San Francisco, CA
San Francisco T100 Triathlon World Tour: Start time, preview and how to watch live
The T100 Triathlon World Tour returns to America this weekend for the third round of the series, with the San Francisco T100 welcoming the best athletes in the world to one of the sport’s most iconic locations.
Competing on the same weekend as the famous Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, athletes will swim to shore from a ferry in San Francisco Bay, bike six laps of a course that passes the famous Golden Gate Bridge and run along the Marina Boulevard.
In our preview of the race below, you can find all the information you need including start times, streaming information and a preview of both professional fields.
Start times and how to watch live
In San Francisco, both races will take place on Saturday June 8, with the professional men kicking things off at 06:00 local time. This corresponds to 09:00 on the East Coast, 14:00 in the UK and 15:00 in Central Europe.
Starting just 45 minutes later, the women will begin at 06:45 local time. This corresponds to 09:45 on the East Coast, 14:45 in the UK and 15:45 in Central Europe.
The broadcast will begin at 05:45 local time. In Europe, the races can be watched on Eurosport or Discovery+. Elsewhere, you can watch the official broadcast here, available outside of Europe via YouTube.
Pro Men
In the men’s race, American home favourite and World #1 Sam Long leads the lineup, with the 28-year-old chasing a third successive podium after successive second-place finishes in Miami and Singapore.
With a podium streak which dates back to September 2023 and spans seven races, Long is the in-form athlete coming into the event, and will hope he can finally clinch a maiden T100 win after finishing on the podium on three separate occasions.
He will face some stiff competition, however, with Miami T100 winner Magnus Ditlev returning from injury, after the Dane sustained a broken wrist during race week at the Singapore T100. The 26-year-old, who sits at PTO World #2, will relish the hard bike in San Francisco.
Other athletes to watch out for include Pieter Heemeryck, Mathis Margirier and Jason West, who have all finished on a PTO podium in the last twelve months. West, who has struggled so far this season, will be particularly eager to kickstart his T100 Tour campaign this weekend.
Wildcards Kyle Smith, Mika Noodt, Menno Koolhaas and Jackson Laundry will also likely feature, with Smith looking to build more momentum on a magnificent win at The Championship in Slovakia last month.
PTO stalwarts Aaron Royle of Australia and American Ben Kanute, who was won the Escape from Alcatraz race four times, will hope that they can impress, and will bank on a strong swim-bike to get away from danger men like Long, West and Ditlev.
Marten Van Riel, a real dark horse, could also have a sizeable impact on the way the race plays out. A terrific swimmer and a fearless biker, the Belgian Olympian is a firm fan favourite and should garner a lot of support out on the course.
Finally, veterans Alistair Brownlee and Javier Gomez, who 12 years ago finished 1-2 at the London Olympic Games, are sure to make an impact on Saturday, given the hard nature of the race that favours both of their strengths.
Brownlee, who has been at the front of both T100 races early on in the run prior to this weekend, will hope to have a complete performance in California and finally get on to the podium. Gomez, who has had a tough year so far, will likely prioritize making it across the finish line.
Pro Women
In what might be the most competitive women’s middle distance field of all-time, eight of the top 10 ranked athletes in the world are racing in San Francisco, led by Australian Ashleigh Gentle, who in April won the Singapore T100.
Widely recognized as the “Queen” of the 100km distance, Gentle has the run pedigree to reel in anyone over 18km, and alongside German Anne Haug and Canadian Tamara Jewett, is one of the fastest runners in the sport
In addition to Haug, Gentle’s main threats will come from Taylor Knibb, the two-time IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion, and India Lee, the Miami T100 winner who recently defended her The Championship title in Slovakia.
Knibb, perhaps more than Gentle, is the favourite for this race, thanks to her unrivalled strength on the bike and phenomenal ability in the water. After cruising to the win at IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside earlier this season, the Olympic medalist appears to be almost unstoppable over this distance.
Both Haug and Gentle will fancy their chances up against the 26-year-old, but for everyone else, the race could quickly turn into a battle for the minor places. The presence of top athletes like Laura Philipp, Emma Pallant-Browne, Paula Findlay and Kat Matthews means that no position can be taken for granted.
Outside contenders who could be within touching distance of the podium are Denmark’s rising star Laura Madsen, who recently finished second behind Lee at The Championship, and Jewett, the 2023 IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside champion.
Familiar faces such as 2022 IRONMAN World Champion Chelsea Sodaro, IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship podium finisher Imogen Simmonds, plus Britain’s Lucy Byram, could all have top results here too.
Prize Money and Points
Racing for a total prize purse of $250,000, plus valuable T100 Tour points in SF, there is plenty at stake. On race day, the winners will take home $25,000 and 35 points, with the prize money and points for each position outlined below.
POSITION
PRIZE MONEY
POINTS
1
$25,000
35
2
$16,000
28
3
$12,000
25
4
$9,000
22
5
$8,000
20
6
$7,000
18
7
$6,500
16
8
$6,000
14
9
$5,500
12
10
$5,000
11
11
$2,500
10
12
$2,500
9
13
$2,500
8
14
$2,500
7
15
$2,500
6
16
$2,500
5
17
$2,500
4
18
$2,500
3
19
$2,500
2
20
$2,500
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San Francisco, CA
San Francisco rolls out heightened security measures ahead of World Cup knockout match, 4th of July
The city of San Francisco is taking heightened police and security measures in advance of two major events in the Bay Area this week – the 4th of July and the first knockout round of the FIFA World Cup.
Mayor Daniel Lurie hosted a press conference Monday to address the public on how the city plans to manage the overlapping swarms of soccer fans and 4th of July revelers.
