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WTCS Abu Dhabi start lists: No Alex Yee but star men are out in force for 2025 season opener

WTCS Abu Dhabi start lists: No Alex Yee but star men are out in force for 2025 season opener

The countdown is on to the opening WTCS race of the 2025 season in Abu Dhabi and Hayden Wilde is among the big names on…

Thursday, Jan 23

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The countdown is on to the opening WTCS race of the 2025 season in Abu Dhabi and Hayden Wilde is among the big names on the men’s side ahead of his eagerly-awaited T100 campaign .

The Olympic silver medallist enjoyed a brilliant 2024, finishing runner-up to great rival Alex Yee in Paris before going on to land the WTCS Grand Final in Torremolinos and the overall supertri title .

In what is a transition year for many as the first in the next Olympic cycle, Wilde and Yee will tread very different paths over the next few months.

For Yee , it’s all about his tilt at the London Marathon while Wilde is stepping up in distance in the triathlon sphere as one of the ‘Hot Shots’ at T100 , alongside others who have excelled at short course including French duo Léo Bergère and Vincent Luis .

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The New Zealander has already shown he will be a force to be reckoned with at middle distance, most recently when runner-up on home soil in the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships in Taupo.

The 2025 T100 season opens up in Singapore on 5-6 April but Wilde is on the provisional start list for Abu Dhabi before then on 15-16 February.And he told us this week that he intends to race – adding that he could take in a “few” WTCS events this year to keep his points up if they fit in with his schedule and the travel is convenient. […]

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