The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have confirmed a powerful line up for the women’s Singapore T100 triathlon on 13 April, 2024, the second stop on the new eight-leg T100 Triathlon World Tour.
Included is Miami T100 champion India Lee, who will be looking to pick up where she left off in Florida at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, where she ran down fellow Brit and reigning Ironman World Champion Lucy Charles-Barclay to clinch her maiden T100 win. By her own admission, India had expected “nothing” going into the season opener in Miami other than to “see how her winter had gone, with no pressure”.
It turns out her winter had gone ‘pretty well’ and has catapulted the British star into the PTO World Top Ten for the first time. Speaking about what the win meant to her, the new PTO World #8 said: “It means a lot. I worked really hard. Mostly on my own, with a small team. I’m just a bog-standard person who puts in the work and I’m a bit overwhelmed it’s turned into this.”
“I’ve never won a race like this against these girls,” she continued. “They are world champions. I never thought that I’m capable of putting together a race like that, when it matters, against quality competition. To beat them I had to have a really good day and I guess last Saturday was a really good day.”
Asked what it could mean for the rest of the T100 Tour and whether it will give her confidence, India replied: “Yes, definitely”. She will get an immediate chance to put that newfound confidence to the test against a strong field in Singapore that features 7 of the world’s top 20 athletes including #2 Australian Ashleigh Gentle, who’s making her T100 debut after winning the inaugural PTO Asian Open in Singapore in 2023, and #3 Lucy Charles-Barclay, who is putting all of her focus into the T100 Tour in 2024 as well as Chelsea Sodarao of the USA, the 2022 Ironman World Champion.
The full line up for the Singapore T100 features 8 of the 20 contracted T100 athletes and 12 wildcards – including America’s Haley Chura and Estonia’s Kaidi Kivioja who finished a very creditable 7th and 10th respectively in Miami. The wildcard contingent also features the powerful Aussie trio of Ellie Salthouse, Radka Kahlefeldt and Rebecca Clarke – adding to the fresh faces looking for a chance to prove themselves at the sport’s highest level in Singapore’s infamous heat and humidity.
Full Start List:
Ashleigh Gentle (AUS)
Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR)
India Lee (GBR)
Chelsea Sodaro (USA)
Imogen Simmonds (SUI)
Marjolaine Pierre (FRA)
Amelia Watkinson (NZL)
Lucy Byram (GBR)
Jocelyn McCauley (USA)
Anne Reischmann (GER)
Haley Chura (USA)
Ellie Salthouse (AUS)
Lotte Wilms (NED)
Els Visser (NED)
Radka Kahlefeldt (AUS)
Kaidi Kivioja (EST)
Rebecca Clarke (NZL)
Lucy Buckingham (GBR)
Anna Bergsten (SWE)
Pamella Oliveira (BRA)