The sixth running of WTCS Leeds takes place in the UK city this weekend, and we have terrific fields set to line up at the Yorkshire venue.
Thousands of fans are expected to line the streets of the city center and pack Roundhay Park as three elite races take center stage.
We have individual races headlining on Saturday, before the excitement of a Mixed Relay on Sunday.
So with the normal ‘subject to change’ caveat, here are the start lists for this weekend.
Elite Women
The elite women are set to enter the water at 1545 local time on Saturday June 11 – that’s 1645 CET and 1045 Eastern Time.
Sadly there will be no Jess Learmonth as the Leeds star misses her home through race injury.
That apart though it is a stellar field, headed by reigning Olympic and WTCS Champion Flora Duffy. She will again lock horns with Tokyo silver medalist Georgia Taylor-Brown.
| # | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | Georgia Taylor-Brown | GBR |
| 2 | Flora Duffy | BER |
| 4 | Sian Rainsley | GBR |
| 5 | Erika Ackerlund | USA |
| 6 | Kirsten Kasper | USA |
| 7 | Summer Rappaport | USA |
| 8 | Laura Lindemann | GER |
| 9 | Anabel Knoll | GER |
| 10 | Beth Potter | GBR |
| 11 | Marlene Gomez-Göggel | GER |
| 12 | Taylor Spivey | USA |
| 14 | Leonie Periault | FR |
| 15th | Sophie Coldwell | GBR |
| 16 | Natalie Van Coevorden | AUS |
| 17 | Maya Kingma | NED |
| 18 | Cassandre Beaugrand | FR |
| 19 | Verena Steinhauser | ITA |
| 20 | Julia Hauser | AUTO |
| 21 | Albert Kjaer Pedersen | DENE |
| 22 | Rachel Clamer | NED |
| 23 | Kate Wugh | GBR |
| 24 | Miriam Casillas Garcia | ESP |
| 25 | Lisa Tertsch | GER |
| 26 | Yuko Takahashi | JPN |
| 27 | Audrey Merle | FR |
| 28 | Djenyfer Arnold | BR |
| 29 | Nina Eim | GER |
| 30 | Kira Hedgeland | AUS |
| 31 | Ainsley Thorpe | NZL |
| 32 | Valerie Barthelmy | FR |
| 33 | Solveig Løvseth | NOR |
| 34 | Barbara De Koning | NED |
| 35 | Sarika Nakayama | JPN |
| 36 | Melanie Santos | POR |
| 37 | Jaz Hedgeland | AUS |
| 38 | Emma Jackson | AUS |
| 39 | Maria Tomé | POR |
| 40 | Shanae Williams | RSA |
| 41 | Nora Gmür | SUI |
| 42 | Julie Derron | SUI |
| 43 | Simone Ackermann | RSA |
| 44 | Hiraku Fukuoka | JPN |
| 45 | Ekaterina Shabalina | KAZ |
| 46 | Lisa Perterer | AUTO |
| 47 | Vittoria Lopes | BR |
| 48 | Ilaria Zane | ITA |
| 49 | Carlotta Missaglia | ITA |
| 50 | Anna Godoy Contreras | ESP |
| 52 | Tereza Zimovjanova | CZE |
| 53 | Sophie Linn | AUS |
| 54 | Lotte Miller | NOR |
| 55 | Andrea Hansen | NZL |
| 56 | Petra Kurikova | CZE |
| 57 | Jolien Vermeylen | BEL |
| 58 | Edda Hannesdottir | ISL |
Elite Men
The men’s race actually kicks off the elite action this weekend, with a start time of 1400 local on Saturday (1500 CET and 0900 Eastern TIme).
While Olympic Kristian Blummenfelt has been busy with other things recently – becoming IRONMAN World Champion and smashing through Sub7 – pretty much everybody else who is anybody will line up in Leeds.
That means British stars Alex Yee and Jonny Brownlee taking on allcomers from the world – including potentially the other Norwegian megastar Gustav Iden.
Start list is as follows:
| # | Athlete | Country |
| 1 | Leo Bergere | FR |
| 2 | Antonio Serrat Seoane | ESP |
| 3 | Pierre Le Corre | FR |
| 4 | Hayden Wilde | NZL |
| 5 | Tim Hellwig | GER |
| 6 | Lasse Nygaard Priester | GER |
| 7 | Vasco Vilaca | POR |
| 8 | Bence Bicsák | HUN |
| 9 | Jelle Genes | BEL |
| 10 | Alex Yee | GBR |
| 11 | Vincent Luis | FR |
| 12 | Takumi Hojo | JPN |
| 14 | Matthew Hauser | AUS |
| 15th | Vetle Bergsvik Thorn | NOR |
| 16 | Mark Devay | HUN |
| 17 | Dorian Coninx | FR |
| 18 | Tom Richard | FR |
| 19 | Kenji Niner | JPN |
| 20 | Roberto Sanchez Mantecon | ESP |
| 21 | Ricardo Batista | POR |
| 22 | Brandon Copeland | AUS |
| 23 | Makoto Odakura | JPN |
| 24 | Jonas Schomburg | GER |
| 25 | Kevin McDowell | USA |
| 26 | Gabriel Sandör | SWE |
| 27 | Martin Van Riel | BEL |
| 28 | Lasse Luhrs | GER |
| 29 | Matthew McElroy | USA |
| 30 | Miguel Hidalgo | BR |
| 31 | Jacob Birtwhistle | AUS |
| 32 | Sylvain Fridelance | SUI |
| 33 | Noah Servais | BEL |
| 34 | Csongor Lehmann | HUN |
| 35 | Valentin Wernz | GER |
| 36 | Michele Sarzilla | ITA |
| 37 | Seth Rider | USA |
| 38 | Gianluca Pozzatti | ITA |
| 39 | Alois Knabl | AUTO |
| 40 | Chase McQueen | USA |
| 41 | Luke Willian | AUS |
| 42 | Dylan McCullough | NZL |
| 43 | Jumpei Furuya | JPN |
| 44 | Aaron Royle | AUS |
| 45 | Ren Sato | JPN |
| 46 | Jamie Riddle | RSA |
| 47 | Joao Silva | POR |
| 48 | Tyler Reid | NZL |
| 49 | Jonny Brownlee | GBR |
| 50 | Jawad Abdelmoula | MAR |
| 52 | Gustav Iden | NOR |
| 53 | Genis Grau | ESP |
| 54 | Grant Sheldon | GBR |
| 55 | Richard Murray | NED |
| 56 | Tom Bishop | GBR |
| 57 | Marc Dubrick | USA |
Mixed Relay
The one thing we do know ahead of time is that we will not have a reunion of that golden Great Britain quartet from Tokyo. That of course because of the injury to Learmonth.
Team GB will face strong opposition with the United States (second in Tokyo) and mighty France (third) both lying in wait.
Actual Mixed Relay team lineups will not be confirmed until closer to the start time, which is 1325 local time on Sunday (1425 CET and 0825 Eastern Time).
| # | Team |
| 1 | Germany |
| 2 | Italy |
| 3 | New Zealand |
| 4 | Great Britain |
| 5 | United States |
| 6 | Australia |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Switzerland |
| 9 | Spain |
| 10 | Czech Republic |
| 11 | Netherlands |
| 12 | Belgium |
| 14 | Austria |
| 15th | Hungary |
| 16 | Denmark |
| 17 | Portugal |
| 18 | Sweden |
| 19 | Japan |
| 20 | Mexico |
| 21 | Norway |