The San Francisco T100 Triathlon, set for June 8, 2024, will see PTO World #1 Ashleigh Gentle take on #2 ranked athlete Taylor Knibb for the first time this season, as the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have confirmed the contracted T100 female athletes on the start list.
The Australian winner from Singapore will line up against the American Olympic hopeful on Saturday June 8, for the third T100 race of the new eight-leg T100 Triathlon World Tour.
Gentle versus Knibb is just one of the intriguing head-to-head’s that will take place in the city by the Bay over the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon course. German ace Anne Haug will also make her T100 debut and will line up alongside Gentle and Knibb together for the first time.
German compatriot Laura Philipp makes her first T100 start line and 2022 IRONMAN World Champion, American Chelsea Sodaro, looks forward to returning to the city she went to college and considers a second home. Meanwhile, 10-time IRONMAN / IM 70.3 World Champion Daniela Ryf also hopes to be on the start line, injury permitting.
The full list of contracted T100 women who will compete in the San Francisco T100 includes:
Ashleigh Gentle (AUS)
Taylor Knibb (USA)
Anny Haug (GER)
Daniela Ryf (SUI)
Laura Philipp (GER)
Paula Findlay (CAN)
Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR)
Kat Matthews (GBR)
India Lee (GBR)
Chelsea Sodaro (USA)
Imogen Simmonds (SUI)
Lucy Byram (GBR)
Amelia Watkinson (NZL)
Marjolaine Pierre (FRA)
Skye Moench (USA)
Tamara Jewett (CAN)
The 100km T100 race (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run) will be set in the San Francisco Bay area. Elite athletes will start in time-honoured fashion by plunging into the icy water adjacent to Alcatraz Island.
Since the first race in 1981, the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon has hosted top professional and amateur triathletes to attempt the Escape from Alcatraz Island. The infamy of Alcatraz Island is part of the attraction that draws more than 2,000 triathletes to San Francisco year after year.
The mystique of the island and technicality of the course, most notably the challenging open water swim in San Francisco Bay, continue to draw competitors for the chance to make their escape. The challenging course has continued to be a bucket list race for triathletes for more than 40 years.
