Just six months after retiring from professional cycling, Britain’s Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley claimed gold at long-distance triathlon Challenge Philippines last weekend despite some hot and challenging conditions.
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Just thought you should know @PooleyEmma is still kicking ass on a bike. With that swim & run stuff on either side. pic.twitter.com/SNAwj21vZV
— Kathryn Bertine (@KathrynBertine) February 21, 2015
Pooley, 32, placed third at the same event last year, but this time managed to take victory by a margin of more than 10mins over nearest rival Kelly Williamson (USA). Britain’s Parys Edwards rounded out the podium with third place.
“It was tough but honest course and beautiful,” said Pooley afterwards. “I came back to try and win and I really had a good day!” The former world champion time triallist took 32:50mins to cover the 1.9km swim, then proceeded to smash the challenging 90km bike course with a split of 2:40:38.
She arrived in T2 comfortably with a 7:38mins lead over her compatriot Edwards, and completed the 21.1km run in 1:25hrs to cross the line for a convincing win. Edwards was overhauled by Williamson on the run and crossed the line just a minute behind her.
In the men’s race, Italy’s Domenico Passuello – also a former pro cyclist turned triathlete – took the title with a time of 4:04:22, finishing around 5mins ahead of Danish athlete Rasmus Petraeus after catching him on the bike. Third place was taken by Mitch Robbins (AUS).
For the full results head here.
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Just six months after retiring from professional cycling, Britain’s Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley claimed gold at long-distance triathlon Challenge Philippines last weekend despite some hot and challenging conditions.
Just thought you should know @PooleyEmma is still kicking ass on a bike. With that swim & run stuff on either side. pic.twitter.com/SNAwj21vZV
— Kathryn Bertine (@KathrynBertine) February 21, 2015
Pooley, 32, placed third at the same event last year, but this time managed to take victory by a margin of more than 10mins over nearest rival Kelly Williamson (USA). Britain’s Parys Edwards rounded out the podium with third place.
“It was tough but honest course and beautiful,” said Pooley afterwards. “I came back to try and win and I really had a good day!” The former world champion time triallist took 32:50mins to cover the 1.9km swim, then proceeded to smash the challenging 90km bike course with a split of 2:40:38.
She arrived in T2 comfortably with a 7:38mins lead over her compatriot Edwards, and completed the 21.1km run in 1:25hrs to cross the line for a convincing win. Edwards was overhauled by Williamson on the run and crossed the line just a minute behind her.
In the men’s race, Italy’s Domenico Passuello – also a former pro cyclist turned triathlete – took the title with a time of 4:04:22, finishing around 5mins ahead of Danish athlete Rasmus Petraeus after catching him on the bike. Third place was taken by Mitch Robbins (AUS).
For the full results head here.
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SenseCore, a maker of wearable sports technology based in Zürich, has formed a new multisport squad comprised of seven talented elite and amateur athletes, including six Brits and one Aussie.
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The SenseCore Racing Team, which has been assembled to cover all triathlon distances from short course racing to iron distance racing as well as extreme sports such as mountain biking, will use SenseCore’s unique wearable technology to measure ECG, respiration, body temperature, speed, distance, steps and more.
Software analysis of training load, recovery quality, mental energy, nutrition, biomechanics and illnesses is combined with the sensor data to give the athletes a complete picture of how their body is performing, and is already used by the likes of pro athletes Jan Frodeno and Ronnie Schildknecht.
– India Lee (UK triathlete), 25, 3rd place at the London Triathlon 2014 – Sam Wade (UK triathlete), 22, 3rd place at the London Triathlon 2014 – Sam Village (UK triathlete), 27, 1st place at Peak District Triathlon 2014 – Sam Baxter (UK triathlete), 30, Kona 2014 AG podium – Tom Babbington (UK triathlete), 34, Kona 2013 – Tom Wade (UK triathlete), 24, 2nd place at Hyde Park Triathlon 2014 – Dave Roberts (Australian mountain biker), 34, has 22 years of racing experience in various forms of cycling
“SenseCore Racing Team is a dream come true for our company’s employees, many of whom are athletes in their own right, and now we are growing that family with a group of highly performing athletes,” said SenseCore CEO Alexandros Giannakis. “Between running, cycling and swimming, we showcase that our products provide unique information in all conditions and create rich data that can truly help athletes improve.
