T100 Miami Wildcards announced
11 athletes get a shot at prize money and valuable PTO points through wildcard entries
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With US$7 million on the line, the Professional Triathletes Organisation’s (PTO) T100 Triathlon World Tour promises to be incredibly lucrative for the athletes who are able to participate. The 40 contracted athletes are required to race six of the Tour events (five if they’re competing at the Olympics), which leaves some openings for other athletes to jump into the racing for their shot at both some prize money and some valuable points to move their way up in the PTO World Ranking.
“With our 40 contracted athletes required to race 6 out of the 8 T100 races, to create that important season-long narrative we’ve talked about,” said PTO CEO Sam Renouf. “It also means there will be wildcard opportunities for other athletes to race at the highest level and lay down markers for what they can do. This is an important element to the T100 Triathlon World Tour and we look forward to seeing how they get on in Miami.”
T100 Miami women’s field announced … and it’s going to be stacked
Women’s wildcards
With just 12 of the contracted athletes racing in Miami, 40 per cent of the women’s field will include wildcard competitors. Those include: Lucy Buckingham (GBR), Sara Perez Sala (ESP), Haley Chura (USA), Jodie Stimpson (GBR), Marta Sanchez (ESP), Kaidi Kivioja (EST), Diede Diederiks (NED) and Jackie Hering (USA).
Highlighting the Wildcard names are Buckingham, a 2012 Olympian, Stimpson, who won Challenge Miami on the same course in 2021, and Prez Sala, who is one of the only women in the sport who can swim with Lucy Charles-Barclay.
Men’s Wildcards
There were only three wildcard spots available for the man in Miami. Those spots will be filled by: Youri Keulen (NED), Menno Koolhaas (NED) and Gregory Barnaby (ITA). They are the next best three athletes in the PTO World Rankings.
T100 men’s field announced – all but three of the contracted PTO athletes to race
Live coverage
The racing takes place on Saturday, March 9 with the men starting at 1:15 pm EST and the women starting at 4:50 pm EST.
“Fans can watch exclusively live from 1900 CET in Europe on Eurosport, via PTO+ for the rest of the world and on Max in the US, and on TriathlonLIVE.tv in certain territories,” according to the PTO.
