Next years big race schedule… (taken from a Tri247 article)
February 14-15 – Abu Dhabi
May 17 – Yokohama
May 31 – TBC but somewhere in Sardinia
July 12-13 – Hamburg
September 14 – Karlovy Vary
September – TBC but somewhere in China
October 15-19 – Wollongong
If China is Weihai, great to have two challenging bike courses in the WTCS going forward.
If only they could change the proposed bike course for the 2028 Games too.
Even better if the Sardinia race is back in Arzachena.
Karlovy Vary is a great addition. well done i have to say .
It would be false modesty if I didn’t remind y’all who first called for Karlovy Vary to be promoted to WTCS status 
thats the difference in modesty between you and astanga yogi he does not self promote his olypmpic medals , while you on the other hand …
For reference I think there are fewer days until this race than the number of days since the Olympic race. Crazy.
It wasn’t a great race for her but it was exciting…
She won in spite of herself… pretty incredible, really!
She was slow off the mark on the beach and despite being in touch out of the water she missed the group in T1. She was at the back of the chase pack on the bike and was fortunate that Emma Jeffcoat bridged the gap to the front pack. She stayed at the back of the merged pack and was almost caught out when two in front of her let a gap open up but she managed to catch back on.
She came into T2 at the back and had an unfortunate slip on the blue carpet that left her 15secs in arrears starting the run… and she chased hard and just won in a sprint finish. Great that she won but you’re correct that it was not a great race as all of those errors would have been punished mightily in a WTCS field.
ITU having ironman problem now? too many races on same weekend causing weaker fields? brasilia was also this weekend. but considering her collarbone injury, amazing come back
Interesting article on TRI247 on Cassandra being coached by Loughborough university for 2 years before winning gold.
I remember when people on here criticized the Brits for training in Britain. Always thought that dumb, since they have had so much success. Seems it worked for Cassandra too!
interesting to me thats an advertorial with close to 0 substance
Huh?
I find your comment weird
I am in now way associated with Tri247.
I do find it interesting that Cassandra, who for a while has underperformed, moves to Britain and, apparently, changed her whole coaching team , then two years later wins the gold.
I guess, zero interest to you 
I see an age grouper being tested in an article supposedly about cassandra to promote their testing.
just to be sure is this the article you are talking about .
and to add i even watched the video so i did try.
Ok
But I did find it interesting. Particularly that she trained via Loughborough for the past two years where also, Alex Yee trained.
Half the article was not about age group testing, but about what Cassandra did. So, whatever you think about it, they had a certain amount of success. Of course, they started with two very talented athletes.
fair enough .
when i say close to 0 substance there is not a single data point from her training. i did not expect a scientific paper but something like this
1/3 of the way through this, great watch so far with two of the GOATs, will miss them both.
Fantastic to see two greats who have the enormous respect for each other.
great fireside chat, and I think we still have 5 or so years of these two at the T100 series, and perhaps some WTC stuff too. Did get that super quick comment from Vince that Roth could be his first full distance attempt. Imagine they would love to have him there to for his debut.