India Lee added: “Great to be part of this fascinating new team, the spirit is fantastic and SenseCore has been really helpful with what is hopefully a great step towards achieving my aims for the season. The software and sensors offer something that is a game changer and there is a lot of scope for improvement now that we can use these new tools!”
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For more information on SenseCore head to http://senseyourcore.com.
SenseCore, a maker of wearable sports technology based in Zürich, has formed a new multisport squad comprised of seven talented elite and amateur athletes, including six Brits and one Aussie.
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The SenseCore Racing Team, which has been assembled to cover all triathlon distances from short course racing to iron distance racing as well as extreme sports such as mountain biking, will use SenseCore’s unique wearable technology to measure ECG, respiration, body temperature, speed, distance, steps and more.
Software analysis of training load, recovery quality, mental energy, nutrition, biomechanics and illnesses is combined with the sensor data to give the athletes a complete picture of how their body is performing, and is already used by the likes of pro athletes Jan Frodeno and Ronnie Schildknecht.
SenseCore Racing Team includes:
– India Lee (UK triathlete), 25, 3rd place at the London Triathlon 2014 – Sam Wade (UK triathlete), 22, 3rd place at the London Triathlon 2014 – Sam Village (UK triathlete), 27, 1st place at Peak District Triathlon 2014 – Sam Baxter (UK triathlete), 30, Kona 2014 AG podium – Tom Babbington (UK triathlete), 34, Kona 2013 – Tom Wade (UK triathlete), 24, 2nd place at Hyde Park Triathlon 2014 – Dave Roberts (Australian mountain biker), 34, has 22 years of racing experience in various forms of cycling
“SenseCore Racing Team is a dream come true for our company’s employees, many of whom are athletes in their own right, and now we are growing that family with a group of highly performing athletes,” said SenseCore CEO Alexandros Giannakis. “Between running, cycling and swimming, we showcase that our products provide unique information in all conditions and create rich data that can truly help athletes improve.
India Lee added: “Great to be part of this fascinating new team, the spirit is fantastic and SenseCore has been really helpful with what is hopefully a great step towards achieving my aims for the season. The software and sensors offer something that is a game changer and there is a lot of scope for improvement now that we can use these new tools!”
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For more information on SenseCore head to http://senseyourcore.com.
With a million dollars up for grabs, Spain’s Javier Gomez has revealed that he wants to race all three races in the Challenge Triple Crown this year, in addition to defending his WTS title – but not the 70.3 Worlds.
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Speaking to 220 from the Canary Islands where he’s been training for this weekend’s Challenge Dubai, Gomez said that he does plan to race the Bahrain and Oman instalments of the recently announced Triple Crown series.
“That’s the idea. We’ll see how the first one goes but… Yeah, I’d like to do the three of them. I know it’s gonna be a long year but I always like new challenges and to do different things, not only the ITU Series. I know next year I’m going to be focused just on the Olympic Games and I won’t have much time to do this kind of racing so yeah, I’m just hoping to enjoy this year.”
ITU plans
Asked by 220 whether this means he’s decided his schedule for this year’s WTS races, he said that he will definitely do the first four – Abu Dhabi (7 March), Auckland (29 March), Gold Coast (11 April) and Cape Town (26 April) – and the last two, Edmonton and the Grand Final in Chicago.
“It depends on the results because I’ll probably miss Yokohama and then do London but I’m not sure. It depends how the first four go and then how I’m doing but definitely the last two, Edmonton and the Grand Final [Chicago], but in between I’m not sure.
“I’m not sure about Yokohama and Stockholm. If everything goes well I might not do those two or else I’ll do too many races this year.”
“I haven’t done anything in Ironman yet”
With such a busy calendar already decided – including the Olympic test event in Rio this August – it looks like 70.3 racers can breathe a sigh of relief, for now. Gomez tells us plans to skip the 70.3 Worlds in Austria this August, as he would need to race one more beforehand in order to qualify and validate his spot.
