WTCS Weihai start list announced as Yee vs Wilde rivalry the star attraction once again

The epic memory of that Alex Yee vs Hayden Wilde battle for Olympics gold at Paris 2024 lives on, and these two triathlon greats could resume their rivalry in WTCS combat in Weihai later this month.

Just over a month ago Yee somehow conjured up one final incredible effort to catch and pass long-time leader Wilde to claim gold in the French capital.

Since then the pair have met three times in supertri combat with Yee winning their first clash in Boston (complete with that Cole Palmer/Kylian Mbappe celebration) before Hayden claimed the last two – in Chicago and London.

Now they could lock horns again in the final ‘regular-season’ WTCS event of the 2024 season later this month – with only the finals in Torremolinos-Andalucia after that in October.

Also on the Weihai start list (which of course comes with the usual ‘subject to change’ cavet associated with elite triathlon) are a number of other stars who competed in that epic race in Paris – most notably French bronze medal winner Léo Bergere. He is joined by Vincent Luis and Pierre Le Corre.

Yee and Wilde could resume their rivalry in Weihai (Photo Credit: Tommy Zaferes / World Triathlon).

WTCS Weihai Start List – Elite Men

The start list for China looks like this right now:

NumberNameCountry
—Junjie Fan CHN—Max Stapley GBR—Connor Bentley GBR—Jack Willis GBR—Harry Leleu GBR—Matthew Hauser AUS—Brandon Copeland AUS—Luke Willian AUS—Hayden Wilde NZL—Simon Westermann SUI—James Edgar IRL—Felix Duchampt ROU—Alex Yee GBR—Yunxiang Ma CHN—Yunfeng Teng CHN—Chi Zhang CHN—Adrien Briffod SUI—Alberto Gonzalez Garcia ESP—Antonio Serrat Seoane ESP—Roberto Sanchez Mantecon ESP—Oscar Coggins HKG—Sylvain Fridelance SUI—Rongheng Chen CHN—Robin Elg HKG—Arnaud Mengal BEL—Márk Dévay HUN—Aoba Yasumatsu JPN—Ren Sato JPN—Takumi Hojo JPN—Kyotaro Yoshikawa JPN—Kenshin Mori JPN—Miguel Hidalgo BRA—Darr Smith USA—Gregor Payet LUX—John Reed USA—Philip Pertl AUT—Shing Him Yu HKG—Jonas Schomburg GER—Bence Bicsák HUN—Dylan McCullough NZL—Aram Michell Peñaflor Moysen MEX—Jesus Gildardo Espiritu MEX—Vincent Luis FRA—Léo Bergere FRA—Pierre Le Corre FRA—Gábor Faldum HUN

When is WTCS Weihai?

The big showdown in Asia takes place on Friday September 27, 2024 – and we will bring you detailed reports and results on all the action. Including the Elite Men.

Latest WTCS Standings – Elite Men

The latest standings as we head into Weihai look like this:

RankNameCountryEventsPoints1Matthew Hauser AUS32301.402Pierre Le Corre FRA32110.363Alex Yee GBR22000.004Léo Bergere FRA31957.635Hayden Wilde NZL21850.006Luke Willian AUS31778.997Charles Paquet CAN31750.868Morgan Pearson USA31719.959Csongor Lehmann HUN31677.1610Vincent Luis FRA31579.8111Vasco Vilaca POR31557.5712Kenji Nener JPN31507.1313Vetle Bergsvik Thorn NOR31502.9014Ricardo Batista POR31498.4915Alberto Gonzalez Garcia ESP31472.5616Marten Van Riel BEL31295.9117Miguel Hidalgo BRA21075.1818Kristian Blummenfelt NOR31016.3919Tayler Reid NZL31014.5320Jelle Geens BEL3970.23

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Graham Shaw

Graham has been involved with TRI247 & RUN247 since the summer of 2021. Since then he has provided strategic direction for all news and is passionate about the growth of triathlon as a fan sport.

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