike. This brings excellent opportunities to all of us. And we want to continue embracing this cooperation and take it to further levels.”

Responding on behalf of the PTO, CEO Sam Renouf (also pictured above) said:

“We have had a very productive relationship with World Triathlon since our first event, including hosting the World Long Distance Championships alongside the Collins Cup in 2021. In working closely through the formation and then launch of the new T100 Triathlon World Tour – quickly becoming the pinnacle of long distance racing – one of the by-products has been the discussion and identification of other opportunities where we can grow the sport. By forming a 12-year partnership, both sides have the opportunity to invest together in the longer-term development of the sport.”

PTO Athlete Board member David McNamee added:

“From an athlete perspective, the introduction of the new T100 Triathlon World Tour has been a significant step forward in giving longer distance triathlon the global platform and profile we think it deserves. But along that journey, it has also highlighted other things we could explore, in order to continue taking our sport forward and to grow and engage more fans and audiences around the world. It’s an exciting time to be a professional triathlete.”

This announcement follows the two organisations introducing new anti-doping measures earlier this year.

After five T100 rounds so far this year, in Miami, Singapore, San Francisco, London and Ibiza, Australia’s Ashleigh Gentle leads the women’s T100 standings, ahead of Great Britain’s India Lee and Lucy Charles-Barclay; whilst Denmark’s Magnus Ditlev leads the men’s series from New Zealand’s Kyle Smith. The next race is the Lake Las Vegas T100 on 19-20 October.

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About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of seven T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October) and Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final (16-17 November). There are also racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas and Dubai. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

About World Triathlon

World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the sport to be extraordinary.

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Taylor Knibb Blitzes World Class Field In Ibiza T100 Triathlon

Anthony Scammell — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 14:07:36 +0000

Ibiza, Spain: Taylor Knibb became Ibiza T100 Triathlon Champion, taking her second T100 victory from two race starts to underline her once-in-a-generation talent among an incredibly strong women’s pro field.

While Knibb was a class apart, Olympic silver medallist, Julie Derron, showed she could be the one to challenge the American, with a strong second-place finish marred by a 1min drafting penalty on the bike.

The last spot on the podium was secured by breakthrough Miami T100 Triathlon winner India Lee, who overcame the disappointment of a weekend before in Nice to show her class in Ibiza.

Speaking at the finish Knibb said: “You always want to execute the best of your ability on any given day and you wanna do the best you can on any given day so each race counts.” On the next race in Lake Las Vegas, she added with a smile: “Yes I am excited to race at home with a less than 2-hour flight.”

T100 first-timer, Julie Derron, said: “I am super happy, I didn’t know what to expect. It was pretty tough to get back into the swing of things after the Olympics and I am super pleased I had a good day out there.”

India Lee spoke about coming back from the struggles that saw her DNF the previous weekend at the IM world champs in Nice: “I was so motivated to prove that I had put in all the work for this week and I didn’t want it to be a waste of time so to pull off a solid result I am really chuffed with.”

How It Unfolded

As the pro women dived into the sea off Ibiza’s beautiful Figuertas Beach, Olympic power in the front swim pack came from the USA’s Taylor Spivey and 2020 Olympic Champion Flora Duffy along with Miami T100 winner India Lee and Sara Perez Sala, followed by San Francisco T100 Champion Taylor Knibb.

Spivey was first out the water but before long – and as all pundits predicted – it was Taylor Knibb who took charge, extending her lead throughout the 80km bike course while India Lee established herself in clear 2nd place.

The lead of the chase group was shared between Olympic silver medallist Julie Derron and 3-time Canadian Time Trial Champion Paula Findlay and Imogen Simmonds.

55km in, Derron was handed a 1-minute penalty for drafting, which the Swiss athlete had to serve at the next penalty tent. Meanwhile, multiple T100 Champion Ashleigh Gentle made it inside the top 10.

By the end of the bike, Knibb had a lead of 3:13 to Lee, who in turn earned an advantage of 2mins to Simmonds, Byram, Derron and Findlay.

Such was Knibb’s lead that by the time Gentle came off the bike 10-minutes back, Knibb had already lapped her fellow T100 Champion.

Meanwhile, Derron showed the foot speed that earned her an Olympic Silver medal. As the fastest on the course, the Swiss talent was quickly into 3rd and munching through her deficit to Lee to take 2nd by the halfway mark in the 18km run.

From there Derron continued to make up time on Knibb, but the top step of the podium seemed out of reach. Gentle, having un-lapped herself was blitzing through the field, moving up from 9th out of T2 to 4th place.

Knibb’s victory was assured, however, the US superstar taking two T100 victories from two starts this year, she crossed the line in 03:30:03 to earn 35 points and $25,000. She now sits in 3rd in the T100 Standings after only 2 races.

Julie Derron claimed second on debut with the day’s fastest bike split (01:00:48), earning 28 points and $16,000.

India Lee held strong to round out the podium, adding 25 points to her tally, taking home $12,000 and moving to 3rd in the T100 standings.

Gentle, 4th in Ibiza, maintains her grip on top of the T100 Standings, but, like Lee, has a full compliment of scoring races to her name. Meanwhile, ever-consistent Paula Findlay secured 5th place and is 6th in the T100 Standing.

Position	Name	Overall Time	Prize Money
1	T Knibb	3:30:03	$25,000
2	J Derron	3:31:46	$16,000
3	I Lee	3:35:17	$12,000
4	A Gentle	3:36:01	$9,000
5	P Findlay	3:37:12	$8,000
6	A Haug	3:37:28	$7,000
7	I Simmonds	3:38:14	$6,500
8	L Byram	3:38:40	$6,000
9	F Duffy	3:39:09	$5,500
10	E Pallant-Browne	3:40:18	$5,000
11	T Spivey	3:42:31	$2,500
12	L Madsen	3:43:14	$2,500
13	K Matthews	3:43:51	$2,500
14	S Perez Sala	3:44:14	$2,500
15	K Curran	3:46:04	$2,500
16	G Thek	3:46:35	$2,500
17	A Watkinson	3:46:52	$2,500
18	K Kivioja	3:47:25	$2,500
19	L Norden	3:47:58	$2,500

Next up is the Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon on 19-20 October followed by the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final on 16-17 November.

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Notes To Editors:

How the T100 Triathlon World Tour works

Athletes score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each race
The Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Final will count towards the inaugural women’s and men’s T100 World Champions
$250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $1,750,000 across the seven races (1st place – $25,000k; 2nd – $16,000; 3rd – $12,000 at each race)
The series winners following the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $210,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000
Between the athlete contracts, T100 race prize fund and T100 Triathlon World Tour pool, the series provides more than $7,000,000 in athlete compensation, and is distributed in a way that not only rewards the winners, but also recognises the significant achievement of racing at this level

For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

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Marten Van Riel Notches Second T100 Win At Ibiza T100 Triathlon

Anthony Scammell — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 11:39:22 +0000

Ibiza, Spain: Martin Van Riel proved he truly is the real deal in becoming the Ibiza T100 Triathlon Champion and putting himself in pole position to become the inaugural T100 Champion with just two races to go.

The Belgian star and fan favourite is the first male athlete to become a two-time T100 champion, by breaking away from London T100 Champion Sam Laidlow in the closing stages of a sun-soaked run around Ibiza Old Town.

After the race, Van Riel said: “It was my biggest goal before this year to become the first T100 Triathlon World Champion and I am all in for it. If I do my best for every single race I am on the line and if I keep getting good results like this I’ll be very close.”

Asked why he’s so suited to the 100km distance, Van Riel said: “I have the perfect mix between speed and endurance. Naturally I’m quite a fast guy, but I still have endurance. So I’m the best of both worlds. For now, this format is perfect for me.”

With two races to go, in Lake Las Vegas and then Dubai for the T100 World Championship Final, it will be fascinating to see if anyone can beat him.

French star Laidlow said: “The fuel on my fire is I want to be the best triathlete in the world, and it is a slow process to get there. Today I lost not only to an amazing athlete but a great guy, he is just phenomenal.”

Mika Noodt was third to register his first T100 podium finish. The German had been targeting this race and said: “I was 6th in Singapore and 5th in San Francisco so I was hoping for an improvement and was super glad I managed it.” Second in Lake Las Vegas where the tour moves next perhaps?

Britain’s Alistair Brownlee was fourth, after losing a minute to the first drafting penalty in a T100 race, but had no complaints when asked about it afterwards: “At 50km I got a drafting penalty and it was fair enough to be honest. I’d rolled into the draft zone and the light came on and I didn’t come out of it quick enough. It was a fair decision and I then rode the last lap on my own and ran just trying to catch people – and I was pleased to feel good right to the finish.”

How It Played Out

Using Olympic-honed speed, Marten Van Riel surged to the front of the swim in the clear blue waters off Figuertas Beach as Ibiza’s famous nightlife made way for the world’s best triathletes. The Belgian led through the half-way Aussie exit at 1km and went on to leave the water in first place in 24:46.

Van Riel, the San Francisco T100 Champion was joined by London T100 Champion Laidlow and went straight on at a roundabout letting the German pairing of Rico Bogen and Fred Funk slip past to take the lead. Before long, Laidlow was back at the front with Funk in second, Bogen, Van Riel, Alistair Brownlee and Mika Noodt in close proximity.

As the bike wore on, Funk and Laidlow traded turns while Alistair Brownlee was given a 1-minute penalty for drafting. After serving his time in the sin-bin, the double Olympic Champion was back to 6th place and off the back of the front group in no-man’s land.

First in and out of T2, Bogen was quickly in the lead on the run with Van Riel and Laidlow in hot pursuit. Laidlow stormed into the lead, only Van Riel able to match the Frenchman’s pace as Bogen was dropped.

From there, the two pushed on, Laidlow in the front for the majority, making time on the rest while Noodt moved up into the last podium spot by the half-way mark of the 18km run while Brownlee was in 4th.

With 3.3km to go, Van Riel made a long attack, pushing to 94% of his maximum heart rate to break the elastic to Laidlow.

In what Frodeno described as “a masterpiece of a performance”, Van Riel crossed the line to assert himself as the first men’s T100 repeat champion and the best T100 athlete in the roster. He took the tape in 03:11:36 after a 57:45 run. Meanwhile, Noodt stayed strong for 3rd place with Brownlee claiming 4th and Funk 5th.

Van Riel takes 35 points and $25,000, also moving up into 4th in the T100 Standings.

Laidlow earned 28 points and $16,000, solidifying his 3rd place in the standings by replacing his 0-point DNF from Singapore T100.

Noodt took 25 points, $12,000 and now sits 7th in the standings.

Position	Name	Overall Time	Prize Money
1	M Van Riel	3:11:36	$25,000
2	S Laidlow	3:12:02	$16,000
3	M Noodt	3:13:30	$12,000
4	A Brownlee	3:14:15	$9,000
5	F Funk	3:15:03	$8,000
6	A Benito Lopez	3:15:58	$7,000
7	R Bogen	3:16:50	$6,500
8	M Sperl	3:17:58	$6,000
9	Y Keulen	3:17:59	$5,500
10	M Margirier	3:18:10	$5,000
11	A Royle	3:18:49	$2,500
12	D Baekkegard	3:19:24	$2,500
13	K Stepniak	3:19:47	$2,500
14	L Chevalier	3:20:53	$2,500
15	O Kubo	3:25:04	$2,500
16	J Amberger	3:25:48	$2,500
17	B Weiss	3:26:43	$2,500
18	P Heemeryck	3:32:41	$2,500

Next up is the Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon on 19-20 October followed by the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final on 16-17 November.

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Notes To Editors:

How the T100 Triathlon World Tour works

Athletes score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each race
The Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Final will count towards the inaugural women’s and men’s T100 World Champions
$250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $1,750,000 across the seven races (1st place – $25,000k; 2nd – $16,000; 3rd – $12,000 at each race)
The series winners following the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $210,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000
Between the athlete contracts, T100 race prize fund and T100 Triathlon World Tour pool, the series provides more than $7,000,000 in athlete compensation, and is distributed in a way that not only rewards the winners, but also recognises the significant achievement of racing at this level

For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

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T100 Triathletes Take Part In Ibiza Beach Clean

Anthony Scammell — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:17:07 +0000

Ibiza, Spain: T100 triathletes took time out from their preparation for the Ibiza T100 Triathlon to take part in a beach clean on Figueretas Beach this afternoon.

Spanish stars Sara Perez Sala and Antonio Benito Lopez where joined by a host of the world’s best triathletes – including Britain’s Kat Matthews, America’s Taylor Knibb and Taylor Spivey, Canadia’s Tamara Jewett and Paula Findlay, Bermuda’s Flora Duffy, Denmark’s Daniel Baekkegard, Germany’s Fred Funk, Max Sperl and Mika Noodt, France’s Sam Laidlow, Belgium’s Pieter Heemeryck and Australia’s Josh Amberger – to pick up waste and raise awareness for the importance of not littering or using single use drinking items – ahead of Saturday’s professional and age group races, including the Middle Distance Spanish Cup, that will start with 2km open water sea swims off Figueretas Beach.

