TRIATHLON – BAHRAIN Victorious 13 announced yesterday the team roster of all-star athletes for 2025.
On a mission to secure their continued dominance in the sport, Bahrain Victorious 13 have retained world champions and Games medallists while recruiting the current Ironman 70.3 world champions and T100 Tour champions as well as young and promising talent to form their most accomplished line-up to date.
These 13 of the world’s very best endurance athletes hold a combined six Olympic medals, six Paralympic medals, and 15 world titles not just across all triathlon distances, but in multiple sports as well.
Reigning Olympic and world champion Cassandre Beaugrand of France is the most prominent returning athlete. First named to the Bahrain Victorious 13 in 2021, she added the golden double to her trophy collection from her tenure on the team: bronze from Tokyo, a super sprint world title, and two mixed relay world titles.
Joining her is three-time Ironman 70.3 world champion, two-time Olympic silver medallist, and T100 Tour champion Taylor Knibb from the US, who is set to dominate Ironman and middle-distance racing in the next few years.
Fellow 2024 Ironman 70.3 world champion Jelle Geens of Belgium and compatriot and T100 Tour champion Marten Van Riel beef up the roster for middle- and long-distance racing alongside European champion India Lee of Britain and Polish Ironman 70.3 record holder Kacper Stepniak.
World champion from 2023, vice-world champion from 2024 and Paris Olympics bronze-medallist Leo Bergere of France will sport the Bahrain Victorious 13 red as he begins to pursue an Ironman 70.3 world championship while balancing short-course racing in World Triathlon and supertri. With a bronze medal debut in Taupo last year, he looks to be a major threat.
Vasco Vilaça of Portugal is one of the youngest new recruits, but is already a three-time vice world champion in the sprint, junior, and elite categories and placed fifth in his Olympic debut in Paris.
Emma Lombardi of France signs on with three world titles to her name in under-23 and mixed relay racing and a fourth place in Paris.
Beaugrand, Bergere, Vilaça, and Lombardi are also set to defend the supertri team title won by Bahrain Victorious 13-sponsored team Crown Racing.
Vincent Luis of France and Lauren Parker of Australia are now the most senior members of Bahrain Victorious 13. First signed onto the team in 2019, they have since experienced the vast majority of their career success, winning world championships and Olympic and Paralympic medals.
Three-time Ironman Asia Pacific champion Max Neumann of Australia is also back on the team. Bahrain Victorious 13’s support throughout 2024 helped him make a full recovery when a lingering injury kept him from training and racing, and now he is raring to take on a full season sporting the team colours.
Finally, Kat Matthews of Britain returns with the Ironman World Championship in her sights yet again. Having joined the roster in 2023 as an Ironman vice-world champion, she is now a two-time Ironman and Ironman 70.3 vice-world champion and last year won the inaugural Ironman Pro Series.
United under one Victorious banner to inspire the Bahrain and the world to embrace health, wellness, and the pursuit of excellence in endurance sports, Bahrain Victorious 13 have surpassed the 10-year mark to become the longest-running and most successful endurance sports team ever.
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