T100 Vancouver 2026: Siffert, Taylor-Brown and Waugh Return
In 2026, T100 split the men’s and women’s races into separate weekends at every location. Vancouver got the women, and what a field it is. Twenty of the world’s best line up on Saturday, 15 August at 11:05 local time. The distance is 100 km: a 2 km swim, 80 km bike and 18 km run.
Who’s on the start list
At the top of the Race to Qatar ranking is Switzerland’s Imogen Simmonds. She leads after two rounds, on the Gold Coast and in Spain. Right behind her, though, is her compatriot Alanis Siffert, who became the youngest winner in Challenge Roth history in July, at just 24.
Roth gave me a lot of confidence, and I feel I have more to draw on for race day than I did at the start of the season. But every race starts from zero. I’m focused on racing it as well as I can and staying in the fight with the best women in the world.
Alanis Siffert
Georgia Taylor-Brown arrives as the T100 Spain winner from May and wants to make it two.
I had a great time in Pamplona. That result gave me the belief that I can win at this distance, so I’m going to Vancouver for another win.
Georgia Taylor-Brown
Defending T100 world champion Kate Waugh returns after an injury that took her out of the start of the 2026 season. That has left her with the fewest opportunities to score points of anyone at the front of the field, so there’s nothing to hold back in Vancouver.
Canadian star Paula Findlay is back in Vancouver after an emotional full-distance IRONMAN debut, which she won a month ago in Lake Placid.
Whenever I race in Canada, I feel like I’m at home. It always gives me extra support and energy out on the course.
Paula Findlay
The full start list runs to 20 athletes. The top of the T100 ranking is Simmonds (SUI), Taylor-Brown (GBR), Siffert (SUI), Julie Derron (SUI) and Nicole Van Der Kaay (NZL). Next come Taylor Spivey (USA), Bianca Bogen (GER), Sara Pérez Sala (ESP), Waugh (GBR) and Ellie Salthouse (AUS). The next five are Lucy Byram (GBR), Lydia Russell (USA), Hannah Berry (NZL), Lisa Perterer (AUT) and Findlay (CAN). Rounding out the field are Lizzie Rayner (GBR), Hanne De Vet (BEL), Lotte Wilms (NED), Daisy Davies (GBR) and Audrey Merle (FRA).
How the Race to Qatar ranking works
The points system explains why the table looks the way it does. A win is worth 35 points, twentieth place 1 point. The classification counts the three best results from the regular season plus the final in Qatar, and the final itself is weighted higher, from 55 down to 4 points.
Athletes can start in a maximum of four regular-season rounds. That’s why Taylor-Brown, with a single 35-point result, already sits in second place on points. An athlete who missed two rounds can still close the gap with one good result and a strong final.
The course: ocean, five loops and a run along the beach
The swim is two 2 km loops in the ocean off Locarno Beach. The bike leg is five loops around Spanish Banks with a climb onto the University of British Columbia campus, 80 km in total. The run closes out the event: 18 km out and back along Locarno Beach and Spanish Banks Beach Park.
Cold Pacific water and windy stretches along the coastline are the usual variables at this venue. Position in the pack coming out of the water will matter, because T100 races under draft-legal rules, so a poor swim isn’t as easy to make up as it would be in a non-drafting race.
Prize money
Every T100 race in 2026 pays out a $275,000 purse. First place takes $50,000, second $40,000, third $30,000. Twentieth place still earns $3,500. The full series totals $1,450,000, split evenly between the women’s and men’s fields, and the overall series winner collects a further $100,000.
The pick
Siffert is riding the form of her life, but Taylor-Brown has already shown this season that she can close out a 100 km race in her favour. The pick is a duel between the two in the closing kilometres of the run, with a slight edge to the Brit if she can hold her Spain pace.
Findlay will fight for the podium in front of a home crowd, though freshness after a full-distance IRONMAN a month ago is a question mark at this much shorter distance. The biggest unknown is Waugh, defending a world title on a season in which she has barely raced.