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Where does Transition start? Transitions are really a fluid part of a triathlon, not just fixed points between mount and dismount lines.

Transitions matter. And not just in Elite international racing. The time difference in transition in their head to head counting races was 27 seconds and Cory Fines beat Loughlin Campion by less than 3 seconds overall for the National Series Title.

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2024. Review of Olympic and Paralympic selections.

19/11/24

Stephen Delaney

How did my selections and the Irish team go in Paris? Thankfully all events went ahead, even if not quite to schedule, and in the end it was the current, not the weather, that had the greatest impact.

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Paris Paralympics Triathlon 2024. Irish athletes in PTVI and PTS4 Women

29/8/24

Stephen Delaney

The PTVI category for women in Paris looks to be between Susana Rodriguez and Francesca Tarantello for the win. They have traded 1st and 2nd places for a year now and are consistently over 2 minutes ahead of the competition. Meanwhile its all eyes on Kelly Elmlinger in PTS4

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When are Podiums not enough? The Paratriathlon points chase for Paris.

27/8/24

Stephen Delaney

When we imagine what an elite athlete has to do to secure qualification for an Olympic or Paralympic Games in any sport it is easy to conclude that securing podiums in qualification events must be good enough. However if Paris 2024 is anything to go by, athletes in paratriathlon with multiple Top 3 results can still fall short.

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Cork City Triathlon Elite Races

18/7/24

Stephen Delaney

The Elite racers brought the speed to Cork for an event that looks like it could be something to build on for the future. 25 countries sent athletes to the 2 races with World Cup winners and Olympians among them.

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Cork City Triathlon Junior Races

16/7/24

Stephen Delaney

Stars of the future put on a show to start the day in Cork. 11 countries entered athletes for the Junior European Cup including Australia and Argentina.

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European Cup Cork

9/7/24

Stephen Delaney

Triathlon Ireland has entered 7 athletes in Elite European Cup race in Cork. Russell White and Elizabeth Carr head the list with Carr starting number 3 and White number 12.

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Cork Junior European Cup. International opportunities at home for Irish Juniors for second consecutive year.

8/7/24

Stephen Delaney

There could be some real stars of the future in the Junior races in Cork. While the numbers are not great, likely due in part to the weekly dose of European Junior Cup races at the moment allied to superseries races and national champs elsewhere, the quality at the top looks impressive.

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Part 3. The Olympic travel journey.

5/7/24

Stephen Delaney

Global travel is a part of many sports qualification Olympic processes and triathlon is up with the best when it comes to air miles needed. Not including Continental Championships there were 44 individual qualifying events across 5 continents.

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Olympic Qualification Part 2. Are the rich getting richer.

3/7/24

Stephen Delaney

The 48th and final quota slot on the men's individual ranking was taken by the 81st ranked athlete with a surprisingly low points total. What is happening and does it matter?

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How to qualify for the Olympics. Part 1

2/7/24

Stephen Delaney

In women’s triathlon the final quota slot gained via the individual ranking required 2416 points or the equivalent of 12 ninth place finishes, 210 points, in World Cup sprint distance races.

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Window closing on Paratriathlon qualification for Paris 2024

20/6/24

Stephen Delaney

By Saturday week we will know which countries have gained the automatic quota slots and how many in each classification. All that will remain then are the Bipartite invitation slots to be selected by the IPC and World Triathlon.

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Who will be enjoying the sunset after the Mixed Team qualification event in Huatulco.

15/5/24

Stephen Delaney

It is the most valuable single Olympic qualifying event for Triathlon Federations, particularly the smaller ones in the sport, and looks like being a thriller in Huatulco with the final outcome possibly not being known for another week as some teams still need to secure individual eligibility

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Opening weekend for Triathlon Ireland Paratri team.

7/3/24

Stephen Delaney

The season opens for European Paratriathletes in Abu Dhabi with a World Cup event. With the Americas Continental Championship also on this weekend a lot can change in the chase for Paris qualification. With podiums at both events Irish athletes have competed in this year, Troutbeck and Havana, I am looking forward to that sequence continuing.

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Olympic qualification window closing in 6 months.

5/12/23

Stephen Delaney

With Paralympic slots almost assured for Ireland in Paris it looks a tougher task for the athletes targeting Olympic Games.

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Morocco, China and Kenya complete the Continental Cup Season

17/11/23

Stephen Delaney

The end of another long World Triathlon season is in sight with the last of the long haul flights from Europe coming up this weekend.

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Pink Floyd and Cycling.

10/11/23

Stephen Delaney

What can we possibly learn from a vocal analysis of a song from 1973 to inform our preparation, training and racing.

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The season slows down but the points remain the same

8/11/23

Stephen Delaney

Approaching the end of the World Triathlon year, while the big names may be on their off-season breaks, the points scores for Continental and World Cups remain the same as ever.

