World Triathlon
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The official podcast of World Triathlon brings you weekly stories and insights from the world's top triathletes and coaches, including World Champions, Olympic hopefuls and the new faces breaking out onto the world scene .
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Elite triathlon results become fuller stories about preparation, selection pressure, confidence and the choices athletes make inside a race.
The World Triathlon Podcast turns elite racing into a conversation about how athletes build form, confidence and judgment under pressure. The host moves easily between race debriefs and career reflection, asking Cassandre Beaugrand about the mental work behind her Olympic and…
Cassandre Beaugrand talks about learning to lose before gold, and suddenly your own race nerves have company.
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A grounded race-week check-in where the course, the weather, and the early pace already matter.
The piece keeps its focus on the practical side of race week at Pont Alexandre III. Athletes are already on site for the first familiarizations before Tuesday and Wednesday's individual races, the bike is open in full force, and the swim work is off after recent rain.
A world title story told through coursework, watts, and the discipline behind a fast rise.
Oliver Conway's world title run reads as the product of steady work rather than a sudden leap: coursework, missed lectures, solo bike sessions, and the strain of keeping a young triathlete on course all sit beside the racing.
A candid season check-in that stays focused on the choices behind a crowded year.
Georgia Taylor-Brown's return to the World Triathlon Podcast plays as a useful season check-in rather than a grand statement. With Will McCloy guiding the conversation, it moves through Lanzarote, the first World Cup of the year, and the LA28 qualification period without losing…
A practical look at Race Ranger and the officiating tech behind draft legal racing.
Race Ranger comes across as the practical side of fair racing: a bike draft zone monitoring kit that James Elvery and Dylan McNeice have spent years testing and refining.
A conversational Wollongong preview that stays close to form, course shape, and race-day conditions.
World Championship Finals week in Wollongong gives the piece real urgency, with four days of racing building toward world titles. It stays strongest when it leans on momentum, course shape, confidence, and the sense that Paris still hangs over some of the contenders.
A steady portrait of a Belgian champion still trying to turn strong results into consistency.
Jolien Vermaelen reads as an athlete in the middle of a real step forward. The European sprint title in Melilla, the fourth in Hamburg, the silver in Tizzi, and that first World Cup gold in Tongjong all point the same way: she is building something, even if it is not fully…
A tight French Riviera debrief that shows how second place can still leave room for more.
Jeanne Lahaire's French Riviera debrief lands in the middle in a good way. It stays with the two strong races in Saint-Raphael and Frejus, then turns to race mechanics, recovery, and the mental shift between being satisfied and still wanting to push harder.
A loose Cagliari preview with Paris pressure and enough race texture to stay engaging.
The piece keeps its attention on Matt Hauser in the WTCS Cagliari preview, with the end of the Paris 2024 Olympic qualification period hanging over the race. It prefers race craft to polish, which suits the subject.
Triathlon talk from inside race week.
Triathlon news, unfiltered opinions, one weekly group ride.
Bill Simmons debates NBA tanking, MVP races, and movies with Zach Lowe and friends.
Zach Lowe and ESPN colleagues dissect NBA trades, cap rules, and roster fit.
Big Cat and PFT Commenter cover the NFL, March Madness, and NHL for laughs.
Ryen Russillo runs weekly NFL and MLB recaps with beat reporters like Jeff Passan and Mike Sando.
Rochelle Hill, the 2025 women's U23 world champion, talks through the Wollongong finals where she chased down Angelica Precio on home soil.
The podcast returns just as WTCS Cagliari comes into view.
Henry Graf talks through the season that has put him at the front of the WTCS conversation.
Tilda Mansson describes arriving at the 2024 Championship Finals in Torremolinos after a season that included Paris 2024, a broken season rhythm from a hip injury, and a stop-start build back to running.
The World Triathlon Podcast opens with Lanzarote’s first World Cup of 2026, where David Cantero won the men’s race and Fanny Szalai turned a late bike crash into a top-10 finish.
Matt Hauser discusses Hamburg, where Australia won the mixed team relay after entering as underdogs and leaving with a tighter position in the World Triathlon Championship Series standings.
The World Triathlon Podcast returns after a big T1 Indoor World Cup in Le Havane, where Cassandra Beaugrand and Henry Graff blew the doors off.
