Do records matter in triathlon and why are there so many retirements?!

<p>A surprise early show for you to mini-preview the T100 Grand Final in Qatar this evening. Watch on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@T100Triathlon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">T100's Youtube</a> at 2a.m. ET tonight (early Friday morning)!</p><p>A few highlights this week:</p><ul><li>Congrats to Kirsten Kasper who won her debut 70.3 at La Quinta and to Georgia Taylor-Brown for clocking "<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DR59cvqEare/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the fastest 70.3 in history</a>." What does that mean? Do records matter in triathlon?</li><li>Then it's a quick preview of the T100 racing in Qatar, where it's a winner-take-all situation between Lucy Charles-Barclay, Julie Derron, and Kate Waugh. </li><li>Even more retirements! Is there something about 2025 that's causing all these pros to retire?</li><li>And a kudos to Mark Allen and TriDot's <a href="https://go.tridot.com/limitless-signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Limit...