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2016 Prize Money Leaderboard...

Sunday, 15 January 2017 23:10

By Triathlete.com

USA Triathlon debuted its prize money leaderboard last summer, letting the cash curious track top athlete earnings. It also shows which races have the biggest payouts (ITU’s overall rankings prize of $755,000 tops the chart, with the Ironman World Championship coming in second at $650,000 and the Island House Invitational coming in third at $500,000).

The leaderboard has its limits. The bonuses earned from Olympic medals aren’t included, and there don’t appear to be any XTERRA...

winnings included. Also, since sponsorship deals aren’t often made public, those earnings aren’t reflected. It’s still a fun tool that data geeks will love to mine. Despite her $20,000 XTERRA World Championship earnings not being included, Bermuda’s Flora Duffy (also the ITU world champion) tops the rankings after a busy season of racing. Olympic gold medalist Gwen Jorgensen (USA) likely earned sponsor bonuses, as well as $25,000 from the U.S. Olympic Committee, that are not included here and sits in second. Spain’s Mario Mola, the men’s ITU world champion, sits in third.

See the top 30 below and see the complete rankings here.

1. Flora Duffy (BER) $224,125
2. Gwen Jorgensen (USA) $201,065
3. Mario Mola (ESP) $187,300
4. Daniela Ryf (SUI) $179,532
5. Jan Frodeno (GER) $159,282...READ MORE