With Saturday’s Collins Cup coming up – a 2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run race – today all the duels were presented during the Collins Cup Opening Ceremony. We have all the races for you, including interesting quotes of most of the athletes racing!
Race 1
Team USA: Sarah True – ‘If you want to race the best, you need to race the best’
Team Europe: Daniela Ryf – ‘The motivation is huge and I want to make my team proud’
Team International: Flora Duffy – ‘I’m kind of being a newbie into this’
Race 2
Team USA: Chelsea Sodaro
Team Europe: Laura Philipp
Team International: Ashleigh Gentle
Race 3
Team USA: Skye Moench
Team Europe: Kat Matthews
Team International: Paula Findlay
Race 4
Team USA: Sophie Watts – ‘I’m super excited, ITU people up here. I’ll coming from the back during the run’
Team Europe: Nicola Spirig – ‘Very exciting to start here one of my last international races’
Team International: Vittoria Lopes – ‘My team is doing well and we are ready for this. We will be super fast’
Race 5
Team USA: Jocelyn McCauley – ‘Hopefully they battle during the swim again and I can secretly wrap between them’
Team Europe: Holly Lawrence – ‘Hopefully bringing a point home for the team’
Team International: Ellie Salthouse – ‘This match was no surprise; we’ve been concurrents for a long time’
Race 6
Team USA: Jackie Hering
Team Europe: Anne Haug
Team International: Tamara Jewett
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Race 7
Team USA: Ben Kanute – ‘I’ll always show up to win, so that’s the plan. There is no weaknesses in this heat’
Team Europe: Kristian Blummenfelt – ‘It’s not going to be an easy run’
Team International: Hayden Wilde – ‘I’ve missed these boys, so looking forward to Saturday’
Race 8
Team USA: Sam Long – ‘Last year’s race was one of the biggest disappointments ever so I’m here for a comeback’
Team Europe: Sam Laidlow – ‘Lucky to be paired with two old athletes’
Team International: Lionel Sanders – ‘Team International is great, we truly have a shot on this’
Race 9
Team USA: Rudy von Berg
Team Europe: Magnus Ditlev
Team International: Max Neumann
Race 10
Team USA: Jason West – ‘This is the matchup I wanted’
Team Europe: Patrick Lange – ‘We are ready to take the challenge this year once again. The work is done, I’m ready to race’
Team International: Aaron Royle – ‘Excited to be here amongst the best male and female athletes’
Race 11
Team USA: Matt Hanson
Team Europe: Gustav Iden
Team International: Jackson Laundry
Race 12
Team USA: Chris Leiferman
Team Europe: Daniel Baekkegard
Team International: Braden Currie
