We open with an update on Jelle Geens, who has been diagnosed with a stress reaction in his femur that has put his season on hold, including his pursuit of an Ironman World Championship qualification slot. Then we get into Lionel Sanders, who has confirmed he is working again with Mikal Iden after a difficult stretch dealing with RED-S and injury. Sanders is leaning into the Norwegian method as he targets Kona 2026.

The big story of the week is Ironman Hamburg, where metal shards were deliberately spread across the bike course in the Kirchwerder area, causing an estimated 400 punctures and forcing more than 100 age groupers to DNF. Police have launched a formal investigation. Despite all of that, the pro race went ahead and Solveig Løvseth took her fourth consecutive full-distance Ironman win, holding off Laura Philipp by just over a minute to claim the European Championship title.

We then recap T100 San Francisco, where Rico Bogen backed up his 2025 win with another dominant performance, going early on the bike and never looking back. Hayden Wilde, dealing with illness, had no answer for him.

We close out looking ahead to Ironman Frankfurt on June 28, where Gustav Iden and Casper Stornes lead the field, and Magnus Ditlev finally makes his long-awaited 2026 season debut, plus a look at other upcoming start lists.

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Alistair Brownlee is taking on Norseman, adding one of triathlon's most iconic races to his calendar and giving fans another reason to follow his post-professional career.

WTCS Alghero delivered exactly what we've come to expect from the series. Vasco Vilaça and Cassandre Beaugrand took the wins, the men's race featured crashes and drama throughout, and the women's race was simply outstanding. We also discuss why WTCS continues to produce some of the best racing in the sport and how much the broadcast product has improved in recent years.

Supertri Blenheim also features, with a surprisingly strong field assembled despite the ongoing challenges around actually watching the racing.

Attention then turns to T100 San Francisco. The venue is iconic, but with Hayden Wilde on the start line the question becomes whether anyone can stop him.

We finish with Ironman Hamburg, where Laura Philipp and Solveig Løvseth headline the women's race, and whether the long-discussed eight-hour barrier could finally fall.

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We start with the Giro d'Italia and Maya Kingma's move into professional cycling, as she continues to show that triathletes can successfully make the transition to the pro peloton.

Cassandre Beaugrand then adds another achievement to an already remarkable year by breaking the French 5km record.

Supertri Austin follows, where the conversation turns to what has happened to the series. Once one of the most exciting products in the sport, Austin felt like a shadow of what Supertri used to be.

T100 Spain delivered plenty of talking points, including Georgia Taylor-Brown securing the first T100 win of her career.

Ironman Lanzarote saw Sam Laidlow get the better of Patrick Lange, while Lucy Charles-Barclay returned to long-distance racing with a dominant victory.

We finish with WTCS Alghero. Olympic qualification is now underway, both fields are loaded with talent, and we discuss why WTCS continues to deliver some of the best racing in the sport, along with the improvements that have been made to the broadcast.

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James is joined by Andy Horsfall-Turner again this week.

WTCS Yokohama kicks things off with the return of Alex Yee to triathlon and plenty of attention on how he looked back in the sport.

From there the focus shifts to Ironman 70.3 Aix-en-Provence and Ironman Chattanooga, before the conversation turns to the latest around Supertri.

Ironman Hamburg also features as the build towards the race continues, before finishing with T100 Spain.

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This week Henry Räppo joins James.

They start with 70.3 Gulf Coast before the conversation turns to Lionel Sanders and then Jelle Geens, whose form continues to be one of the biggest talking points in the sport right now.

The discussion then moves to the T100 Series and the direction it's heading before previewing Ironman 70.3 Aix-en-Provence and looking at the latest Ironman Pro Series standings.

T100 Spain and WTCS Yokohama also feature, before finishing with a look at Henry Räppo's season so far and what's ahead.

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This week Emil Holm joins James.

They start with Ironman 70.3 Western Sydney before getting into Jelle Geens and the form he's carrying at the moment.

The conversation then shifts to short course athletes stepping up in distance and whether we're going to keep seeing more of it across the sport.

Challenge Wanaka being rebranded as T100 Wanaka and Ironman Aix-en-Provence both feature, before finishing with T100 Spain.

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James is joined by Andy Horsfall-Turner this week.

They start with Ironman South Africa, focusing on Andy's race and how it played out across the day.

London Marathon is next, where the two-hour barrier goes and James reflects on the experience and the build up.

T100 Singapore follows with the focus on Hayden Wilde and how the race unfolded.

WTCS is back with results to run through, before finishing with Lucy Charles-Barclay's winning return.

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James is joined by Tim Hemming this week.

Ironman Texas takes centre stage, with Kristian Blummenfelt putting down a ridiculously fast time to take the win ahead of Marten Van Riel and Casper Stornes. In the women's race, Solveig Løvseth takes the win over Taylor Knibb and Marta Sánchez.

That leads into the Ironman Pro Series standings and how Texas has already started to shape things.

There's also some inhaler chat, before moving on to T100 Singapore, where Hayden Wilde lines up against Matt Hauser in the men's race.

WTCS returns in Samarkand with Olympic qualification now underway.

James finishes with a thank you ahead of the London Marathon this weekend after a huge amount of support and donations from listeners.

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