Olympic Team Member Brad Kahlefeldt to be Released from Hospital

Australian Olympic triathlete Brad Kahlefeldt will be discharged from a San Diego Hospital tomorrow after extensive tests have cleared him of tuberculosis. Doctors now believe Kahlefeldt is suffering from atypical Pneumonia and has been on antibiotics since being admitted to hospital after last Sunday’s ITU World Championship race in San Diego. Kahlefeldt underwent a lung [...]

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Brad Kahlefeldt admitted to Hospital with suspected Tuberculosis

London bound Olympic triathlete Brad Kahlefeldt has been isolated in a San Diego hospital with symptoms that could be tuberculosis. Kahlefeldt complained to Australian Triathlon team staff after finishing the second ITU Triathlon World Championship race at Mission Beach yesterday. The 31-year Beijing Olympian, who has been pre-nominated for this year’s London Games, reported pains [...]

Australian Men’s Olympic Triathlon Team to be Decided in Madrid

The race for places on Australia’s Olympic men’s triathlon team will continue to go right down the wire after a frenetic second round of the Dextro Energy ITU World Triathlon Championship Series in San Diego today. Just one race remains inside the selection nomination period and that’s in Madrid on May 26 and 27 when [...]

Chris McCormack the only Australian to finish today’s Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon Elite Men’s World Champion Grand Final in Beijing

Chris McCormack was the only Australian to finish today’s Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon Elite Men’s World Champion Grand Final race as the Australian team fought its own war of attrition in Beijing today. It was a tough day in the office for the Australian men’s team who lost rising star Brendan Sexton on the morning of the race with a nasty gastro bug which also added to the early retirement of Beijing Olympian Brad Kahlefeldt after the first run lap.

Australia 7th and 11th at the ITU World Teams Triathlon Championship in Lausanne

Australia has come from behind to claim a top ten finish in the ITU World Teams Triathlon Championship in Lausanne tonight – finishing seventh in the event that looks almost certain to be included in the 2016 Olympic Games. Their seventh place came after being well back early with Australia’s second team of Felicity Abram, Peter Kerr, Felicity Sheedy-Ryan and Mitch Robins finishing in 13th place.

Jonathan Brownlee wins 2011 Dextro ITU World Triathlon Sprint Championships in Lausanne

Jonathan Brownlee turned the tables on older brother Alistair, the form triathlete of the season and winner in London two weeks ago, to outsprint Gomez and claim his second World Championship Sprint title in 52 minutes 23 seconds, with Gomez claiming the silver medal four seconds behind and Alistair a further 10 seconds back in third. Brad Kahlefeldt was 40 seconds behind the winner, with Sexton 19th, Aaron Royle 30th, Cameron Good 39th and Drew Box 42nd. James Seear pulled out of the race on the fourth lap of the bike leg.

Australia’s Brad Kahlefeldt has Continued to put Himself in a Prime Position for Olympic Selection

Australia’s Brad Kahlefeldt has continued to put himself in a prime position for Olympic selection after a determined eighth-placed finish in today’s ITU Dextro Energy Triathlon World Championship race on a rain-swept Olympic course in London. Kahlefeldt was followed today by fellow Australians Brendan Sexton (31st), Aaron Royle (45th) James Seear (53rd) & Chris McCormack who was a DNF early in the bike and who will return to Australia for treatment to his nagging hamstring.

Brad Kahlefeldt and Chris McCormack to lead Aussie triathletes through streets of London

McCormack was quick to lift Brad Kahlefeldt into the air after his training partner in the Australian camp in Aix Les Bains in France, chalked up his maiden Hamburg victory. At 38, the former Olympic distance world champion and Ironman king, is on the short course comeback trail and is slowly but surely finding his speed feet in the helter-skelter world of Olympic triathlon.

Hamburg ITU Race Report – Brad Kahlefeldt, Chris McCormack, Brendan Sexton and Dan Wilson

Australia’s Brad Kahlefeldt has scored a stunning victory to win the Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon World Championship Series round in Hamburg today. Fellow Australians Brendan Sexton, Dan Wilson and the 38-year-old comeback king Chris McCormack all performed well. McCormack well and truly justified his position on the team this weekend and showed what a true champion he is. Sexton had another great race for 19th overall.