“No matter the occasion, our top priority, and my top priority, remains the same: keeping San Francisco residents and visitors alike safe,” said Lurie.
The two events would be major draws for crowds independently, but combined, and with special occasions marking both, the city wants to ensure that security is a top priority.
The World Cup has already brought hundreds of thousands of people from across the country and the world to the Bay Area, but this week’s game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara is especially notable for the San Francisco as the host city and the United States as a host nation. The stadium, renamed San Francisco Bay Area Stadium for the duration of the World Cup, will host the knockout round match between the U.S. and Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday.
Official fan zones and watch parties for the U.S. match, as well as for Mexico’s match against Ecuador on Tuesday, will be held at multiple locations in San Francisco, including at Thrive City at the Chase Center and at the Pier 39 Fan Zone.
This year’s 4th of July in San Francisco, which already boasts large crowds across the city each year, will have another draw as the city prepares to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday. The city will be hosting a fireworks show on the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday night – only the third time that pyrotechnics have ever been set off from the iconic San Francisco landmark. Fireworks will be launched off the two towers of the bridge and from barges in the water.
The Golden Gate Bridge show will be the only official one in the city – fireworks are illegal in San Francisco.
Authorities advised attendees to use public transportation and to leave plenty of time on both ends of their travel for traffic and delays. Caltrans has announced road closures and detours on U.S. Highway 101 and the entire Golden Gate Bridge for the fireworks show.
San Francisco Police Chief Derrick Lew said the department is collaborating with multiple state and local agencies to keep people safe, and that police officers have had their days off cancelled to meet the staffing needs that July 4 will require.
“This week will be safe because that’s what we’ve been doing every day,” Lurie said. “It is a glorious time to be here in San Francisco.”
Lurie cited past heavily attended events like Sunday’s San Francisco Pride Parade and Super Bowl 60 in February as examples of the city’s successful management of major crowds.
San Francisco police officers arrested 20 people late Saturday night in SoMa after breaking up an unauthorized “Stud Alley” block party with hundreds of participants, according to the police department. It marked the second round of arrests of Pride attendees this weekend after police arrested five people at the tail end of the Trans March on Friday.
Police officers arrived near Kissling and 11th streets at 10:58 p.m. and “encountered an unsanctioned and unpermitted block party” that had about 300 participants and a D.J., according to a statement from the San Francisco Police Department. The following details are based on the department statement and social media videos; two participants reached by Mission Local declined to comment.
The department said that the large crowd “prompted the response of additional SFPD resources.” Social media footage shows dozens of officers marching through SoMa streets armed with batons, wearing riot helmets and carrying plastic zip-ties.
Officers then gave an order to disperse, the department said, and told the D.J. to leave the area. The D.J. left but the partygoers did not, the department said, and officers tried to “disperse the crowd.” Two people “resisted,” the department said, and officers arrested them.
Several people also “vandalized two vehicles passing through the area,” the department said, and made them “inoperable.” The two vehicles may have been Waymos: One online video shows two Waymos in the street blinking hazard lights, and appears to show one officer telling others that the Waymos had been vandalized.
The party then reformed a few blocks later at Washburn Street about two blocks away, the department said, with about 200 people; the police shut that gathering down as well.
Footage from the scene shows a line of officers in tactical gear advancing rapidly on the crowd, shoving people out of the alleyway before forming a cordon line to block the street. In total, 18 people were arrested on Washburn Street, the department said, for “obstructing or delaying a peace officer and unlawful assembly.”
The department said that “makeshift barricades” had been set up to keep officers at bay; at one point in a video, an officer moves several large rocks that were placed in the street. Two officers sustained minor injuries, the department said.
SoMa has been the site of unsanctioned “Stud Alley” parties on the Saturday evenings of Pride weekend for at least the past six years. The parties have made headlines in past years for graffiti, broken windshields and outraged neighbors.
The organizers of Stud Alley posted an announcement this year that they would not host a party, saying that the party had recently “outgrown itself,” but reminded past party-goers of the unofficial slogan that is frequently graffitied onto walls around the party: Every alley is Stud Alley.
Jesse, a bartender at the nearby bar the Willow, reported seeing cops “everywhere” after the Saturday incident, when people “fled” to the bar to escape. He did not report hearing of any incidents of violence between party-goers and police.
The arrests mark the second encounter between Pride-goers and police this weekend. On Friday, at the end of the Trans March, police officers arrested five marchers for alleged vandalism and assault after march-goers allegedly spray-painted several statues and a person.
On Sunday afternoon, Washburn and Kissling streets still bore signs of the party. Spray painted on the walls of buildings were “Fuck SFPD,” “No Cops at Pride,” and “Every Alley Stud Alley.”
It’s series finale time, and it’s rubber match time, as the San Francisco Giants host the Atlanta Braves.
It’s a battle of Cy Young southpaws. For the Giants, it’s Robbie Ray, who won the award in 2021 in the American League. Ray, a 34-year old two-time All-Star, is making his 17th appearance of the year, and is 6-6 with a 3.70 ERA, a 4.80 FIP, and 80 strikeouts to 42 walks in 87.2 innings. After a rough patch, he’s been exceptional in his last two games, including allowing just an unearned run in eight innings against the Athletics his last time out.
For the Braves, it’s Chris Sale, who won the prestigious pitching award in 2024. Sale, a 37-year old nine-time All-Star, has made 14 starts, and is 8-5 with a 2.14 ERA, a 2.71 FIP, and 99 strikeouts to 21 walks in 84 innings. He allowed two unearned runs in 5.2 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers in his last start.
Enjoy the game, everyone.
Who: San Francisco Giants (34-48) vs. Atlanta Braves (49-32)
Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM
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