TRIATHLON – Hoka One One unveils its 2020 Triathlon Team

Source: DP
Opening photo credit: Manon Genet (@Activ'images-FBoukla)

No fewer than 53 national and international class triathletes make up the new HOKA 2020 team, including the German Boris Stein, winner of the Kalmar IRONMAN, the Dutchman Els Visser, who competed in the World Championships in Kona, the British IRONMAN champions Joe Skipper, Emma Pallant et Simone Mitchell, the French trio Denis Chevrot, Arnaud Guilloux, Kevin Maurel and the Swedish multiple IRONMAN winner, Patrick Nilsson.

They thus join the English title holder of IRONMAN Hamburg in the HOKA ranks, Susie Cheetham, his compatriot David McNamee Having made two podiums in Kona, the German Laura Zimmerman 2nd place in the IRONMAN in Barcelona, ​​the Frenchwoman Manon Genet, 2018 champion of the IRONMAN 70.3 in Nice and the eternal Enneko Llanos (Spain).

The triathlon team is also strengthened with the arrival of promising British players George Goodwin, Elliot Smales et Thomas Davis.

Nikki Bartlett, the most experienced of British triathletes, will race in HOKA for the first time this season.Just look at the HOKA team roster to see how many top athletes train and race in these shoes, said the winner of the Pro IRONMAN Lanzarote and new member of the HOKA team. It's been six months since I testand HOKA shoes and the range of choice is amazing”, concludes Bartlett, who will aim to qualify for the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2020 as Alison Peasgood’s guide.

Also present for the first time in the HOKA team: rising German star Anne Reischman, his compatriot Carolin Lehrieder and finally the current champion of the IRONMAN Malaysia, the Dutchwoman Tessa Kortekaas.