The world’s top three ranked women will go head-to-head at the T100 Singapore, after the PTO announced the contracted T100 female athletes racing on Saturday 5 April.
American Taylor Knibb, the 2024 T100 World Champion, will line up for her first ever T100 race in the Lion City and renew her rivalry with Australian Ashleigh Gentle, who was the runner up in the inaugural series but has won both the PTO’s 100km races in Singapore, proving herself highly adept in hot and humid conditions.
Speaking about her approach for the new season, Gentle has underlined the importance of her mental preparation, saying: “I’m telling myself that I can be the T100 World Champion. That’s the mentality I have to have and I believe it will give me the best chance – along with giving everything I have in training, which of course I feel like I always have.”
“I switched coaches at the middle of last year. So going into Singapore this year will be different preparation for me and I’m excited to see if that’s going to work out. I definitely feel good about how training’s going. It’s a slog in Queensland right now [due to the hot weather], but I know that that’s really good preparation for the sauna that is Singapore.”
Swiss Olympic star Julie Derron completes the top ranked trio. Derron won silver at the Paris 2024 Games last summer and showed how much of a threat she will be by delivering standout performances in Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas and Dubai last term, where she finished in second place.
Also on the start line is Tokyo 2021 Olympic champion Flora Duffy, who after a full winter training on a TT bike is sure to be in contention. Paris 2024 Olympic relay silver medalist Taylor Spivey will be in a similar position and proved how fast she can be in the swim and run during the second half of last year. British breakthrough star Lucy Byram came sixth overall on the T100 Tour last year and is looking to improve. 2023 Ironman World Champion, Lucy Charles-Barclay, who came second in Singapore in 2024 after leading deep into the run, will also be a contender.
The full line up of contracted T100 women is listed below:
- Taylor Knibb (USA)
- Ashleigh Gentle (AUS)
- Julie Derron (SUI)
- India Lee (GBR)
- Lucy Byram (GBR)
- Flora Duffy (BER)
- Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR)
- Caroline Pohle (GER)
- Els Visser (NED)
- Marta Sanchez (ESP)
- Taylor Spivey (USA)
- Grace Thek (AUS)
- Hannah Berry (NZL)
- Jess Learmonth (GBR)
- Kate Waugh (GBR)
The last five slots will be taken by Wildcards, which will be announced at a later stage.
