The World Triathlon Podcast
Episodes
#116 - DAVID CANTERO + FANNI SZALAI
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Out of the fires of the Lanzarote World Cup emerged men's gold medallist David Cantero, overcoming a 10s penalty to come soaring back and set up o...
#114 0 GEORGIA TAYLOR-BROWN
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Great Britain's Georgoa Taylor-Brown took 'a year out' in 2025, only to finish in the PTO top 10 thanks to a flurry of world-class perform...
#114 - Race Ranger Explained: The triathlon start up switching up racing
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James Elvery is one half of the team behind Race Ranger, the biking draft zone innovation shaking up racing and bringing tech into the notoriously mur...
#113 - MANAMI IIJIMA: from Guam to the world
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For a self-confessed chilled-out Pacific islander, coming to terms with short-course swimming chaos has been a steep learning curve for Guam’s Manam...
#112 - BETH POTTER: What Went Wrong in Wollongong?
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She went into the 2025 Championship Finals as the Series leader, knowing that victory would bring her a second world title in just three years and est...
#111 - World Champion MATT HAUSER and coach Dan Atkins
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It was ten years in the making, and the world title that Australia's Matt Hauser and his coach Dan Atkins were able to conjure up in 2025 was won ...
#110 - U23 World Champion Oli Conway
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 2025 season rewind continues with the newly crowned Men's U23 World Champion, Britain's rising star, Oliver Conway, joining the World Tria...
#109 - U23 World Champion RICHELLE HILL
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richelle Hill lit the fuse on the 2025 World Triathlon Championship Finals Wollongong for the hosts Australia, igniting one of the great Grand Finals ...
#108 - CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS PREVIEW with Chelsea Burns + Tommy Zaferes
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a special on-the-ground preview of the Championship Finals from Wollongong, Australia with Chelsea Burns and Tommy Zaferes, analysing the ...
#107 HENRY GRAF - THE BATTLE OF BOHEMIA
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh from his mammoth debut World Triathlon Championship Series win in Karlovy Vary, Germany's latest triathlon talent Henry Graf joins Doug Gray...
#106 JEANNE LEHAIR race recap with Tommy Zaferes
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Third in the world heading to WTCS Karlovy Vary on 14 September, it was in the south of France last weekend that Jeanne Lehair ripped up her coach'...
#105 JOLIEN VERMEYLEN
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The newly crowned European Sprint Triathlon Champion, Belgium's Jolien Vermeylen is one of the sport's great characters, and heads to Istanbul...
#104 ROKSANA SLUPEK 🚀
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In recovery after suffering a bad bike crash at WTCS Hamburg in mid-July, Roksana Slupek is our guest this week, and the Poland number one shares her...
#103 MATT HAUSER: WTCS HAMBURG + MIXED RELAY WORLD CHAMPION
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A second individual gold in the 2025 World Triathlon Championship Series strengthened Matt Hauser's grip on the Series Rankings after WTCS Hamburg...
#102 MIGUEL HIDALGO 🇧🇷
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The first Brazilian to win a World Triathon Championship Series gold in the modern era, Miguel Hidalgo now has his sights set on a first World Champio...
#101 ALEX YEE - MARATHON MAN
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you achieved your dream double of becoming Olympic and World Champion in the same year, what would you do? For Alex Yee, the answer was simple. Tes...
#100 CASSANDRE BEAUGRAND: The Making of an Olympic Champion
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A very special guest joins the podcast to mark the 100th episode, the Paris 2024 Olympic Triathlon Champion Cassandre Beaugrand!It is a deeply honest ...
NEW TRIATHLON PERSPECTIVES ON THE PATH TO LA 2028
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new perspective with World Triathlon's Kris Gemmell.Welcome to the start of a revealing new series that takes a wider look at the World Triathlo...
#99 - Hayden Wilde & Morgan Pearson: WTCS ABU DHABI
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🚨 RACE WEEK! 🚨Two of the stars of the Paris 2024 Olympic Triathlon - and indeed Tokyo 2020 - Hayden Wilde and Morgan Pearson (Morgan's bit s...
#98 - Tilda Mansson: the Swedish Rocket
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The second Olympic Qualification Period saw a meteoric rise to the Paris 2024 start line for Sweden's Tilda Mansson. From 2022 Junior World Champi...
#97 JOHN REED - USA TRIATHLON'S NEXT BIG THING?
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
USA's John Reed heads into this year's U23 World Championships on a mission to crown what has already been a brilliant breakthrough 2024. The ...
#96 PARALYMPICS SHORT with Lauren Steadman, Mohamed Lahna and Grace Norman
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We catch up with Great Britain's defending Paralympic Champion in the PTS5 Triathlon Lauren Steadman, USA's PTS2 medal hope Mohamed Lahna and ...