But that doesn’t mean that middle and long distance racing is off his radar: “I just go step-by-step right now and focus more on Olympic distance, enjoying some middle distance races every now and then, and when I eventually decide to try Ironman I will do my best and see how it goes.”
Despite many of the sport’s biggest names saying publicly that Gomez could be the next star of Ironman, he tells us that he’s taking nothing for granted. “I really appreciate the words of people who know a lot about the sport, like Greg [Welch] or Chris McCormack or some others, but I haven’t done anything in Ironman yet, you know. So we need to race first and see how it goes.”
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With a million dollars up for grabs, Spain’s Javier Gomez has revealed that he wants to race all three races in the Challenge Triple Crown this year, in addition to defending his WTS title – but not the 70.3 Worlds.
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Speaking to 220 from the Canary Islands where he’s been training for this weekend’s Challenge Dubai, Gomez said that he does plan to race the Bahrain and Oman instalments of the recently announced Triple Crown series.
“That’s the idea. We’ll see how the first one goes but… Yeah, I’d like to do the three of them. I know it’s gonna be a long year but I always like new challenges and to do different things, not only the ITU Series. I know next year I’m going to be focused just on the Olympic Games and I won’t have much time to do this kind of racing so yeah, I’m just hoping to enjoy this year.”
ITU plans
Asked by 220 whether this means he’s decided his schedule for this year’s WTS races, he said that he will definitely do the first four – Abu Dhabi (7 March), Auckland (29 March), Gold Coast (11 April) and Cape Town (26 April) – and the last two, Edmonton and the Grand Final in Chicago.
“It depends on the results because I’ll probably miss Yokohama and then do London but I’m not sure. It depends how the first four go and then how I’m doing but definitely the last two, Edmonton and the Grand Final [Chicago], but in between I’m not sure.
“I’m not sure about Yokohama and Stockholm. If everything goes well I might not do those two or else I’ll do too many races this year.”
“I haven’t done anything in Ironman yet”
With such a busy calendar already decided – including the Olympic test event in Rio this August – it looks like 70.3 racers can breathe a sigh of relief, for now. Gomez tells us plans to skip the 70.3 Worlds in Austria this August, as he would need to race one more beforehand in order to qualify and validate his spot.
But that doesn’t mean that middle and long distance racing is off his radar: “I just go step-by-step right now and focus more on Olympic distance, enjoying some middle distance races every now and then, and when I eventually decide to try Ironman I will do my best and see how it goes.”
Despite many of the sport’s biggest names saying publicly that Gomez could be the next star of Ironman, he tells us that he’s taking nothing for granted. “I really appreciate the words of people who know a lot about the sport, like Greg [Welch] or Chris McCormack or some others, but I haven’t done anything in Ironman yet, you know. So we need to race first and see how it goes.”
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Javier Gomez and Michael Raelert haven’t raced one another for over five years and Germany’s Challenge Bahrain champion couldn’t even recall the last set-to, a non-drafting race in 2009 in Los Angeles where the four-time ITU world champion came out on top.
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The rare head-to-head of the two foremost middle distance triathletes in the world is one of the most intriguing aspects of Friday’s inaugural Challenge Dubai, the first of a Triple Crown of events that Challenge CEO Zibi Szlufcik today confirmed would pay $1,000,000 to anyone who wins the lot.
The prize purse for this first instalment is a guaranteed $300,000 and that’s the type of carrot that brings 65 professional men, including Britain’s Ritchie Nicholls, Fraser Cartmell, Dan Halksworth, David McNamee, Joe Skipper and Will Clarke to the Middle East. More planned to follow, but a field of this size always sees drop-outs, with the notable ones being Raelert’s countrymen Andreas Dreitz (Bahrain runner-up) and 2008 Olympic champion Jan Frodeno.
The interest in Raelert, 34, is that with the Brownlee brothers sticking steadfast to Olympic distance racing as they prepare for Rio de Janeiro next year, there are few professionals that can hold a torch to Gomez at the half-iron distance. That’s not to say the field isn’t stacked. In-form Australian Tim Reed was third in Bahrain and powerhouse swimmer Andy Potts has made a rare excursion from North America.