Georgia Bell describes moving from youth track running into duathlon during COVID, then winning her age group at the Ibiza Multisport World Championships and later returning to elite 1500m racing.
Veronica Plebani says Paris 2024 will be her fourth Paralympic Games, after Sochi in snowboard, Rio in para canoeing, Tokyo in triathlon, and now PTS2 paratriathlon for Italy.
The episode centers on Paris 2024 triathlon tactics in Poissy, with Flora Duffy describing a carefully managed build that includes two coaches, a chef, a physio, and a 10-week training block after Cagliari.
Hayden Wilde says the biggest change in his season is leaving Craig after more than 10 years and building a new swim-bike-run setup with Fred in Antibes, Javier Sola, and Gary Lunn.
British triathlete Beth Potter opens up about her 2025 season finale at the Wollongong Championship Finals, where she was chasing a second world title despite hiding a dual foot injury (bone stress fracture and plantar tear) from nearly everyone, including British team staff.
The World Triathlon Podcast episode with Francesca Tarantello and Sam Harding opens by noting that both athletes first raced on the blue carpet in 2022 and have already won continental titles within months of debuting.
Matt Hauser and Dan Atkins look back on the season that ended with a world title.
Alex Yee reflects on his first marathon, run at home in London on 27th of April in 2.11.08.
Miguel Hidalgo says Brazil’s first modern-era series gold at WTCS Alghero felt like the result of work that started when he was six, and he had been hearing messages from Brazilians who followed his career from childhood.
The World Triathlon Podcast previews Paris 2024 from the Alexandre III Bridge with Kasper Stornes, who is in Bergen on standby for Norway's Olympic mixed relay team.
John Reed enters the 2024 World Triathlon Championship finals in Torremolinos after a breakout year that includes his first WTCS start in Hamburg, a first World Cup win in Cala Viarsi, and a 15th-place finish in Weihai.
This episode features an interview with Olympic medalist Georgia Taylor-Brown, previewing the 2026 triathlon season and discussing her plans for LA28 qualification.
Sunday morning at Pont Alexandre III is all about familiarization.
Roksana Slupek joins the show while recovering from a bad bike crash at WTCS Hamburg in mid-July.
Jeanne calls in after the WTCS French Riviera races.
An interview with triathlete Manami Iijima about her journey from Guam to qualifying for the Paris Olympics, discussing her late start in the sport, challenges with bike skills and swim aggression, cultural background, Olympic experience, and plans for LA28 qualification.
It is World Championship Finals week in Wollongong, Australia.
Episode 100 gives Cassandre Beaugrand the full hour.
James Elvery joins the show to unpack Race Ranger and the problem it was built to solve.
Oliver Conway joins the show as the men’s 2025 Under-23 World Champion.
Napier opens the door on the first major World Triathlon action of 2024.
Jolien Vermaelen comes on the show fresh off a European sprint title in Melilla and a season that already includes a career-best fourth in Hamburg, silver in Tizzi, and her first World Cup gold in Tongjong.
Preview of the 2026 World Triathlon Championship Series opener in Samarkand with commentary team discussing the race and upcoming season changes.
The episode kicks off the fourth season with a focus on Olympic and Paralympic qualification for Paris 2024, featuring an interview with New Zealand triathlete Dylan McCulloch.
Interview with rising Hungarian triathlete Marta Kropko about her 2023 season, Olympic ambitions, and balancing sport with university studies.
Interview with young triathlete Katia Schaar about her breakthrough season and Olympic aspirations.
This episode covers the Pan American Games triathlon competition and features an interview with rising British triathlete Hugo Milner after his World Cup gold in Miyazaki.
Interview with new Men's World Champion Dorian Connix about his career journey and preparation for the Paris Olympics.
Preview of the World Triathlon Championship Series Montreal race with guests Non Stanford and Tommy Zafiras.
Host Doug interviews former triathletes Gillian Sanders and Tommy Zafiris about the season and upcoming World Triathlon Championship Finals in Abu Dhabi.
Experts and former champions predict the winners of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic triathlon events.
Interview with pioneering female triathletes and coaches from Egypt and Kuwait ahead of International Women's Day.