Travis Mundell

1 month ago | triathlete.com | Travis Mundell

Short-course superstar Taylor Spivey is going long this year. Though next weekend’s T100 Singapore race will not be the first time Spivey has raced the unique 100K triathlon format, it will be markedly different from last year when she dabbled in the distance on a hotshot contract after the Paris Games. This year, Spivey is back on the T100 tour, this time in its entirety.

1 month ago | triathlete.com | Lucy Byram |Travis Mundell

In 2024, the Professional Triathletes Organization (PTO) pioneered a new term for its T100 Triathlon World Tour roster: hotshots. These contracted spots for the season are awarded in addition to the contracts given to top-ranked athletes – but unlike the sure bet of the top performers, hotshots are invited to the T100 tour based on their potential to shake up the nine-race series.

1 month ago | triathlete.com | Travis Mundell

To the average person, a sprint or Olympic triathlon might seem quite an extreme endurance event (“You do three sports back to back!?”). But to triathletes, such races are just another Saturday morning. So what does make a triathlete shake with fear? It’s usually a tough triathlon race – one that pushes the limits of the human body with brutal distances, harsh climates, and unforgiving terrain.

2 months ago | triathlete.com | Travis Mundell

The breathtaking backdrop of last weekend’s Challenge Wanaka race provided the perfect setting for a long-awaited moment in triathlon: the use of RaceRanger draft-detection technology in the age-group field. 270 athletes took to the course equipped with the innovative devices zip-tied to their bikes, marking a crucial next step for the company that has revolutionized professional triathlon with its three-color light system in recent years.

2 months ago | staging.triathlete.com | Travis Mundell

If there’s one thing the PTO knows, it’s that stars make a series. So it’s no surprise that when they launched their T100 Triathlon World Tour, they got some of the biggest names in triathlon on board. Though triathlon’s top pros are superstars to us (admit it, you would try to get a selfie if you saw Lucy Charles-Barclay at the airport), they don’t pull the same global attention as, say, Serena Williams or Conor McGregor – at least, not yet.