Not so sure
Briwnlee had the fastest heat
Also has the experience
Think it will be a very difficult decision

btw kajet the polish speaking commentator was really into the race, his dad must have been a brasilian soccer commentator. i hope trevor and helen were watching for inspiration.

LOL I was hoping he'd stop screaming for the sake of foreign audiences... but would you show some respect because it's Robert Wilkowiecki's coach you're talking about. That's right, they didn't use a single professional commentator, hence the excessive exuberance in the studio. Filip Szołowski, in addition to coaching Wilkowiecki and others, was the race organizer, which must've fueled his excitement.

A former short course elite, he currently owns the biggest race organizing company in the country that he founded that puts on 17 or 18 events a season, including an 11-race self-branded series sponsored by Garmin. He's also Sports Director at the Polish Triathlon Union, where he crunches numbers and rankings to strategize Polish athletes' starts and lobbies World Triathlon to grant conti cup / European Championship status to events in the country.

Oh, and he co-hosts a popular triathlon podcast.

Why am I writing all this? Because the son of a Brasilian soccer commentator is actually a mega VIP in the Polish triathlon world. So I don't know, maybe it's slightly funny if you contrast his numerous serious roles with his emotional behavior in the studio...

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We really dont know what the selectors were looking for in this last race, was it winner take all, or were they just looking to see form? If the latter, then the pick is Johnny for sure...

So if the theory is that Johnny would’ve run faster but for his work on the bike,//

Not a theory I proposed, you must confuse me with someone else..


My thoughts on the race from the selectors point of view were that it might have just been to see Johnny's form. It may be him they have been looking at the entire time, just needed a validation to choose him. We kind of have the same thing going on in our US womens selection. Kirsten has proven she is competitive for that 3rd spot, but it feels like they have just been waiting for Katie to show she has the form for it. As in Katie was always going to be the pick as long as she could show something before selection, which she did...


My point about Johnny working hard on the bike was just to illustrate that he could be if needed, a great domestic for Alex. I think he knows his run form is not competitive anymore at the 10k, and certainly not burying himself there in the individual would keep him super fresh for the MTR..

Serious question. What can Dickinson do that Brownlee can't, in your opinion? //

Exactly. We just watched a race where Johnny worked much harder on the bike and for sure with his experience, he would know more on how to do the things that matter as a domestic. The run has nothing to do with that decision, as that person is not really expected to run, or run well..


I think in the end Johnny is the better and safer pick, this race showed he is on form. Yes he got beat by a couple seconds, but there is the experience factor to consider in the really. There are so many scenarios that can happen and you want someone who understands that before it happens and not someone who reacts after. Not saying that Dickinson would do that, but just odds from experience say that Johnny would be the better pick there.


We really dont know what the selectors were looking for in this last race, was it winner take all, or were they just looking to see form? If the latter, then the pick is Johnny for sure...

JB has never raced in a domestique role. Not once.

I am not sure Jonny would be a good domestique for Alex given their history. They were in completely different training groups in Leeds for a reason. When Jonny criticised Alex after Leeds the others had a “one more yee” hashtag especially GTB and Jess L.

Perhaps, unless you count all the races he did with brother Alistair;)

I think most of you are missing that they are looking for the second relay guy, not a domestique for Alex Yee, which clearly doesn't need one as shown in Cagliari.