News & Racing Fraser Cartmell and Bella Bayliss win Ironman 70.3 UK Triathlon The fifth Ironman 70.3 UK saw record temperatures, record numbers, record crowds and two former champions reclaim both their position as the Ironman 70.3 UK Champions and the king and queen of the hills. Under clear blue skies, the Ironman 70.3 UK got underway at 7am after a rousing chorus of “God By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Ironman 70.3 UK Preview – the toughest 70.3 in the world? Set in spectacular Exmoor National Park, Ironman 70.3 UK features a world class field Five years ago, a sleepy Somerset community awoke to find themselves in the midst of Ironman fever as Ironman 70.3 UK debuted at Wimbleball Lake in the heart of Exmoor National Park. Triathlon superstar By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing You Are An Ironman! Mike Reilly set to announce 99th Ironman event at Ironman Western Australia in December World Triathlon Corporation, owners of the Ironman brand, is bringing renowned Ironman announcer Mike Reilly to Western Australia for the first time, as part of its renewed commitment to creating a bigger and better event at Busselton. It will be the American commentator's 99th Ironman event a By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Ironman Japan athletes offered second chance at Kona qualification The 50 qualifying slots for the Ford Ironman World Championship, which were previously assigned to Ironman Japan, will now be offered at the Jeju International Triathlon (JIT) taking place on July 11, 2010 on Jeju Island, South Korea. The cancellation of Ironman Japan was due to the host venue By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Michellie Jones 3rd at Eagleman Ironman 70.3 Triathlon 2010 Michellie Jones finished a solid third in a race won by two Kiwis. Samantha Warriner (1st and 8mins ahead of Michellie) has been putting in some solid results this year in the USA. It was great to see Michellie podium against some strong opposition. Richie Cunningham finished 12th overall with By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Great Britain’s Tim Don takes the Men’s $200,000 Prize at 2010 Hy-Vee ITU Elite Cup Triathlon Great Britain's Tim Don took home the $200,000 top prize at today's Hy-Vee Elite Cup in Des Moines, breaking away from the field at the start of the run to win in 1:50:20. New Zealand's Kris Gemmell finished second, four seconds back, with Aussie Courtney Atkinson rounding out the By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Emma Snowsill Wins $200,000 at 2010 Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup Aussie Emma Snowsill won her second Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup in Des Moines, Iowa today, topping countrywoman Emma Moffatt by 16 seconds. Snowsill came into T2 over a minute behind the leaders and then posted the day's best run split of 34:05 to take the win. Britain's Helen Jenkins By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Craig Alexander wins and Tim Berkel 3rd at Ironman 70.3 Boise Craig Alexander and USA's Ben Hoffman were separated by only 10 seconds at the end of the Ironman 70.3 Boise with Alexander taking the win. Alexander exited the water 1min 47sec ahead of Hoffman but the American outperformed Alexander on both the bike and run to almost take the race. Tim Berke By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Hy-Vee Hosts World’s Richest Triathlon in Des Moines, Sunday June 13, 2010 Over 100 of the world's fastest triathletes will converge on West Des Moines, Iowa this Sunday in hopes of grabbing their share of the largest triathlon prize purse in the world. With a total of $1 million up for grabs, and $200,000 going to both the male and female winners. Australian's By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Shane Smith from World Triathlon Corporation will Feature on ‘Australia Talks’ Tonight on ABC Radio Shane Smith from World Triathlon Corporation will feature as one of the panel members on tonight's program. The program is Australia Talks presented by Paul Barclay on ABC Radio National, after 4 in WA, and after 6 elsewhere. Tonight's topic is the exercise boom. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Young Australian Triathlete, Ollie Whistler, finishes 22 overall at Powerbar Ironman 70.3 Triathlon in Switzerland Michael Raelert and Caroline Steffen continue their winning streaks at PowerBar Ironman 70.3 Switzerland, with Raelert defeating Ronnie Schildknecht and Steffen overcoming Nicole Hofer. By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Craig Alexander and Mirinda Carfrae win Quassy Half Ironman Triathlon 2010 – Results Trizone readers… Nerida Alexander sent us through this and the links to the race reports and video. There is also a You Tube video below from the race. Footage is not 100% but it will give you a good feel for the race. Also the top 200 results are at the end of the