“If we all do our bit, it will help everyone, not only to compete, but also to enjoy a clean and more sustainable environment,” said Antonio Benito. While Sara Perez Sala explained that: “right now all sports must take care of the environment. For years we have been taking the gels and keeping them in our pockets instead of throwing them away. We encourage all fans and all athletes to avoid the use of single-use plastic bottles by bringing their own bottles and using reusable cups.”

Daniel Baekkegard added: “I have lived by the ocean most of my life, so I know how important it is for local people who depend on it, as well as the ecosystems within it. These events are a great way to raise awareness of plastic pollution within our athlete community and further afield.”

The group, who were joined by a local alliance of several environmental organisations called Plastic Free Ibiza, collected more than 24kg of waste, made up of 3.5kg of cigarette butts (more than 4,000 in total), 9kg of plastic containers and cans, 3kg of glass, 1kg of paper and cardboard and 7.5kg of other items.

The activity supports the Balearic Islands’ recent push to mandate reusable drinking vessels and eliminate single use beverage containers in sporting events across Ibiza; in line with pioneering changes to Spanish and Balearic laws.

The beach councillor of the Ibiza City Council, Rubén Sousa, attended in person and thanked the group, saying: “It is important to raise awareness about the activity we generate on the beach, and this is one of the best ways. Apart from having a positive impact on our city with the celebration of this sporting event, the fact that the T100 athletes and FETRI also committed themselves to the environment is very much appreciated.”

“As well as encouraging everyone to get involved in the Ibiza T100 Triathlon weekend – whether that’s doing the amateur 100km triathlon on Sunday morning, one of the open water swims on Friday evening or cheering on our amazing professionals on Saturday – we are also committed to working our partners, the Spanish Triathlon Federation and Ibiza City Council, to help turn the tide on single use plastics on the island,” said Professional Triathletes Organisation CEO Sam Renouf. “Which is why along with organising this afternoon’s beach clean, we’ll also be donating a share of the money from our open water swims on Friday night to the Plastic Free Ibiza, who do great on the island to ensure it keeps its natural beauty.”

“We are grateful to the athletes and the PTO for supporting our work in protecting Ibiza’s environment,” said Sofia Ribas, Coordinator, Plastic Free Ibiza & Formentera. “The link between sport and biodiversity is clear and our health depends on healthy ecosystems. The beach clean-up was a fun and powerful way to raise awareness. Once you’ve taken part, you’ll never look at litter the same way again!”

The racing gets under way with the professional men starting at 0800 local time on Saturday 28 September, with the broadcast starting 15 minutes earlier at 0745. The professional women will start at 1030. The open water swims (500m, 1km and 2km) take place on Friday evening from 1800 with registration still open from 10 Euros.

Notes To Editors:

The beach clean was one action from the event’s sustainability plan, promoted by the Good Loop movement. Information and advice on what participants can do over the weekend to play their part has been included in all the athlete guides and will be delivered during each of the participant briefings.
The PTO recently furthered its commitment to building a sustainable business by committing to reduce its Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50% by 2030 and to reach net zero by 2040. This was part of an ongoing pledge it has made as a signatory of the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework (S4CA) and Race to Zero initiatives, which it made in 2023. This year, the PTO defined its ESG Strategic Priorities, completed a full Greenhouse Gas Assessment and developed a Climate Transition Action Plan. For more details on their social and environmental sustainability journey, visit here.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October) and the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final (16-17 November). There are also racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

About FETRI

The Spanish Triathlon Federation is a private entity of public utility, egalitarian, inclusive and socially committed to the environment and sustainability. She leads the practice of triathlon, paratriathlon and their different disciplines, being represented in the governing bodies of the most important international institutions of this sport. Throughout his more than 30 years he has achieved multiple successes for Spanish sport, including nine World Championships, a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games and more than 30 victories in the World Series, among others.

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American Sam Long Leads All Star Cast For Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon

Anthony Scammell — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:50:50 +0000

London, UK: The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have announced the 11 contracted T100 men who will line up for the Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon on October 19-20, led by American favourite Sam Long.

With all to play for in the sixth and penultimate leg of the inaugural T100 Triathlon World Tour, third placed Long will be looking to cement his place at the top of the series standings heading into the Dubai T100 World Championship Final on 16-17 November, where the first T100 World Champions will be crowned.

Chasing him hard will be Belgium’s Pieter Heemeryk, Germany’s Rico Bogen and Fred Funk, France’s Mathis Margirier and Britain’s double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee. All of whom have shown they have what it takes to win a T100 race so far this season, but haven’t yet put together the complete race. Returning Paris Olympian, Marten Van Riel, has already proved he has what it takes to win, following his dramatic three-way sprint victory in San Francisco in June. The Belgian will go into the race as a heavy favourite for some, having won all five of the middle distance triathlon races he’s competed in.

The full list of contracted men competing in the Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon – in they order they appear in the current T100 standings – is here and includes:

Sam Long (USA)
Pieter Heemeryk (BEL)
Rico Bogen (GER)
Mathis Margirier (FRA)
Fred Funk (GER)
Alistair Brownlee (GBR)
Marten Van Riel (BEL)
Aaron Royle (AUS)
Jason West (USA)
Javier Gomez (ESP)
Max Neumann (AUS)

The 100km (2 km/1.2 mile swim; 80 km/49 mile bike; 18 km/11 mile run) pro men’s race will start at 1415 local time on Saturday 19 October, with the men’s pro race going off at 0815 the same day. The pros start with a 2km 2-lap swim in Lake Las Vegas, before a first transition in the shadow of the stunning Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort and Spa. The 80km bike course breaks down into five 11 mile laps which each start with a steep 20% gradient climb onto a rolling course which goes through Wetlands Park and Calico Ridge towards Henderson and back. The total elevation over the five laps is more than 1,400 meters – the most on any bike course in the T100 series. The course finishes with an 18km run split into six 1.8 mile laps around Reflection Bay Golf Club.

The amateur 100km triathlon over a very similar course starts from 0700 on Sunday morning. The swim in Lake Las Vegas will be just one 1.2 mile lap. The bike leg will follow the same climb out of the resort, but there will be four 12 mile laps, courtesy of an extended loop along Lake Las Vegas Parkway, before following the same rolling route out and back to Henderson. The 18km run takes place in a different section of the Reflection Bay Golf Club and will be made up of three 3.3 mile laps.

And, in keeping with the T100 ambition to offer a variety of different distances and events, there is also a 2km (1.2 mile) and 4km (2.4 mile) open water swims in Lake Las Vegas. These will take place on the Saturday afternoon between the women’s and men’s pro races. To sign up for the 100km amateur triathlon or the open water swims events, or find out more about the courses, go to https://t100triathlon.com/lake-las-vegas/participate/100km-open/

The men’s and women’s T100 wildcards for Lake Las Vegas will published at the end of the week.

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Notes To Editors:

How the T100 Triathlon World Tour works

Athletes score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each race
The Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Final will count towards the inaugural women’s and men’s T100 World Champions
$250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $1,750,000 across the seven races (1st place – $25,000k; 2nd – $16,000; 3rd – $12,000 at each race)
The series winners following the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $210,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000
Between the athlete contracts, T100 race prize fund and T100 Triathlon World Tour pool, the series provides more than $7,000,000 in athlete compensation, and is distributed in a way that not only rewards the winners, but also recognises the significant achievement of racing at this level

For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

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Full House Of T100 Women Line Up For Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon

Anthony Scammell — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 11:34:59 +0000

London, UK: The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have confirmed that all 17 contracted T100 women racing will take the start line for the Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon on October 19-20, for the second race in a row.

The race pits T100 series leader Australian Ashleigh Gentle against American Olympic silver medalist Taylor Knibb and returning British star Lucy Charles-Barclay, following her injury in London. It will be the first time the three women have gone head-to-head in the same race since the PTO race in Dallas in 2022, when Gentle caught Knibb on the run and Charles-Barclay finished third.

In what will be the penultimate 2024 T100 race – and with the top 9 in the current T100 standings taking part – this is a pivotal race in the season as athletes jockey for position ahead of the Dubai T100 World Championship Final on 16-17 November.

The full list of contracted women competing in the Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon in they order they appear in the current T100 standings is here and includes:

Ashleigh Gentle (AUS)
India Lee (GBR)
Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR)
Imogen Simmonds (SWI)
Lucy Byram (GBR)
Kat Matthews (GBR)
Laura Philipp (GER)
Paula Findlay (CAN)
Amelia Watkinson (NZL)
Taylor Knibb (USA)
Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR)
Tamara Jewett (CAN)
Chelsea Sodaro (USA)
Anne Haug (GER)
Marjolaine Pierre (FRA)
Flora Duffy (BER)
Taylor Spivey (USA)

The 100km (2 km/1.2 mile swim; 80 km/49 mile bike; 18 km/11 mile run) pro women’s race will start at 0815 local time on Saturday 19 October, with the men’s pro race going off at 1415 the same day. The pros start with a 2km 2-lap swim in Lake Las Vegas, before a first transition in the shadow of the stunning Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort and Spa. The 80km bike course breaks down into five 11 mile laps which each start with a steep 20% gradient climb onto a rolling course which goes through Wetlands Park and Calico Ridge towards Henderson and back. The total elevation over the five laps is more than 1,400 meters – the most on any bike course in the T100 series. The course finishes with an 18km run split into six 1.8 mile laps around Reflection Bay Golf Club.

The start list for the contracted T100 men racing in Lake Las Vegas will be announced tomorrow [Thursday 19 September], with the men’s and women’s wildcards published at the end of the week.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of T100 races during 2024 that are competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and features the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October) and then the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final (16-17 November). There have also been racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at five stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas and Dubai. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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France Added To Growing T100 Triathlon World Tour Calendar For 2025

Anthony Scammell — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 12:50:33 +0000

London, UK: The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have announced that France will be added to the 2025 T100 Triathlon World Tour calendar alongside confirmed returns to Singapore (12-13 April), San Francisco (31 May-1 June), London (2-3 August), Ibiza (27-28 September), Las Vegas (25-26 October) and Dubai (November).

The French Riviera T100 will be take place in a soon-to-be-announced location in the beautiful South of France over the weekend of 16-18 May, 2025 and include: 100km races for the world’s leading female and male T100 professionals as well as a 100km triathlon (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run) for age groupers and a range of ancillary events that creates a ‘festival of multisport’.

Welcoming the news, PTO CEO Sam Renouf said:

“It’s exciting to be able to share that the T100 Triathlon World Tour will be heading to the French Riviera next season and that we’re also able to advise on the dates for six of the other 2025 legs for both professionals and age groupers as we look to grow the series.”

“We’re delighted to be working with the French Triathlon Federation and local partners to stage what will be a formidable weekend of triathlon and multisport activities. The French Riviera presents a stunning backdrop and iconic location for our pros and amateur participants to enjoy as well as the fans watching around the world. We will announce full details of the weekend, including the timetable and registration information in due course. After the sell-out fields in London and Dubai, we expect this to fill up quickly, so you can already sign up for priority registration on our website at https://www.t100triathlon.com/france/participate/”

“Having hosted three stellar Olympic triathlon races as part of the Olympic Games in Paris over the summer and then 11 Para triathlon races during the Paralympics, this is the perfect time to be announcing that the T100 Triathlon World Tour will be heading to France next year,” added Marisol Casado, World Triathlon President and IOC Member. “As we plan the second season of our partnership with the PTO, we’re already working hard on ways in which the T100 series can complement our existing events and minimise clashes to create a sustainable calendar for the athletes.”

Speaking on behalf of the current crop of T100 contracted athletes, France’s Sam Laidlow said:

“It’s encouraging to see the 2025 T100 Triathlon World Tour already starting to take shape and having competed in Singapore and won in London this year, I know exactly what the weekends entail in terms of competitive racing, prize money, prestige, global media exposure and atmosphere. The series is a fantastic addition to our calendar and it’s exciting to have a ‘home’ race to look forward to at the start of next season.”

With the PTO having multi-year contracts in place with Singapore, San Francisco, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas and Dubai – and following successful T100 events in the first three cities already this season – the 2025 T100 Triathlon World Tour calendar is already taking shape.

Next up in 2024 is Ibiza on 28-29 September.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that are competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October) and the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final (16-17 November). There are also racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas and Dubai. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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The Professional Triathletes Organisation Announces Its Inaugural T100 Triathlon World Championship Final in Dubai

Anthony Scammell — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:46:16 +0000

The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have today announced the T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will take place in Dubai on 16-17 November and complete the 2024 T100 Triathlon World Tour calendar for its inaugural season.

