World Triathlon Series Pro racing in Hamburg, Boulder Peak in…yes Boulder, and Birthday Bill in Arvada.
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In Today’s Show
- Endurance News – WTS Hamburg Pro Start List
- What’s new in the 303 – Bill’s Birthday, Boulder Peak
- Discussion – New to OWS?
- Video of the Week – Gwen Jorgensen at the Golden Crit
Endurance News:
WTCS Hamburg 2023: Elite Women preview, start time and how to watch live
12 Jul 2023
WTCS action returns this weekend in the iconic German city of Hamburg, where the best short-course athletes in the sport will battle it out in the fifth top tier event of the season after races in Abu Dhabi, Yokohama, Cagliari and Montreal.
Beth Potter will lead the charge and look to maintain the British women’s dominance, with each race so far won by a Team GB athlete, with Potter picking up two of those victories (Abu Dhabi and Montreal) herself.
She will face stiff competition in Hamburg as she chases her third win of the year, with French star Cassandre Beaugrand one of a number of challengers. Series leader Taylor Spivey, still chasing a first win, will race her fifth WTCS event of the season in Hamburg.
Start time and how to watch live
Hamburg will host the first ever Super Sprint World Championships, with racing taking place across two days on Friday July 14 and Saturday July 15.
Athletes will compete over a 300m swim, 7.5km bike and 1.6km run with qualifiers and repechage on Friday seeing 30 athletes advance to the finals on Saturday.
On Saturday, the finals will take place across three-stages, with 10 athletes cut at the end of the first two stages, leaving ja final 10 competitors to battle it out in the final stage to determine the winner.
NB: All times listed are local and CET.
Friday July 14: Qualifiers and Repechage
1000 (0900 UK, 0400 EST, 0100 PST) – Super Sprint Qualifiers Wave 1.
1035 (0935 UK, 0435 EST, 0135 PST) – Super Sprint Qualifiers Wave 2.
2015 (1915 UK, 1415 EST, 1115 PST) – Super Sprint Repechage Wave 1.
2050 (1950 UK, 1450 EST, 1150 PST) – Super Sprint Repechage Wave 2.
Saturday July 15: Final
1655 (1555 UK, 1055 EST, 0755 PST)- Super Sprint Final Stage 1.
1805 (1705 UK, 1205 EST, 0905 PST) – Super Sprint Final Stage 2.
1915 (1815 UK, 1315 EST, 1015 PST) – Super Sprint Final Stage 3.
The race will be broadcast live on the World Triathlon subscription service, TriathlonLive, and also available free for UK viewers via BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website, the BBC Sport App and the BBC Red Button.
https://www.triathlon.org/events/start_list/2023_world_triathlon_sprint_relay_championships_hamburg/582516
What’s New in the 303:
Race Day Schedule Sunday July 16th – Race Day!
5:00am-6:50am – Athlete check-in
6:45-7:10 – Swim warm-up in roped off area
7:00am – Transition Area Closes – No exceptions!
7:15am – Triathlon Start – First Wave goes off
Subsequent waves will start every 5min
9:00am – Swim Course Cut-Off
11:400am – Bike Course Cut-Off
9:10am-12:45am – Post-race snacks, massage, music & expo
11:30am – Age group awards ceremony
Discussion of the Week:
An athlete approaches you for swim advice. Athlete states they are very anxious anytime they jump into OWS versus the swimming pool. As a coach, what techniques, tools or resources have you used that you found successful in mitigating this and what have you found NOT successful?
- Being more comfortable in pool, Sighting in pool, blind swimming, drafting and contact in the pool
- Have the athlete describe what they expect, fear, concern
- Swimming shallow area of the Gravel Pond (local) using swim safe buoy
- Navigating, sighting, breathing both sides, hook or slice
- Have them draft off me; me draft off them; evaluate sighting and navigation; verify on GPS
- Have them count their arm strokes from one buoy to the next to measure how many meters they are moving
- How to buy, put on, flooding the suit, taking off,
- Goggles, booties, neoprene cap
- Demonstrate laying on back with wetsuit; grabbing the SwimSafe buoy
Video of the Week:
Closing:
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