Add former 70.3 world champion Terenzo Bozzone, Eneko Llanos, James Cunnama, Luke McKensie, Pete Jacobs and Bart Aernouts and there are still a dozen other contenders who will fancy a podium stab.
Threat on the flat
Yet it is Raelert, who on a flat, fast course should be the biggest threat to Gomez whose ITU World Series ding-dongs with Britain’s best mean he’s raced the 1.9m swim, 90km bike and 21.1k distance sparingly and remains unbeaten. His toughest test came in warding off Frodeno as he captured the Ironman 70.3 world championship in Mont-Tremblant, Canada last year – a feat made more impressive given he‘d retained his ITU crown the previous week.
But Raelert is staggeringly fast too. A two-time Ironman 70.3 world champion himself, no-one will have been more welcoming of the financial investment from the UAE that has led to the money-spinning racing (in triathlon terms) here, in Oman and Bahrain, where he clocked a remarkably 3hr 36mins 4secs in December. Even if no man or women takes the $1,000,000, the guaranteed prize purse in Bahrain will still rise from $500,000 to $800,000.
This is not two boxers verbally jousting before the slugging commences, though. Gomez’s stature is such that his potential nemesis comes across humble, edging towards awestruck. “For me, Javier is the best athlete in the world and it doesn’t matter at which distance,” Raelert says. “It’s an honour to sit next to him and race against him – a dream come true for myself. He’s the guy with the target on his back and I’ve never seen Javi have a bad race.”
Ring-rusty?
Raelert instead prefers to talk up a continental battle of sorts, where the ring-rusty Europeans will take on the Antipodeans already deep into their racing season.
“It’s Europe versus Australia,” he says. “Our first race of the season and no-one knows where we are for form, but given we have Javier, it might be a happy ending for Europe.”
Having accepted the invite to race in Dubai just a week before opening his ITU World Series campaign in Abu Dhabi, Gomez, 31, was in no mood to undermine the generosity of his hosts, chiefly the UAE vice-president an ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maaktoum, and crown prince of Dubai and chairman of the sports council, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
“I’ll race more in the Middle East whether I win or not,” Gomez says. “It’s going to be a busy year, but it’s been busy for the last 10 years. Still my main focus is the Olympics in 2016, but with this race in February and Bahrain in December it doesn’t impact too much on the World Series.” And pushed on whether he could win only one title in 2015, which he’d go for, Gomez, ever the diplomat, replied: “It would have to be the Triple Crown.”
Gomez told 220 very recently that he plans to bid for the Challenge Triple Crown and defend his WTS title in 2015 – but won’t be racing 70.3 this year.
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Javier Gomez and Michael Raelert haven’t raced one another for over five years and Germany’s Challenge Bahrain champion couldn’t even recall the last set-to, a non-drafting race in 2009 in Los Angeles where the four-time ITU world champion came out on top.
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The rare head-to-head of the two foremost middle distance triathletes in the world is one of the most intriguing aspects of Friday’s inaugural Challenge Dubai, the first of a Triple Crown of events that Challenge CEO Zibi Szlufcik today confirmed would pay $1,000,000 to anyone who wins the lot.
The prize purse for this first instalment is a guaranteed $300,000 and that’s the type of carrot that brings 65 professional men, including Britain’s Ritchie Nicholls, Fraser Cartmell, Dan Halksworth, David McNamee, Joe Skipper and Will Clarke to the Middle East. More planned to follow, but a field of this size always sees drop-outs, with the notable ones being Raelert’s countrymen Andreas Dreitz (Bahrain runner-up) and 2008 Olympic champion Jan Frodeno.
The interest in Raelert, 34, is that with the Brownlee brothers sticking steadfast to Olympic distance racing as they prepare for Rio de Janeiro next year, there are few professionals that can hold a torch to Gomez at the half-iron distance. That’s not to say the field isn’t stacked. In-form Australian Tim Reed was third in Bahrain and powerhouse swimmer Andy Potts has made a rare excursion from North America.
Add former 70.3 world champion Terenzo Bozzone, Eneko Llanos, James Cunnama, Luke McKensie, Pete Jacobs and Bart Aernouts and there are still a dozen other contenders who will fancy a podium stab.
