The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have announced a box office start list for the Miami T100 at CLASH Endurance Miami on 9 March, 2024.

Led by an intriguing match-up between PTO World #1 Anne Haug (GER) and #4 Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR), the 20-athlete field on the women’s race will also feature PTO World #6 Kat Matthews (GBR), #7 Paula Findlay (CAN), #8 Daniela Ryf (SUI), #9 Imogen Simmonds (SUI) and #10 Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR).

The full line up of contracted T100 athletes can be found here and includes:

Anne Haug (GER)
Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR)
Kat Matthews (GBR)
Paula Findlay (CAN)
Daniela Ryf (SUI)
Imogen Simmonds (SUI)
Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR)
Skye Moench (USA)
Tamara Jewett (CAN)
India Lee (GBR)
Holly Lawrence (GBR)
Lucy Byram (GBR)

With 12 of the 20 athletes contracted to the T100 Triathlon World Tour deciding to race in Florida, it means there is an opportunity for 8 wildcards, which the PTO will announce tomorrow, Friday 1 March.

The men’s race features 14 of the top 17 PTO World Ranked athletes, led by #2 Magnus Ditlev and a very strong contingent of Americans, including #3 Jason West, #9 Sam Long and #23 Ben Kanute, who will all be aiming for a win on home soil. It will also see reigning Ironman World Champion France’s Sam Laidlow as well as two-time Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee from Great Britain.

The full line up of contracted T100 athletes can be found here and includes:

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

Eyeing the perfect opportunity and venue - where he won last year - to get his T100 racing off to a winning start, Jason West can’t wait to get on the startline. “I want to be the first World Champion at the 100km distance, so winning again at Homestead-Miami Speedway would get that ambition off to a positive start,” said the American, who is fast becoming many pundits’ pick to win the inaugural T100 Triathlon World Tour and is also the subject of the PTO’s Countdown To Miami T100 documentary alongside German star Anne Haug.

With 17 of the 20 athletes contracted to the T100 Triathlon World Tour deciding to race in Florida, it means there is an opportunity for 3 wildcards, which the PTO will announce tomorrow, Friday 1 March.

On Saturday 9 March, the broadcast will begin at 1300 EST. The men will race the 100km course (2km swim; 80km bike; 18km run) at the Homestead-Miami Speedway first, starting at 1315 EST and then the women from 1650 EST. The course includes 2.25 laps of the lake, 22 bike laps of a 3.54km circuit and then 7 run laps to finish.

Fans can watch exclusively live from 1900 CET in Europe on Eurosport, via PTO+ for the rest of the world and on Max in the US, and on TriathlonLIVE.tv in certain territories. In total, both races will be 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 such as CCTV in China and ESPN in LATAM.

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 – $25,000k; 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

As part of the World Triathlon Coach Education program, the Development team has launched an interview series to provide insights about the World Triathlon coaching education pathways, courses, benefits of education and continuous professional development. World Triathlon Development recorded the first interviews, of the series, with Level 1 and Level 2 coaches who attended the Korea Triathlon - World Triathlon Coaching Education Programme in Seoul in November 2023.

Rupali Vishal Hinge (IND) and Hani Mehio (LBN) have both just completed Level 1 of the Coach Education course and feature in the next episode of the video series.

Rupali Vishal Hinge is an Indian open-water long-distance swimmer and triathlete. She swam the English Channel in the solo swim category on 15 August 1994 in 16 hours and 7 minutes, making her the youngest successful swimmer (12 years old) to cross the English Channel for the year 1994. She swam a total of seven straits during her swimming career, Gibraltar Strait, Palk Strait, Bass Strait, Cook Strait, Robben Island Channel and Mumbai-Dharamtar Channel.

Hani Mehio decided to become a coach, to have an impact on others’ lives, after going through a life-changing experience himself by getting involved in triathlon.

In this episode, both Rupali and Hani speak about their motivation to continually develop as coaches and reflect on the key learnings from the World Triathlon Coach Education course.