#95 VERONICA YOKO PLEBANI and the PARALYMPIC PREVIEW
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
She is just 28 years old, but Veronica Yoko Plebani has already squeezed more into her young world than most do in a lifetime. Contracting bacterial m...
#94 PTVI PARALYMPIC PREVIEW with FRANCESCA TARANTELLO and SAM HARDING
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two stars of the Para Triathlon visually impaired class, Italy's 2023 World Champion Francesca Tarantello and Australia's Continental Champion...
#93 OLYMPIC TRACK STAR & DUATHLON CHAMP GEORGIA BELL
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
PARK RUN TO OLYMPIC PODIUM VIA DUATHLON WORLDSAs the Multisport World Championships hit Townsville, we rewind to Ibiza last year with Great Britain...
#92 PARIS PODS pt.3 with Kenji Nener, Jamie Riddle & more!
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sunday sees the first day of familiarisation on the Paris 2024 Olympic Triathlon course and a chance to catch up with some of the men ready to do batt...
#91 - PARIS PODS pt.2 WITH FLORA DUFFY & HAYDEN WILDE
27 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday is Day One of Paris 2024, and we take a trip to Poissy, 30 minutes west of the French capital, to catch up with defending Olympic Triathlon C...
#90 Paris 2024 Olympic Triathlon Preview with Casper Stornes
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With just hours to go to the Opening Ceremony, we look ahead to the Paris 2024 Olympic triathlon events with the expert analysis and insight from Norw...
#89 - MATT HAUSER + WTCS CAGLIARI PREVIEW
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Australia's Matt Hauser joins us for a rewind across the comings and goings of an almighty WTCS Yokohama that finally got the 2024 Series underway...
#88 - VINCENT LUIS
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reunited full-time with his coach Joel Filiol, back on extended training camps with nothing more to think about than form and focus, the enormous carr...
#87 Dylan Mccullough - Triathlon New Zealand
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Standing at #32 in the Olympic Rankings at the start of 2024, Kiwi Dylan McCullough looks set to join Hayden Wilde on the New Zealand team for Paris 2...
#86 BREAKTHROUGHS OF '23: MARTA KROPKO
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our look back at some of the names breaking out in 2023 and with ambitions set fully on Paris in the company of Hungary’s exciting talen...
#85 BREAKTHROUGHS OF '23: CATHIA SCHAR
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With a huge Olympic year ahead it is the perfect time to look back at some of the younger names that made an impact in 2023 and suddenly have Olympic ...
#84 HUGO MILNER
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OLYMPIC-SIZED AMBITIONHe has only been in the sport for two years, but at 6'4" tall and with his first World Cup win already secured in Miyaza...
#83 D O R I A N _ C O N I N X | 2023 World Champion
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2013, Dorian Coninx became Junior World Champion in London, beating two rising British talents on their own patch. A decade later, the Frenchman we...
#82 B E T H _ P O T T E R | 2023 World Champion
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In September, Great Britain's Beth Potter capped a phenomenal year with a World Championship-winning display in Pontevedra. With her 2024 Olympic ...
#81 WTCS Hamburg recap: Lauren Fisher Crossfit legend
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Could Vincent Luis be a CrossFit Champion? Who are the ultimate athletes - triathletes or CrossFitters? Could you row a marathon?Hailing from San Dieg...
#80 WTCS Hamburg recap pt.2: Will McCloy
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Will McCloy is best know to triathlon fans as the commentary voice behind the Arena Games and Super League, for whom he has been calling races for ove...
#79 WTCS Hamburg recap pt.1 : Rasmus Henning
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rasmus Henning (DEN)Two-time top 10 Olympic triathlete ✅ Multiple World Cup and Ironman winner ✅ One of Denmark’s most successful triathletes of...
#78 - WTCS Montreal preview with Non Stanford and Tommy Zaferes
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We take a look ahead to the fourth stop on the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Series - WTCS Montreal - with former World Champion Non Stanford and ...
#77 Jeanne Lehair
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After switching from representing the tricolor of France to the tri-suit of Luxembourg in 2022, Jeanne Lehair has been in the form of her life, seizin...
#76 Pierre et Mignon - Long Distance World Champ duo
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A four-month goal achieved together - France's Marjolaine Pierre and Clement Mignon took Ibiza by storm as they won the 2023 World Triathlon Long ...
#75 The Vasco Vilaça episode
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Portugal's Vasco Vilaça heads to WTCS Cagliari as the world number one after an electrifying start to the 2023 season saw back-to-back podiums in...
#74 The Erika Ackerlund episode
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The USA's Erika Ackerlund spoke out recently about the paralysing nerves she felt at the start of the 2022 season, and where the pressure she had ...