Threat on the flat
Yet it is Raelert, who on a flat, fast course should be the biggest threat to Gomez whose ITU World Series ding-dongs with Britain’s best mean he’s raced the 1.9m swim, 90km bike and 21.1k distance sparingly and remains unbeaten. His toughest test came in warding off Frodeno as he captured the Ironman 70.3 world championship in Mont-Tremblant, Canada last year – a feat made more impressive given he‘d retained his ITU crown the previous week.
But Raelert is staggeringly fast too. A two-time Ironman 70.3 world champion himself, no-one will have been more welcoming of the financial investment from the UAE that has led to the money-spinning racing (in triathlon terms) here, in Oman and Bahrain, where he clocked a remarkably 3hr 36mins 4secs in December. Even if no man or women takes the $1,000,000, the guaranteed prize purse in Bahrain will still rise from $500,000 to $800,000.
This is not two boxers verbally jousting before the slugging commences, though. Gomez’s stature is such that his potential nemesis comes across humble, edging towards awestruck. “For me, Javier is the best athlete in the world and it doesn’t matter at which distance,” Raelert says. “It’s an honour to sit next to him and race against him – a dream come true for myself. He’s the guy with the target on his back and I’ve never seen Javi have a bad race.”
Ring-rusty?
Raelert instead prefers to talk up a continental battle of sorts, where the ring-rusty Europeans will take on the Antipodeans already deep into their racing season.
“It’s Europe versus Australia,” he says. “Our first race of the season and no-one knows where we are for form, but given we have Javier, it might be a happy ending for Europe.”
Having accepted the invite to race in Dubai just a week before opening his ITU World Series campaign in Abu Dhabi, Gomez, 31, was in no mood to undermine the generosity of his hosts, chiefly the UAE vice-president an ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maaktoum, and crown prince of Dubai and chairman of the sports council, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
“I’ll race more in the Middle East whether I win or not,” Gomez says. “It’s going to be a busy year, but it’s been busy for the last 10 years. Still my main focus is the Olympics in 2016, but with this race in February and Bahrain in December it doesn’t impact too much on the World Series.” And pushed on whether he could win only one title in 2015, which he’d go for, Gomez, ever the diplomat, replied: “It would have to be the Triple Crown.”
Gomez told 220 very recently that he plans to bid for the Challenge Triple Crown and defend his WTS title in 2015 – but won’t be racing 70.3 this year.
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All things equal come Friday morning and Jodie Swallow will once again be the hunted – emerging first woman from the water as a pack of the world’s best triathletes try to bike and run her down.
It’s been that way for years. Swallow’s swimming prowess is virtue of the hard graft of an early morning pool routine back home in Brentwood, Essex that eventually led to a career in multisport and a place on Great Britain’s 2004 Olympic team.
But now at 33, it’s not just the impressive swim splits, bettering so many of the professional men, that stand out, it’s her insatiable drive and motivation to still excel at a sport she has spent 20 years mastering.
Swallow arrives at Challenge Dubai from a fifth success at South Africa 70.3, which followed arguably her most successful year in triathlon: Third at the big money Hy-Vee 5150 race in Iowa, second at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships, fourth at the Ironman World Championships, and another third in Challenge Bahrain.
“It’s a lot easier to do what I’m doing now than what I used to do,” she says. “I didn’t used to eat properly and was in a bad relationship. This is what I love doing, so I can go and do it day-in, day-out, whether racing or training and go full out.”
Swallow is now happily settled in South Africa with partner and fellow professional triathlete James Cunnama, who is also racing in Dubai. “In comparison to what I’ve been through, I’ve a great life and I’m always grateful. But I’ve still got to prove to myself and others and I’ll keep pressing until I’ve fulfilled that.”
Swallow rarely picks an easy challenge and the pro women’s field in Dubai numbers 24, high by middle and long distance standards. Chief amongst it is Challenge Bahrain champion Helle Frederiksen, who showed when winning in December that if she’s in contention coming on to the run she’ll be extremely hard to beat.