 

Přišel, viděl, zvítězil. Řečeno v nadsázce. Jeho zkušenosti na palubovce i v kabině byly znát. I on se podílel na historicky prvním postupu florbalistů České Lípy do play-off. V předkole tam na ně bude čekat Ostrava.

Jablonecké skládačky dělají samé dobré skutky. Už několik let podporují svými akcemi a projekty ty, kteří pomoc určitě potřebují. V jablonecké sokolovně pořádaly už šestý ročník Sitting Vollejbal Cupu, tentokrát to bylo pro Eleonorku.

Na fotbalové scéně je bizarním zjevením, řada lidí její projev odsuzuje. Nová moderátorka třetiligového FK Viagem Ústí nad Labem Táňa Bystroňová, o 20 let mladší partnerka sporťáka Primy CNN Tomáše Vzorka (48), si z toho ale těžkou hlavu nedělá. „Mám svoji bublinu. Komentáře na sociálních sítích nečtu. Asi to k tomu patří, lidé jsou závistiví," je nad věcí žena, kterou některá bulvární média překřtila na českou Pamelu Anderson.

Lomnický Zimní turnaj má už svoji mnohaletou tradici. I když mu letos sebral některé účastníky Zimní pohár Libereckého kraje, zapojilo se do bojů o prvenství ve dvou skupinách osm týmů. A vítězství si připsali domácí. Ve finálovém duelu porazili Železný Brod 3:1.

V Zimním poháru Libereckého kraje se potkaly týmy FK Jablonec U18 a Mšeno A. Na hřišti v Mozartovce se lépe dařilo hráčům Mšena. Starší a zkušenější předvedli svoje schopnosti a mladíky z FK podarovali třemi góly. (0:3)

Jako mlíko! I to bylo slabé přirovnání několik minut před začátkem čtvrtfinále domácího poháru MOL Cup mezi fotbalisty Jablonce a Plzně. Hřiště zahalila hustá mlha.

Tým Jilemnice, který hraje I. B třídu východ, má zatím v přípravném období za sebou i tři pohárová utkání. A všechna zvládli Jilemničtí za plný počet bodů. Porazili Košťálov 2:1, Bělou 2:1 a Studenec 2:0. Poslední kolo hrají v Železném Brodě proti domácím. 

Po desetiletí bojovali bok po boku v jednou dresu, ale pak se z nich stali rivalové. Už třicet let trvá hokejová nevraživost mezi Českem a Slovenskem. Ověřte si v našem kvízu, jak dobře si pamatujete vzájemné bitvy.

Kudy chodí, tudy běží, říkají o něm kamarádi a známí. Osobnost jablonecké atletiky Vítězslav Jantsch oslaví v příštím roce devadesáté narozeniny. Jednoho dne dal na rady lékařů. A udělal dobře. Možná, že i díky nim ho čekají krásné kulatiny.

Maloskalský volejbal má před s sebou slibnou budoucnost. K jistotě udržení si prvního místa ve druhé národní lize mužů chybí týmu už jen čtyři body. Z Chocně si hráči přivezli dalších pět bodů po výhrách 3:2 a 3:1. Postoupí o soutěž výš?

In a blockbuster start to the season, Callum McClusky and Sophie Linn powered to the gold medals at the Napier World Cup. The next day, the Australian team stormed to another win as they crossed the line first in the Mixed Team Relay.

Beyond the successes themselves, the racing in Napier held wider ramifications. As a World Cup and World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series stop, respectively, the events counted towards Olympic qualification. Significantly, a few athletes and teams have made major strides forward with their Napier results.

The Men’s Olympic Rankings

One of the most pertinent moves in the Olympic rankings came from Alberto Gonzalez Garcia (ESP), the bronze medallist in Napier. His 3rd place finish helped him to a four-place gain in the rankings, putting him in 36th overall. This is particularly relevant as Spain currently has two men inside the top-30. They will need a third man to join the top-30 if they are to send three male triathletes to Paris.