“It has always been our ambition to crown our first T100 Triathlon World Champions in a spectacular race at an iconic location. Given the huge interest we’ve seen in Dubai from both the local and international triathlon community, we have decided that Dubai will give the first year of the T100 Triathlon World Tour the series finale it deserves,” explained PTO CEO Sam Renouf. “Dubai will be our largest event of the year, with over 10,000 participants set to compete across a range of distances and individual disciplines. Combining that scale with the stunning backdrop of Meydan racecourse and the Dubai skyline, means we’ll be finishing our inaugural year with a bang.”

“While we originally planned for an eight-race series in 2024 and had been exploring some exciting potential venues, a combination of lining up all the approvals and those locations not being quite ready to hold an event befitting the T100 Triathlon World Championship Final made the decision to move the final to Dubai an easy one in the end.”

The Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be an integral part of the month-long 2024 Dubai Fitness Challenge, a city-wide initiative that challenges residents and tourists to commit to 30 minutes of daily activity for 30 days, to help kick-start long-term healthy habits. The Dubai Fitness Challenge has become a significant part of the city’s fitness culture over recent years, and a gateway to a more active, fitter future, inspiring thousands to take up new activities, improve their health, and connect with others through shared fitness goals.

In addition to crowning the first T100 World Champions, which are officially recognised by the sports international governing body, World Triathlon, the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will determine the final split of the record $7 million USD prize fund, with $250k being awarded at the race, and a further $2 million for the season-long competition.

“We are proud to have partnered with the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) to launch this new series, and to see the highest level of long distance racing in an officially sanctioned World Championship Tour, in the same way the World Triathlon Championship Series supports standard distance Triathlon,” commented Marisol Casado, World Triathlon President and IOC Member. “Dubai is set to be a fantastic conclusion to the series.”

“One of the key tenets of the T100 Triathlon World Tour was to evolve Triathlon by bringing a season-long narrative to the sport,” added PTO Chairman Chris Kermode. “This is based on the simple premise behind all sports – fans want to see the best of the best competing, consistently, throughout the year. We are delighted that the T100 has delivered this for Triathlon in our inaugural season and will be announcing 2025 calendar dates very soon.”

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A reminder of how the T100 Triathlon World Tour works:

Athletes score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each race
The Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Final will count towards the inaugural women’s and men’s T100 World Champions
$250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $1,750,000 across the seven races (1st place – $25,000k; 2nd – $16,000; 3rd – $12,000 at each race)
The series winners following the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $210,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000
Between the athlete contracts, T100 race prize fund and T100 Triathlon World Tour pool, the series provides more than $7,000,000 in athlete compensation, and is distributed in a way that not only rewards the winners, but also recognises the significant achievement of racing at this level

Notes To Editors:

In light of the series now being seven races, the obligated number of races for contracted T100 athletes has been reduced from five to four, plus the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final.
For athletes who competed at the Olympics – who were required to complete three T100 races and the Final, but who have not yet competed in a T100 race – they will be able to take their average score from two completed T100 races and count it as a ‘third’ race ahead of the new Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final on 16-17 November.

For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of T100 races during 2024 that are competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and features the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October) and then the Dubai T100 Triathlon World Championship Final (16-17 November). There have also been racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at five stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas and Dubai. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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Kristian Blummenfelt Wins August PTO Athlete Of The Month

Anthony Scammell — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:09:18 +0000

London, UK: Kristian Blummenfelt’s sensational return to long course triathlon and win at Ironman Frankfurt helped him secure the vote for August’s Professional Triathletes Organisation Athlete of the Month award.

After focusing on short course and the Paris Olympics during the first half of this year, the Norwegian star had said before the race in Frankfurt that he would “be patient and pace himself wisely’’. However, he ended up blitzing a more than 80-strong professional men’s field and running the third fastest marathon in history, in a scarcely believable 2:32:29. His overall winning time being 7:27:21.

That performance helped him finish on top of the Athlete of the Month voting, with 14 out of the 15 points available. To beat the other three short-listed athletes:

Germany’s Caroline Pohle – who led from gun to tape to become 70.3 European Champion in Tallinn. Her second win of the season and best result of her career so far.
Greece’s Panagiotis Bitados – who’s gone from unranked in June to 45th in the World Rankings after taking the 70.3 European Championship win in Tallinn, making it three wins from three races this season; and
France’s Charlene Clavel – who swapped handball for triathlon in 2019 and took home the win at the World Triathlon Long Distance Championships in Townsville.

Talking about his win on The Norwegian Method Podcast, Blummenfelt said:

“It’s been nice to come back to long distance racing and I appreciate this award. I went with very limited preparation. When I was standing on the start line I was thinking I’m going to race as hard as I can until the wheels come off. I was prepared to survive for only three or four hours. But I was quite surprised how I was able to hold it together until the second half of the bike. Then, when I started running I felt quite good and bouncy in the stride, so that was a good experience.”

Despite feeling ‘quite good’ at the start of the run, Blummenfelt’s marathon was not without incident as he stopped off for a 25-second toilet break [he timed it, of course].

“I slept well before the race but I hadn’t done the timezone adjustments. Then I woke up at 3am and took the bus to transition at around 4am. I wasn’t able to follow my morning routine before the race. So I still had ‘unfinished business’ during the run,” he explained candidly.

Global Triathlon Network (GTN), Tri-Mag.de, Triathlon Magazine & Triathlete make up the panel of triathlon media who voted on their 1, 2, 3 from a four-athlete shortlist, awarding 3 points for #1, 2 pts for #2 and 1 pt for #3. Votes were also counted from online triathlon fans who had their say via the T100 social handles. Kristian received 14 points with Caroline Pohle securing 10 points to claim second spot.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that are competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the World Championship Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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Taylor Knibb And Sam Long Headline US Pro Triathletes Competing At Inaugural Lake Las Vegas T100

Anthony Scammell — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:23:18 +0000

Pro and Amateur course maps released and new open water swim in Lake Las Vegas goes on sale

Las Vegas, Nevada: World #1 Taylor Knibb and World #3 Sam Long will spearhead the USA’s leading professional triathletes competing against the best in the world at the inaugural Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon on October 19-20.

Lake Las Vegas is the sixth stop on the Professional Triathletes Organisation’s (PTO) new 8-leg T100 Triathlon World Tour, which has already been to Miami, Singapore, San Francisco and London this year and will be touching down in Ibiza, Las Vegas and Dubai over coming months.

Knibb, who hails from Washington DC but lives and trains now in Boulder, Colorado, last month won her second Olympic silver medal in the mixed relay triathlon in Paris. She also won her first T100 race over the PTO’s made-for-TV 100km distance (2 km/1.2 mile swim; 80 km/49 mile bike; 18 km/11 mile run) in June. She’ll be joined on the Lake Las Vegas T100 Triathlon start line by mixed relay triathlon team-mate, Taylor Spivey, who picked up her first Olympic silver medal in Paris, and 2022 Ironman World Champion Chelsea Sodaro, who graduated from the University of California Berkeley.

Sam Long lives and trains in Tuscon, Arizona, and will lead the charge for the US in the men’s pro race. The popular American has already shared his plan to win the race before he tackles his bachelor party in Vegas as part of the same weekend. Joining him will be T100’s fastest runner, Jason West, who trains in Boulder, Colorado, and has averaged 3 minute 07 second kilometers for the 18km run already this year.

“I’ve already said that to have this kind of a race only a stone’s throw from where I’m based in Tucson will be awesome and I’m planning to win because that will make my post race bachelor party that much more epic,” said Long. Before adding his customary: “Yo Yo Yo!”

Course Maps Released

The pros start with a 2km 2-lap swim in Lake Las Vegas, before a first transition in the shadow of the stunning Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort and Spa. The 80km bike course breaks down into five 11 mile laps which each start with a steep 20% gradient climb onto a rolling course which goes through Wetlands Park and Calico Ridge towards Henderson and back. The total elevation over the five laps is more than 1,400 meters – the most on any bike course in the T100 series. The course finishes with an 18km run split into six 1.8 mile laps around Reflection Bay Golf Club.

“Racing at home in the US is always something I cherish and this will be the first time I’ve raced in Las Vegas,” explained Knibb. “So I’m really looking forward to it, and having now seen the details of the bike course, which includes some steep climbs and rolling sections, I’m even more excited, as that will hopefully play to my strengths.”

As well as the professional races, amateurs will also be able to take on a 100km triathlon over a very similar course. The swim in Lake Las Vegas will be just one 1.2 mile lap. The bike leg will follow the same climb out of the resort, but there will be four 12 mile laps, courtesy of an extended loop along Lake Las Vegas Parkway, before following the same rolling route out and back to Henderson. The 18km run takes place in a different section of the Reflection Bay Golf Club and will be made up of three 3.3 mile laps.

Open Water Swim Goes On Sale

And, in keeping with the T100 ambition to offer a variety of different distances and events, the PTO announced today 2km (1.2 mile) and 4km (2.4 mile) open water swims in Lake Las Vegas. These will take place on the Saturday afternoon between the women’s pro race, which starts at 0815, and the men’s pro race, which begins at 1415 local time. So there’s a great opportunity to watch the pros and also do one of the swims. The amateur 100km triathlon will start from 0700 on Sunday morning.

To sign up for the 100km amateur triathlon or the open water swims events, or find out more about the courses, go to https://t100triathlon.com/lake-las-vegas/participate/100km-open/

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that are competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the World Championship Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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The Music Run To Make Its Dubai Debut At T100 Triathlon Festival

Anthony Scammell — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:34:41 +0000

Global fun-run series ‘The Music Run’ set to launch in Dubai as part of Dubai T100 World Tour event and the 2024 Dubai Fitness Challenge.

London, UK: The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has announced that world-renowned fun run series, The Music Run, is set to make its debut in the region as part of the Dubai T100 Triathlon weekend on Saturday 16 November, 2024. Bringing its blend of music, fitness, and entertainment to the iconic Meydan Racecourse.

The Music Run has become a global phenomenon since its inception, captivating fitness enthusiasts and music lovers with its unique concept. Unlike a typical fun run, The Music Run features a 5km course lined with speakers pumping out a curated playlist, creating a vibrant atmosphere from start to finish. The event culminates in a high-energy music festival experience headlined by leading, local DJs.

The event’s Dubai edition will be held at the iconic Meydan Racecourse (pictured above), famous for hosting the Dubai World Cup horse race, and offers a picturesque backdrop. This marks the first time The Music Run will be hosted in the Middle East, following successful editions across the globe including Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, South Africa, Thailand and the Philippines. The Dubai event is expected to draw more than 10,000 participants, from seasoned runners to casual walkers to mums and dads pushing strollers, all eager to experience this one-of-a-kind event.

The Dubai T100 Triathlon and The Music Run will be integral events during the month-long 2024 Dubai Fitness Challenge, a city-wide initiative that challenges residents and tourists to commit to 30 minutes of daily activity for 30 days, to help kick-start long-term healthy habits. The Dubai Fitness Challenge has become a significant part of the city’s fitness culture over recent years, and a gateway to a more active, fitter future, inspiring thousands to take up new activities, improve their health, and connect with others through shared fitness goals. By incorporating The Music Run, organisers aim to provide another fun and engaging way for participants to meet their daily exercise goals while enjoying the vibrant energy of Dubai’s fitness community.

“Driven by the visionary leadership of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, Dubai Fitness Challenge is more than just a fitness initiative,” commented Ahmed Al Khaja, CEO of Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE). “It is a call to integrate physical activity into everyday life, with benefits extending well beyond the event for a sustained, healthier lifestyle. This year, in alignment with His Highness’s vision to transform Dubai into one of the world’s most active cities and solidify its status as a top wellness destination, we are collaborating with global partners to deliver world-leading experiences. The Dubai T100 Triathlon weekend exemplifies this ambition. Additionally, we’re eager to see how The Music Run, one of the event’s key highlights, will motivate participants to achieve their 30×30 goals and adopt a more active, healthier lifestyle.”

Sam Renouf, CEO of the PTO – organisers of the T100 Triathlon World Tour – added: “The addition of The Music Run to the T100 weekend schedule is a testament to the city’s growing reputation as a hub for world-class sporting and entertainment events. With its diverse population and love for innovation, Dubai is the perfect location for The Music Run’s regional debut, and the event is set to be a highlight of the Dubai T100 Triathlon weekend. Whatever your age or fitness level – I encourage you to gather your friends and join the run party this November.”

As well as seeing the world’s top 20 male and top 20 female professional triathletes – including multiple Olympic and World Champions – race head-to-head as part of the Dubai T100 Triathlon, the weekend is also offering amateurs the unique chance to race over the same 100km format (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run), as well as putting on a shorter Sprint distance (750m swim, 20km bike & 5km run) to encourage more people into the sport. Topped off with an event village and festival area, including food trucks, entertainment, and interactive activities. Making it an ideal outing for families, friends, and anyone looking to enjoy a festival atmosphere.