article. […] By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Courtney Atkinson 2nd again to Alistair Brownlee by slim margin in Madrid ITU World Champpionship Round Atkinson and Brownlee ran shoulder to shoulder at the head of the field for the all but the home straight of the 10km run leg, but it was Great Britain's emerging star – contesting his first race of the season having recovered from a pelvic stress fracture – who was able to sprint away and By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Alistair Brownlee picks up where he left off in 2009 winning the Madrid Round of the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series As expected it was the big Russian Dmitry Polyansky who lead the field throughout the swim, taking with him a quality lead group of eight on to the bike, including Brownlee, Javier Gomez (ESP) and Frederic Belaubre (FRA). Despite their best intentions however, they were soon caught by a chase group By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Five-time Tour de France champion Miguel Indurian Rides in Triathlon Relay in Madrid Five-time Tour de France Champion Miguel Indurain competed in his first triathlon event on Saturday, racing in the cycling leg of a triathlon relay at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Madrid. The legendary Spanish cyclist raced on a team alongside five-time Spanish Olympic swimmer By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Matty White & Tim Berkel 3rd and 4th at Ironman 70.3 Mooseman Triathlon It looks like Matty and Tim are the perfect training partners based on these results. Perhaps they are too "in snych" now that they are living and training together in Boulder. O'Grady and Kriat just had a little more each in the swim and bike. It was a truly international affair a By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Pip Taylor 2nd at K-Swiss Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Kansas Chris Lieto held off Andy Potts for a narrow 24-second course-record win at K-Swiss Ironman 70.3 Kansas on the weekend, while Chrissie Wellington showed she's back on her game with an impressive win by almost 18 minutes in the women's race. Lieto's bike 2:05:30 bike split managed t By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Switzerland’s Nicola Spirig wins Madrid Round of Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Swiss triathlete Nicola Spirig won the third round of the ITU World Championship Series in Madrid, maintaining Switzerland's winning streak in the 2010 season. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Belinda Granger wins, Paul Attard 4th at Rohto Ironman 70.3 Triathlon in Hawaii – Top 200 Results One of the most beloved sights in the world of triathlon is the view of a line of triathletes bent low over their aerobars, fighting off the gusting winds of the Big Island of Hawaii along the sun-scorched Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway. Today, the view took in 1,300 such athletes as professionals a By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Noosa Triathlon Entires to Re-open Tuesday 8th June Such was the demand for places at the 28th Noosa Triathlon that the server crashed when the site opened for entries, leaving thousands frustrated. USM believes it has now resolved the issues and set a new date for entries opening. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Australian Courtney Atkinson to Battle Alistair Brownlee in the Madrid Round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Australia's hopes of a World Championship Series medal appear to rest on the shoulders of Courtney Atkinson, with the Queenslander set to resume his battle with reigning world triathlon champion, Great Britain's Alistair Brownlee, this weekend. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Gear & Tech Erox Cell Air Triathlon Wetsuit Erox's brand new Cell Air is even one big step ahead of their normal Cell sphere: It is the world's first swim suit to feature a surface similar to fish scales and its structure is covered by a razor-thin nano coating which greatly reduces the material surface. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing You could win Craig Alexander’s 2009 Bike when you try out an Ironman T3 Recovery Mattress at Forty Winks For your chance to WIN* Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander's $10,000 bike come in and try the NEW Ironman T3 Recovery Mattress range at your local participating Forty Winks store. Receive the special password from our friendly staff and enter. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Gear & Tech Giro 2010 Prolight Helmet The new Prolight is the lightest game in town. Bar none. And it's remarkably well ventilated and comfortable too – a labyrinth of optimized internal channels allows the helmet to exhale hot, stale air like no other. And by specifying Italian made, featherweight webbing along with our new By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
