Saint Raphael-Frejus, France – Boxer Tommy Fury followed in Team Ramsay’s London T100 footsteps by taking on the T100 this weekend at the French Riviera T100 Triathlon weekend in Saint Raphael and Frejus on the Esterel Cote D’Azur.
He battled in the Mediterranean sea to complete the swim and then the bike course, before embracing the 18km run in hot weather.
“The T100 was amazing, honestly, I felt like towards the end it was like I was just in my own world. When you get like 8 miles into a run, 9 miles into a run, you’re just on a different planet, you know, especially after hours of cycling and you know, for me, well over an hour and a bit in the water. So it’s unbelievable that the human body can do marvellous things when you put your mind to it.”
Asked what was going through his head, Fury said: “Just get it done, you know, forget about everybody else. I’m not in competition with anybody else. This isn’t my sport. I’m a fighter. I’m coming here just to compete against myself, so that’s all it was to do.”
Due to the road closure permits in France, unfortunately Tommy and some other athletes in the 100km amateur race were unable to complete the bike course before the cut off time. However, given the T100 philosophy to grow the sport and encourage new athletes, it wanted to give them as full an experience as possible. So they were all given the opportunity to do the 18km run and cross the finish line. Although these times were not counted in the official results.
Compared with his sport of boxing, he said: “It’s different, it’s so much different, you know, in boxing, you don’t know what to prepare for, so you’ve got the element of your opponent coming in and you don’t know what he’s gonna do. Whereas this, you know full well you’ve got to do it. So that’s even more taxing because you know exactly how far you’ve got to do in each thing. And there’s nobody out there, there’s no brakes either. So I admire anyone who does them.”
Asked what was special and his message to anyone thinking about doing a triathlon, he said: “Do you know what the best thing about the courses that my missus and my baby [Molly-Mae Hague and Bambi] was here. I had no idea they was going to be here. It was the best thing I could have wished for while I was on that course, so I’m happy they’re out here and it was for them.”
“Definitely do it. Do not shy away, get it done because I can tell you now, the feeling that I’m gonna have in about 15 minutes once I’ve came round a little bit, I’m gonna feel on top of the world. So everybody get yourself up, get training and get in.”
Why did he do it?
“Because it’s something new,” said Fury. “I prepare and train to get ready for fights, and jumping in the water, getting on the bike is completely uncharted territory for me. I wanted to prove whatever I put my mind to, I can do.”
Fury is no stranger to triathlons having done the Ironman 70.3 triathlon in June 2023 when he finished in 6 hours 27 minutes, but he has recently been focused on the filming for his new BBC documentary called Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury.
“I’d been filming in the days leading up so my training has been limited – we all have other life commitments that come up and could deter us, but I made this commitment to myself and I was here to get it done.”
The T100 Triathlon World Tour is a season-long schedule of World Championship level races competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run), where the world’s best triathletes go head-to-head in iconic locations on a global broadcast showing the races live around the world in 195+ territories.
T100 weekends are ‘festivals of multisport’ and feature a range of opportunities for amateur athletes of all levels to get involved. From experienced amateurs tackling the 100km distance to other triathlon distances, with first-time swim, bike and run participants taking on single discipline, untimed events. For more information visit www.t100triathlon.com
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The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. Its T100 Triathlon World Tour was introduced in January 2024 and is designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’, which is part of a 12-year strategic partnership with the sport’s international governing body. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is a season-long schedule of World Championship level races competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run), where the world’s best triathletes go head-to-head in iconic locations on a global broadcast showing the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters. So far in 2025 these have included: Singapore (5-6 April), San Francisco (31 May-1 June), Vancouver (13-15 June) and London (9-10 August). Following the French Riviera T100 will be the Spain T100 in Oropesa de Mar (20 September), the Wollongong T100 (18 October) and the Dubai T100 (13-16 November). The first Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will take place on 12-13 December. T100 weekends are ‘festivals of multisport’ and feature a range of opportunities for amateur athletes of all levels to get involved. From experienced amateurs tackling the 100km distance to first-time swim, bike and run participants taking on single discipline, untimed events. For more information visit www.t100triathlon.com
