Startlist can be found here
Last race of the weekend is the U19 Men. Quite a lot of talent in this one with many guys capable of taking the W.
Out of the water it will be a battle between Barclay (NZ) and Knabl (AUT), go with Knabl.
As the ITU voice Barry Shepley once said: " what i like about the young guys is that they are full of spunk..." and that is exactly what Barclay will be looking to display on the opening stages of the bike. The bulk of the athletes though will be in a big bunch 20'' or so behind. The catch will occur and we will have a good size group into T2.
Again, with the hard bike perhaps some of the fastest runners may be neutralized a bit here on the 5k if bike strength is lacking. However you cannot doubt a sub 4' miler in Verzbicas (USA) taking this unless his swim is really not on . The other two spots will be highly contested, my gut goes with the following:
Podium: Gold Verzbicas (USA) Silver Darmon (ISR) Bronze Nunez (MEX)
Darkhorse: Woodfine (CAN)
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