Duffy on mission to become first-ever Olympic and World Triathlon Champion in same year — World Triathlon
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Olympics-Triathlon-Young guns signal changing of the guard
FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Triathlon - Final - Women s Final - Fort Copacabana - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 20/08/2016.Gwen Jorgensen (USA) of USA and Nicola Spirig (SUI) of Switzerland compete. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
June 28, 2021
By Mitch Phillips
LONDON (Reuters) – Triathlon’s young guns went into lockdown gently knocking at the elite door but emerged by smashing it off its hinges and storming through to totally change the sport’s landscape heading into the Tokyo Olympics.
All professional sport takes place against the backdrop of a constant shedding of ageing performers, nudged off stage by impatient new arrivals, but the absence of any meaningful competition in triathlon for so long has meant the changes have appeared magnified and dramatic.