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Oceania Cup triathletes in Wollongong for Sunday’s OTU Sprint Cup

Wollongong will host elite triathletes from 19 countries this weekend as they contest the OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Cup. Wollongong is used to having a big triathlon festival this time each year but we don’t normally see this caliber of athletes in these numbers racing. The weekend will host

By Karl Hayes • 1 min read

Stryd Announces World’s First Wearable Power Meter for Runners

Starting today, runners and coaches can get their hands on Stryd, the first wearable device to measure running power, through a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter. Created by Princeton engineers and backed by some of the biggest names in endurance sports, Stryd gives runners a way to accurately m

By Karl Hayes • 3 min read

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Australian Olympians Courtney Atkinson and Erin Densham claim Oceania Cross Tri Champs

Two-time Olympian Courtney Atkinson and 2012 bronze medallist Erin Densham take to the trails and win the Oceania Cross Triathlon Championship in the Snowies… With a $40,000 prize purse up for grabs, it was a dominate performance from Australian Olympians Courtney Atkinson and Erin Densham over a

By Karl Hayes • 5 min read

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Terenzo Bozzone and Daniela Ryf official winners of Challenge Dubai 2015

27 February, 2015 (Dubai, UAE) New Zealand's Terenzo Bozzone put the rest of the world on notice today with a resounding win over a class field at Challenge Dubai from Tim Reed (AUS) and Michael Raelert (DEU). “I'm just so thankful that I could be part of it and would like to thank eve

By Karl Hayes • 3 min read

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Terenzo Bozzone wins Challenge Dubai and the 1st Leg of the $1m Triple Crown

Terenzo Bozzone has trumped a stella field to take the first $1,000,000 Triple Crown after taking out Challenge Dubai today. Andreas Raelert finished second with Manuel Kung third. The windy conditions on the bike and the new 20m draft rule made for an honest race which was always

By Karl Hayes • 1 min read

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Dylan McNeice and Gina Crawford extend Challenge Wanaka dominance on perfect day

Dylan McNeice of Christchurch and Whanganui resident Gina Crawford today extended their phenomenal record at Challenge Wanaka by scoring their third and sixth victories respectively at what is regarded as the world's most scenic long distance triathlon. McNeice became the first man to three-pe

By Karl Hayes • 3 min read

Triple Crown Series starts this weekend with Challenge Dubai

26 February 2015 – The focus turns to the Middle East this weekend for the inaugural Challenge Dubai on Friday 27 and the event has drawn out a million dollar field and triathlon royalty. As the first race in the Triple Crown Series encompassing Challenge Dubai, Challenge Oman and Challenge Ba

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Wollongong Wizards Open Water Training Video

Every Friday morning from January through to May you will find the Wollongong Wizards at North Beach Wollongong doing an open water swim. There are numerous Olympians, Commonwealth Games Athletes, World Champions, some long course elites and a couple of old blokes who think they are swimming ‘with’ these guns.

By Karl Hayes • 1 min read

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Top triathletes assemble in New Zealand for Challenge Wanaka

18 FEBRUARY 2015 – Challenge Wanaka has one again attracted an impressive field of professional and age group athletes to take on triathlon's ultimate distance in New Zealand's spectacular Southern Alps on 22 February. Recently winning the World's Most Scenic Triathlon accola

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

Preview: Pearl iZumi Huskisson Long Course

With the recent men's winners not coming to Huskisson the men's race is a little bit more open than recent years. Although in saying that we have Sam Appleton who is in red hot form as the favourite to take out the race. Hoping to stay in touch with Appleton will be Nick Kastelein who [&

By Karl Hayes • 3 min read

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Craig Alexander and Liz Blatchford claim the Elite Australian Long Course Title in Geelong

Five-time World Champion Craig Alexander has made it four from four at IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong today. Arguably Australia’s greatest ever triathlete dialled back the clock, holding off Sam Appleton, who at 24 is 17 years Alexander’s junior. New Zealand 25-year-old Mark Bowstead finished in third. “It is

By Karl Hayes • 3 min read

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Ironman 70.3 Geelong set for some hot racing

Double IRONMAN champion Luke Bell, motivated by the recent birth of his daughter Matilda, returns to competition at IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong, aiming for his first win of 2015 against a strong field.

