'GET UP AND GO' GETS MUM INTO THREE WORLD TITLE RACES

SUPER-FIT medic and triathlete Genevieve Thueux cycled, ran and swam her way to qualify for three world championships in 2026 and all while working as a top doctor, hospital clinical director and being a mother.

- ABBIE WIGHTWICK

Genevieve, a consultant paediatrician and clinical director of the Children's Hospital for Wales, gets up at 5.15am daily to train before work.

Outside of medicine, she's a triathlete and has competed in both Ironman and Ironman 70.3 events, qualifying for two world championships, and has just achieved the rare accolade of qualifying for all three global triathlon series - T100, Challenge and Ironman in 2026.

To qualify for the world championships competitors must be in the top 10 or 15 places for their race. To qualify in one band is good going but all three is a huge achievement, with thousands competing and around 100 in each age group.

The children's doctor, who has been doing triathlons for four years, powered her way to fifth place in the Austria 70.3 to qualify for the 2026 world championships in that band next year in Slovakia, fifth place in the Italy Ironman Cena to qualify there and topped off her amazing run with third place in the T100 Dubai.