#73 Hans Christian Tungesvik: Winter Tri Champion episode
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hans Christian Tungesvik has played his own part in Norway's triathlon explosion in recent years, an Ironman and Norseman champion who made the sw...
#72 The Leo Bergere World Champion Episode
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It was one of the most gripping climaxes to a season possible as a dramatic final 500m of the men's 2022 World Triathlon Championship Finals saw L...
≠71 The Vincent Luis Bonus Episode
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the start of the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Series just around the corner, World Triathlon met up with Vincent Luis in the Girona hills wh...
#70 The Gwen Jorgensen episode
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In mid-December, the word was finally out - Rio 2016 Olympic Champion Gwen Jorgensen was coming back to World Triathlon racing in 2023. A seven-year b...
#69 The Maya Kingma episode
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Netherlands' Maya Kingma kicks off the new season of World Triathlon podcasts, the rising talent who fought through the pain barrier at the end of...
#68 The 2022 Championship Finals Preview Show
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gillian Sanders and Tommy Zaferes join the podcast to give their own inside takes on a season that has had it all, and look ahead to the big one - the...
#67 Morgan Pearson
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of his first race back from an injury that has kept him off the blue carpet since Abu Dhabi 2021, we are in Chile to speak with USA's Morgan...
#66 Coaches Special: Rodrigo Milazzo & Tibor Lehmann
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For 2022 World Coach Day, we catch up with Brazil Triathlon's High Performance Manager Rodrigo Milazzo and Tibor Lehmann, coach of Hungarian hotsh...
#65 Kristian Blummenfelt & Gustav Iden
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of an hotly anticipated first World Cup in their hometown of Bergen, Norway’s triathlon totems reveal the secrets of the City of Seven Mountai...
#64 Craig Kirkwood
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
New Zealand's Craig Kirkwood began working with Hayden Wilde back in 2016 and has since helped develop a raw multisport talent into an Olympic med...
#63 Sam Dickinson
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dogged by injuries at almost every crucial step of his young career, Sam Dickinson is now ready to break out of the shadows in 2022. Serving as a dome...
#62 Jamie Riddle (RSA)
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're back and delighted to cast an eye over some of the remarkable action from the Championship Series races over the past months, as well as a f...
#61 Chris McCormack
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The former World Triathlon and Ironman Champion and Super League pioneer Chris McCormack joins us for a look ahead to the first Series race of 2022, W...
#60 Kate Waugh and Max Stapley
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of the London stop of the 2022 Arena Games Triathlon series, we catch up with one of the surprise packages from Munich a fortnight ago, Australi...
#59 Marten Van Riel
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Before the Belgium Hammer - who scored gold at the 70.3 Dubai earlier in 2022 - heads to the opening Munich leg of the Arena Games Triathlon World Cha...
#58 Triathlon coach Paulo Sousa
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal, the ever outspoken Paulo Sousa had no fewer than seven members of his training group on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic st...
#57 Csongor Lehmann and Kira Gupta-Baltazar
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hungary's Csongor Lehmann and Canadian Kira Gupta-Baltazar join us for the third in our mini-series of ones-to-watch for the 2022 season. Csongor ...
#56 Alberte Kjaer 🇩🇰 & Miguel Hidalgo 🇧🇷
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two of the hottest new talents ready to breakthrough in 2022 are Denmark’s Alberte Kjaer Pedersen and Brazil’s Miguel Hidalgo. Coming from opposit...
#55 Chase McQueen and Emma Lombardi
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we begin the countdown to the start of a new World Triathlon season, it's time to catch up with a few of the faces set to be breaking through i...
#54 Kendall Gretsch
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When the women's PTWC wheelchair category was left out of the Para Triathlon programme of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, USA's Kendall Gretsch...
#53 Javier Gomez
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The most decorated World Triathlon Champion of all time, Spain's Javier Gomez has left an indelible mark on the sport ever since his first world t...
#52 Ian O'Brien
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Former USAT coach and the man behind Origin Performance, Ian O'Brien joins us on the latest episode, revealing how to achieve a winning mindset an...
#51 Lotte Miller
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh from her first international gold at the Europe Triathlon Cup Quarteira, Lotte Miller shares her unique insights to the Team Norway set up, from...
#50 Alex Yee
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The boy from Brockley becomes the man in Malibu. Alex Yee's story to delivering the 2021 of his Olympic dreams has taken a long and winding road, ...
#49 Paralympic Champion Brad Snyder
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
He lost his eyesight in Afghanistan 2011, was a London 2012 swimming champion exactly 12 months later and then, after two highly successful Paralympic...
#48 Paralympic Champion Susana Rodriguez
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The new Paralympic Champion in the visually impaired (PTVI) category of para triathlon, the incredible Susana Rodriguez spent 2020 on the front line o...
