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5 days ago | triathlon.org | Doug Gray

It was only the second Team World Triathlon gathering of the 2025 season, and the Huatulco World Cup proved to be one of the most successful - and in some of the most difficult circumstances. With travel disruption of over 48 hours for some members, including new Team Manager Daniel Unger, as a result of Hurricane Erick, preparations were far from ideal.

6 days ago | triathlon.org | Doug Gray

Carolina Velasquez (COL) made it through the driving rain with enough left in the tank to edge a big sprint finish against USA’s Erika Ackerlund and secure the gold at Sunday’s Huatulco World Cup, Elizabeth Bravo (ECU) completing the podium. The city had recovered from a battering by Hurricane Erick in the days before the race, but the rain returned, keeping temperatures lower but conditions still very tricky out on the course.

6 days ago | triathlon.org | Doug Gray

Shachar Sagiv wins first World Cup with brilliant solo show in HuatulcoIn 15 years of racing in the Mexican beach town, a Huatulco breakaway has been a rarity. For Israel’s Shachar Sagiv, it was the key to his, and his country’s, first ever World Cup gold medal on Sunday morning.

1 week ago | triathlon.org | Doug Gray

You have to go all the way back to 2008 for the first time the Mexican beach town of Huatulco hosted the best triathletes on the planet. It was two years ago that home favourite Rosa Maria Tapia wore the number one arriving off the back of a massive Series silver in Yokohama, and she does likewise this Sunday chasing her first gold since Brasilia seven months ago. If there’s one thing to be sure of on this sprint distance course, it’s going to be hot.

1 week ago | triathlon.org | Doug Gray

The tropical battleground of Huatulco, Mexico is ready to host the fifth stop of the 2025 World Triathlon Cup circuit, and promises another fast, tactical, and gruelling showdown in what have traditionally been sweltering temperatures on the Pacific coast. It was a year ago that Richard Murray rolled back the years here and held off a young and hungry field, and this time around 50 athletes from no fewer than 20 nations will line up in the hunt for medals as the mid-point of the season nears.