With Sergio Baxter Cabrera (ESP, 32nd), David Castro Fajardo (ESP, 35th) and Gonzalez all in the top-40, one of the athletes could breach the top-30. Time, though, is certainly getting tight.

One of the reasons for Baxter falling to 32nd was Dylan McCullough (NZL) rising five places to 27th after finishing 5th in Napier. McCullough therefore becomes the second New Zealand man inside the top-30 as things stand.

Moreover, Alessio Crociani (ITA) finished 6th and Samuel Dickinson (GBR) placed 7th, results that helped both athletes rise in the rankings. Crociani is up to 87th in the rankings, having shot up by eleven places, Dickinson gained eight places and is now 63rd. Neither have a full quota of scores and so could rise further. Their countries will need them to make it all the way into the top-30, though, if they are to have any effect on qualifying a possible third man to Paris.

The Women’s Olympic Rankings

One of the big winners in the women’s rankings was the gold medallist in Napier, Sophie Linn (AUS). While her teammate Callum McClusky (AUS) moved up fifteen places to 81st, Linn rose ten places into 62nd. Crucially, she is now only seven places away from being the second highest-ranked Australian woman.

Another woman making major moves was Melanie Santos (POR). The Portuguese athlete finished 4th and jumped nine places to 61st. As a result, she has entered the forecasted list of individual qualifiers for the Olympic Games.

The 6th place finish of Ilaria Zane (ITA) could also be an important stepping stone. Zane has moved up five places to 34th in the rankings. She is therefore close to being the third Italian woman in the top-30 in the rankings. Should she gain a few more places, Italy could send three women to Paris, but Seregni, Betto, Steinhauser and Zane can all stake a claim on one.

On the flip side, due to the depth of the British team, the medals of Sophie Alden (GBR) and Olivia Mathias (GBR) will have minimal effect on Olympic qualification, Britain is already a shoo-in to qualify three women to Paris. The presence of four British women already inside the top-15 of the rankings checks the top-30 requirement with plenty of room to spare. While Alden and Mathias both made major moves in the rankings, then, their changes won’t have broader implications for their country.

Mixed Relay Olympic Rankings

Finally, we come to the Mixed Team Relay. It is perhaps here that the most noteworthy shifts took place in the wake of Napier.

To start with, Australia leap-frogged America in the Olympic rankings, putting them 6th overall. The Australian team is now close to guaranteed to qualify 2 + 2 for the Paris Olympics.

As a reminder, the six best teams in the Olympic relay rankings, excluding those teams that have automatically qualified (France, Britain and Germany), will qualify. For those teams that do not secure a qualifying slot, attention will turn to the Olympic Mixed Team Relay Qualification Event in Huatulco.

With Britain (1st), Germany (2nd) and France (3rd) occupying the top-3 slots in the rankings, Australia’s elevation to 6th has all but confirmed their qualification.

Of even greater note were the gains made by the Italian and Portuguese teams after finishing 3rd and 2nd, respectively, in Napier. Italy climbed two places into 8th in the rankings while Portugal jumped three places into 9th. In doing so, the two teams have knocked Spain and Norway out of the forecasted relay qualifiers.

Spain may be able to overcome the loss of place as they should qualify two women and at least two men individually to the Games. As such, they will earn the right to start in the relay without actually qualifying one.

However, the Norwegian team does not have the same luxury. The swing in the Olympic rankings may therefore have a profound consequence for their relay hopes.

Napier was the penultimate World Mixed Relay Series stop of the Olympic qualification window. The last outing will be in Abu Dhabi in a fortnight. As such, there could yet be further shifts in the relay qualification outlook. 

Stay up to date with the upcoming action on TriathlonLive.tv and across World Triathlon social channels.

V dalším kole Zimního poháru Libereckého kraje se na turnovské umělce utkaly Sedmihorky se Sokolem Pěnčín. Zápas skončil remizou 1:1. Trenér Sedmihorek ale spokojený po závěrečném hvizdu ale nebyl.

