Paris Olympics 2024, Women's Triathlon: Running Up the Champs Elysees

Without the chance to see the Champs Elysees in the Tour de France, it was nice to get a peek today in the Women's Triathlon.  The women had already made the loop by bike, but they went back up the famous Parisian boulevard again in the final leg of their race.  It was Julie Derron (Suisse) leading the small group containing Beth Potter (Great Britain), Cassandre Beaugard (France) and her teammate Emma Lombardi.  Chasing behind is first the defending Gold Medalist, Flora Duffy (Bermuda) and then a bit further back is Taylor Spivey (USA).  Beaugard does go on to win with Derron taking silver and Potter taking the bronze.  I am sure that Beth Potter gets quite a bit of teasing about being a Potter in the UK.  Here is hoping we will see the Champs again in the men's and women's road races this coming weekend.

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"Running Up the Champs Elysees PO24-40" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Paris Olympics 2024, Women's Triathlon: Making Her Transition

Taylor Brown (Great Britain) had made up quite a bit of time in the cycling portion of the Women's Triathlon.  She was the first to come back to the Pont Alexandre III to transition from the bike to the running leg of the event.  She quickly shed her helmet and slipped on her running shoes as she headed out for the final leg of the Triathlon.

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"Making Her Transition PO24-39" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Rio Olympics: On the Front

The bike leg of the Women's Triathlon was seeing the cream of the crop rise to the top, and the riders were rising to the top of the climb as well.  Nicola Spirig (Switzerland) lead the lead peloton up with the Chilean, Riveros on her wheel followed by the Amerian, Gwen Jorgensen.  All of these women were fearing the running leg of the American, so they were hoping to gain some time on her while on two wheels.  In the Olympic Triathlon, drafting is allowed during the bike leg, but it seems no one was truly using the technique to their advantage.

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Rio Olympics: Chasing the Others

It upsets me to look at riders with so little covering their skin.  I won't even ride without gloves, I prefer to keep my skin on my body and not leaving it on the road.  Sara True (USA) and Kristen Sweetland (Canada) were trying to catch back on to the leading peloton.  True was having a bit of trouble with the one short steep climb on the course, or perhaps it was the equally steep descent.  True eventually withdrew from the race with horrible quad cramps.  I have been there, I know there is simply nothing she could do to continue, try as she might.  A rough way to end your Olympic dreams.

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Rio Olympics: A School of Athletes

The Women's Triathlon started on the beach of Copocabana, with the women running out into the surf for the swim portion of the race.  I was struck at how much the "peloton" looked like a school of fish as they made a turn around on of the buoys that mark the course.  The women were just setting out on a two hours or more all out physical effort.

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