[6] The Hungarian national team members, followed by their race start numbers and links to their official Olympic Athlete profiles were; Zsanett Bragmayer 15A,[7] Bence Bicsák 15B,[8] Zsofia Kovacs 15C,[9] and Tamás Toth 15D.

[2] In 2024, Katie Zaferes (USA) and Vincent Luis (France), two athletes coached by Filliol, had proven potential to qualify for the Paris Olympics but did not.

Despite Katie's World Triathlon ranking of 18[23] as of July 17, 2024, the preceding and a series of events led to a missed opportunity for her to auto-qualify[24] for the Paris Olympics.

"[29][17] With their support, the move for training to Girona did not change that Bence Bicksák continues to participate in competitions for Hungary, wearing the colors of the Pécs Sports School (PZN zrt).

Luck aside, other factors such as biomechanics (for example, long limbs), capacity in each sport, mental toughness, and pre-race and in-race tactical thinking are vital to a podium finish.

However, WTCS and Olympic triathletes such as Bence Bicsák compete in those three sports at a performance level far above that of the average fit person or elite amateur competitors of the same gender and age.

However, the March 2024 study on "Power Profile during Cycling in World Triathlon Series and Olympic Games" provides scientifically based, quantifiable data that helps contextualize elite triathletes' exceptional physical performance.

At some point, István Góczán asked the young Bence Bicsák at what age he wanted to reach his top performance level, physically and mentally.

Despite his Junior age, on July 21, 2013, he competed for the first time in the Elite Men category during the 2013 Tartu ITU Sprint Triathlon European Cup.

[55][56][57] In 2014, and for the second year in a row, Bence Bicsák won a gold medal in Hungary's National Sprint Distance Duathlon Championship.

[59][49] At the 2014 Kitzbühel ETU Triathlon European Championships, Alistair Brownlee (the 2012 London Olympic Champion) won gold in the Men's Elite category.

[69] As department head and coach, Szilárd and many of his dedicated staff members provided Bence Bicsák and nearly forty other Hungarian triathletes with excellent training conditions and significant support.

In 2016, while being a university student, Bicsák's typical weekly training regimen consisted of two intense, three mid-length, and one challenging long-distance run.

In 2016, races that are not ITU (International Triathlon Union) events provided Bicsák with additional opportunities to compete, enjoy the sport and improve.

In May 2016, Bence Bicsák with his coach Szilárd Tóth and kayaker Vilmos Fodróczi as teammates won the Middle Distance Quadrathlon Championship.

[72] Similarly, later in May, and despite having raced for four consecutive weekends, Bicsák won Gold for the third year in a row in Tiszaújváros Sprint Distance triathlon.

[81] In recognition of his excellent results and progress in 2016, in January 2017, Bence Bicsák was awarded by the Hungarian Triathlon Foundation for the second time.

[83] Among the other training activities, and compared to Hungary's climate in the winter, the more favorable environment in the Canary Islands made it possible for Bicsák to bicycle 800 kilometers in two weeks.

[83] After participating in a two-week training camp in Cyprus on March 26, 2017, Bence Bicsák placed 4th at the 2017 Gran Canaria ETU Triathlon European Cup Elite event.

[85] On April 22, 2017, Bence Bicsák finished won gold at the Hungarian Sprint Duathlon National Championships held in Balatonboglar.

[102] On September 14, 2018, at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast U23 event, Bence Bicsák won Bronze sharing the podium with Tayler Reid and Samuel Dickenson.

He added that he would increase his training intensity but take a balanced and gradual approach to reach the top physical and mental form required to be at the Olympics.

Before the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final, Bicsák stated, "My Achilles tendon is aching, and there is barely any skin left on my heels.

He also stated, "I am additionally hoping for plain sailing at this (Grand Final) race – without any unfortunate events, and where following a smooth start, I won't have to fight my way back from the bottom.

Due to not knowing when the international competition season could begin, elite triathletes competed primarily domestically when they could, at amateur events, and under COVID-19 restrictions.

Unfortunately, for top-tier triathletes like Bicsák, another significant consequence of the cancellation of seven of the eight WTS events was the considerable decrease in opportunities to earn prize money.

"[138] On September 5, 2020, at the Hamburg ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships event, the Hungarian team that Bicsák was a member of finished 12th.

[142] On September 13, 2020, at the Karlovy Vary ITU Triathlon World Cup Elite event and recovering from a minor hit by a motorcycle cameraperson, Bence Bicsák finished 5th.

[144] At the Karlovy Vary event, Bicsák's national teammate Márk Dévay was injured in a bike crash and required hospitalization during the race.

[149][150] Uncertainty of the first WTCS race in Chengdu, the moving of the Montreal event and Adu Dhabi even t dates made travel and logistics planning a challenge.