#47 Jonny Brownlee
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From bronze at London 2012 to silver at Rio 2016, Jonny Brownlee finally scored Olympic triathlon gold at Tokyo 2020 in the inaugural Mixed Relay. He ...
#46 Jetze Plat
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Netherlands' para triathlon legend Jetze Plat has dominated the PTWC class for the past five years and now heads to Tokyo to defend the Paralympic...
#45 Non Stanford, Matt Hauser & Laura Lindemann
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of the World Triathlon Championship Series Montreal, we hear from three of the contenders for medals in the brand-new super-sprint format, ready...
#44 Olympic Champion Flora Duffy
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It needed the complete race to deliver Flora Duffy's Olympic destiny, typhoon-affected and coming at the end of a long, difficult road to Tokyo 20...
#43 Olympic Champion Kristian Blummenfelt
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt lit up the Olympic Games on Monday with the kind of display that is the hallmark of a great champion. It was a goal ...
#42 Tokyo 2020 Olympic predictions with the experts
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A special Tokyo 2020 Olympics edition of the podcast sees experts from across the sport weigh in with their thoughts on who has a shot at the Olympic ...
#41 Alistair Brownlee
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The most successful Olympic triathlete of all time, Alistair Brownlee admits why he started WTCS Leeds with an ankle injury that suggested he probably...
#40 Carolyn Hayes
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On Olympic Day, one month out from Tokyo 2020, Ireland's Carolyn Hayes looks ahead to her Olympic debut having finally had qualification confirmed...
#39 Richard Murray
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
South Africa's Richard Murray was readying for a third Olympic Games appearance when his preparations were turned upside down by a condition causi...
#38 Jo Brown
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After taking a year away from triathlon in 2020, Jo Brown returned in Yokohama and, despite breaking her nose during the warm up, came away with plent...
#37 Jelle Geens
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The return to the World Triathlon Championship Series finally arrived with WTCS Yokohama more than living up to the hype as the world's best made ...
#36 Mehdi Essadiq & Badr Siwane
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hailing from Rabat, Mehdi Essadiq and Badr Siwane are close friends and training partners, and both are on a mission to make history as Morocco's ...
#35 Beth Potter
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Potter left her life as an Olympic runner and a teacher to move to Leeds, train with the Brownlees and become a world-class triathlete. Bouncing ...
#34 Taylor Knibb
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the start of the year, USA's Junior and U23 World Champion Taylor Knibb moved to Boulder, Colorado, to join an international training team for ...
#33 Kenji Nener
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After completing the switch from Team Australia to representing Japan in 2018, Kenji Nener has begun the next chapter in a career that has already see...
#32 Leo Bergere
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After two world titles with the Mixed Relay squad, France's Leo Bergere also landed World Championship bronze in 2020, his first Series podium. He...
#31 Kevin McDowell
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The USA's Kevin McDowell's triathlon journey has taken in some incredible highs and lows, none more so than his diagnosis with cancer shortly ...
#30 Winter Triathlon special
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of the World Triathlon Winter Championships in Andorra on 20-21 March, we take a closer look at the cross-country ski and mountain bike version ...
#29 Najla al Jeraiwi & Basmla Elsalamoney
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kuwait's Najla al Jeraiwi and Egypt's Basmla Elsalamoney join us for an International Women's Day double episode, sharing the stories of t...
#28: Barbara Riveros & Diego Moya
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's a South American double header as we catch up with the legendary Barbara Riveros and breakthrough star Diego Moya, two Chilean triathletes wi...
#27: Emma Carney & Emma Hogan
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Life, Death & Triathlon. In a coaching special, we talk to Emma Carney, the Australian legend who in 1994 came from nowhere to become World Champi...
#26: Jake Birtwhistle
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After an outstanding 2019 saw him top the WTS podium for the first time in Leeds and then again in Hamburg, Jake Birtwhistle had to put racing on hold...
#25: Hayden Wilde
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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, a...
#24: Age-Group Special
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Three legends of Age-Group triathlon racing, with more than 50 World Championships appearances between them, tell their personal stories from across t...
#23: Tamas Toth
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 me...
#22: Siri Lindley
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are joined by the inspiring former World Triathlon Champion, USAT Hall-of-Famer, coach, author and motivational speaker, Siri Lindley. Si...
Ep.21 Lisa Tertsch
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After winning 2016 Junior World Championship silver in Cozumel, Germany's Lisa Tertsch left the World Triathlon circuit and headed to Harvard to s...
Ep.20 Ryan Sissons
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
New Zealand's Ryan Sissons took the difficult decision to retire from triathlon following the postponement of Tokyo 2020, but after two Olympic ap...
Ep.19 Lauren Steadman
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Ep.18 Maya Kingma
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 pr...