Team Germany, who starred on home soil last time in Hamburg, top the list for today’s Mixed Team Relay at WTCS Sunderland.
France dominated the individual action on Saturday with a one-two in both the men’s and women’s races and are clearly one of the favourites.
They were among the teams who made changes when the final line-ups had to be submitted, with Cassandre Beaugrand coming in as Leonie Periault hadn’t recovered in time after a fall yesterday.
New WTCS men’s series leader Hayden Wilde also steps up for Dylan McCullough, having originally been rested by New Zealand.
Beth Potter, who has landed two WTCS races this season, has joined up with Team GB and will race the second leg for them while Jess Fullagar – clear-cut winner of the Super Series race in Sunderland yesterday, anchors them in place of Olivia Mathias.
And the 2016 Rio Olympics winner Gwen Jorgensen moves from leg four to leg two in the United States’ bid for glory.
It should be quite a race and here’s your full rundown…
WTCS Sunderland Mixed Relay Start Lists
| BIB | Team | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | Leg 4 |
| 1 | Germany | Lasse Lührs | Anabel Knoll | Johannes Vogel | Marlene Gomez-Göggel |
| 2 | United States | Chase McQueen | Gwen Jorgensen | Darr Smith | Gina Sereno |
| 3 | New Zealand | Tayler Reid | Ainsley Thorpe | Hayden Wilde | Brea Roderick |
| 4 | Switzerland | Max Studer | Julie Derron | Adrien Briffod | Cathia Schär |
| 5 | Australia | Jacob Birtwhistle | Charlotte McShane | Oscar Dart | Jasmine Greaves |
| 6 | Italy | Nicolò Strada | Ilaria Zane | Alessio Crociani | Alice Betto |
| 7 | Great Britain | Barclay Izzard | Beth Potter | Max Stapley | Jess Fullagar |
| 8 | Hungary | Gábor Faldum | Zsanett Bragmayer | Márk Dévay | Karolina Helga Horváth |
| 9 | France | Tom Richard | Emma Lombardi | Pierre Le Corre | Cassandre Beaugrand |
| 10 | Spain | Sergio Baxter Cabrera | Miriam Casillas Garcia | Antonio Serrat Seoane | Noelia Juan |
| 11 | Belgium | Arnaud Mengal | Jolien Vermeylen | Noah Servais | Claire Michel |
| 12 | Mexico | Aram Michell Peñaflor Moysen | Mercedes Romero Orozco | Crisanto Grajales | Lizeth Rueda Santos |
| 14 | Denmark | Emil Holm | Anne Holm | Oscar Gladney Rundqvist | Clara Carlquist |
| 15 | Norway | Vetle Bergsvik Thorn | Lotte Miller | Casper Stornes | Solveig Løvseth |
| 16 | Netherlands | Richard Murray | Rachel Klamer | Mitch Kolkman | Aniek Mars |
| 17 | Brazil | Manoel Messias | Vittoria Lopes | Miguel Hidalgo | Djenyfer Arnold |
| 18 | Portugal | Vasco Vilaca | Melanie Santos | Ricardo Batista | Maria Tomé |
| 19 | South Africa | Henri Schoeman | Shanae Williams | Jamie Riddle | Vicky Van Der Merwe |
| 20 | Japan | Ren Sato | Yuko Takahashi | Kyotaro Yoshikawa | Minori Ikeno |
Start time and how to watch on live stream or TV
The eagerly-awaited race takes place on Sunday July 29 with the gun going off at 13:15 local time. This corresponds to 14:15 CET and 08:15 on the East Coast of the United States (0515 PT).
You can watch the race live stream on the World Triathlon subscription service, TriathlonLive, and it is also available free-to-air for UK TV viewers via BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website, the BBC Sport App and the BBC Red Button.
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