News & Racing 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 Aust By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing This Weekend’s Capricorn Resort Ironman 70.3 Yeppoon Boasts a Quality Pro Field A full field, and a solid professional triathlete entry are precursors to the inaugural Capricorn Resort Ironman 70.3 Yeppoon set for August 14th. It is shaping up as a real battle bewteen the Kiwis and Aussies and with $15,000 USD prize money plus points for the 70.3 world champs in Las Vegas the p By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Tim Reed Third at New York City 5150 Triathlon Tim Reed has continued his good form with a third at the New York City 5150 triathlon over the weekend. The 5150 series is a new format run by WTC who own the Ironman brand. The 5150 refers to the distance which is Oympic distance. Also racing in NYC was Joshua Amberger, Jason Shortis and Greg Benne By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Tim DeBoom and Susanne Buckenlei win Norseman American Tim DeBoom, two-time Ironman world champion, now has another title to add to his impressive list: Norseman. On Saturday he took the crown at the world's toughest long-distance triathlon in Eidfjord, Norway in 11:18:52, with the Swiss Markus Stierli second after a brutal sprint from Rj By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Alistair Brownlee wins London Round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Alistair Brownlee won his 10th WCS race in style today in front of a home crowd. He formed part of a small break breakaway on the bike then ran away with the race leaving Alexander Bryukhankov, Jonathan Brownlee and Javier Gomez to battle it out for the other podium spots. By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Australian Triathlete Joe Gambles wins Rohto Ironman 70.3 Boulder Triathlon Australian Joe Gambles has won the Boulder 70.3 with a new course record. Gambles came out of the water with five other guys, well over a minute down on Andy Potts. He eventually rode himself in to a lead and hit the run with Fraser Cartmell and a handy 2:30 lead. With a 1:15:50 run […] By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins wins London round of Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Great Britain's Helen Jenkins couldn't have planned a more perfect place for her first Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series win, running clear of the field to claim gold in the London 2012 Olympic Games preview in Hyde Park. In a race that threw up a host of surprises, i By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing New Zealand triathlete Andrea Hewitt has qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games New Zealand triathlete Andrea Hewitt had cause for a double celebration in London today, qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games and moving up to second in the world rankings thanks to her sixth place finish at the latest round of the ITU Dextro Energy Triathlon World Championship Series. By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Emma Jackson and Emma Snowsill have produced bold showings to finish fourth and fifth respectively in the ITU Dextro Energy Triathlon World Championship in London Jackson ran her way into second place on the first half of the run as she tried desperately to stay in touch with eventual winner, Great Britain's Helen Jenkins as Snowsill found her second wind. The Australians, like so many of the elite field, were chasing automatic Olympic selection for the By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing London 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series It's really starting to get down to the business end of the 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series and what better way to kick that off than one of the biggest events of the entire year, London. Not only is this weekend's round crucial in determining who will be the 2 By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing 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 su By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Australians Lisa Marangon, Courtney Gilfillan and Chloe Turner 1-2-3 at 2011 Singapore ITU Triathlon Asian Cup Lisa Marangon led Australia's assault at the Singapore ITU Asian Cup. Marangon finished ahead of Courtney Gilfillan and Chloe Turner to have an all Aussie podium. In men's race Australia was also well represented on the podium with Bryce Macmaster finishing 3rd. A strong swimmer, Bryce M By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Ironman Melbourne Announced for March 25th WTC has finally announced the much anticipated, and speculated over, Ironman Melbourne, adding to their events in Busselton and Port Macquarie. With Challenge Cairns Australia now has four iron distance races. The new event is also being slated as the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Former Triathlon World Champion Rick Wells to Compete in Auckland ITU Triathlon Former Triathlon World Champ Rick Wells will return to amateur racing for the Barfoot & Thompson ITU Triathlon World Cup to be held in Auckland on November 20 this year. Entries are still open and for Australians this is a great opportunity to get over to NZ and race in a major ITU triathlon ar By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing URBAN 2.80.20 Long Course Triathlon Geelong 2012 Australia has gone from having a small handful of long course triathlon in recent times to now having more than enough to fill the seasons calendar following the announcement today by USM Events of the URBAN 2.80.20 triathlon to be held in Geelong in February 2012. The organisers also announced a pr By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Updated Kona Ford Ironman World Championship Pro Rankings So the first cut off date for the pro's looking to qualify for the Kona Ford Ironman World Championships has come and gone. We will not know exactly who will be turning up for a little while as athletes have until 7th September to complete their online registration, but we do now know who will By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Aaron Farlow and Germany’s Kirsten Moeller win Ironman UK Triathlon Aaron Farlow wins Ironman UK, overcoming a challenging start and a recent triathlon to set a new course run record, finishing 13 minutes ahead of the competition. By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
Interviews Craig Alexander Talks about his 1:31 Run in a 70.3 triathlon while on the way to Kona and Las Vegas Craig Alexander's recent result at Ironman Racine 70.3 made many wonder what went wrong. A 1:31 half marathon was very uncharacteristic for him and after his recent win at Ironman Couer d'Alene in a very fast time Racine seemed out of character. But there was more to it. Trizone spoke to By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Triathlon Live Sites announced across the UK before Olympic Test Event in August Triathlon is breaking new ground with an innovative and exciting concept which the International Triathlon Union (ITU) launched today with just under one year to go to London 2012. Triathlon Live Sites in six cities around the UK on August 6 and 7 will welcome visitors to experience live triathlon i By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Great Britain Triathlete Harry Wiltshire Suspended for Six Months The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today announced it has imposed a six-month suspension on British triathlete Harry Wiltshire due to unsportsmanlike conduct at the 2011 Pontevedra ETU Triathlon European Championships on 25 June 2011. The suspension begins 26 June 2011 and prohibits Wiltshire f By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Faris Al-Sultan and Caroline Steffen win the Frankfurter Sparkasse Ironman European Championship In a race won by 2005 Kona champion Faris Al-Sultan and 2011 Ironman Australia winner Caroline Steffen, Australia's Luke McKenzie finished a credible 6th but had a tough day at the office which started with taking in a mouth full of water after being pushed under, loosing the feet of the front By Karl Hayes • 8 min read
News & Racing 2XU Falls Creek Triathlon – 11 February 2012 – 2km/80km/20km Entries have opened for the 2012 2XU Falls Creek Triathlon. After a successful debut in 2011 SuperSprint are ready to go again in February next year. Falls Creek sets the scene for a great weekend holiday with exceptionally accommodation and activities for not only triathletes, but for their friends By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Felicity Sheedy-Ryan and Great Britain’s Matthew Sharp win 2011 Geneva ITU Triathlon European Cup Australia's Felicity Sheedy-Ryan rode herself in to a position to take the race after coming from a deficit in the swim. Radka Vodickova from Czechoslovakia was second and Rebecca Kingsford from New Zealand was third. In the men's race Matthew Sharp came out of the water with the lead sw By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Jason Shortis Back on the Podium at Ford Ironman Lake Placid Veteran Australian Ironman Jason Shortis has shown he still has what it takes to compete at the highest level taking out third spot at the Ford Ironman Lake Placid. 41 year old Shortis had the fastest run split of the day, coming home in 2:50:24, giving him a total time of 8:47:18. The race was [&he By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
