The World Triathlon Podcast

The Netherlands' Maya Kingma, who scored a first World Cup podium in Karlovy Vary in September, joins us to talk about that magical moment, the pros and cons of virtual racing and her day job creating mind-reading software.

Fresh from back-to-back weekends of racing against the biggest names in the sport, Portugal's latest triathlon talent gives us the inside track on his remarkable Hamburg World Championship and Karlovy Vary World Cup silvers.

Tommy Zaferes catches up with the newly crowned 2020 World Champions Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) and Vincent Luis (FRA) to reflect on their outstanding WTS Hamburg performances and look ahead to the Karlovy Vary World Cup.

It's race week in Hamburg and as the WTS blue carpet is finally rolled out for what will be a standalone World Championship on a brand-new course just north of the city centre, Bermuda's triathlon legend Flora Duffy looks ahead to the hotly anticipated return to racing.

With the news that the Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon will now also see the 2020 World Champions crowned in the individual as well as Mixed Relay events, we hear from Germany's Justus Nieschlag, fresh from his Arena Games win and ready to tackle real racing for the first time in 12 months.

We catch up with the 2019 World Champion as she manages to remain upbeat despite the ongoing battles with Covid-induced chaos. As an athlete for whom preparation and organisation have been big parts of her success, the pervading uncertainty has proven hugely challenging but a handful of races back on the schedule have brought some much-needed focus back into life in Maryland, USA.

We are joined by Kristian Blummenfelt 🇳🇴, Miriam Casillas 🇪🇸, Flora Duffy 🇧🇲, Tyler Mislawchuk 🇨🇦, Summer Rappaport 🇺🇸and Henri Schoeman 🇿🇦 to look back over the 2019 Tokyo Test Event, take a close analysis of the course and look forward to the Olympic Games in 12 months' time.

London 2012 Olympic Champion and Rio 2016 silver medallist Nicola Spirig reflects on one of the most iconic finishes in the history of triathlon. What gave her the edge? Brilliant planning and the know-how learned through years at the top.

"The knowledge these athletes have about their own training is probably the highest in endurance sport" - Norway head coach Arild Tveiten discusses the relationships he has built with the country's leading triathletes Kristian Blummenfelt, Casper Stornes, Lotte Miller and Gustav Iden as he looks to develop world beaters and Olympic champions from what was a standing start just ten years ago.

For episode 9, Claire Michel joins us to discuss the joy of the pursuit of excellence, her role on the Athlete's Committee and the importance of protecting athletes and kicks off a new campaign to find fresh team names for the international Mixed Relay teams starting, of course, with the Belgian Hammers.