Next year's Tokyo Olympics will feature a mixed team relay, as well as the standard individual events, and it's the furrowing brows of the sport's bosses. Thorpe is one of a six-strong New Zealand team preparing for the MTR worlds, which are running alongside the latest round of the pinnacle World Triathlon Series. The IOC have deemed the athletes chosen for the individual events in Tokyo must also be part of the mixed relay. So how do national organisations pick their teams – do they focus on the traditional individual events, or put the spotlight on the mixed relay? "At the end of the day, if you secure an Olympic medal that assists with your funding and how the sport develops going forward."

Source: Stuff July 04, 2019 21:45 UTC