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Ironman Geelong 70.3 Brings the Heat with Stacked Pro Field

Defending champ Craig Alexander faces fierce competition, while Mel Hauschildt leads a strong women's field in a battle for Geelong 70.3 glory.

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Runaway wins for Leon Griffin and Melissa Hauschildt at Challenge Melbourne

February 1, 2015 (Melbourne, Victoria) Australia's Leon Griffin was the best on course today in tough conditions to win Challenge Melbourne from a world-class field, edging out rising star Nick Kastelein and veteran Peter Robertson. In the women's race, Melissa Hauschildt showed her clas

By Karl Hayes • 3 min read

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Champions turn out for Challenge Melbourne

Challenge Melbourne has drawn out the best field of the season in the Asia Pacific region to contest this sell out event on Sunday 1 February 2015. Australia's Tim Van Berkel has more than just his title to defend this weekend after making a rookie error in Auckland taking a wrong turn on the

By Karl Hayes • 3 min read

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Tim Reed and Meredith Kessler win IRONMAN 70.3 Auckland Asia Pacific Championship

Tim Reed credits his enhanced cycling form for his victory at Ironman 70.3 Auckland, while American Meredith Kessler claimed the women's title, overcoming mechanical issues to secure her win.

By Karl Hayes • 4 min read

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Courtney Atkinson announces his bid to contest a record third Olympic Games in Rio 2016

Dual Olympian and world champion triathlete Courtney Atkinson has today announced an end to a two-year sabbatical from full-time ITU triathlon in a bid to contest a record third Olympic Games in Rio 2016. Just two years after putting his International Triathlon Union (ITU) racing pursuits on the bac

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Dimond Bikes adds Jordan Rapp & Jesse Thomas to their roster

Dimond Bikes, operating as part of Ruster Sports, LLC is pleased to announce a five year partnership with five-time Ironman Champion and ITU Long Distance World Champion, Jordan Rapp as well as four-time Wildflower Champion and two-time Ironman 70.3 Champion, Jesse Thomas. Ruster Sports founder, and

By Karl Hayes • 1 min read

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Kona 2014 marked a state of validation for Dimond bikes

Kona 2014 marked a state of validation for professional athlete TJ Tollakson, the Dimond bike and the rest of the Ruster Sports team. Over the past three years, industrial engineer TJ and mechanical engineer and (former Zipp employee), David Morse have been developing the Dimond bike. There were ple

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Five time World Champion Craig Alexander Targets IRONMAN 70.3 Auckland

Five time World Champion Craig Alexander is heading across the ditch for January's IRONMAN 70.3 Auckland with a warning. The 41-year-old Australian, who was seventh in the 2014 race shortly after announcing his semi-retirement from the sport, is back in excellent shape and aiming to add the As

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Terenzo Bozzone Confirms Start in IRONMAN 70.3 Auckland

Hawaii's loss is Auckland's gain with former world champion triathlete Terenzo Bozzone today confirming he will line-up in IRONMAN 70.3 Auckland on Sunday 18 January. The 29 year old Aucklander had previously planned to race long into the 2014 season and start his 2015 campaign later, un

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Challenge Family and MaccaX announce global partnership

Challenge Family and MaccaX have announced a multi-year partnership between the world's fastest-growing long-distance triathlon series and the online coaching platform run by two of triathlon's most successful athletes ever, Chris “Macca” McCormack and Belinda Granger. This partnersh

By Karl Hayes • 1 min read

Ironman 70.3 Western Sydney Photo Gallery

A few shots from race day. Mainly of the pros but there are a few good looking age groupers in there.   [flagallery gid=6]        

By Karl Hayes • 1 min read

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Ironman 70.3 Taupo joins the Asia Pacific race calendar

IRONMAN Asia Pacific has today announced key changes to its annual calendar of endurance events in the New Zealand market. The Taupo Half triathlon will next year be rebranded as IRONMAN 70.3 Taupo, joining the IRONMAN Asia Pacific group in December 2015, it was announced today. The announcement coi

By Karl Hayes • 1 min read