There’s US$ 100k on the line and a few of the world’s leading triathletes are chasing it at Challenge Family’s very first race back on mainland China this weekend– the non-drafting Olympic range, Challenge Beijing.
The race includes top-ranked professional athlete Kyle Smith (NZL), the winner of The Championship 2024 and Challenge Wanaka, and runner-up at both T100 San Francisco and London. Currently ranked 2nd internationally, Smith is signed up with by German Frederic Funk, ranked 11th worldwide and 2nd at The Championship 2024. Contending are Aaron Royle (AUS), Marc Dubrick (USA), Olympians Henri Schoeman (RSA), and Tyler Mislawchuk (CAN).
The females’s field consists of 5 leading 40 professional athletes consisting of Olympic silver medalist, Julie Derron (SUI) together with Paula Findlay (CAN) who currently has 2 70.3 wins under her belt in 2024 and is ranked 8th on the planet. She is up versus Lucy Byram (GBR), Ellie Salthouse (GBR), and Amelia Watkinson (NZL), ranked 11th, 19th, and 20th respectively guaranteeing an amazing and carefully combated fight, made more intriguing with brief course expert Sian Rainsley (GBR) tossed into the mix.
More than 1,000 Chinese and global age professional athletes are anticipated to sign up with the specialists throughout the weekend in Yanqing District in Beijing Shi Yuan International Tourism Resort (Beijing Horticultural Expo Park), plus take pleasure in the Chinese culture with the neighboring Badaling Great Wall and Yanqing’s strong Winter Olympic tradition.