Team USA Wins Silver In Triathlon’s Mixed Relay
But in triathlons mixed relay, Taylor Knibb pulled the Americans into a three-way battle for the medals.
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Cleveland, OH
Magnificat High School
2017: Placed eighth at the Huelva ITU Triathlon World Cup on Sept. 23 • Earned her first career World Cup medal with a silver in Merida, Mexico (Yucatan), on Aug. 12 • Placed 15th at ITU World Triathlon Montreal on Aug. 5 • Started her season strong with a win at the Bridgetown CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup on April 23
2016: Took 14th at ITU World Triathlon Edmonton on Sept. 3 • Placed fifth at the Montreal ITU Triathlon World Cup on Aug. 7 • Recorded a 32nd-place finish at ITU World Triathlon Hamburg on July 16 • Took 14th at the Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup on July 9 • Placed 29th at ITU World Triathlon Yokohama on May 14 • Logged a 16th-place finish at ITU World Triathlon Cape Town on April 23 • Finished 23rd at ITU World Triathlon Gold Coast on April 9 • Opened her season with a 27th place finish at ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi
2015: Finished her 2015 ITU season with a seventh place finish at the Cozumel ITU World Cup • Posted 33rd place finishes at ITU World Triathlon Edmonton and the ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in Chicago • 26th place at the Rio de Janeiro ITU World Olympic Qualification Event, which served as the test event for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games • 18th at ITU World Triathlon Cape Town • Broke the top 10 at two ITU World Triathlon Series events in the early part of the 2015 season, finishing 8th at ITU World Triathlon Gold Coast and 6th in her season opener at ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi
2014: Placed 13th at the Cozumel ITU World Cup in October • Posted a career-best fifth-place finish at ITU World Triathlon Stockholm on Aug. 23 • Finished fifth at the Tiszaujvaros ITU World Cup on Aug. 9 • Won the Geneva ETU Triathlon European Cup on July 20, besting the field by more than 2 minutes • Finished 14th at ITU World Triathlon Hamburg • Earned third at the USA Triathlon Elite National Championships as the third American at ITU World Triathlon Chicago, finishing 21st overall • Cracked the top 10 with an eighth-place finish at the PATCO Triathlon Pan American Championships in Dallas, Texas, on May 31 • 33rd at ITU World Triathlon Yokohama and 38th at ITU World Triathlon Cape Town
But in triathlons mixed relay, Taylor Knibb pulled the Americans into a three-way battle for the medals.
Taylor Knibb came to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 as the only Team USA athlete competing in two separate sports.
On June 7, 2024, Kirsten Kasper received a Zoom call from USA Triathlon’s high performance general manager Scott Schnitzspahn. The 32-year-old triathlete was in her car, in her bathing suit, driving home from a pool workout in Boulder, Colorado. She kn...