Tickets for The Music Run are on sale now at https://themusicrun.ae/ For more information on the Dubai T100 Triathlon, including how to register, event schedules and venue details, visit https://t100triathlon.com/dubai/participate/

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that are competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the World Championship Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

About The Music Run

The Music Run is the only international 5km running series with music every step of the way. The ‘Soundtrack’ run course features speakers pumping the ultimate running playlist from start to finish. After the run, participants can choose to party at the Main Stage or soak up the festival vibes in the Music Village. Launched in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2014 by Fresh Events Asia, The Music Run’s mission is to inspire people to ‘live the beat’ and lead more active lifestyles. To date, it has been experienced by over 350,000 runners across 42 events in 13 countries.

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Spanish Triathlon Legend Javier Gomez Noya Leads All Star Cast For Ibiza T100

Lizzie Montgomery — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:30:19 +0000

London, UK: The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have announced the 16 contracted pro men racing in the fifth leg of the new T100 Triathlon World Tour which lands in Ibiza on Saturday 28 September, led by home favourite Javier Gomez Noya.

Joining Gomez on the White Island will be France’s Sam Laidlow, who returned to form with a stunning win in London last month, and Paris 2024 Olympian, Belgium’s Marten Van Riel, who will be looking to add to his T100 debut win in San Francisco when he out sprinted New Zealand’s Kyle Smith and German Rico Bogen in dramatic fashion. Australian Max Neumann will start his second T100 race, hoping to draw inspiration from his 100km PTO win in Ibiza last May.

“I am really looking forward to the Ibiza T100 Triathlon with this being my home race,” said Gomez. “I can’t wait to see the world’s best male and female triathletes on the island for what promises to be a special event for both us and age-groupers alike. There are still a few entries available for both the T100 race as well as the open water swimming events on the Friday evening, so now is the time to grab your entry whilst you can. Challenge yourself and join us in Ibiza.”

With only 25 points separating the top 5 in the T100 men’s standings and 35 pts up for grabs for the win, as well as four different winners in the first four races, a podium finish in Ibiza could make a significant difference in the race for the first T100 World Championship men’s crown or a contract for next year’s series.

The full list of contracted men who will compete in the Ibiza T100 includes:

Pieter Heemeryck (BEL)
Rico Bogen (GER)
Sam Laidlow (FRA)
Mathis Margirier (FRA)
Fred Funk (GER)
Alistair Brownlee (GBR)
Daniel Baekkegard (DEN)
Marten Van Riel (BEL)
David McNamee (GBR)
Aaron Royle (AUS)
Jason West (USA)
Leon Chevalier (FRA)
Clement Mignon (FRA)
Bradley Weiss (RSA)
Javier Gomez (ESP)
Max Neumann (AUS)

The men will be diving into the Mediterranean waters off Figueretus Beach at 0800 local time on Saturday 28 September, with the broadcast starting 15 minutes earlier at 0745. They will then complete three bike laps taking athletes across to Santa Eulalia City and back, featuring a combination of technical segments and head-down TT sections. Before a fast and flat 7 lap run course around the historic Ibiza Old Town. For the full course details click here.

As well as the T100 pro women starting their racing at 1030 local time on the same day, the Ibiza T100 Triathlon is offering the chance for everyone to take part over a weekend of action.

Amateur races include:

0.5km, 1km & 2km Open Water Swims and a junior Aquathlon on Friday evening (27 September)
A T100 Triathlon (2km Swim, 80km Bike, 18km Run) and the Spanish Middle Distance Cup over 100km on Sunday morning (29 September)

Check out the event details, and sign up here.

The men and women’s Ibiza T100 wildcards will be announced at the end of this week.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the World Championship (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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T100 Women Out In Force for Ibiza Triathlon World Tour Leg

Anthony Scammell — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 11:57:11 +0000

London, UK: All 17 contracted T100 women currently racing will be on the start line for the Ibiza T100 Triathlon on Saturday 28 September, the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have confirmed, including the top 3 in the series standings – Australian Ashleigh Gentle and British stars India Lee and Lucy Charles-Barclay.

Olympic returnee and new Triathlon mixed relay silver medallist, American Taylor Knibb, will be tackling her first T100 since decimating the field at the San Francisco T100 Triathlon in early June – whilst Bermudan Flora Duffy and the USA’s Taylor Spivey – also a Paris Olympic mixed relay silver medal winner – will both be making their T100 Triathlon World Tour debuts.

With all the big names set to compete, we can expect sparks to fly over a 100km course that will feature a Mediterranean open water swim off Figueretas Beach; three bike laps taking athletes across to Santa Eulalia City and back, that will feature a combination of testing climbs, technical parts and head-down TT sections, before a fast and flat 7 lap run course around the historic Ibiza Old Town.

Speaking on her rivalry with Knibb, the current T100 series leader Ashleigh Gentle said:

“I have huge respect for Taylor and can’t wait to race her again. Competing in two different events at the Olympic Games in Paris was impressive. But it sounds like she’s looking forward to getting stuck back into the longer T100 series races. Her performance in San Francisco has set the standard, especially on the bike, and we need to respond to that level to stay competitive. I was far from my best in California, but I really enjoyed racing in Ibiza last year and I am really excited to be heading back there.”

Also racing will be Germany’s Anne Haug who won the PTO race in Ibiza last year and is sure to be a threat.

The full list of contracted women competing in Ibiza T100 Triathlon is here and includes:

Ashleigh Gentle (AUS)
India Lee (GBR)
Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR)
Imogen Simmonds (SWI)
Lucy Byram (GBR)
Kat Matthews (GBR)
Laura Philipp (GER)
Paula Findlay (CAN)
Amelia Watkinson (NZL)
Taylor Knibb (USA)
Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR)
Tamara Jewett (CAN)
Chelsea Sodaro (USA)
Anne Haug (GER)
Marjolaine Pierre (FRA)
Flora Duffy (BER)
Taylor Spivey (USA)

The T100 women’s race (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run) will get underway at 1030 am local time on Saturday 28 September.

As well as professional racing, the Ibiza T100 Triathlon is offering the chance for everyone to take part over a weekend of action. Amateur races include:

5km, 1km & 2km Open Water Swims and a junior Aquathlon on Friday evening (27 September)
A T100 Triathlon (2km Swim, 80km Bike, 18km Run) and the Spanish Middle Distance Cup over 100km on Sunday morning (29 September)

Check out the event details, and sign up here.

The startlist of the contracted T100 men racing in Ibiza will be announced tomorrow [Tuesday 27 August], plus both men and women’s Wildcards published at the end of the week.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the T100 World Championship Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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Anne Haug Wins PTO July Athlete of the Month

Lizzie Montgomery — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 12:28:38 +0000

London, UK: Anne Haug has been voted the Professional Triathlon Organisation’s July Athlete of the Month after her record breaking performance at Challenge Roth.

After signing up just days before the race, Haug conquered the course in 8:02:38 – breaking the full distance world record by six minutes. Not only a history-maker for a long distance triathlon by a woman, Challenge Roth results show that Haug also ran a quicker marathon than the professional men who finished 2nd and 3rd place. Her run was just four minutes slower than the men’s race champion and 2024 course record-breaker Magnus Ditlev of Denmark.

On winning the PTO Athlete of the Month for July, the German World #4 responded:

“It’s a real honour, which I’m super proud of; considering all the amazing performances we’ve seen the whole year. It’s just great to witness the development of our sport and have the opportunity to be part of it for almost 19 years now.”

Looking back on her record breaking efforts, Haug said:

“It still feels a bit unreal, to be honest. If I could have dreamed of a perfect race scenario, it would have gone exactly like this. I was in the front pack of the swim and straight away leading on the bike. That gives you the freedom to set your own pace and take a bit of control of what happens. And if someone ever raced Roth knows how much the crowds can make you fly on the run. Especially if it’s your home race. I always believed that it’s possible to run under 2:40hrs on the marathon, but not after this illness-ridden roller-coaster year.”

Two weeks later, Haug was in London tackling her first T100 of the series.

“It was crazy being back in London – a real flashback,” said the PTO World #4. “I raced the Olympics there 12 years ago and so I know how sport crazy the whole city is and how interested they are in triathlon. Unfortunately, I didn’t quite have enough in the tank to challenge for the podium [she finished 11th], but it was a great race and I’m already looking forward to the next T100 race in Ibiza at the end of September where I have great memories having won last year.”

Talking more generally about the T100 World Tour, Anne said:

“This series means a lot to the sport of triathlon. It’s the perfect mixture of short course and long course and I love the speed. It’s also nice to have more races where you constantly compete with the best in the world. It allows you to improve yourself as an athlete – you have to face the best possible competition to get the best out of yourself and to have it more often in the year benefits everyone. It’s just been a shame I wasn’t able to race much in the first half of the season.”

“I also think the approach of having so many different races, where everyone has the chance to show what they’re capable of, will take the sport forward. Some athletes struggle in the heat, some are good in cold conditions, flat courses, hilly courses. But if you want to win the series, you have to be good in all conditions – and that makes it exciting.”

Global Triathlon Network (GTN), Tri-Mag.de, Triathlon Magazine & Triathlete made up the panel of triathlon media who voted on their 1, 2, 3 from a four-athlete shortlist, awarding 3 points for #1, 2 pts for #2 and 1 pt for #3. Votes were also counted from online triathlon fans who had their say via the T100 social handles.

Magnus Ditlev, who also won Roth, and London T100 winners Australian Ashleigh Gentle and Frenchman Sam Laidlow made up the short-list this month, but it was Haug who picked up 3 points from all of the judges bar one, to secure July’s vote.

The T100 will make its next stop in Ibiza on the 28-29 September, where pro men and women will take to the White Island to battle it out for the fifth time in the new series.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the Grand Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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LAIDLOW WINS LONDON T100 TRIATHLON TO PROVE HE’S VERY MUCH STILL AROUND

Lizzie Montgomery — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 17:57:51 +0000

London, UK: Sam Laidlow claimed his first T100 win and then let out a roar of relief that echoed all around a jumping ExCel Centre in London this afternoon.

It was a very emotional victory for the Frenchman, who has had to deal with a challenging season to date.

“I want to thank the London crowds,” said the current Ironman World Champion, who was born in the UK and moved to France aged three years old, but still very much considers it home. “It means so much to come here and do this with my family and friends we’ve known for years, especially as this year has been really rough. When you hit rock bottom you never know what tomorrow might bring and yesterday I thought I would come in the top ten maybe, so to do this is insane.”

“During the whole run I just kept thinking of this quote Jan Frodeno posted when he won Kona for the second time which was, ‘still here, never left’. I think I am going to post that on Instagram tonight!”

Laidlow, who led the way after the 80km bike and held on to win from a charging Kyle Smith (NZL) by 25 seconds, added: “I like to be in control of a race and when I race from the front I can do that and I’m not someone who races for the rankings. I would rather risk it for the biscuit and blow up and finish tenth and know I had given everything I had and that’s what I did today. I gave it everything I had, I was cramping on the last lap but it was everything.”

Second-placed Smith, who was also born in the UK before moving abroad, said: “Obviously, I am a little bit disappointed not to win. It was like someone dangling a carrot in front of you [on the run] and you can’t quite get it. But I am happy with how I performed today and proud of how I dug deep. At the end of the day, that’s all you can do and if that’s only good enough for second then I’m really happy for that and really happy for Sam.”

“The crowds here today were insane. Every time I ran through the ExCel centre, the crowd was amazing. I was getting goosebumps and getting a bit excited and had to calm myself down. London knows how to put on a show, the fans are amazing.”

“I represent New Zealand but I was born here in England and my family came down here from the north of England to support me and my mum flew all the way from New Zealand which was pretty incredible. All you want to do is put on a show when you have that support and give it your best and that’s what I did.”

Daniel Baekkergard (DEN), finished third and achieved his first ever PTO podium in the process. He said: “It feels sweet beyond words. It’s huge and I am just grateful to be here. I have tried to keep believing in myself. It’s been a rough year and I have been taking all the lessons I can learn, just putting one foot in front of the other and believing in the process. So this is huge. Coming from not being able to walk to getting out of bed in the morning to being third on a T100 podium means a lot.”

“I tried to stay in the moment throughout, react to everything happening in the dynamic of the race, to stick to my own race plan and not go above any limits and I really got tested, I dropped the chain on the last lap of the bike, I tried to stay calm and wait for my moment. I stopped, got my chain back on and then it was just about the mental game of getting back into the group and then, when on the run, keeping my own rhythm, technique and running form.”

How the race unfolded

Diving off the pontoon into a glistening Royal Victoria Dock, the men’s London T100 pro race took place under sunny skies. The nail biting nature of the T100 series has demonstrated any athlete is in with a chance to claim victory.

Australian Aaron Royle exerted his water prowess with an immediate lead at the front of the pack as British Double Olympic Champion Alistair Brownlee followed in close pursuit.

Laidlow, the only pro swimmer without a wetsuit, came out of the exit and climbed the steps into the ExCel almost one minute behind the leading group of Royle, Brownlee and German Rico Bogen.

