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Three Australian Women in Top Ten at ITU World Cup in Tongyeong, Korea
New Zealand Olympian Nicky Samuels scored a dominating wire-to-wire victory today in Tongyeong, Korea for her second career ITU World Cup title. Following a successful two-woman bike breakaway with Korea's Yun-Jung Jang, Samuels held off the hard-charging Maria Czesnik (POL) and Yuka Sato (JPN
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Jet Cycles Specialized Concept Store in Sydney
A couple of months ago Mark Newton and his team from Jet Cycles opened a Specialized concept store in Sydney. Mark Newton has been around the sport of triathlon for a very long time and with credits such as 'Coach of ITU World Champion Pete Robertson' to his plus his bike fitting experie
Three Australian Women in Top Ten at ITU World Cup in Tongyeong, Korea
New Zealand Olympian Nicky Samuels scored a dominating wire-to-wire victory today in Tongyeong, Korea for her second career ITU World Cup title. Following a successful two-woman bike breakaway with Korea's Yun-Jung Jang, Samuels held off the hard-charging Maria Czesnik (POL) and Yuka Sato (JPN
Some Science Behind Swim Propulsion – How much of your arm stroke effort is wasted?
As you swim, have you ever wondered how much of your arm stroke effort is wasted? What percentage really goes into pushing you forwards through the water and what is lost as water movement down, to the side and into eddies? The technical term for this is 'propelling efficiency' and it makes
Australia’s Felicity Sheedy-Ryan wins Gold at 2012 ITU Duathlon World Championships in Nancy, France
The shaded run and technical bike course that wound around UNESCO heritage site Place Stanislas provided the perfect backdrop for Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (AUS) to claim gold at the 2012 ITU Duathlon World Championships in Nancy, France. Although Sheedy-Ryan has been absent from the duathlon scene since
New Pearl Izumi ‘Try Fly Octane’ Triathlon Cycling Shoe
ALL NEW OCTANE 1:1 Power Plate: Octane Grade Uni-Directional Carbon for feather-light stiffness We received these new shoes from Pearl Izumi along with some awesome new runners recently. The first thing we noticed was the weight or lack of. They weigh absolutely nothing. Well technically they do wei
Bike Fit Workshop in Sydney with Dr Andy Pruitt and Scott Holtz
Riders wanting a no compromise bike fit solution to rider care and performance, will be able to attend a Sydney Workshop with Dr Andy Pruitt and Scott Holtz in conjunction with Sydney's most experienced Body Geometry Master Fitters Mark Newton and Kane McLaughlan at Jet Cycles. Attendees will
Fiji International Long Course Triathlon to debut in 2013
Mark ‘Emo’ Emerton and Mark Stewart from Elite Energy did not make it a secret that they were in Fiji to discuss holding a possible triathlon festival there in 2013. And there was a lot of support for the event online with many people suggesting they will be penciling this in as an end of season holiday. The details we have so far are that it will be a very similar festival format to the big Huskisson weekend that attracted 4000 competitors this year. The main race will be a long course 2:80:2
Five Time Coolangatta Gold Winner Caine Eckstein Switches Codes to Race Hawaii Ironman World Championship
Eckstein's jump from surf series champion to Kona Ironman competitor sparks debate, highlighting the evolution and crossover appeal of endurance sports.
Melissa Hauschildt best Performing Australian Female with 4th Placing at Ironman World Championship 70.3
The heat had a huge impact at the 2012 Ironman World 70.3 Championship at Las Vegas. The female run times told a big story about the impact that the temperatures had on the race with only Kelly Williamson seemingly able to shake off the heat and put in a 1:23 run. On any other day […]Bevan Docherty grabs third in Ironman 70.3 World Championship
New Zealand triathlete Bevan Docherty has finished in an impressive third place on debut at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in the blazing heat of Las Vegas today. The two-time Olympic medallist made his move early on the run to push up to second place on the first of three laps of the 21.1km run before being passed by defending champion, Craig Alexander (AUS). Docherty held on strongly to finish third place ahead of fast finishing Americans Tim O’Donnell and Andy Potts as the temperatures