T100 Triathlon World Tour Singapore: series will decide ‘ultimate athlete’, says Ironman champ Lucy Charles-Barclay
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Lucy Charles-Barclay lines up in Singapore this weekend for the second leg of the T100 Triathlon World Tour, and said the series winner could rightly be considered the world’s ultimate athlete.
The Ironman world champion will race alongside the likes of Ashleigh Gentle and India Lee on Saturday, while Daniela Ryft, considered one of the best triathletes of all time, and Olympic champion Flora Duffy are also part of the tour.
Gentle goes into the event as defending champion, having won the Asian Open under the shadow of Marina Bay Sands last year, while Lee pipped her fellow Briton Charles-Barclay to gold at the Miami T100 in March.
“I think whoever wins the title at the end of the year could definitely win the title of the ultimate athlete,” Charles-Barclay said. “You’re racing the top 20 women to get this prize. So you have got to be the best athlete.
“It’s definitely going to be quite an elusive world title, I think. And everyone on the start line is going to be hungry for it.”