juanillo wrote:
If you have a good swimmer, put in first. Same with the first woman...better to assure to be at the front in the T1s. I am interested to see the 2nd american man (so it is between Smith, Rider, Mc Elroy, Mc Queen, right?). You have a strong team, but the only team that can threat France will be UK if they find a good 2nd man (brownlee or Dickinson)
both france and germany have the most secure teams to medal
you can use all 6 qualifier and you would not be worried to use any of them. especially since schonburg is a transition beast and can run the first k fast
lindeman can sprint so i would consider them as a thread as well.
the other bonus is 5 of the 6 germans can prepare for paris since the grand final ,they can peak for paris and dont have to waste mental energy on the qualification process.
usa and uk are not really a team or can you see potter and gtb being best friends for 3 hours and no american is really willing to do something for their team mates or train together. . its not awlays the best individuals but the best team see the dutch 2021 or last weekend. its still a individual race but still its better to have a good vibe than a neutral or bad vibe.
if you look which courtries produces the best males and females
its france germany uk and usa in that order and i hope nobody is going to argue that a nation that gets 5 people to the games is better than a nation that gets 6 atheltes to the games the depth in france and germany is high in both genderes not just one.
i would say likely uk will get the most medals from tri but they are not the best nation as they need to get 2 or 3 males into world series races via the waiting list. and you cant be the best nation like that.
at the end of the day all 4 nations could win the relay.
if the dutch speaker could send a joint relay that would be a good team van riel, kingma , geens and klamer
if kingma could get in a breakaway on the bike with 2 other teams you would have a medal potential team