The majority of the 20 T100 men stuck together for the duration of the swim, waving goodbye to American Sam Long who was left over three minutes behind them.

Muscling his way into the front group, Kyle Smith clinched the quickest transition from swim to bike, then remained close by to catch up with Royle, Brownlee and Bogen.

Similar to the pro women’s race yesterday, the 80km bike leg caused havoc for the men. British favourite Alistair Brownlee faced a flat tyre during the second lap and, adding to his disappointing swim, Sam Long dropped his chain, losing even more time to the leading Laidlow.

Pushing on from the group as he approached his 5th lap of the bike, Laidlow fought alone for much of the route and into T2, ultimately racking his bike 1min 33secs ahead of Rico Bogen in second.

Bogen escorted the tight-knit chasing pack into T2 to cheers and flashing phones from a sizeable crowd, where such a close bike stint meant there was no time to lose in transition. This resulted in most men choosing to run a sockless, which left Bogen with a 30 second penalty after his were left outside his box. Upset also came for American Ben Kanute who withdrew from the race at the end of the bike course.

A 18km dockside run in a scorching 28 degree ensured a heated race. Sam Laidlow, visibly hurting, was under pressure from Kyle Smith, who pulled off the fastest run leg of the day and closed the gap by almost 50 seconds.

Just 20 seconds behind Laidlow with 3km to go, Smith didn’t have enough in his tank to repeat the infamous San Francisco sprint finish, leaving Sam the blue carpet all to himself.

Danish pro Daniel Baekkegard had his first taste of a T100 triumph, taking 3rd place exactly 1 minute ahead of fellow Dane Magnus Ditlev – almost 3 minutes behind Kyle.

A massive, high-fiving British crowd gave Alistair Brownlee a rousing reception, but his race had been run with the puncture on the bike.

Ditlev now leads the T100 standings, three points ahead of Smith, with Sam Long dropping down to third. The Ibiza T100 is next on 28-29 September.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the World Championship (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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MCFLY’S HARRY JUDD HEADLINES LONDON T100 TRIATHLON AMATEUR RACES

Lizzie Montgomery — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 14:16:47 +0000

London, UK: Mcfly drummer Harry Judd, singer Tom Grennan, international marathon runner Anya Culling, autistic Guinness World Record Triathlete Sam Holness, influencers Tom Trotter and Theo Baker plus Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi, a doctor and lifestyle coach, were amongst 4,500 amateur triathletes in the capital this morning taking on the London T100 Triathlon.

In his first ever triathlon, Judd completed the Sprint distance (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run) in 1 hour 27 minutes.

Speaking after he crossed the finish line in the ExCel Centre, he said: “I had an amazing time, right from the moment I got here. The atmosphere has been incredible, you are surrounded by like-minded people, so the energy has been really good. I loved it.”

Having hot footed it from the Tramlines festival in Sheffield where he was performing last night, the Little Bit of Love singer Grennan took on his second Olympic distance triathlon (1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run), after his first at Hever Castle last year which he finished in 3 hours 41 minutes.

Grennan said: “It was all going to plan. I was on for a 2 hour 45 minute Olympic triathlon but unfortunately just didn’t read the bike route as I should and came in too early. So unfortunately, I got disqualified. I still did the run and got the run experience. I’m gutted because I was absolutely flying on the bike and I think that the bike is one of my strongest parts to my game. So, it’s one of those. I’ll learn from it and come back stronger.”

Tom Grennan before the swim

Asked if he’d be interested in taking on one of the T100 triathlons (2km run, 80km swim, 18km run) in Ibiza, Las Vegas or Dubai later in the year, Grennan said: “I would love to do that. It was such a good atmosphere in London.”

International marathon runner Anya Culling completed the Olympic distance. She said: “It was such a good experience. It was my favourite triathlon I have ever done and I think I am going to have do it every year.”

Sam Holness, who holds the Guinness World Record for being the first openly neurodiverse autistic the athlete to complete Kona Ironman, took part in his first T100 event. He finished the 2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run in 4h 25m and also vowed to return.

Sam Holness on the run course

His dad Antony said: “The T100 has been absolutely amazing, the staff and volunteers are amazing. Despite it being hot, Sam finished the race in a 4h 25mins which is a personal best of course as it’s the first time he has done this race! He will definitely come back next year and smash that PB.”

Theo Baker, also a fitness influencer, said: “It was incredible – I can’t lie! It was amazing. The run was the hardest thing I’ve ever done – I found it so hard. The bike was insane, going through Westminster with all the roads shut and completely to yourself was really cool. I loved the swim – the sunrise was amazing. It was an incredible event.”

Theo Baker crosses the T100 line

Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi, a doctor and lifestyle coach who completed the Olympic distance, said: “I’m feeling great, it was absolutely epic. To do a course where you get to see the landmarks of London whilst swimming, cycling and running – you can’t beat it!

“I’ve pretty much done every triathlon there is to do here (UK) but I’ve never done the London one so I’m so glad to come down here this year, with perfect weather.”

Fitness influencer Tom Trotter, who took part in the Olympic distance event, said afterwards: “It was my first triathlon and that won’t be the last of me. I have officially got the bug. I am hooked.”

Tom Trotter at the finish

Since 2pm this afternoon, the professional men have been tackling their London T100 Triathlon race with double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee looking to win on home soil. The full start list is here.

How To Watch On TV

The broadcast for the men’s pro race began at 1345 local time on Sunday 28 July, with the race starting at 1400. You can watch live in the UK on TNT Sports as well as on Discovery+ across Europe and the rest of the world. You can also watch live from anywhere in the world on PTO+ and the T100 YouTube channel as well as the usual range of national and regional broadcasters around the world such as CCTV (China), Sky New Zealand, SpoTV (Asia-Pacific). Sam Long will also be streaming the race live on his YouTube channel.

The London T100 Triathlon is the fourth leg on the new 8-stop T100 Triathlon World Tour, which has already visited Miami, Singapore and San Francisco and will climax in Ibiza (28-29 September) Lake Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and then the T100 World Championship (29-30 November). For more details visit: www.T100Triathlon.com

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the World Championship (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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Gentle Back On Top As She Wins London T100 Triathlon

Anthony Scammell — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 18:45:39 +0000

London, UK: Australian Ashleigh Gentle returned to winning ways at the London T100 Triathlon, to claim her second T100 race of the season and take her back to the top of the series standings. She finished ahead of Swiss star Imogen Simmonds and Britain’s Kat Matthews.

Gentle enjoyed the victory and said it put her performance at the previous leg of the T100 Triathlon World Tour, where she finished seventh in San Francisco, well and truly behind her.

She said: “That feels pretty good. London put on some beautiful weather and gave us great support and I am pretty happy I can put San Francisco behind me now. It was so painful but actually really enjoyable, too.”

“I am really happy with my swim and bike, but the last couple of laps on the bike were super tough. I actually started to get a bit blurry eyes at one point and was a bit worried but, overall, I was pretty happy after the bike and then just had to focus on finishing strong.”

Second-placed Imogen Simmonds had a fantastic bike leg and led going into the run. She said: “It was a career best performance. I have, in the past, been a bit more hesitant and cautious, but today I thought, ‘let’s go for it and see what I can do’. I had a lot of fun on the bike. The course suited me quite well, it was a bit technical but also allowed you to put your head down and go. I thought let’s push this and then hope the running legs turn up today and they were OK and I was able to hang on to second place.”

Kat Matthews finished third overall and was the first Brit home, after a thrilling battle with Germany’s Laura Philipp on the 18km run.

Matthews said: “I actually owe my performance to Laura, she was excellent all day. I feel like we have an ongoing battle both at T100 and the long distance scene and it is really exciting to race. She actually held me together I think this whole race so I owe my performance to her because she was so feisty and I am so in awe of her and the other competitors.”

“At no point in the day did I think ‘I can’t do this’. I just kept seeing another face, another family member, a best friend, all who had come a long way to support me and that kept me going. In fact, it felt like everyone was supporting me out there today. The only thing in my mind was I had to finish having given absolutely everything. I had a horrible day but I’m so proud!”

There was disappointment for another Brit, Lucy Charles-Barclay, who was forced to pull out early on into the run while in second place.

She said: “I’d had a pretty rough build into this race with a few issues that maybe could have put me not on the start list but I really wanted to be here at my home race with these amazing fans.”

“I was feeling pretty good on the swim and the bike but rolled my ankle on the run and felt something in my Achilles and, given the huge injury I’ve had on that leg, I thought I couldn’t risk this. It was incredibly tough to pull the pin given it was a home race and the crowd was amazing, but unfortunately I had to make the smart decision today and not make it worse.”

How the race unfolded

A warm day in London – the temperature was just over 20 degrees – ensured a quick race for the 20 pro women who took the London T100 start line. The action-packed afternoon played out in front of a large and patriotic British crowd, making for a fitting stage of the four leg of the T100 Triathlon World Tour, the race starting with a sun-bathed swim in the Royal Victoria Docks, followed by an eight lap technical bike course and a fast, flat six lap run route adjacent to London City Airport.

Home favourite Charles-Barclay – who very rarely has company in the water – was threatened in the swim by short-course-triathlete-turn-T100-Wildcard Sophie Coldwell, hot on her heels for the entire 2km leg.

The pair headed out of the water across the blue carpet and up the stairs into T1 over 1 minute clear of third place US athlete, Haley Chura.

With 8 laps of the 10km bike course ahead, Sophie ran out of T1 just in front of Lucy after a tight turnaround in transition.

Athletes were in for a bumpy ride on the bike. Regardless of the infamous London potholes, the drama of the day unfolded on two wheels. Notoriously strong Charles-Barclay, currently rated #1 on the bike, was overtaken by Switzerland’s Imogen Simmonds, who stole the lead over Lucy into T2.

Half way through the run came the news that T100 series leader Lucy Charles-Barclay had stopped. But whilst it was heartbreak for Charles-Barclay, Kat Matthews and Lucy Byram fought hard to keep British hopes alive.

In true Gentle fashion, Ashleigh accelerated with 9km to go. She overtook Imogen to dominate the final stretch of the 18km run, ultimately taking the tape indoors on the second floor of London’s ExCel Centre in a rapid 3:36:17, almost three minutes ahead of Simmonds in second-place.

After battling with Laura Philipp, a grinning Kat Matthews powered through to take 3rd place, leaving Philipp in fourth and Byram in 5th.

The current women’s standings after the fourth-leg of the T100 series are led by Gentle on 86 points, ahead of India Lee on 61pts – who finished 9th in this race, followed closely by Charles-Barclay in 3rd with 56pts.

The pro men and 4,500 amateurs get their turn tomorrow. To ensure you don’t miss a beat, here’s a list of the key timings, how you can come down and watch for free or take in the action on TV:

Sunday 28 July

Age Grouper/Amateur Races

0630 – 100km (2km Swim, 80km Bike, 18km Run)
0730 – Olympic Distance (1.5km Swim, 40km Bike, 10km Run)
0930 – Olympic Relay
1050 – Sprint – (0.75km Swim, 20km Bike, 5km Run)
1130 – Sprint Relay
1200 – Super Sprint (0.4km Swim, 10km Bike, 2.5km Run)

Some famous names competing include: Harry Judd, Tom Grennan, Sam Holness, Anya Culling, Helen Thorn, Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi

Pro Men’s Race

1400 – Pro men’s race starts with the swim in Royal Victoria Dock

1420 – Pro men exit swim and head for Transition 1 to get onto bikes

1600 – Pro men leaders approach Transition 2 to head out on the run

1700 – Pro men leaders approach the finish

1745 – Pro men’s medal ceremony

Pros To Look Out For

The men’s T100 race features double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee taking on T100 series leader American Sam Long and third-placed Dane Magnus Ditlev. For the full pro start list visit here and to check out the pro course visit here.

No Ticket Required

The London T100 Triathlon weekend is entirely free for spectators, and includes a dedicated T100 Watch Party venue at the ExCel London Exhibition Centre for the very first time. That will enable fans to see the world’s best triathletes up to 16 times in the flesh during the entertaining 100km race format (2km swim, 80km run, 18km swim). It will also feature a giant screen, complete with live commentary from the global broadcast feed, keeping everyone up to date with every moment and every overtake as the best endurance athletes on the planet hurtle around the twists and turns of the city-centre course.

How To Watch On TV

The broadcast for the women’s pro race begins at 1345 local time on Sunday 27 July, with the race starting at 1400. On Sunday 28 July the men’s pro broadcast is set to start at 1345 with the race similarly commencing at 1400. You can watch live in the UK on TNT Sports as well as on Discovery+ across Europe and the rest of the world. You can also watch live from anywhere in the world on PTO+ and the T100 YouTube channel as well as the usual range of national and regional broadcasters around the world such as CCTV (China), Sky New Zealand, SpoTV (Asia-Pacific). Sam Long will also be streaming the race live on his YouTube channel.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the World Championship (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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London T100 Calling – The Capital Gets The Triathlon Bug

Anthony Scammell — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:29:15 +0000

London, UK: In the countdown to this weekend’s inaugural London T100 Triathlon, the world’s best triathletes have been visiting local triathlon communities and clubs across the capital.

