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Australian Mirinda Carfrae wins DATEV Challenge Roth 2014
Australia’s Mirinda Carfrae ran herself into the history books here in Roth to claim victory on debut. The Kona world champion showed she is a class act, again producing her trademark run leg reeling in all in front and storming to a ‘rookie’ Challenge Roth win. In claiming the inaugural title she also posted the fourth fastest ever time (8.38.53) to beat the UK’s Rachel Joyce and Caroline Steffen (SUI). “I’m speechless, you guys are such a great crowd. Thanks to all the people who come out t
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Long Distance Triathlon to continue in Australia’s Capital
Australia's premier LD Triathlon in the ACT is set to return for a record 16th edition in 2014! X-Tri Events, the team behind 35+ half Ironman distance races, and organisers of the 2006 ITU World LD Championships, has re-branded their Canberra based endurance triathlon as the X-Tri LDT – Can
Australian Mirinda Carfrae wins DATEV Challenge Roth 2014
Australia’s Mirinda Carfrae ran herself into the history books here in Roth to claim victory on debut. The Kona world champion showed she is a class act, again producing her trademark run leg reeling in all in front and storming to a ‘rookie’ Challenge Roth win. In claiming the inaugural title she also posted the fourth fastest ever time (8.38.53) to beat the UK’s Rachel Joyce and Caroline Steffen (SUI). “I’m speechless, you guys are such a great crowd. Thanks to all the people who come out t
Challenge Gold Coast – A true bike challenge
We have heard the talk about the hill in Challenge Gold Coast that the team are calling ‘The Beast’. So while up at the Gold Coast Marathon the other weekend we took a the video camera around the course to see what all the fuss was about. What we found was that this 10% incline hill was just one small part of a challenging bike course. We are not going to see much drafting on this course as about half of it is climbing. The rest is downhill. This should be a fair race! Now that we have been arTimo Bracht wins Challenge Roth 2014
Timo Bracht has lead a world class field and taken out one of the biggest triathlon races on the planet. The former Ironman Western Austalia winner showed some more fancied opponents a clean set of heels to win Challenge Roth 2014. July 20, 2014 – Germany's Timo Bracht stormed home to take a
5500 athletes at DATEV Challenge Roth to celebrate 30 years of triathlon
On Sunday 20 July, DATEV Challenge Roth will celebrate 30 years of triathlon in Roth with a field of 5,500 athletes from over 60 nations, including the strongest pro field ever seen on the fast Bavarian course. Supported by over 220,000 spectators, Challenge Roth athletes will once again be a part of the greatest triathlon on earth. The pro field will feature two world champions, Pete Jacobs and Mirinda Carfrae, both of Australia. They are joined by Luke McKenzie (AUS), James Cunnama (RSA), Ene
Multisport Dreaming – A book covering 30 years of Australian Triathlon
"Multisport Dreaming" by Dr. Jane Hunt captures the rich history of Australian triathlon with over 300 pages and interviews with 200 legends, making it a must-have for triathletes and sports enthusiasts.
Fuji Bikes launches Transonic Aero Road Bike
The culmination of years of aero engineering and a no-compromise pursuit of speed with control, Fuji Bikes is proud to announce the global launch of its brand-new aero road bike: Transonic. Making its debut under NetApp-Endura at the Tour de France start line Saturday, the Transonic is the latest ev
Review: Scicon Aerocomfort 2.0 Travel Bag
There has been a lot of raving on twitter and facebook over recent times about the Scicon range of bike bags. We were randomly lent one when we went to New Zealand earlier this year and what a difference it made to travelling with a bike. So light and easy to lug around. So we […]
Triathlon Australia announces five new State Performance Centres
Triathlon Australia has today officially announced its five new State Performance Centres as it continues to strive for sustained international success on a competitive world stage. The governing body's High Performance Program, under the direction of National Performance Director Bernard Sava
Tim Reed 2014 Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake Champion
Australian Tim Reed has shaken off a run of second place finishes in 2014 to post a win in the USA against some tough competition. In the end it was a very close race with Reed getting the jump over eventual second placed Jordan Rapp in the swim and leaving it to Rapp to put […]
Bart Aernouts wins Ironman France
Bart Aernouts of the Uplace-BMC Pro Triathlon Team has won Ironman France 2014. It is the first full Ironman victory for the seven-time half distance winner. Clocking in at 8:33:22, Bart Aernouts edged out Victor Del Corral (Spain; 08:37:23) and Tyler Butterfield (Bermuda; 08:40:56) for the win in N