Is Olympic triathlon less competitive than World Triathlon Championship Series races? Is it getting even less competitive? Tim says yes, Kelly says no. Or, at least, that’s maybe the point of the Olympics.
Today, we dive into absolutely everything you need (or don’t need) to know about earning LA28 points and rankings, how countries get their Olympic triathlon spots — it’s more complicated than you think — and why the mixed relay plus the new quota allocations has made the available rankings spots even tighter.
And, then some speculation about countries’ potential qualification processes, what we expect to happen, and the history of thorny qualification situations.
Did we get something wrong? Has there actually been a successful appeal of the discretionary selection process? Let us know at triathlonishpod@gmail.com.
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