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all to play for heading into the winter break for Ireland's Paratriathletes

2/11/23

Stephen Delaney

The 2023 Paratriathlon season ended with further success for Irish athletes. 3 silver medals in Taranto, Italy, sent the team into the winter break with probably 5 athletes with a real shot at Paris qualification.

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Success at Malaga Para World Cup and chance of more in Taranto, Italy.

25/10/23

Stephen Delaney

Malaga Para World Cup provided further evidence of what we, as spectators, already knew, what we suspected and what we hoped might be there among the Triathlon Ireland Team.

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European and World Titles across multiple categories on the line.

19/9/23

Stephen Delaney

A busy weekend of racing with European and World Titles for Elite, U23, Para, Age Group and Club athletes in France and Spain. The equivalent of the Champions League for Triathlon Clubs sees 4 teams of athletes from 3 Irish Clubs go to the start in Elite and Junior races.

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Karlovy Vary Preview

7/9/23

Stephen Delaney

Karlovy has been a good venue for Ireland's Russell White before. He lines up again in a field of 62 athletes on Sunday.

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Paratriathlon. One athlete is all it takes.

5/9/23

Stephen Delaney

Competing against yourself. Cost versus Reward in Paratriathlon. With flights alone for 1 person costing upwards of €1000, is it worth it to compete in a field of 1?

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European Racing in Dublin

29/8/23

Stephen Delaney

Successful return of European Triathlon to Ireland after 10 years.

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French Disqualification Ramifications

7/8/23

Stephen Delaney

It will be interesting to see if there are any longer term repercussions of the French disqualification on Sunday in the Europe Triathlon relay championships.

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World Championships and more for Irish Triathletes

13/7/23

Stephen Delaney

Big weekend of racing in Hamburg, Long Beach and Swansea with Juniors, U23s, and senior Elites and Para athletes travelling the world with no time for sightseeing.

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Learning from Youtube

11/7/23

Stephen Delaney

Takeaways from a training video on Youtube. My understanding and interpretation. Looking beyond the headlines to get the intent.

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Canada and Morocco host Irish Triathletes

6/7/23

Stephen Delaney

Canada and Morocco this weekend for Elite Triathletes. The Para athletes have the Para World Series event in Montreal while in Larache there is an African Cup race.

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European Games Triathlon. All about the Bike.

29/6/23

Stephen Delaney

All About the Bike? Well maybe not all, but it was the bike that had the impact on Irish performances over the first 2 days of the European Games Triathlon events.

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Analyzing Data To Boost Performance

14/6/23

Stephen Delaney

Explore how a basic analysis of your performance metrics can enhance your endurance sports journey.

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National and European Championships weekend

2/6/23

Stephen Delaney

The sprint distance draft legal championships take place on Saturday in Athy with similar field size to last year. Racers make races and if the field size can stay consistent for a few years and maybe get back to the numbers seen in Lanesboro a few years ago the competition level will continue to grow and maybe we will see more draft legal racing again.

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World Triathlon and the World Beach Games.

25/5/23

Stephen Delaney

Reading and understanding qualification documents and understanding ranking criteria can be quite straightforward. Occasionally though you can be fooled into reading something that isn't there when multiple policies are very alike. This certainly happened to me last weekend with the World Aquathlon rankings.

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Hard week for some on the triathlon circuit.

17/5/23

Stephen Delaney

Athletes and coaches will have been pouring over the feedback, files and results from last weekend and assessing what went right and what they can learn from their experiences in Italy, Morocco, France and Wales.

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Race Preview M'Diq Africa Cup, Morocco

11/5/23

Stephen Delaney

Strong Irish team head to Morocco with James Edgar ranked 5 in the M'Diq Africa Triathlon Cup. Olympian Russell White, Luke Mccarron and Jonathan Oakey complete the team.

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Gorey 3 Day

12/4/23

Stephen Delaney

Can a 3 day stage race within a race with 18 riders be interesting? Absolutely yes!!!

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British Triathlon Performance Assessment Weekend

6/4/23

Stephen Delaney

Some of Ireland's top Youth and Junior triathletes along with a couple of Seniors raced in Nottingham over the weekend

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Super League Preview

6/4/23

Stephen Delaney

This weekend Luke McCarron competes in the mens elite race, carrying World Triathlon points, while both Chloe and Judith Maccoombe take part in the usPara race along with Oliver Gunning.

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Any aspiring selectors out there?

29/3/23

Stephen Delaney

If a selection meeting was held now, and all pro riders met criteria, Healy would be a strong contender if only one slot.

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March Preview

22/3/23

Stephen Delaney

Racing on 3 continents, sort of, for Irish athletes on the World Triathlon circuit.

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