Ve druhém čtvrtfinálovém utkání krajské hokejové ligy se utkali jablonečtí Gepardi s Českou Lípou. A diváci viděli nevídanou gólovou přestřelku, která znamenala konec sezony pro domácí celek. Po páteční prohře v České Lípě měli Gepardi jedinou šanci, jak si prodloužit sezónu, a to vyhrát. To se ale nepovedlo. Duel skončil těsným výsledkem 8:9.

Na špici nic nového. Fotbalisté Sparty zvítězili v utkání 22. kola FORTUNA:LIGY na Slovácku 3:1 a udrželi se na čele tabulky o čtyři body před Slavií. Sešívaní porazili doma Pardubice 3:0 díky hattricku Chytila v rozmezí osmi minut druhé půle. Teď přijde supertýden. Příští víkend se pražští rivalové střetnou v derby na Letné, ještě ve středu se utkají ve čtvrtfinále poháru. Plzeň porazila Zlín 3:0 a upevnila si třetí místo. 

Romania’s Robert Tamirjan, Austria’s Martin Falch, Isak Brenden of Norway and French Para triathlon legend Yannick Borseaux were the four athletes to tackle the 2024 edition of the World Triathlon Winter Championships in Pragelato, Italy.

Saturday’s duathlon course consisted of a three-lap, 2km run course and three-lap, 3km ski, with the triathlon course one 2.5km run lap, two 3.2km loops on the mountain bikes and a three-lap 7.5km ski to the finish in the beautiful Pragelato Plan venue.

“I wanted to be here because this was where I had my very first Olympic experience in 2006 with the Nordic and cross-country skiing and biathlon,” said four-time Para Triathlon World Champion Borseaux after taking the tape in the men’s PTS5. “I have very special memories from here and of these tracks where I made my debut just 18 months after my bike crash. This was where I started my Paralympic career and this was my first ever Winter triathlon - I think I’ll be back!”

Robert Tamirjan added to his impressive collection of Winter and Summer multisport medals, likewise Martin Falch, who first competed at the Lausanne Para Championships in 2006 where he won gold. The impressive young Norwegian Isak Brenden finished with the silver medal at the end of another beautiful day for the sport in the Italian Alps.

“I did my first Winter Worlds in 2016 and I love it,” said 26-year-old Tamirjan, who finshed second at the Para Cup Alanya in 2021 and took part in the European Championships that year. “I love the combination of running, biking and cross country, it’s always a pleasure. I used to just do cycling, but I took up triathlon in 2015 so the swimming and running was all new. My first international summer Para Triathlon was in 2020 and i’m trying to improve. I was born with this spastic paresis on my right side which affects coordination and balance and a lot of things, but ive done sport all my life, ice hockey, cycling and now triathlon.”

“I came across triathlon when I heard about the Romanian national championships and I wanted to try it and see where I was with it, how i felt about it. I’d love to see more athletes here but it isn’t so well known at home, I just want others to know about this wonderful, challenging sport.”

Pragelato-Sestriere, home of the 2006 Olympic Nordic Skiing competition, hosted the Age Group Winter Triathlon and Duathlon World Championships from 23-25 February, with the world’s amateurs bringing their inimitable colour to the Pragelato party in the Italian alps.

In total, nineteen countries had athletes on the start lines over the weekend, Friday’s proceedings beginning with the traditional Parade of Nations on Friday afternoon. World Triathlon Secretary General Antonio F. Arimany and Italian National Federation President Riccardo Giubilei welcomed the athletes along with the Mayor of Pragelato, opening the 24th edition of the Winter World Championships that first took place back in 1997, just 600km away in Mals.

Saturday saw 60 men and 25 women tackle the 6km run/9km ski duathlon course while on Sunday the triathlon course was swarming with 96 men and 37 women scything through the 5km run, 10km mountin bike and 10km ski.

