WTCS Pontevedra takes centre stage again later today (Sunday September 24) as the world’s best Elite Women battle for world title glory in the 2023 Grand Final.
Cassandre Beaugrand and Beth Potter are set to face off in a bid to end the season on top of the standings, and they will face a stellar field with pretty much everybody who is anybody in short-course racing on the start line.
It promises to be quite the event and we have all the detail on who is racing, and who is not.
WTCS Pontevedra Start List – Elite Women
The start list for the weekend’s massive showdown in Spain is as follows:
| BIB | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | COUNTRY |
| 1 | Cassandre | Beaugrand | FRA |
| 2 | Beth | Potter | GBR |
| 3 | Emma | Lombardi | FRA |
| 4 | Taylor | Spivey | USA |
| 5 | Summer | Rappaport | USA |
| 6 | Rosa Maria | Tapia Vidal | MEX |
| 7 | Jeanne | Lehair | LUX |
| 8 | Sophie | Coldwell | GBR |
| 9 | Nina | Eim | GER |
| 10 | Laura | Lindemann | GER |
| 11 | Lisa | Tertsch | GER |
| 12 | Kate | Waugh | GBR |
| 14 | Leonie | Periault | FRA |
| 15 | Nicole | Van Der Kaay | NZL |
| 16 | Katie | Zaferes | USA |
| 17 | Annika | Koch | GER |
| 18 | Marlene | Gomez-Göggel | GER |
| 19 | Kirsten | Kasper | USA |
| 20 | Verena | Steinhauser | ITA |
| 21 | Zsanett | Kuttor-Bragmayer | HUN |
| 22 | Jolien | Vermeylen | BEL |
| 23 | Djenyfer | Arnold | BRA |
| 24 | Lena | Meißner | GER |
| 25 | Miriam | Casillas Garcia | ESP |
| 26 | Rachel | Klamer | NED |
| 27 | Ainsley | Thorpe | NZL |
| 28 | Julie | Derron | SUI |
| 29 | Alberte Kjær | Pedersen | DEN |
| 30 | Natalie | Van Coevorden | AUS |
| 31 | Erika | Ackerlund | USA |
| 32 | Vittoria | Lopes | BRA |
| 33 | Maya | Kingma | NED |
| 34 | Claire | Michel | BEL |
| 35 | Lizeth | Rueda Santos | MEX |
| 36 | Melanie | Santos | POR |
| 37 | Jaz | Hedgeland | AUS |
| 38 | Dominika | Jamnicky | CAN |
| 39 | Solveig | Løvseth | NOR |
| 40 | Yuko | Takahashi | JPN |
| 41 | Julia | Hauser | AUT |
| 42 | Gina | Sereno | USA |
| 43 | Alice | Betto | ITA |
| 45 | Petra | Kurikova | CZE |
| 46 | Noelia | Juan | ESP |
| 47 | Charlotte | McShane | AUS |
| 48 | Valerie | Barthelemy | BEL |
| 49 | Sophie | Linn | AUS |
| 50 | Marta | Pintanel Raymundo | ESP |
| 51 | Anna | Godoy Contreras | ESP |
| 52 | Bianca | Seregni | ITA |
| 53 | Olivia | Mathias | GBR |
| 54 | Tilda | Månsson | SWE |
| 55 | Sinem Francisca | Tous Servera | TUR |
| 56 | Gwen | Jorgensen | USA |
| 57 | Lisa | Perterer | AUT |
| 59 | Tanja | Stroschneider | AUT |
| 60 | Hiraku | Fukuoka | JPN |
| 61 | Sara | Guerrero Manso | ESP |
| 62 | Minori | Ikeno | JPN |
| 63 | Eva | Goodisson | NZL |
| 64 | Aoba | Yasumatsu | JPN |
| 65 | Antonio | Bravo Neto | BRA |
| 66 | Ayan | Beisenbayev | KAZ |
Start time and how to watch live
The race for Elite Women starts at 1630 local time on Sunday September 24 in northwest Spain. That is 1530 UK time, 1030 on the East Coast of the United States and 0730 PST.
You can of course subscribe to TriathlonLIVE.tv to watch all of the action from Spain.
Who is NOT racing at WTCS Pontevedra
The list of absentees are headed by the gold and silver medallists from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 – Bermuda’s golden hero Flora Duffy (knee) and Britain’s second-placed finisher Georgia Taylor-Brown. Also not starting in Pontevedra is IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Taylor Knibb, who booked her Paris 2024 spot at the recent Test Event in the French capital.
Latest WTCS standings
The standings heading into Pontevedra highlight that title battle between Potter and Beaugrand:
- 1. Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) – 3341.45
- 2. Beth Potter (GBR) – 3309.38
- 3. Emma Lombardi (FRA) – 2946.16
- 4. Taylor Spivey (USA) – 2836.90
- 5. Summer Rappaport (USA) – 2357.47
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