Kona favorites and a lake crossing in Austria for GTN's presenters

The Ironman World Championship preview reminds viewers that the men's and women's races share one day in Kona for the first time since 2019.

Channel: Global Triathlon NetworkStory of October 4, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Who Will Win In Kona? | Ironman World Champs Preview Show

GTN usually draws a little over 100,000 views a day. Right now it sits somewhat below that, closer to 86,000, and most of what is moving is about one island in Hawaii.

"Who Will Win In Kona? | Ironman World Champs Preview Show" went up on Friday and drew more than 33,000 views in its first day, far ahead of anything else the channel posted. It opens with a recap of the 2025 world championships, walks the course and goes through both start lists before the presenters commit to their podiums. The tags point to the names in the conversation: Lucy Charles-Barclay, Kristian Blummenfelt, Solveig Løvseth, Sam Laidlow and Kat Matthews. The description notes that the men's and women's races share the same day in Kona for the first time since 2019. The comments have turned into a predictions board. Laidlow's bike split, Knibb, Iden and a hoped-for Charles-Barclay and Taylor Knibb finish all come up, and one viewer wonders aloud whether the show is down to two presenters.

The week opened in Austria. Heather and Tom raced 4.2 kilometers across Lake Fuschl for Tom's first GTN Presenter Challenge, with a pool sprint, an open-water time trial and a forfeit for the loser along the way. It has passed 40,000 views, and its shorts, from Tom's delayed start to the finish line, kept trickling out all week.

Tuesday's GTN Show 477 asked whether Cassandre Beaugrand's dominance at WTCS Pontevedra makes racing more thrilling or less. It also looked at the LA 2028 course and the news that Caspar Stornes is out of the world championships.

Among the sports channels nearest its size, GTN gained the fewest views of the week, while World Poker Tour and Lambros were having big ones.

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The videos drawing views on Global Triathlon Network right now

We Raced 4.2km Across A Lake... Who Won? | GTN Presenter Challenge39,796 views · 2026-09-27 Does dominance kill the excitement in sport? | GTN Show 47720,144 views · 2026-09-29 Tom's delayed start! 🏊⏰6,413 views · 2026-10-01 Catching people in the first few 100 metres! 🏊5,045 views · 2026-10-02 We Raced 4.2km Across A Lake... Who Won? 🥇🏞️4,436 views · 2026-09-29 And across the line! 🥇🏞️2,164 views

The numbers

Here is how the Global Triathlon Network's week looks in figures.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels

World Poker Tour

12,635,201

SailGP

3,529,710

Lambros

3,206,145

TNT Sports

2,765,763

TaylorMade Golf

1,644,540

Meandmygolf

772,782

Global Triathlon Network

732,205

subscribers

1,100,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

256,124,450

views per day

86,345

typical day: 103,784

this week's videos (first-day views)

Who Will Win In Kona? | Ironman World C…

33,802

We Raced 4.2km Across A Lake... Who Won…

21,624

Does dominance kill the excitement in s…

12,001

Tom's delayed start! 🏊⏰

4,817

Catching people in the first few 100 me…

3,893

We Raced 4.2km Across A Lake... Who Won…

3,083

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Johnny Ringer

1,210,000

TNT Sports

1,190,000

SailGP

1,170,000

TaylorMade Golf

1,160,000

Meandmygolf

1,110,000

Global Triathlon Network

1,100,000

JMK Freeskates

1,100,000

World Poker Tour

976,000

Lambros

942,000

As of October 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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