I made a chart. I am just giving WIllian the 400 points. Here is the adjusted 27th - 29th:

27 SILVA 3872.9
28 PERIERA 3839.6
29 WILLIAN 3830.7
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I made to show where each athlete ends up at any point in the top 10. To guarantee top 30 spot:

Hemming needs 8th
Royle Needs 5th
Grajales Needs 1st plus Royle lower than 5th OR Hemming lower than 8th
Bishop Needs 1st plus Royle lower than 5th OR Hemming lower than 8th

Because top 30 only matter to countries trying to earn 3 spots, Grajales isn't racing for top 30 the way the others are. Though perhaps Mexico is using this race for athlete selection?

I think Bishop is now racing for his own spot. I like that. And while he needs a little help (in regards to where EH and AR finish), but there is enough fire power in this race for Bishop to assume that a win gets him into the Olympics. I dont see that happening, but at least he controls his own destiny.

One last tidbit: Varga's DQ more than likely cost him a spot in the Olympics. He will need to podium this week to get the needed points. Considering where he was off the bike yesterday, a normal run would have given him enough points to at least put him in the drivers seat for a selection. This was a little confusing on the broadcast but I think Varga went left of the last buoy on the first lap. On the second lap he did it again but actually swam back to it.

Here is the Huatolco chart is where the athlete ends up:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Hemming 4020 3990 3962 3937 3913 3891 3871 3852 3834 3818 Royle 3960 3930 3903 3877 3853 3831 3811 3792 3775 3771 Grajales 3849 3819 3791 3765 3742 3720 3699 3680 3663 3647 Bishop 3838 3808 3780 3755 3731 3709 3689 3670 3652 3636

Hey all,

Just thought I would drop in here and say thanks for the kind words.

Really enjoyed racing Leeds. Definitely lots to learn and plenty to work on, especially transition practice and becoming more confident on corners in a group. I felt like I got better as each lap went by, but I was learning on the job.

For context, on some of the hairpins I was pushing 700w to get back onto the back of the group. I was abit concerned how my running legs would feel after such high intensity surging, but surprisingly felt great. Maybe the zwift style events + the 1500m freestyle training has prepared me for this style of racing.

Doesn’t look like I’ll get on anymore World Series or short course races before kona, I’m ranked too low to be automatically guaranteed a start + races are few and far between.

That’s fine though, after the 1500m freestyle Olympic trials I switched by focus back to kona as it became clear I wouldn’t get many (any starts this year, Leeds was a surprise).

I’ve been in Lanzarote the last 6 weeks with training focus of laying down a base phase in preparation for long distance training. Long course remains my plan for the rest of the season. Leeds was abit of roll the dice and see what happens!

Looking ahead, definitely keen to race some more short course events throughout 2022 and gain experience.

Upcoming races;

PTO ATW Eton
70.3 European Championships Elsinore
PTO outlaw half Holkham
Collins cup (if I’m still ranked top 4 and/or select)
Kona


Lucy

Tom Bishop is not racing Huatulco so GB out of the running for three spots now.

Would have never guessed that Duffy is a stronger cyclist than Charles. Kind of ironic, that it if wasn't a draft legal bike, the long course athlete would have been dropped by the short course cyclist. On the other hand, if it wasn't for swim draft maybe the long course swimmer would have opened a gap to the short course swimmers.

Where the heck is Zafares in this race? Spivey really en forme by comparison right now.

If you told me a year ago that KZ might not be on the Olympic team I would have shat my pants...

Her Instagram mentions the recent death of a parent so I could see that could impact her training and performance. Travelling to multiple races at that time would be rough.

I've never understood the Slowtwitch fascination with this... it is totally predictable that an Elite athlete racing in the elite level race format would be stronger than LCB. That said, LCB is not far off and did great all things considered.

E

I think US is 15 June and I also think GB met Tuesday and made the Olympic team aware. Once that gets approved it will be made public. Normally takes about 4/5 days.

Sophie Coldwell has already been named as reserve.