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Triathlonish · September 29 · 1 hr 14 min

How anti-doping really works

This week, Tim & Kelly cover two big topics: * Absolutely everything that happened at the World Triathlon annual meeting and racing in Pontevedra. * What you need to know about how anti-doping works — and what that means for whereabouts violations. See Ironman’s 2025 doping report here & World Triathlon’s 2025 report here. Listen and follow Triathlonish on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or watch the show on Youtube. * (1:08) - What happened at the World Triathlon Congress? A follow-up. * (5:11) - The latest updates about the World Triathlon Tour * (16:16) - The LA28 Olympic course — see it here * (19:20) - Hyathlon? Hybrid racing? The update * (23:37) - Tim’s final World Triathlon news from Pontevedra * (26:42) - The actual World Championship racing, a ramp collapses, and whether Kelly’s right to get confused * (39:30) - How the anti-doping system works — because it seems like no one understands * (42:08) - Why Ironman signed on as a WADA signatory * (45:18) - In-competition v. out-of-competition testing * (48:30) - “If they can’t find you, they can’t test you” * (50:58) - What the h*ll is whereabouts, how does an athlete get a whereabouts violation, and what information are they required to provide * (57:55) - How you could manipulate the system * (1:05:15) - Is there a better way? * (1:10:09) - Bad Week/Good Week This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.triathlonish.com

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This week, Tim & Kelly cover two big topics:

* Absolutely everything that happened at the World Triathlon annual meeting and racing in Pontevedra.

* What you need to know about how anti-doping works — and what that means for whereabouts violations.

See Ironman’s 2025 doping report here & World Triathlon’s 2025 report here.

Listen and follow Triathlonish on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or watch the show on Youtube.

* (1:08) - What happened at the World Triathlon Congress? A follow-up.

* (5:11) - The latest updates about the World Triathlon Tour

* (16:16) - The LA28 Olympic course — see it here

* (19:20) - Hyathlon? Hybrid racing? The update

* (23:37) - Tim’s final World Triathlon news from Pontevedra

* (26:42) - The actual World Championship racing, a ramp collapses, and whether Kelly’s right to get confused

* (39:30) - How the anti-doping system works — because it seems like no one understands

* (42:08) - Why Ironman signed on as a WADA signatory

* (45:18) - In-competition v. out-of-competition testing

* (48:30) - “If they can’t find you, they can’t test you”

* (50:58) - What the h*ll is whereabouts, how does an athlete get a whereabouts violation, and what information are they required to provide

* (57:55) - How you could manipulate the system

* (1:05:15) - Is there a better way?

* (1:10:09) - Bad Week/Good Week



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.triathlonish.com
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