“That was really tough,” said the first Age Grouper across the line, the newly crowned 50-54 AG World Champion Rait Pallo from Estonia. “I was sure those guys were biking and running so fast I didn’t think I could catch them on the skis but I got a little closer with every lap and just knew I had to push as much as possible. This is my first time doing the winter triathlon. I normally do summer but I’m a bad swimmer and I love skiing. It has been a great experience – I’ll be back for sure! We have ten Estonians here and hopefully we’ll get some more medals out there.”

“That was a good race,” said Anais Tardieu of France, the first woman over the line to become the 35-39 AG Winter World Champion. “I was a bit tired from racing yesterday and it’s a tough course but I like that. Congratulations to the organisers for preparing this course, because it has improved so much the past two days. I like the mud and snow, lowering the tyre pressure and going for it. Last year was my first Winter World Championships in Andorra after trying all distances and the cross triathlon, but I wanted to come here with my husband and my coach and race again.”

For the full results, click here.

The final day of World Triathlon Winter Championships Pragelato-Sestriere action saw Team Italy smash the run-bike-ski super-sprint course in the western Alps to make it a clean sweep of the triathlon podiums over two days.

Just as they did in Skeikampen last year, individual title-winners Sandra Mairhofer and Franco Pesavento joined forces in what again proved to be a formidable duo. And just as they had 24 hours earlier, the pair conspired to sear clear of the rest of the women’s field to carve out a first-half lead they would never relinquish.

Behind them, the strong Czech duo of Aneta Grabmuller Soldati and Marek Rauchfuss were able to win the silver after pulling away from the Norwegians Hans Christian Tungesvik and Julie Meinicke in third.

“When Franco handed to me with a bit of a lead, I knew I just wanted to attack straight away and it turned out well,” said a smiling Mairhofer. “Yesterday was my first win in Italy and that meant a lot, so to win again today with Franco is very special.”

“I knew I had to hold off Rauchfuss on the bike out there, and I’m happy I was able to do that,” said Pesavento. “It has been a great event here, I want to thank everyone for the organisation.”

It was Team Italy II’s Alessandro Saravalle and Czech Republic’s Rauchfuss sticking with Pesavento over a breathless 3m12s opening 1km run lap. Sebastian Neef‘s transition struggles slowed Team Germany’s progress, and even as the Czech mountain bike star pushed hard along with Romania’s Viorel Palici, it was to be the two Italians steaming towards the first tag side-by-side on the skis.

Just behind, there was only 10 seconds separating third to sixth at this stage, but cue Sandra Mairhofer’s field-crushing run to suddenly open up a massive 28-second lead over Grabmuller, Meinicke now another 10 seconds back, Kristina Lapinova and Slovakia I suddenly 1m45 away from the leader with Stina Meinicke for company.

Mount line and equipment penalties for Italy II’s Bianca Morvillo effectively ended their challenge at the halfway mark, while up ahead Mairhofer handed her teammate a healthy 30-second lead over the Czechs, 70 seconds over the Norwegians.

Those gaps remained much the same on men’s second run, Pesavento maintained the advantage over Rauchfuss on the bike, Team Norway unable to prevent the gap to the leader going out to an unassailable 90 seconds.

All that was left for Mairhofer was to do what she does best; attack the run, hoover up the bike course and stay safe on the skis, sliding to the tape and into the arms of Pesavento some 50 seconds ahead of Grabmuller and Czech teammate Rauchfuss in second, Meinicke and Tungesvik with the bronze, Norway II edging fourth place from Team Slovakia I.

Full results available here.

K poslednímu utkání před startem ČFL se svěřenci trenéra Vomáčky vypravili na umělou trávu do Turnova. Utkali se s divizním domácím A týmem, který skončil podzim na čtvrtém místě tabulky. Jablonci v ČFL B patřila šestá příčka. „K vidění byl zápas dvou rozdílných poločasů", shodli se trenéři. V závěru Turnov hodně zabral a hosté odjeli s remízou 3:3.