The World Triathlon Podcast

New Zealand's breakthrough talent Hayden Wilde on Olympic ambitions and why he pushes himself in every race, how he loves to prove people wrong, and what goes on the perfect pre-race pizza.

Three legends of Age-Group triathlon racing, with more than 50 World Championships appearances between them, tell their personal stories from across thirty years of the sport.

Hungary's Tamas Toth joins us for the first World Triathlon podcast of 2021, sharing his thoughts on the benefits of taking time out for a full mental and physical reboot and how he is working hard to represent the athletes on the World Triathlon Executive Board.

This week we are joined by the inspiring former World Triathlon Champion, USAT Hall-of-Famer, coach, author and motivational speaker, Siri Lindley. Siri reveals how she overcame OCD as a student, self-doubt as an athlete and cancer earlier this year, all with some help from the power of positive thinking.

After winning 2016 Junior World Championship silver in Cozumel, Germany's Lisa Tertsch left the World Triathlon circuit and headed to Harvard to study Economics and Biology. Incredibly in her first race back in 2019, she won gold at the Antwerp World Cup with a blistering run, and has since set her sights on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

New Zealand's Ryan Sissons took the difficult decision to retire from triathlon following the postponement of Tokyo 2020, but after two Olympic appearances, two World Cup wins and a never less than eye-catching career, there's plenty of stories and memories for one of the most outspoken of triathletes to chew over with us before he says goodbye.

Three-time Para Triathlon World Champion Lauren Steadman was back to racing in style with gold in Portugal's Alhandra World Cup in October. For the British star of the small screen and the start line, it's now all sights set to Tokyo and some unfinished business to take care of as he prepares for her fourth Paralympics appearance.

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.

Following the sad news of his retirement due to a genetic heart issue, we catch up with Marc Austin to look back on the 26-year-old's career and find out what lies ahead for the 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist.

Against all the odds, triathlon coach Noor Khouja and the Aleppo triathlon community at large have continued to build the sport and hold races out of the rubble of Syria's second city. In this episode, Noor reveals some of the triumphs and tragedies of the past decade that have made him more determined than ever to help young local athletes escape their fears and achieve their dreams.

The first ever ITU World Champion, New Zealand's Erin Baker joins us to discuss her remarkable career, the mindset that drove her to greatness, and why she thinks that social media might have been the end of her career.

A horrific training accident in 2017 may have left Australia's Lauren Parker without the use of her legs, but it did nothing to dim her burning desire to win. Thanks to her best friend and training partner Brad Fernley, within months she was on the Commonwealth Games podium, and just two years later she became the World Paratriathlon Champion in the PTWC category. In true fashion, Parker now sees...

Canada's Tyler Mislawchuk joins us to reflect on a brilliant 2019 and an unusual 2020 that started with an unlikely Duathlon European Championship, saw a fortnight quarantined in his parent's basement, and has see the Tokyo Test Event winner just rediscover the pool.

We catch up with Serbia's ASICS World Triathlon team member as he reaches the end of two months stranded in lockdown in Mauritius

The ASICS World Triathlon Team member dials in from Reykyavik

A WTS Leeds look-back with Team GB's 2019 champion