British stars Lucy Charles-Barclay and Sophie Coldwell, along with American Ben Kanute, dropped in on the East London Triathlon Club’s regular Wednesday night age-group track session. Putting everyone through their paces ahead of the weekend.

Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR), Marjolaine Pierre (FRA) and Imogen Simmonds (SUI) joined the London Front Runners, an inclusive running and tri club for lesbian, gay, bisexual men and women and trans people. For their weekly Splash n’ Dash Aquathlon session in Royal Victoria Docks, where this weekend’s London T100 swim will take place.

Ashleigh Gentle (AUS), Kat Matthews (GBR) and Laura Philipp (GER) did a shake out run with 30 athletes from charity partner Badu, who will be participating in London over the weekend. Badu is a group that helps athletes from minority ethnic backgrounds get involved in triathlon, as well as many other activities. The session finished with a Q&A at the Badu Cafe in the Olympic Park.

Hands up if you’ve got a question for PTO Athlete Board member & pro triathlete Laura Siddall.

Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) Athlete Board member Laura Siddall joined around 50 members of race charity partner Fund Her Tri, whose mission is to inspire and empower more women and non-binary people to experience the sport. Fund Her Tri will have 80 of its members competing in the amateur races on Sunday – and following conversations with the PTO, this year will be the first to include modesty changing areas in T1, for athletes finishing the swim and changing into their bike gear.

And earlier this evening Rico Bogen (GER), Youri Keulen (NED) and Leon Chevalier (FRA) took part in a track session at Herne Hill Velodrome with more than 60 junior athletes from 7 different London triathlon clubs, sharing their insight and knowledge track-side with some future Triathlon stars.

“Going out into the local communities where we race is very important to the PTO,” explained PTO CEO Sam Renouf. “It’s something that our athletes really enjoy, but also feel a keen responsibility to encourage everyone to be active and bring more people from all backgrounds and ages into the sport.”

To ensure you don’t miss a beat from this weekend’s London T100 Triathlon, here’s a list of the key timings, how you can come down and watch for free or take in the action on TV:

Saturday 27 July

Pro Women’s Race

1400 – Pro women’s race starts with the swim in Royal Victoria Dock

1425 – Pro women exit swim and head for Transition 1 to get onto bikes

1615 – Pro women leaders approach Transition 2 to head out on the run

1720 – Pro women leaders approach the finish

1800 – Pro women’s medal ceremony

Sunday 28 July

Age Grouper/Amateur Races

Some famous names competing include: Harry Judd, Tom Grennan, Sam Holness, Anya Culling, Helen Thorn, Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi

Pro Men’s Race

1400 – Pro men’s race starts with the swim in Royal Victoria Dock

1420 – Pro men exit swim and head for Transition 1 to get onto bikes

1600 – Pro men leaders approach Transition 2 to head out on the run

1700 – Pro men leaders approach the finish

1745 – Pro men’s medal ceremony

Pros To Look Out For

T100 series leader Lucy Charles-Barclay will line up as part of a six-strong cast list of British women also including: Emma Pallant-Browne, Kat Matthews, India Lee, Lucy Byram and wildcard Sophie Coldwell. The men’s T100 race features double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee taking on T100 series leader American Sam Long and third-placed Dane Magnus Ditlev. For the full pro start lists visit here and to check out the pro course visit here.

No Ticket Required

How To Watch On TV

The broadcast for the women’s pro race begins at 1345 local time on Sunday 27 July, with the race starting at 1400. On Sunday 28 July the men’s pro broadcast is set to start at 1345 with the race similarly commencing at 1400. You can watch live in the UK on TNT Sports as well as on Discovery+ across Europe and the rest of the world. You can also watch live from anywhere in the world on PTO+ and the T100 YouTube channel as well as the usual range of national and regional broadcasters around the world such as CCTV (China), Sky New Zealand, SpoTV (Asia-Pacific). Lucy Charles-Barclay and Sam Long will also be streaming the races on their YouTube channel.

The London T100 Triathlon is the fourth leg on the new 8-stop T100 Triathlon World Tour, which has already visited Miami, Singapore and San Francisco and will climax in Ibiza (28-29 September) Lake Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and then the T100 Grand Final (29-30 November). For more details visit: www.T100Triathlon.com

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the Grand Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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London T100 Amateur Races Officially Sold Out

Lizzie Montgomery — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:11:24 +0000

London, UK: The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has announced that the London T100 Triathlon weekend amateur races on 28 July are officially sold out.

More than 4,500 amateurs will take part in a range of triathlon distances catering for all abilities, including:

The 100km Triathlon (2km Swim, 80km Bike, 18km Run)
Olympic Triathlon (1.5km Swim, 40km Bike, 10km Run)
Sprint Triathlon (0.75km Swim, 20km Bike, 5km Run); and
Super Sprint Triathlon (0.4km Swim, 10km Bike, 2.5km Run)

All age-group events will happen on Sunday 28 July from 0630 local time on fully closed-roads, and will take in the magnificent and iconic sights of Central London.

In keeping with popular mass participation events in the capital, like the London Marathon and RideLondon, there will be the usual sprinkling of famous names turning their hands to the challenge of a swim, bike and run as well as a host of heart-warming amateur stories. Football influencer Theo Baker tackles the Olympic distance race, continuing his recent triathlon odyssey. From the world of music, pop act Tom Grennan will also be taking part, as will Anya Culling, who is set to swap her marathon trainers for a wetsuit and bicycle clips to further her endurance journey. McFly drummer Harry Judd is expected to hit the ground running for his first T100 Sprint distance race.

All of the amateurs will be tested alongside 20 of the world’s best professional female triathletes and 20 of the best male triathletes, who will be competing in the T100 Triathlon World Tour races. Including seven British women currently led by T100 series leader Lucy Charles-Barclay – who lives in East London only a stone’s throw from the city-centre course – and two British men; Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee, twelve years on from his legendary London 2012 Olympic gold and Scottish triathlete, David McNamee. The full list of pro starters is here.

“We want the London T100 Triathlon weekend to become one of the signature legs on the new T100 Triathlon World Tour,” said PTO CEO Sam Renouf. “London has a prestigious history in the sport of Triathlon, having hosted the world’s largest triathlon for many years and the 2012 Olympic races seeing hundreds of thousands coming to spectate. So having the best professional triathletes in the world going head-to-head against each other including some of the brightest British stars in the sport as well as making the event accessible and enjoyable for all amateurs will help make it a truly ‘bucket list’ event for participants and spectators.”

No Ticket Required

The London T100 Triathlon weekend is entirely free for spectators, and includes a dedicated T100 Watch Party venue at the ExCel London Exhibition Centre for the very first time. That will enable fans to see the world’s best triathletes at least 16 times in the flesh during the entertaining 100km race format (2km swim, 80km run, 18km swim). It will also feature a giant screen, complete with live commentary from the global broadcast feed, keeping everyone up to date with every moment and every overtake as the best endurance athletes on the planet hurtle around the twists and turns of the city-centre course.

To ensure you don’t miss a beat, here’s a list of the key timings for both Saturday and Sunday’s race schedules:

Saturday 27 July

1400 – Pro women’s race starts with the swim in Royal Victoria Dock

1425 – Pro women exit swim and head for Transition 1 to get onto bikes

1630 – Pro women leaders approach Transition 2 to head out on the run

1740 – Pro women leaders approach the finish

1800 – Pro women’s medal ceremony

Sunday 28 July

0630 – T100 age group race starts

0730 – Olympic distance race starts

0930 – Olympic Relay race starts

1050 – Sprint distance race starts

1130 – Sprint Relay race starts

1200 – Super Sprint race starts

1400 – Pro men’s race starts with the swim in Royal Victoria Dock

1425 – Pro men exit swim and head for Transition 1 to get onto bikes

1615 – Pro men leaders approach Transition 2 to head out on the run

1710 – Pro men leaders approach the finish

1745 – Pro men’s medal ceremony

How To Watch On TV

The broadcast for the women’s pro race begins at 1345 local time on Sunday 27 July, with the race starting at 1400. On Sunday 28 July the men’s pro broadcast is set to start at 1345 with the race similarly commencing at 1400. You can watch live in the UK on TNT Sports as well as on Discovery+ across Europe and the rest of the world. You can also watch live from anywhere in the world on PTO+ and the T100 YouTube channel as well as the usual range of national and regional broadcasters around the world such as CCTV (China), Sky New Zealand, SpoTV (Asia-Pacific).

The London T100 Triathlon is the fourth leg on the new 8-stop T100 Triathlon World Tour, which has already visited Miami, Singapore and San Francisco and will climax in Ibiza (28-29 September) Lake Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and then the T100 World Championship Final (29-30 November). For more details visit: www.T100Triathlon.com

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the Grand Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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How to Watch the London T100 Triathlon Live – as a Spectator or on TV

Lizzie Montgomery — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:45:06 +0000

London, UK: Fans gearing up to the inaugural London T100 Triathlon on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 July will be able to experience the weekend live in a variety of ways.

They include:

Watching live on TNT Sports in the UK and Republic of Ireland
Streaming live on PTO+ and the T100 YouTube channel
Subscribing to the YouTube accounts of some of our leading T100 athletes
Joining the T100 Watch Party for free at the ExCel Centre

How to Watch on TV

You can watch live in the UK on TNT Sports as well as on Discovery+ across Europe and the rest of the world. You can also watch live from anywhere in the world on PTO+ and the T100 YouTube channel as well as the usual range of national and regional broadcasters around the globe such as CCTV (China), Sky New Zealand, SpoTV (Asia-Pacific).

And, for the first time in triathlon, athletes including Lucy Charles-Barclay and Sam Long, will be streaming the race live on their YouTube channels, to a combined potential audience of around 260k.

No Ticket Required

The first London T100 Triathlon weekend is entirely free for spectators coming down, and includes a dedicated T100 Watch Party venue at the ExCel London Exhibition Centre for the very first time.

The T100 Watch Party will enable fans to see the world’s best triathletes at least 16 times in the flesh during the entertaining 100km race format (2km swim, 80km run, 18km swim), including the start of the swim, the two transitions – from swim to bike and then bike to run – and then the exciting race finish.

It will also feature a giant screen, complete with live commentary from the global broadcast feed, keeping everyone up to date with every moment and every overtake as the best endurance athletes on the planet hurtle around the twists and turns of the city-centre course.

This spectator-friendly area will be situated in the ExCel London Exhibition Centre, overlooking where the race starts, with the swim in the Royal Victoria Dock, transition zones, then the bike leg, finishing with a multi-lap run course around the Docklands.

In addition to the viewing party, there is opportunity to join the T100 Cheer Zones, which are located at the edge of Connaught Bridge, just outside of the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel.

Due to a large number of road closures, spectators are advised and encouraged to access the ExCel Centre via DLR, Elizabeth Line or Cable Car. The closest stations to the venue are Custom House and Prince Regent.

To ensure you don’t miss a beat, here’s a list of the key timings for both Saturday and Sunday’s pro race schedules:

Saturday 27 July

1400 – Pro women’s race starts with the swim in Royal Victoria Dock

1425 – Pro women exit swim and head for Transition 1 to get onto bikes

1615 – Pro women leaders approach Transition 2 to head out on the run

1720 – Pro women leaders approach the finish

1800 – Pro women’s medal ceremony

Sunday 28 July

1400 – Pro men’s race starts with the swim in Royal Victoria Dock

1420 – Pro men exit swim and head for Transition 1 to get onto bikes

1600 – Pro men leaders approach Transition 2 to head out on the run

1700 – Pro men leaders approach the finish

1745 – Pro men’s medal ceremony

Ones to Watch

T100 series leader Lucy Charles-Barclay will get the chance to win her first T100 race on home soil. After notching up second places in her first two T100 races in Miami and Singapore, Charles-Barclay – who lives in East London only a stone’s throw from the city-centre course – will line up as part of a five-strong cast list of British women all vying for the rare honour of a home win at the fourth stop on the new T100 Triathlon World Tour. It includes: herself, Emma Pallant-Browne, Kat Matthews, India Lee, Lucy Byram and wildcards Jessica Learmonth and Sophie Coldwell.

The race will also see German superstar Anne Haug compete in the series for the first time as well as the return of Triathlon GOAT Daniela Ryf from Switzerland, who finished 5th in Miami.

The men’s T100 race features British stars Alistair Brownlee, twelve years on from his legendary London 2012 Olympic gold, and Scottish athlete David McNamee.

But the competition will be intense. Also in London will be the T100 series leader and PTO World #2 American Sam Long, third-placed Dane Magnus Ditlev, who won the Miami T100 and one of Brownlee’s long-term triathlon rivals, Spaniard Javier Gomez. Making his first T100 appearance after more than a year out through injury will be Australian Max Neumann who won the PTO’s big race in Ibiza last year before injury struck.

