Yip pretty blatant. They need to get him out of the race and the front group.

Nice aero position from AB.

Position A for Yee.

Still a bit to go in the bike, but Yee has not put a foot wrong so far. Also interesting Yee was sick in Yoko.

Don't hang yourself out to dry Martin.

Gomez got hit by a cone huh?

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I'm not sure what a perfect selection process would look like. I doubt there is one. A virtue of this way is that athletes that get selected early are then able to peak for the Olympic race rather than peak for a selection race weeks before the Olympic race. I don't know what the situation is with Vicky or Georgia but could it be that they have the luxury of resting a niggle as a precaution? Something they would of been forced to risk if they weren't already selected? For instance Jess might of chosen to sit this one out and then we might be questioning her early selection but she didn't and she deserves her place regardless of what she chose to do.

Part of the selection is late and will be finalised in 2 days so it's kind of a hybrid selection process.

So does USAT select Spivey today or do they force Spivey and Zafares to race Huatulco?

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Ali looks buggered.

Yip I'm afraid along with Mo Farah, he ain't going to Tokyo unless something happens to Yee.

Plus the whole Tom Bishop/3rd spot thing. But that is so complex I think we're all not talking about it.

Yee can flat out fly

Huge statement early by Yee - he looks fantastic. Pearson will be there at the end. Alistair DQ'd for unsportsmanship in the swim??? WOW! Bishop's not going to do what he needed. Lots of drama.

I noticed Alistair dunk someone earlier in the swim maybe lap one. It was the other boy in the purple cap. He has done skull duggery like this before.

Yeah I noticed the dunk in the swim too. AB bang to rights there. Don't see how they could pick him over Yee now.

Yee looks like he’s wearing flats rather than super shoes, no?

Just wondering that myself. He's a NB athlete but don't know what he's in today.

Honestly there will be no justification. No doubt some sort of mental gymnastics is being undertaken as we speak.

Loving the BBC commentators attempting to excuse it, “Alistair Brownlee’s right hand has fallen on the shoulder of the other swimmer” “oh, looks like
Chase McQueen seeking to cut across him... it’s the first time he’s raced at the elite level” obviously McQueen should have known that he shouldn’t try to go faster than Brownlee, then “no one sets out to do that ... but it does look bad on camera”.

Bloody hell, it is not even like it was around a buoy.

Can’t wait to see the post race questions...

Christ, they are keeping on with this, “Alistair Brownlee DQ’d for something that happened over an hour and a half ago in the lake”.

Yee’s performance is like peak Gwen

Morgan second. Boom!

Maybe. We’ll see. I don’t think You can do both well at the same time. Or at least in the WTS era. She could do fine at ITU on mainly IM training, but I don’t know about making the Olympics for GB.

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Aaron Bales
Lansing Triathlon Team

He is a threat. USAT’s evil master plan to release COVID and delay the Olympics is paying off!

Well, not for Katie, unfortunately.

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Aaron Bales
Lansing Triathlon Team

BBC can be a bit of a disgrace sometimes.

I thought Australian TV was parochial...

I should know, I’ve been here long enough.

But I managed to not be here for London and Rio...

That's hilarious. Alex Yee no doubt incredible, but the conditions in Tokyo will be dramatically different: super hot and humid and a far less difficult bike course. With Royle and Silva getting points today, and Grajales predictably doing well next week, Eli Hemming will need an extremely strong performance next week in Huatulco to hold the 3 men's spots for the USA. Bishop did fine, but would also need an epic race next week to get GB 3 men's spots. The Road to Tokyo is certainly heating up with much interest and drama.