TriNation No Smoke without Fire as Montreal WTCS Mixed Relay Event Cancelled The Montreal WTCS Mixed Team Relay Event was cancelled on Sunday because of hazardous smoky conditions as Canada battles its most devastating wildfire season on record. Currently 426 forest fires are burning across Canada and the fires on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts have burned 4.4 million hectares so far, which has forced thousands of Canadians from their homes and spread smoke that has left residents from Toronto to New York gasping for breath. Air quality across Canada dropped to extremely ..read more

TriNation Beth Potter wins World Triathlon Championship Series in Montreal Great Britain’s Beth Potter claimed her second win of the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Series after a strong run saw her triumph in Montreal. The Scot, 31, punched the air in delight as she crossed the finish line in 58 minutes 10 seconds to add to her victory in Abu Dhabi in March. She finished two seconds ahead of France’s Leonie Periault, with Summer Rappaport of the US third. Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown was 35 seconds behind Potter in seventh. Prior to the race three British women’s have won all the 2023 Se ..read more

TriNation Coldwell (GB) and Wilde (NZ) win the World Series Triathlon Events in Yokohama  Sophie Coldwell (GB) and Hayden Wilde (NZ) win the World Series Triathlon Events in Yokohama  The lead up to the Yokohama race started with an earthquake in the early hours of Thursday morning where whole hotels shook…  not exactly ideal for preparation to the second race of the World Triathlon Championship Series.  The funny thing, come race day no-one but meteorologists seemed to care about the earthquake, or the fact that buildings were shaking.  The only rumblings heard during ..read more

TriNation Yokohama Rocks before World Triathlon Championship Race  Yokohama was rocking before the World Triathlon Championship Race this Saturday 13th May, as an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 jolted eastern Japan early Thursday.  Many people said they woke up after a big bang and were quite concerned as their beds began to jolt to-and-fro. Although no significant damage or serious injuries have been reported with Japan being home to some of the most resilient buildings in the world.   Japan’s Meteorological Agency warned that quakes on ..read more

TriNation 2024 World Triathlon Championships to be held in Malaga  World Triathlon together with the Spanish Triathlon Federation have confirmed the hosting rights for the 2024 World Triathlon Championship has been awarded to the gateway city of the Costa del Sol, Malaga.  Malaga Cathedral at night The Championship is World Triathlons jewel in the crown for the Elite, U23, Junior, Para and Age Group triathlon, coupled with  Mixed Relay World Championships.   Bustling streets of Malaga Marisol Casado, World Triathlon President and IOC Member said: “The co ..read more

TriNation Bergere pounds the tarmac in Abu Dhabi to become 2022 World Triathlon Champion  Frenchman Leo Bergere pounds the tarmac in Abu Dhabi to become the men’s 2022 World Triathlon Champion.  In the searing heat of Abu Dhabi, the Frenchman put together the perfect race and devoured the final 10km run to win the title after USA’s Morgan Pearson and Belgium’s Jelle Geens completed the podium spots respectively to leave GB’s Alex Yee who finished 4th with the Series silver and the Kiwi Hayden Wilde (6th) bronze.  What had been billed as a showdown between Yee and Wilde for the ..read more

TriNation Flora Duffy outguns the armoury of Georgia Taylor-Brown to win WTCS 2022 Abu Dhabi Flora Duffy dominated the World Triathlon Championship Series 2022 Abu Dhabi to become the first women to win four World Triathlon Championships.  Try as the British might, not even lining up a British heavy pounder in Georgia Taylor-Brown could outgun the armoury of the invincible Bermudian.    The other power-nations lined up their artillery in an attempt to defeat the unyielding Duffy in the shape of the phenomenal bike beast of USA, Taylor Knibb and her compatriot, th ..read more

TriNation Wins for British duo Taylor-Brown and Yee in WTCS Montreal  Great Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown and Alex Yee won golds in their respective races in the World Triathlon Championship Series in Montreal.  In the final leg of the women’s eliminator format race, it was Georgia Taylor-Brown who crossed the line first in a time of 24:04 ahead of France’s Cassandre Beaugrand, with team-mate Scotland’s Beth Potter coming third to win her first WTCS medal.  photo credit: World Triathlon Alex Yee took command of the final leg of men’s race running majestically to the front with ..read more

TriNation The most daunting triathlon: The Celtman  The tenth edition of the Celtman Extreme Scottish Triathlon, part of the XTRI World Tour, was held on Saturday June 18th where athletes took on the most daunting point-to-point test of triathlon endurance, where simply finishing is a victory.  It’s a race that takes you to the limits of physical and mental endurance where you will come face-to-face with your personal demons and fears.  The distances alone should make you hesitate – a cold-water swim in jellyfish infested Loch Shieldaig  of just over two miles, 1 ..read more

TriNation Grau de felicidade on inaugural World Cup Gold in Huatulco Mexico  There’s a first time for everything as Spain’s Genis Grau takes an inaugural World Cup gold in Huatulco, Mexico in a winning time of 00:53:47  Grau was joined on the World Cup podium by last year’s winner Canadian Tyler Mislawchuk  who was attempting to make it three golds in a row at this event. While the Brazilian Miguel Hidalgo put in a dynamite display to take bronze,  photo credit: World Triathlon Hidalgo and Slovakia’s Richard Varga exiting the water first did nothing ..read more