For the full pro start lists visit here and to check out the pro course visit here.

The London T100 Triathlon is the fourth leg on the new 8-stop T100 Triathlon World Tour, which has already visited Miami, Singapore and San Francisco and will climax in Ibiza (28-29 September) Lake Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and then the T100 World Championship Final (29-30 November). For more details visit: www.T100Triathlon.com

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the Grand Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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Findlay Lands June PTO Athlete of the Month after Epic Dual-Sport Weekend

Lizzie Montgomery — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:40:07 +0000

London, UK: Paula Findlay is recognised for mega double-sport winning weekend after being voted as PTO’s June Athlete of the Month – for the first time.

Pulling off a show-stopping 72 hours in Quebec from 21-23 June, superstar Findlay, current PTO world #5, won the Canadian Time Trial Championship, then just days later, stormed to victory at Ironman 70.3 Mont-Tremblant.

After a turbulent week in the run up to race day; 1 lost bike, 2.5 days of phone calls to track down said bike and countless offerings from fans as bike replacement, Paula wrote on Instagram in the wake of her TT triumph: “proud that I was able to switch from chaos into race mode and let my body do what it knows how to do. I felt great and held my best power ever over the distance.”

Two days later, it was a matter of battling the natural elements. Extreme weather meant the swim at Mont-Tremblant was reduced to 1.2km as a safety precaution. But with weather worsening, the swim was later cancelled for age group competitors. Paula carried out a fast bike and run to take the win by nearly four minutes.

Writing on her socials the following day she stated:

“You don’t know unless you try, eh. Very proud to pull off the double race weekend here in Quebec. The conditions were absolutely awful yesterday and scary at times, but I loved the course and I loved being here in Mont Tremblant. It’s actually my first 70.3 win on Canadian soil!”

A panel of triathlon media including Triathlon Magazine, Global Triathlon Network (GTN), Tri-Mag.de & Triathlete voted on their 1, 2, 3 from a four-athlete shortlist – awarding 3 points for #1, 2 pts for #2 and 1 pt for #3. Triathlon fans also voted via the T100 social handles.

Listed among three other ultra competitive contenders, Findlay came out on top against San Francisco T100 women’s winner Taylor Knibb and the two PTO contracted men involved in “triathlon’s greatest race”, New Zealander Kyle Smith and Belgian Marten Van Riel.

With only one point in it, judges’ marks were close. Findlay with 11 points was narrowly followed by Taylor Knibb, with Marten Van Riel in third.

Reacting to her win she said:

“Wow, it’s really nice to be recognised, thank you to the PTO and to everyone who voted for me! There were many great performances by different athletes this month so I’m honoured to even be nominated. Racing the TT and Mt Tremblant double was ambitious, but a fun challenge that I was able to pull off hugely thanks to the support around me.”

Recently withdrawing from next stop, London T100, Paula posted, “After 6 races this year, I feel like I need a break… There are still 6 races to go between September and December that I want to be healthy, motivated and fast for.”

The next T100 race will be in London on 27-28 July where seven British women lead by T100 series leader Lucy Charles-Barclay and two British men – Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee and Scotland’s David McNamee – will be hoping to win their home race. For details of how to watch and start times around the globe visit: London T100 details.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

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Pro & Amateur Courses Revealed for Ibiza T100 Triathlon

Lizzie Montgomery — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 08:07:39 +0000

Ibiza, Spain: The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has revealed new professional and amateur courses for its Ibiza T100 Triathlon on 28-29 September.

Continuing to test its T100 stars in environments that offer different terrains and conditions, the professional course will start with a 2km sea swim in Mediterranean waters off Figueretas Beach, with 2 laps around off-shore buoys before heading back to the beach and T1.

The 80km pro bike course will be made up of 3 laps: two of 31km – including a 3.1km link from T1 – that takes the athletes across to Santa Eulalia City and back, before a final lap of 14.9km. There will be a testing mix of climbs, technical sections and head-down TT sections, before a fast and flat run with 7 laps of a 2.57km course around the historic Ibiza Old Town. Weaving into the World Heritage area of the city before finishing on the Port front. To see the pro course, visit the T100 website here.

Age Groupers taking on the 100km challenge will face a similar challenge, starting with a 2km swim around the island “Illa de Ses Rates”. The bike course takes a slightly different route across the island compared to the professionals, consisting of 3 laps of 25km with a 2.3km link from T1 and back to T2, before concluding the race on a similar run course. See it here.

As well as the professional and amateur 100km triathlon, the PTO has also introduced a range of open water sea swims – in keeping with its desire to encourage and cater for participants of all abilities and make the most of the idyllic surroundings. More details of further amateaur races will be released soon.

“We are excited to announce these courses,” said Sam Renouf, CEO of the PTO, who have continued to work closely with both the Spanish Triathlon Federation (FETRI) and Ibiza to build on last year’s successful event.

“We had stellar start lists in Ibiza last year with three Olympic champions – Jan Frodeno (2008), Alistair Brownlee (2012 & 2016) and Kristian Blummenfelt (2020) – taking part in the men’s race, and then all of the world’s top 10 PTO-ranked female athletes. But we expect the athlete start lists this year to be even stronger, due to the contracted T100 athletes who will need to join the start line in this fifth race of the new T100 series. For example, the appearance of Spanish superstar Javier Gómez Noya will be very much anticipated by a fervent home crowd.”

Responding on behalf of FETRI, its president José Hidalgo said: “In the Spanish Triathlon Federation we are very pleased to continue our partnership with the PTO and hold their new T100 races in Ibiza and also include our Middle Distance Spanish Cup at the 100km distance.”

The amateur 100km race over the weekend will include two fields. An Open event that anyone can race in, and then the Middle Distance Spanish Cup for Elite and Age Group categories, which includes a prize fund of more than €15,000 for the top individual finishers as well as for the best represented clubs.

There are limited places left for all the amateur events due to high demand, so you’re encouraged to register as soon as possible.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

Daniel Márquez E: daniel.marquez@triatlon.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the Grand Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

About FETRI

The Spanish Triathlon Federation is responsible for promoting the sport of triathlon and paratriathlon in the country. Throughout more than 30 years, it has achieved multiple successes for Spanish sport, including nine World Championships, a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games and more than 30 victories in the World Series, amongst others. https://www.triatlon.org

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Brownlee Targets London For First T100 Triathlon World Tour Win

Lizzie Montgomery — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:42:32 +0000

London, UK: The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have confirmed the 18 contracted T100 male athletes racing the London T100 Triathlon on 27-28 July, including British stars Alistair Brownlee, twelve years on from his legendary London 2012 Olympic gold, and David McNamee.

Competing in all three T100 races so far – Miami, Singapore and San Francisco – the double Olympic Champion believes the London T100 race offers him his best opportunity.

“Racing in London holds very special memories for me, for obvious reasons,” said Brownlee. “I think the conditions will give me the best opportunity to win a T100 race this season. I like the course, the temperature will be what I’m used to and I know the home crowd will come out and support us, which can make a huge difference.”

But the competition will be intense. Also in London will be the T100 series leader and PTO World #1 American Sam Long, third-placed Dane Magnus Ditlev, who won the Miami T100 and one of Brownlee’s long-term triathlon rivals, Spaniard Javier Gomez. Making his first T100 appearance after more than a year out through injury will be Australian Max Neumann who won the PTO’s big race in Ibiza last year before injury struck.

The full list of contracted T100 men who will compete in the London T100 is here and includes:

Sam Long (USA)
Magnus Ditlev (DEN)
Mathis Margirier (FRA)
Peter Heemeryck (BEL)
Rudy Von Berg (USA)
Rico Bogen (GER)
Alistair Brownlee (GBR)
Jason West (USA)
Aaron Royle (AUS)
David McNamee (GBR)
Frederic Funk (GER)
Clement Mignon (FRA)
Ben Kanute (USA)
Leon Chevalier (FRA)
Sam Laidlow (FRA)
Javier Gomez (ESP)
Max Neumann (AUS)
Daniel Baekkegard (DEN)

The marquee London race features a closed road course taking place entirely within central London, with the women racing at 2pm local time on Saturday 27 July and the men at 2pm local time on Sunday 28 July. Starting and finishing at the ExCel London Exhibition Centre, the swim is in the sheltered Royal Victoria Dock; there’s a multi-lap bike course from Docklands to Westminster and back; and it finishes with a multi-lap run around the Docklands.

As well as the professional races, the London T100 Triathlon weekend offers the chance for everyone to take part, with 5,000 amateur athletes making this one of the largest Triathlons in the world. The amateur race distances include:

Super Sprint Triathlon (0.4km Swim, 10km Bike, 2.5km Run)
Sprint Triathlon (0.75km Swim, 20km Bike, 5km Run)
Olympic Triathlon (1.5km Swim, 40km Bike, 10km Run)
T100 Triathlon (2km Swim, 80km Bike, 18km Run)

The T100 triathlon distance is sold out due to high demand. There are very few places left for the Olympic, Sprint and Super Sprint distances, but they are expected to sell out in the next couple of days. All these amateur races will take place in the morning of Sunday 28 July. Check out the event details, and then sign up here.

Wildcards for both the men’s and women’s London T100 races will be announced at the end of this week.

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A reminder of how the T100 Triathlon World Tour works

Each contracted athlete must complete a minimum of 5 races plus the Grand Final. Although racing obligations for athletes who’ve qualified and will compete in the Olympics have been reduced.
Athletes to score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each race
The Grand Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Grand Final will count towards the the inaugural women’s and men’s T100 World Championship
$250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $2,000,000 across the eight races (1st place – $25,000; 2nd – $16,000; 3rd – $12,000 at each race)
The series winners following the Grand Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $210,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000
For more details and the current T100 standings, visit https://t100triathlon.com/

Media Accreditation for London T100

To apply for media accreditation to the London T100 Triathlon weekend, go to https://protriathletes.org/media-accreditation/

For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the Grand Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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Battle of the Brits: Charles-Barclay Leads Strong British Line Up for Women’s London T100 Triathlon

Lizzie Montgomery — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:30:25 +0000

London, UK: T100 series leader Lucy Charles-Barclay will get the chance to win her first T100 race on home soil, as the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon announced the 15 contracted female athletes taking the start line for the London T100 Triathlon on 27-28 July next month.

After notching up second places in her first two T100 races in Miami and Singapore, Charles-Barclay – who lives in East London only a stone’s throw from the city-centre course – will line up as part of a five-strong cast list of British women all vying for the rare honour of a home win at the fourth stop on the new T100 Triathlon World Tour. It includes: herself, Emma Pallant-Browne, Kat Matthews, India Lee, and Lucy Byram.

With only 28 points separating the top 10 athletes in the T100 standings, any of them could win the 35 points awarded for first place in London and leap to the top of the leaderboard.

The race will also see German superstar Anne Haug compete in the series for the first time as well as the return of Triathlon GOAT Daniela Ryf from Switzerland, who finished 5th in Miami.

The full list of contracted T100 women competing in the London T100 is here and includes:

Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR)
Ashleigh Gentle (AUS)
India Lee (GBR)
Paula Findlay (CAN)
Lucy Byram (GBR)
Amelia Watkinson (NZL)
Kat Matthews (GBR)
Imogen Simmonds (SUI)
Laura Philipp (GER)
Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR)
Daniela Ryf (SUI)
Tamara Jewett (CAN)
Chelsea Sodaro (USA)
Marjolaine Pierre (FRA)
Anne Haug (GER)

As well as the professional races, the London T100 Triathlon weekend offers the chance for everyone to take part, with 5,000 amateur athletes this is one of the largest Triathlon’s in the world. The amateur race distances include:

Super Sprint Triathlon (0.4km Swim, 10km Bike, 2.5km Run)
Sprint Triathlon (0.75km Swim, 20km Bike, 5km Run)
Olympic Triathlon (1.5km Swim, 40km Bike, 10km Run)
T100 Triathlon (2km Swim, 80km Bike, 18km Run)

The T100 triathlon distance is sold out due to high demand. There are very few places left for the Olympic, Sprint and Super Sprint distances, but they are expected to sell out in the next couple of days. All of the amateur races will take place in the morning of Sunday 28 July and the bike courses will take in some of London’s most memorable sights including Big Ben and the London Eye. Check out the event details, and then sign up here.

The contracted T100 men taking part in London will be announced tomorrow (Wednesday 26 June), with the wildcards for both races announced at the end of the week.