Frederiksen arrived looking relaxed and ready from a long stint in Lanzarote, and in conditions not unlike Bahrain, the flat, fast course mean she’s again a favourite. The Dane beat Swallow in both Hy-Vee and Bahrain last year and as part of the successful Uplace-BMC team does not lack confidence.
Where Swallow may get some assistance though is in the arrival of Daniela Ryf. The Swiss triathlete, runner-up in Kona on her debut in October, has the swimming and biking ability to forge from the front with Swallow. With a 20-metre draft rule in operation, they may force a break that sticks, allowing enough of a time buffer coming into T2.
From a British perspective, other notable contenders include Leanda Cave, Susie Cheetham and Alice Hector, but Swallow remains the standout – and she’s hungry for success.
“Kona is always my big one,” she admits, “I’d like to nail that one. And then the Triple Crown and Ironman 70.3 world title. And I could keep adding to that list…”
Challenge Dubai is the first of three middle distance races in the Middle East hosted by the Challenge Family. There is $1,000,000 on offer for any triathlete who wins all three.
For our preview of the men’s race, head here. Challenge Dubai gets underway at 6.45am local time (2.45am UK time) on Friday 27 February. We’ll be covering all the action live on our Twitter feed, and will have race reports online shortly afterwards.
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Who do you think will win Challenge Dubai? Let us know in the comments!
All things equal come Friday morning and Jodie Swallow will once again be the hunted – emerging first woman from the water as a pack of the world’s best triathletes try to bike and run her down.
It’s been that way for years. Swallow’s swimming prowess is virtue of the hard graft of an early morning pool routine back home in Brentwood, Essex that eventually led to a career in multisport and a place on Great Britain’s 2004 Olympic team.
But now at 33, it’s not just the impressive swim splits, bettering so many of the professional men, that stand out, it’s her insatiable drive and motivation to still excel at a sport she has spent 20 years mastering.
Swallow arrives at Challenge Dubai from a fifth success at South Africa 70.3, which followed arguably her most successful year in triathlon: Third at the big money Hy-Vee 5150 race in Iowa, second at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships, fourth at the Ironman World Championships, and another third in Challenge Bahrain.
“It’s a lot easier to do what I’m doing now than what I used to do,” she says. “I didn’t used to eat properly and was in a bad relationship. This is what I love doing, so I can go and do it day-in, day-out, whether racing or training and go full out.”
Swallow is now happily settled in South Africa with partner and fellow professional triathlete James Cunnama, who is also racing in Dubai. “In comparison to what I’ve been through, I’ve a great life and I’m always grateful. But I’ve still got to prove to myself and others and I’ll keep pressing until I’ve fulfilled that.”
Swallow rarely picks an easy challenge and the pro women’s field in Dubai numbers 24, high by middle and long distance standards. Chief amongst it is Challenge Bahrain champion Helle Frederiksen, who showed when winning in December that if she’s in contention coming on to the run she’ll be extremely hard to beat.
Frederiksen arrived looking relaxed and ready from a long stint in Lanzarote, and in conditions not unlike Bahrain, the flat, fast course mean she’s again a favourite. The Dane beat Swallow in both Hy-Vee and Bahrain last year and as part of the successful Uplace-BMC team does not lack confidence.
Where Swallow may get some assistance though is in the arrival of Daniela Ryf. The Swiss triathlete, runner-up in Kona on her debut in October, has the swimming and biking ability to forge from the front with Swallow. With a 20-metre draft rule in operation, they may force a break that sticks, allowing enough of a time buffer coming into T2.
From a British perspective, other notable contenders include Leanda Cave, Susie Cheetham and Alice Hector, but Swallow remains the standout – and she’s hungry for success.
“Kona is always my big one,” she admits, “I’d like to nail that one. And then the Triple Crown and Ironman 70.3 world title. And I could keep adding to that list…”
Challenge Dubai is the first of three middle distance races in the Middle East hosted by the Challenge Family. There is $1,000,000 on offer for any triathlete who wins all three.
For our preview of the men’s race, head here. Challenge Dubai gets underway at 6.45am local time (2.45am UK time) on Friday 27 February. We’ll be covering all the action live on our Twitter feed, and will have race reports online shortly afterwards.
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