The Triathlon tour heads to Miyazaki,
Japan, for the 2022 World Triathlon Cup Miyazaki. Miyazaki is the capital city
of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan which is well known for
its high-performance facilities, beautiful nature areas and stunning coastline.
It’s a firm favourite on the World Cup calendar and athletes and stakeholders
are equally excited to stage the World Cup race once again, after not having
had the event take place since 2019 due to the pandemic. Top triathletes from
around the world have arrived in Miyazaki ready to compete in a sprint-distance
race format. The course features a 750m ocean swim (1-lap), 20km bike portion
(5km x 4 laps) and finishes with a 5km run which takes in scenic views of the
ocean and palm tree-laden landscape.
Watch the races over on
TriathlonLIVE.tv with the women’s race starting at 9AM local time and the men
will follow at 11.30AM.
Review the full start lists for the
2022 World Triathlon Cup Miyazaki.
Women’s preview
Denmark’s Alberte Kjær Pedersen
headlines the women’s World Cup race in Miyazaki. Pedersen earned a
career-first gold after a brilliant performance in the 2021 World Triathlon Cup
Huatulco. Pedersen has had a strong season with top twenty finishes in both the
2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Cagliari and World Triathlon Cup
Bergen.
Hungary’s Zsanett Bragmayer crossed
the line in fourteenth in last weekend’s World Triathlon Cup Tongyeong and is
aiming for the podium in Miyazaki. Bragmayer is renowned for her fierce swim
segment of the triathlon and will be one to watch in the ocean swim on
Saturday. The Hungarian professional triathlete was crowned the 2022 Europe
Triathlon Premium Cup Tiszaujvaros champion in July.
Sandra Dodet of France, Great
Britain’s Olivia Mathias and Japan’s Sarika Nakayama are all top-ranked
athletes on the Elite women’s start list in Miyazaki and will prove threats for
the likes of Pedersen and Bragmayer.
Dodet claimed fourth place in last
weekend’s World Cup in Tongyeong and was awarded bronze in the World Cup in
Pontevedra, Spain, earlier this year and was part of the powerful French team
who earned bronze in the 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Mixed relay.
Claire Michel, representing Belgium,
is a favourite heading into this year’s World Cup in Japan. Michel earned the
bronze medal in 2019 and has overcome injuries in 2022 to be back fit and eager
on a World Triathlon start line.
The women will line up along Japan’s
Pacific Coast on 9AM local time on Saturday 29th October and you can watch the
race over on TriathlonLIVE.tv
Review the 2022 World Triathlon Cup
Miyazaki Elite women’s start list.
Men’s preview
Two of Japan’s leading triathletes,
Makoto Odakura and Takumi Hojo will spearhead the competition in the 2022 World
Triathlon Cup Miyazaki on Saturday.
Italy’s Gianluca Pozzatti is among
the top-ranked athletes in the men’s race. Pozzatti was seventh across the line
in the recent World Triathlon Championship Series race in Cagliari and seventh
again in the recent World Triathlon Cup Valencia and Bergen races.
Portugal’s Ricardo Batista was in the
mix of the front group in last weekend’s World Triathlon Cup Tongyeong and with
his powerful swim and bike combination could be the main contender on Saturday.
David Castro Fajardo (ESP) lands in
Miyazaki in strong form and eager to remain in the front of Saturday’s race.
Castro earned fifth place in the 2022 World Triathlon race in Cagliari and also
in the 2022 World Triathlon Cup Valencia. Castro is one of the strongest
members of the Spanish Triathlon Team and brings a great deal of experience to
the start line in Japan.
The recent World Triathlon
Championship Series Cagliari and World Triathlon Cup Tongyeong saw Japan’s
Jumpei Furuya attack off the front on the bike and there will be no surprise on
Saturday when the Japanese triathlete does it again. The field better keeps an
eye on Furuya because if and when he strikes, he could be capable of extending
his lead off the bike to run down the field.
Jack Willis of Great Britain showed
his string form in the recent World Triathlon Cup race in Tongyeong when he
went off the front in the early stages of the 10km run portion of the race.
Although he didn’t quite have the power of the likes of Matthew McElroy, Gabor
Faldum and fellow compatriot Sam Dickinson, he charged across the line in
seventh.
The likes of Romania’s Felix
Duchampt, Great Britain’s Ben Dijkstra and Luxembourg’s Bob Haller and Stefan
Zachäus will keep the competition firing from the start line on Saturday.
Morocco’s Badr Siwane, member of the
2022 ASICS World Triathlon Team is motivated to leave it all on the line in
Miyazaki and deliver an almighty performance, over the sprint-distance format.
Watch the battle for World Cup glory
in Miyazaki with the men’s race from 11.30AM local time over on
TriathlonLIVE.TV
Review the 2022 World Triathlon Cup
Miyazaki Elite men’s start list.
ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON
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governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all
related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon,
cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in
Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the
programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic
programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development
of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and
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sport to be extraordinary.
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