In a matter of days, 55 men and 55 women will toe the start line for the individual triathlon events at the Paris Olympic Games. By definition, only three athletes in each race can come away with a medal. To adopt a fairly blunt outlook, it can almost be claimed that only three athletes will therefore come away truly happy from their respective individual event. However, as important as the podium is, it does not have to define everything about the race.

It is the nature of sport that every athlete starting can hit a personal milestone, such as finishing higher...

At 8am on Wednesday 31 July, 55 athletes will line up in Paris for only the seventh women’s individual triathlon in Olympic history, ready to put years of hard work and training into the chase for the biggest prize in sport: an Olympic gold medal. 

Among them, the defending champion and the only Bermudian ever to win Olympic gold: Flora Duffy. Starting a record-equalling 5th Games, both she and Tokyo silver medallist Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) have had their preparations hampered by injuries but have recently returned to something approaching their very best. And with their remarkable abilities and...

World Triathlon’s Executive Board has approved three changes to the World Cup calendar for the second half of the 2024 season. The date of the World Triathlon Cup Brasilia has been moved and it will now take place on 9-10 November. The event in Vina del Mar, Chile, will no longer be a World Cup but instead become an Americas Triathlon Premium Cup, while the Tangier World Cup has been cancelled.

Brasilia is ready to welcome the World Cup circuit for the second consecutive year, but the local elections in the Brazilian capital have led to the change of schedule,...

If the Tokyo 2020 medal hunt looked wide open three years ago, then the Paris 2024 chase for glory is set to take Olympic triathlon to whole new levels of unpredictability.

All three medallists from that incredible finish in Odaiba Bay return; Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR), Alex Yee (GBR) and Hayden Wilde (NZL). Two subsequent World Champions are present and correct; Leo Bergere and Dorian Coninx of France. Add to the list of huge favourites Australia’s current top two in the Series, Luke Willian and Matthew Hauser, May’s WTCS Yokohama winner Morgan Pearson...

The strong current in the river. The fast, iconic, cobbled course. Will there be a breakaway on the bike? Who will rise to the occasion over the 10km run? Tens of thousands of fans are ready to line the Paris 2024 Olympic triathlon course as it sweeps through some of the most famous streets of the Paris capital.

From the Seine swim to biking the Champs Elysee and down the Alexandre III bridge to the finish, Paris is set to provide a stunning backdrop for the toughest athletes at the Games to battle for the 2024 Olympic gold. Here’s our...

As we count down the final days until the triathlon events of the 2024 Olympic Games take place, there are several ‘magic’ numbers to keep an eye on. Here are some of the most important ones to know for when the racing begins.

The field

A total of 42 National Olympic Committees qualified at least one of the 110 athletes lining up for the triathlon events at Paris 2024, the joint-highest number of countries in Olympic triathlon history (Rio 2016 also had 42 qualifying NOCs). Looking back to the sport’s first Olympic appearance at the Sydney Games in 2000, which had 34...

The 2024 World Triathlon Multisport Championships will be arriving in Townsville, Australia, next month. Spanning 15th to 25th August, the event promises a feast of multisport action across disciplines ranging from aquathlon to cross triathlon to duathlon. Further sports such as aquabike, cross duathlon and long distance triathlon will also be on offer.

The World Multisport Championships will look to build on the success of the 2023 edition in Ibiza. This summer, Townsville has attracted over 2800 age-group entries from 28 countries. In addition, there will be a full complement of Para events as well as several high profile elite...