Archive for February, 2012
Ironman New Zealand Time for a Changing of the Guard?
Cameron Brown has dominated Ironman New Zealand for a decade and in 2011 he set a record by being the first man in history to win the same Ironman event 10 times. So will age and the fastest Ironman in the world (Marino Vanhoenaker) finally catch up with the Kiwi legend? In the women’s race [...]
Jervis Bay 2012 Sprint Titles won by Michael Prince and Laura Siddall
Michael Prince and Laura Siddall have taken out the 2012 Huskisson sprint titles. Prince took out the title after the leading bunch of under 30 guys all turned on the run before the halfway mark. There was an aid sation around 500m before the official turnaround point and the young guys mistook this for the [...]
Retül University Coming to Melbourne – Learn Dynamic Bike Fitting from the Experts
The bike fitters for Ironman World Champions Craig Alexander and Mirinda Carfrae, as well as Pro Tour Cycling teams Radio Shack-Nissan-Trek and Garmin-Barracuda are bringing their Bike Fit School to Australia Learn Dynamic Bike Fitting from the Experts at Retül Registration for Retül University Melbourne is now open. The 3-day Retül Certification course will take place [...]
Challenge Family announce partnership with ETU and will Host the Long Distance Triathlon European Championships in 2012
ROTH, Germany (February 22, 2012) – The Challenge Family global series of long distance triathlons today announced a partnership with the European Triathlon Union (ETU) that will see Challenge Kraichgau and Challenge Roth host the Long Distance Triathlon European Championships in 2012. Challenge Kraichgau (10 June 2012) is Europe’s largest half iron distance event and [...]
Sri Lanka 70.3 and 5150 a Success thanks to the newly Acquired USM Events
Credit where credit is due. With a call on Tuesday and boarding flights on the Wednesday bound for Sri Lanka, 10 of USM Events staff took the flight to Sri Lanka to sort out “the mess in Colombo”. The reports coming out of Sri Lanka from various pro’s and age group attendees alike was that [...]
Challenge Wanaka offers $80,000 in Prize Money plus Age Group Champs go to Roth
LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (February 20, 2012) – Challenge Wanaka will offer New Zealand’s richest prize purse for both professional and age group athletes in 2013. While the world’s top elite athletes battle it out for New Zealand’s largest and deepest prize purse (NZ$80,000 down to 10th place), age group athletes also enjoy a strong [...]
Rebecca Hoschke comes from behind to win Huskisson Long Course Triathlon
After a third place at Geelong last weekend in the long course race behind Belinda Granger and Suzzanne Blackwell which included the fastest bike split of the day, Rebecca backed up a week later to go two better and take out the Jervis Bay Triathlon Festival long course female title. (Full women’s results and photo [...]
Pete Jacobs wins Huskisson Long Course Triathlon at Jervis Bay Triathlon Festival
The Jervis Bay Triathlon Festival at Huskisson turned out to be one of the most exciting long course races in a long time. The men’s race saw Pete Jacobs and Ben Allen lead the pack out of the water by just on one minute. Trailing behind was a bunch of six guys who eventually caught [...]
Ironman Sri Lanka 70.3 First Test for USM
For a country that has undergone over 20 years of civil war until recently, it was time to introduce the people of Sri Lanka to triathlon. To expect it would be all smooth sailing is a far reach but as close to 500 triathletes descend upon Colombo, Sri Lanka for the first ever Sri Lanka [...]
Roger Roca Dalmau awarded 2011 ITU Duathlon World Championship after Sergio Silva Stripped of Title
Vancouver, Canada (16 February 2012) - Spain’s Roger Roca Dalmau has been awarded the 2011 ITU Duathlon World Championship title after Portugal’s Sergio Silva was stripped of his gold medal following an Anti-Doping rule violation in an in-competition doping control test at the 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships in Spain. A six-month suspension was imposed on Silva and all ranking points [...]
Breakfast with Pete Jacobs at Cairns
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