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A reminder of how the T100 Triathlon World Tour works

Each contracted athlete must complete a minimum of 5 races plus the Grand Final. Although racing obligations for athletes who’ve qualified and will compete in the Olympics have been reduced.
Athletes to score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each race
The Grand Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Grand Final will count towards the the inaugural women’s and men’s T100 World Championship
$250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $2,000,000 across the eight races (1st place – $25,000; 2nd – $16,000; 3rd – $12,000 at each race)
The series winners following the Grand Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $210,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000
For more details and the current T100 standings, visit https://t100triathlon.com/

To apply for media accreditation to the London T100 Triathlon weekend, go to https://protriathletes.org/media-accreditation/

For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the Grand Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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Professional Triathletes Organisation Appoints Dr Andy Baldwin as Medical Director

Lizzie Montgomery — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:48:58 +0000

London, UK: The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Andy Baldwin as its first Medical Director.

Dr. Baldwin, a seasoned family medicine physician and long-standing triathlete, is described by PTO’s Chief Events Officer, Patrick Byerly, as “a perfect fit” for the role.

Dr. Baldwin brings extensive experience from his medical career in the US Navy, where he trained as a physician and served at the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington, D.C. In this role, he acted as a spokesman and advocate for Navy Medicine and assisted the U.S. Surgeon General with the Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future program. Dr. Baldwin also advocated for the Let’s Move Campaign, led by former First Lady Michelle Obama. As an accomplished triathlete, Dr. Baldwin has been selected five times for the All-Navy triathlon squad and has qualified and competed in the Ironman World Championships in Kona five times.

“The care of our athletes is paramount,” said Patrick Byerly. “We are thrilled that Andy has decided to join us. His international health experience and deep knowledge of triathlon make him an ideal fit. He brings considerable dynamism and expertise from a career that has seen him work globally. Andy is already on board and was instrumental as part of the PTO team delivering the San Francisco T100 races earlier this month.”

In his new role, Dr. Baldwin will oversee the coordination and implementation of PTO’s Medical Team programs, ensuring uniformity in the execution of the PTO’s medical plan and continuity of care and service across all events. He will also collaborate closely with World Triathlon to align PTO’s policies, procedures, and protocols with those of the global triathlon community.

“In the military, you learn to be a leader in addition to a physician,” said Dr. Baldwin. “I am excited to lead the medical team at the PTO, helping to establish and build the new T100 Triathlon World Tour at the pinnacle of the sport. The PTO’s work with professional athletes as co-owners of the business and its mission to elevate long-distance triathlon to mainstream status is inspiring. I witnessed this firsthand in San Francisco, where we had some incredible racing set against an iconic backdrop.”

As a dedicated sportsman, Dr. Baldwin is a strong advocate for promoting health and fitness. He has been featured in Men’s Health Magazine, Runner’s World, and GQ Magazine, and has been recognised for his humanitarian work with the Competitor Magazine’s ‘Humanitarian of the Year’ award.

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the Grand Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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Taylor Knibb Imperious In Winning The San Francisco T100

Anthony Scammell — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 22:46:15 +0000

San Francisco, USA: American Taylor Knibb was dominant in winning the San Francisco T100 today on the iconic Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon course today.

She was second out of the water, but quickly took the lead on the bike from Switzerland’s Imogen Simmonds and went on to register an impressive victory by just under 4 minutes.

She was humble speaking afterwards on a performance described by triathlon GOAT Jan Frodeno on the TV commentary as “equanimous’ – calm and composed to you and I.

“It did not feel easy but it is a great course and atmosphere out there – and I was very grateful to do this race today.”

“On the swim I dove in, probably a little late, and the one thing I’d been given advice on was that you dive into the water and everyone disperses and that didn’t happen. But it was like, get to the end, figure it out, and I saw Imogen, she got 30 seconds on everyone, and I thought ‘oh my God’. But I think seeing the men really helped because I was ready for everyone to be there [together].”

“Once I was in the lead [on the bike], I wasn’t descending very well, I wasn’t taking the corners very well but I was trying to be better each lap. So, I think on the fifth lap I finally nailed the one turn into the curb, uphill.”

On her 18km run, she said: “Well I just wanted to execute a good run and run well and see how it was, like see how it was after each lap and make decisions from there.”

Second placed Brit Kat Matthews, who made a late dash to San Francisco after her disqualification in Hamburg last weekend, was pleased with her performance.

“I’m pretty proud. I’m glad to have been able to have given Taylor a training day out before her Olympic prep begins,” she said with a smile on her face.

Asked if she hadn’t got the rub of the green this year so far, Matthews responded:

“I’m not sure I’ve had the luckiest two years to be honest. But I think there was something special about this. I had so much energy for this after my dramas from last weekend and maybe a good long taper actually suits me.”

“This race feels like I’ve just got back level – a redemption of my own personal performance. I’m still now desperate for that personal satisfaction to go more, to go higher.”

How The Race Unfolded

The women’s San Francisco T100 race got underway with a dive from the San Francisco Spirit into icy sea waters known to play host to sharks. As with the men, it was a choppy affair in San Francisco Bay but canny use of the currents saw Imogen Simmonds (SUI) meet dry land in first place, clocking 17:00 in the water – 23 seconds ahead of pre-race favourite and T100 debutant Taylor Knibb (USA).

Despite the challenging gradients of the 80km bike leg, Knibb – recently crowned the US national time trial champion – was soon in the lead and pulling away from every other woman. By halfway into the bike course, Knibb’s lead to second-place Kat Matthews (GBR) was over 2 minutes, the Brit clearly positioning herself as the best of the rest. Laura Philipp (GER), Simmonds and Paula Findlay (CAN) were the only other challengers within 4 minutes of the leader.

From there, Knibb’s inexorable pace on two wheels just continued to pad her advantage in a showing that’s sure to strike fear into her Olympic competitors in both the triathlon and cycling time trial in Paris. 3:45 at 15km to go and 4:45 as she entered a lonely transition area, Knibb was truly showing her once-in-a-generation talent.

With impressive pace for an athlete considered a swim-biker just a couple of years ago, Knibb continued to dominate once she’d laced up her running shoes, lapping athletes over 4km behind her on the course.

Behind, Matthews was running with her usual aplomb while Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR) picked off a couple of places in a fleet-footed performance.

Facing no threat to her maiden T100 victory, Knibb took in the crowd’s adulation on her way to a 3:38:01 finish, earning 35 points and $25,000.

Matthews’ run pedigree shone through, the Brit a minute faster than Knibb on two feet, but was still 3:45 behind when she claimed 2nd to score 28 points and $16,000.

Philipp ran strongly to maintain her podium position, beginning her T100 season with 25 points and $12,000.

Likewise, Simmonds stayed in the 4th place position she’d been holding since T2 for 22 points. Meanwhile, Pallant-Browne put her first 20 points on the board to round out the top 5.

The next T100 race will be in London on 27-28 July.

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Notes To Editors:

Please find the link to T100 photography access below, including instructions on how to set up your account.

Go to this link and set up an account https://t100triathlon.photoshelter.com/ by clicking Login in the top right hand corner.
If you have already signed up for multimedia access before, you will be immediately approved and ready to download T100 race images. If you’re new, pls visit our accreditation link here.
You’re aiming for the ‘Media Selects’ folder which will include pictures from San Francisco T100

For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the Grand Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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Marten Van Riel Wins San Francisco T100 In Three-Way Sprint To The Line

Anthony Scammell — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 20:43:02 +0000

San Francisco, USA: Belgium flier Marten Van Riel outsprinted New Zealand’s Kyle Smith and Germany’s Rico Bogen to claim his maiden T100 victory on the Escape From Alcatraz course in San Francisco in dramatic fashion today.

Van Riel is now unbeaten in five long course races out of five, but this was by far his closest call yet. Triathlon GOAT Jan Frodeno hailed it on the TV commentary as “the greatest race” he’d seen.

“I gave everything I had,” said the Belgian. “I just had Kyle on the line – that was incredible.”

“I think we were saying before that I’ve not been pushed to my limits in long distance racing before and I’m pretty sure that today I’ve been pushed to my limits. We’re doing a three hour twenty [minutes] race and the difference is less than a second and then 2 seconds to Rico. That’s incredible and it’s really nice to be part of that.”

Asked how deep he had to dig, Van Riel said: “I think I pushed myself really deep. I think the guys made a mistake by not going earlier because a couple of kilometres out I was really dead and I could only just hang on, but then in the sprint I found something, somewhere in myself to really take it.”

Speaking about where this puts him in the T100 series, Marten went on: “This is the start I could only dream off. To have this on the board early is very important otherwise the other athletes would be flying away on the leaderboard.”

Van Riel now takes a break from the T100 Tour to compete in the Olympics in Paris.

Second after the photo finish was Kyle Smith, who was phlegmatic talking about it afterwards:

“It was an incredible day. This course throws up a lot of challenges. It’s iconic. I wasn’t expecting such a big group to come out of the swim together. I guess with the nature of the swim with the current, it kept us all together. The bike was super hard, but on the run I tried to lay it down over the first 4km but Martin and Rico stayed with me. With 4km to go I knew it was going to come down to a sprint finish and I had to prepare for that.”

“I felt really good. Rico went and then slowed down really quickly. I wanted to lead coming into the final straight but then Marten won and he’s the better man. I was thinking about diving, but even if I’d dived I wouldn’t have got there. He just had it over me, he was carrying too much speed.”

How The Race Unfolded

With Alcatraz as a backdrop, the world’s best male pro triathletes perched on the famous San Francisco Spirit above the steel grey waters of the Bay, before diving in to do battle.

Aaron Royle (AUS) quickly took to the front but with strong currents, choppy conditions and fractured groups, the 2km swim was astonishingly quick.

Ben Kanute (USA) left the water in 14:08 alongside Rico Bogen (GER) but with 19 out of 20 men all within 1 minute. That included double T100 2nd place-getter Sam Long (USA), who picked up a 30-second penalty for failing to secure his helmet clip as he began the hilly 80km bike course.

A big favourite pre-race and T100 first-timer, Marten Van Riel (BEL) was soon out front with Kyle Smith (NZL) and Bogen for company. That trio held a margin for a while, but bike power from behind steadily eroded the gap to create a large pack, led into T2 by Long – stealing seconds on the rest with a late surge but with that 30-second penalty to serve.

In the opening metres of the 18km run, Smith set an aggressive pace out of T2 to immediately distance Long, Miami T100 winner Magnus Ditlev (DEN), Mika Noodt (GER) and Bogen. Van Riel leapfrogged that trio to hunt down the Kiwi ahead, making the catch and sitting on Smith’s shoulder.

Bogen soon broke clear of the group behind to take 3rd on course and then join the two leaders in building a lead of 1 minute by halfway through the run.

With the leaders well clear, the German was the first to surge, Bogen putting in a dig with around 6.5km to go, which was immediately covered by Smith. Van Riel took a little longer to respond but also proved strong enough to close the gap.

Fireworks over for the moment, that was the status quo deep into the final lap – the three nailed-on podium getters within inches of each other, refusing to cede position. Smith, looking powerful and exactly as he had throughout; Bogen, clearly pushing himself hard; Van Riel, sunglasses obscuring any emotion as the pace ratcheted up.

Within the last 500m, Bogen was again the animator – beginning a long-range sprint that was quickly closed by Smith and Van Riel. Face a picture of pain, the young German then tried again, but it was too little, too late as the Kiwi soared past into a clear lead. Turning onto the finishing straight, Van Riel put on the afterburners, edging closer to Smith, up to his shoulder and then by a hair’s breadth, the Belgian’s chest broke the tape just 0.23 seconds ahead to take victory in his first T100 race.

Van Riel took the win in 3:18:21, becoming San Francisco T100 Champion to earn 35 points, $25,000 and cement himself as a series favourite even as he heads to Paris for the Olympic Games.

Smith’s sensational second place was worth 28 points and $16,000 – the Kiwi certainly making an exceptional case to secure another T100 wildcard for London in July.

Bogen took third for 25 points and $12,000, the 23-year-old showing himself a force to be reckoned with at the T100 distance.

Magnus Ditlev, 1:17 back, claimed 4th – adding 22 points to his tally – while Mika Noodt rounded out the top 5 to take 20 points.

The next T100 race will be in London on 27-28 July.

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Notes To Editors:

Please find the link to T100 photography access below, including instructions on how to set up your account.

Go to this link and set up an account https://t100triathlon.photoshelter.com/ by clicking Login in the top right hand corner.
If you have already signed up for multimedia access before, you will be immediately approved and ready to download T100 race images. If you’re new, pls visit our accreditation link here.
You’re aiming for the ‘Media Selects’ folder which will include pictures from San Francisco T100

For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)

The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is the new name for the PTO Tour and has been designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’. It is a season-long schedule of eight T100 races during 2024 that will be competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run) and will feature the world’s best triathletes going head-to-head in Miami (9 March), Singapore (13-14 April), San Francisco (8-9 June), London (27-28 July), Ibiza (28-29 September), Lake Las Vegas (19-20 October), Dubai (16-17 November) and at the Grand Final (29-30 November). There will also be racing opportunities for amateurs at all the events, including the new 100km distance at six stages, including: Singapore, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and at the Grand Final. The global broadcast shows the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters.

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