The memories of those thrilling Olympics at Paris 2024 are still very fresh in the memory as we look ahead to what comes next for elite short-course action – and that means WTCS Weihai 2024.
The showdown in China provides the final WTCS event before those season-ending finals in Torremolinos-Andalucia in October, and is shaping up to be a blockbuster with a stellar initial start list announced.
British Olympics stars Beth Potter, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Kate Waugh figure on the early start list (which comes with the ‘subject to change’ caveat which always applies in elite triathlon), while it also teases a return to action for 2016 Olympic champion Gwen Jorgensen.
Jorgensen missed out in her bid to make the USA team for Paris, and then broke her collarbone in a bike crash in July, an injury which required surgery.
WTCS Weihai start list – Elite Women
As of right now, the start list for Elite Women in Weihai looks like this:
| Number | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| — | Selina Klamt | GER |
| — | Verena Steinhauser | ITA |
| — | Bianca Seregni | ITA |
| — | Alice Betto | ITA |
| — | Zsófia Kovács | HUN |
| — | Lisa Tertsch | GER |
| — | Annika Koch | GER |
| — | Gina Sereno | USA |
| — | Laura Lindemann | GER |
| — | Sian Rainsley | GBR |
| — | Tanja Neubert | GER |
| — | Xinyu Lin | CHN |
| — | Yifan Yang | CHN |
| — | Xinying Yu | CHN |
| — | Jolanda Annen | SUI |
| — | Anna Godoy Contreras | ESP |
| — | Miriam Casillas García | ESP |
| — | Claire Michel | BEL |
| — | Kate Waugh | GBR |
| — | Beth Potter | GBR |
| — | Georgia Taylor-Brown | GBR |
| — | Lena Meißner | GER |
| — | Marlene Gomez-Göggel | GER |
| — | Mercedes Romero Orozco | MEX |
| — | Rosa Maria Tapia Vidal | MEX |
| — | Márta Kropkó | HUN |
| — | Bailee Brown | HKG |
| — | Kirsten Kasper | USA |
| — | Djenyfer Arnold | BRA |
| — | Jeanne Lehair | LUX |
| — | Dominika Jamnicky | CAN |
| — | Erika Ackerlund | USA |
| — | Gwen Jorgensen | USA |
When is WTCS Weihai 2024?
The racing in China takes place on Friday September 27, 2024, and we will bring you reports and results as soon as the Elite action is complete.
Latest WTCS Standings – Elite Women
The top 20 in the standings heading into Weihai look like this:
| Rank | Name | Country | Events | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cassandre Beaugrand | FRA | 3 | 2750.00 |
| 2 | Emma Lombardi | FRA | 3 | 2438.53 |
| 3 | Beth Potter | GBR | 3 | 2352.98 |
| 4 | Lisa Tertsch | GER | 3 | 2154.71 |
| 5 | Flora Duffy | BER | 3 | 1937.91 |
| 6 | Taylor Knibb | USA | 3 | 1629.36 |
| 7 | Taylor Spivey | USA | 3 | 1622.94 |
| 8 | Kate Waugh | GBR | 3 | 1461.32 |
| 9 | Jeanne Lehair | LUX | 3 | 1447.53 |
| 10 | Nina Eim | GER | 3 | 1418.73 |
| 11 | Georgia Taylor-Brown | GBR | 2 | 1354.38 |
| 12 | Julie Derron | SUI | 2 | 1349.19 |
| 13 | Laura Lindemann | GER | 3 | 1295.32 |
| 14 | Anna Godoy Contreras | ESP | 3 | 1282.59 |
| 15 | Leonie Periault | FRA | 3 | 1274.14 |
| 16 | Djenyfer Arnold | BRA | 3 | 1169.72 |
| 17 | Maya Kingma | NED | 3 | 1087.12 |
| 18 | Rachel Klamer | NED | 3 | 992.27 |
| 19 | Kirsten Kasper | USA | 2 | 942.39 |
| 20 | Bianca Seregni | ITA | 3 | 852.61 |
Written by
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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