The city of Torremolinos (ESP) will host the U23, Junior and mixed Junior/U23 relay world championships from Thursday. Also on the program, the WTCS final and the Paratriathlon world championships,
Eleven selected among young people
A total of eleven French people were selected for these “youth” races:
The U23s will kick off the festivities in Andalusia with scheduled races on Thursday October 17.
Two Pisciacaises were selected for the women’s race, Candice Denizot champion of France Elites and Ilona HadhoumJunior world champion in 2023. On the men’s side, Enzo Bourdonrecent university world champion, and Jules Rethoret (9th in the U23 European Championships) will start on Thursday at 12:00 p.m.
Nils Serre-Gehri
For Juniors, the meeting is set for the next day with the women’s race scheduled for 3:15 p.m. and the boys’ race at 5:15 p.m.
Four French women will present themselves at the start of the race, with the French Juniors champion Ambre Grasset and her runner-up Léa Houart. Manon Laporte3rd at the 2023 Junior World Championships and European vice-champion this year, will also be present as will Lisa Lecompte (3rd at the European Junior Championships).
The three boys selected are Achille Besson5th at the European Junior Championships, Tristan ShowerFrench Junior champion and Nils Serre-GehriJunior world vice-champion last year.
The Juniors/23 mixed relay event will take place on Sunday October 20 at 9:00 a.m., the composition will be announced following the individual events.
The U23 races will take place over a standard distance while it will be a sprint format for the Junior races.
The complete start-lists are available here:
U23 Women
U23 Men
Junior Women
Junior Men
“Medal record” objective for paratriathletes
French paratriathletes will be present in large numbers for the world championships with fifteen selected athletes (guides included). All the Paralympic medalists make the trip to Andalusia and present themselves with the same ambitions as in the capital a month and a half ago.
The objective for the French delegation is to beat the record acquired last year with 8 medals including 3 gold. And for the first time, a mixed relay world championship event is also on the program after the format was tested at the last two world championships.
The Blues will be present in nine categories out of the twelve in the Para triathlon!
PTWC
Mona Francis
Louis Noel
PTS2
Jules Ribstein
PTS3
Elise Marc
Cedric Denuziere
PTS4
Camille Seneclauze
Alexis Hanquinquant
Pierre-Antoine Baele
Grégoire Berthon
PTVI
Annouck Curzillat and Julie Marano
Thibaut Rigaudeau and Cyril Viennot
Antoine Perel and Yohan Le Berre
For the individual events, the first start will be given on Friday October 18 at 10:00 a.m., while the mixed relay event will take place on Sunday October 20 at 11:00 a.m.
To discover the complete start-list, click here
For the mixed relay, the composition will be announced following the individual events. The regulations require the presence of an athlete in the PTWC category and a tandem entered in PTVI. As with the Olympic mixed relay events, two women and two men take turns.
WTCS Grand Final
After competing in several rounds across the globe, it’s time for the grand finale of the WTCS series. Leader in the world ranking, Cassandre Beaugrand could achieve the Olympic/world title double in Torremolinos. Among the men, the best placed Frenchman is Léo Bergère, 2nd in the ranking.
After winning the two WTCS in which she participated in Cagliari and Hamburg, as well as the Olympic title in Paris which counts in the ranking, Cassandre Beaugrand is logically at the top of the world rankings. The youngest tricolor Emma Lombardi will also have a say in the fight for the podium; 4th in the ranking at the moment, the Frenchwoman had taken 3rd place in 2023 for her second full season at the highest level of World Triathlon. With her victory at the opening of the season in Yokohama and her silver medal at the European Championships in Vichy, the Isséenne Léonie Périault is in 9th place in the ranking.
The highest ranked competitors before the grand final are the British Beth Potter and the German Lisa Tertsch, respectively 2nd and 3rd in the ranking who have less than 150 points difference with Cassandre Beaugrand. Like last year, the Olympic champion arrives at the top of the ranking with a slim lead over her closest pursuer, Beth Potter, reigning world champion. All members of the Top 10 will be present with the exception of the Bermudian Flora Duffy and the American Taylor Knibb, entered in the T100 round in Las Vegas at the same time. Olympic silver medalist Julie Derron of Switzerland is also missing
The last of Vincent Luis
Bronze medalist at the Olympic Games and 3rd in the world rankings in 2023 after winning the title in 2022, Leo Bergere is once again in contention for a place on the general classification podium and is currently 2nd. After finishing at the foot of the podium at the Olympic Games, Pierre Le Corre appears in this grand final in 6th position in the ranking, 2 small points from the Top 5. The reigning world champion Dorian Coninx will also be present in this final as well as Vincent Luis who announced his retirement at the start of the season; During this race he will compete in his last for the French team. Both athletes will be keen to succeed in this last race of the international season marked by a big fall in Yokohama for the first city, for the second it is a question of closing the adventure in blue in the best possible way.
The big favorite for this race as well as for the world title is Alex Yee, Olympic champion and undefeated in the two WTCS rounds in which he took part in Cagliari and Weihai, and logical leader of the general classification. His great rival Hayden Wilde (NZL) will also be one to watch closely, as will Matthew Hauser (AUS), both very close to Leo Bergere in the general classification. All athletes ranked in the Top 10 in the ranking will be present in the final.
> The program
Thursday October 17
U23 Women’s World Championship – 9 a.m.
U23 Men’s World Championship – 12 p.m.
Friday October 18
World Para Triathlon Championship – 10 a.m.
Junior Women’s World Championship – 3:15 p.m.
Junior Men’s World Championship – 5:15 p.m.
Saturday October 19
WTCS Women Final – 3:35 p.m.
Sunday October 20
Junior/U23 Mixed Relay World Championship – 9 a.m.
Para Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championship – 11 a.m.
WTCS Men’s Final – 5 p.m.
Photo credit: FFTRI / PuurFilm and World triathlon
