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30 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 13 OCTOBER 2019 SPORTS TRIATHLON AFTER French domination in Jersey last month, the world-class field of Su- per League Triathlon (SLT) triathletes return for the season's second instal- ment of unpredictable racing in Malta on 19-20 October. Two of last season's podium-regu- lars, Richard Murray and Henri Sch- oeman, are back to fitness and ready to shake things up for Super League Malta 2019. The South African duo was forced to sit out of the 2019/20 Champi- onship Series opener at RBC Super League Jersey, which gave Vincent Luis the upper hand to defend his ti- tle, thanks to securing the weekend win. Last month saw Simon Henseleit win his Junior race and therefore was given the opportunity to compete in the Pro Semi-Final in St Helier later that day. To much surprise, the young Ger- man athlete qualified for the Day 2 Final but did not race. Wanting another shot on the world- stage, Henseleit returns to Malta as part of the Pro field, looking for an- other shot in the Final. The women's race looks to be just as tense as the men's, with Katie Zaferes and Cassandre Beaugrand ready to resume their first-place battle next weekend. Beaugrand produced a stunning dis- play to inflict a rare defeat on Zaferes in Jersey, taking full advantage of the weather-affected course with high winds, leading to the cancellation of the bike leg in the Final. The likes of Rachel Klamer, Summer Rappaport and Taylor Spivey are look- ing to disrupt the status quo in Malta. Day 1 of the weekend's racing once again sees the athletes split into two groups for the Semi-Finals, racing the non-stop swim-bike-run-swim-bike- run. The top 5 athletes from each group, plus the next 5 fastest from across both groups – 15 in total – continue into Day 2's Final. The Day 2 chosen format in Malta is the Equalizer. The athletes start with Stage 1 – a bike Individual Time Trial (ITT), be- fore a pursuit start of swim-bike-run x2 sprint in Stage 2 to the finish. The pursuit start is determined by the results of the ITT. PRO WOMEN: Alice Betto - (ITA) - #44 Angelica Olmo - (ITA) - #41 Cassandre Beaugrand - (FRA) - #03 Claudie Simard - (CAN) - #18 Elena Danilova - (RUS) - #16 Felicity Sheedy-Ryan - (AUS) - #13 Ilaria Zane- (ITA) - #58 Katie Zaferes - (USA) - #01 Kerry Morris - (AUS) - #12 Léonie Périault - (FRA) - #10 Lisa Perterer - (AUT) - #49 Megan Foley - (USA) - #19 Olivia Mathias - (GBR) - #14 Rachel Klamer - (NED) - #02 Sophie Coldwell - (GBR) - #32 Summer Rappaport - (USA) - #06 Taylor Spivey - (USA) - #04 Yuko Takahashi - (JPN) - #0 PRO MEN: Aaron Royle - (AUS) - #55 Aiden Longcroft-Harris - (CAN) - #18 Anthony Pujades - (FRA) - #13 Aurélien Raphaël - (FRA) - #12 Ben Kanute - (USA) - #07 Christopher Perham - (GBR) - #15 Constantine Doherty - (IRL) - #50 Csongor Lehmann - (HUN) - #49 Dmitry Polyanskiy - (RUS) - #16 Dorian Coninx - (FRA) - #54 Gustav Iden - (NOR) - #33 Hayden Wilde - (NZL) - #08 Henri Schoeman - (RSA) - #02 Igor Polyanskiy - (RUS) - #14 Jonas Schomburg - (GER) - #09 Kristian Blummenfelt - (NOR) - #32 Léo Bergere - (FRA) - #06 Marten Van Riel - (BEL) - #30 Matthew Hauser - (AUS) - #31 Michael Arishita - (USA) - #19 Oliver Turner - (JEY) - #51 Pierre Le Corre - (FRA) - #11 Richard Murray - (RSA) - #05 Roberto Sanchez Mantecon - (ESP) - #53 Simon Henseleit - (GER) - #64 Tyler Mislawchuk - (CAN) - #04 Vasco Vilaca - (POR) - #46 Vincent Luis - (FRA) - #01 Big names return to Super League next weekend, ready to disrupt the status quo

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