Reigning IRONMAN World Champion Lucy Charles-Barclay will have a wealth of opportunities for world-class racing at the end of this season, following the Londoner’s stunning win at IRONMAN France.
By taking victory in the South of France, the 30-year-old validated her slot for this year’s IRONMAN World Championship held in Nice in September and the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship set for Taupo in December.
Additionally, the PTO World #3 currently leads the T100 Triathlon World Tour standings, and revealed in her most recent YouTube video that competing for the title in this new series is still a huge goal for her in 2024.
Where to next for LCB?
Sharing her happiness after taking the win in Nice, LCB said that her victory now opens doors moving forward and has secured two more ‘great opportunities’ to compete in world-class fields.
“Validating IM Nice validated me for both the IRONMAN World Championship in September and the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in December and it gives me two more great opportunities to race.”
Definitely competing at the IRONMAN World Championship in Nice, Charles-Barclay admitted she is yet to decide if she will also race at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in New Zealand.
“I imagine with it being such a late finish to this season, it will be an early start to next season as well, so I will just have to see how my body holds out for the IM 70.3 World Championship in December.
“I definitely will need a bit of a break at the end of the season before we roll into next year, so we will see how it goes.”
T100 Tour title still on the table
After making a shock decision to defend her IRONMAN title in Nice, question marks were raised about Charles-Barclay’s plans for the T100 Tour. However, the former IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion said that she is still as committed as ever to the 100km distance.
“I’m fully committed to the T100 series, with the next race in London which is huge for me and then we have the Grand Final of the T100 at the end of November, which is still a huge goal of mine.
“I am currently leading the standings, so I really want to perform over that distance.”
With the next race in London on July 28, LCB has just over a month to prepare to chase a first ever victory over the 100km distance in front of a home crowd.
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