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Top Images From Friday at Ironman 70.3 World Championship

As final preparations for the 2018 Ironman 70.3 World Championship took place on Friday in Nelson Mandela Bay, Port Elizabeth, the excitement continued to build with additional race week activities including the IRONKIDS ½ Mile and 1-Mile Fun Run. Race weekend begins tomorrow, Saturday, September 1

By Shawn Smith • 2 min read

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Top Images From Thursday at Ironman 70.3 World Championship

Event week for the 2018 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa was in full go Thursday with various activities including official swim access to Kings Beach, the Ndlovu 5K Fun Run and Professional Pre-Race Press Conference in the morning. Festivities continued through th

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Ironman Foundation to Support Multiple Initiatives as Part of Ironman 70.3 World Championship in South Africa

The Ironman Foundation will distribute more than $100,000 in charitable giveback to support the Port Elizabeth region in conjunction with the 2018 Isuzu Ironman 70.3 World Championship, including a Legacy Project with Ironman 4 the Kidz Charity Trust. In addition, eight-time Ironman World Champion a

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Grand Final showdown on the Gold Coast for Jake and Mario

Jake Birtwhistle, the 23-year-old Commonwealth Games gold and silver medallist in April, comes back to spearhead the Australian team six months after a barnstorming bronze medal in Montreal earlier today. It moved Birtwhistle from third into second on 4010 points – 824 points behind Mola (4925) and

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Peaks Coaching Group Launches Brand Ambassador Program

Peaks Coaching Group (PCG)–industry leaders in data-driven coaching–announced today their new ambassador program. The program will recruit individuals to represent the PCG brand by creating positive experiences not only for the ambassador but also PCG’s core audience of professional athletes and de

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Ride with Triathlon Legends on Zwift

  Zwift today announces the ‘Ride with Legends’ series that will see group workouts designed and led by three of the sports biggest triathlon ​stars, Craig Alexander, Cam Brown and Emma Snowsill. The first workout, (7:30am AEST Tuesday August 28) will be led, and has been designed by, Craig ‘Cr

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Caroline Steffen Three-peats and Tim Reed Repeats at Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast

With more than sixty percent of Queensland in drought, it was welcome rain and mild race conditions that greeted more than 1800 athletes for the early start at Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast in Mooloolaba. New mum Caroline Steffen made it three Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast wins from three starts, with a

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Mexican triathlete Eder Mejía suspended from competition for four years

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) announced today that Mr. Eder Mejía Muñoz, a triathlete from Mexico, committed an anti-doping rule violation.  The violation occurred during an in-competition doping control conducted on March 10, 2018, during the ITU American Cup in La Paz (Mexico), wher

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Three von Bergs will make History at Ironman 70.3 World Championship

For the first time in Ironman history, three members of the same family will be at the start of an Ironman race, let alone a World Championship race, held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. American Rodolphe (Rudy) von Berg Jr, 24, member of RYDYourDreams and of Colnago Bikes, will be representing the

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Bradley Weiss and Brigitta Poor take win in Germany to be crowned XTERRA European Championship

Bradley Weiss from South Africa and Brigitta Poor from Hungary captured the XTERRA European Championship off-road triathlon elite titles on a beautiful but hot, dry, and dusty day in Zittau, Germany on Saturday, August 18, 2018. It’s the second year in a row Weiss and Poor have claimed the European

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Favourites Cameron Wurf and Yvonne van Vlerken Aiming for Race Record at Challenge Almere-Amsterdam

With just a little over two weeks to go before the start of Challenge Almere-Amsterdam, the Australian Cameron Wurf has not only confirmed that he is racing, but also that he wants to attack the race record. Among the women, last years winner Yvonne van Vlerken has the same goal. Wurf’s participatio

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Rod Marshdale Breathes New Life Into Ironman Dream

When Rod Marshdale toes the start line of the IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast (26 August) he will continue to defy the odds and using his courage, determination and passion to be one step closer to his ultimate goal of racing a full IRONMAN and inspiring others like him to dream big. In the 1970’s, when

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Tim Don Qualifies for Kona

After last year’s accident and the ensuing emotional rollercoaster, three-time Olympian, Tim Don, qualifies for 2018 Kona Ironman World Championship in the final roll down. His last chance to qualify was this past weekend at Ironman Copenhagen. Tim started off strongly in the first half, but began t

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Jake Birtwhistle is up for the challenge as he chases Australia’s first WTS podium since 2010

Over the last decade only 2008 Olympian and 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Brad Kahlefeldt has earned a place on the men’s WTS podiums for Australia and that was a third placing back in 2010. Podiums dominated by Spain with 14 top three finishes – six of the them on the top of the WTS [&hell

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Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship, Vietnam 2019 will open August 24th, 2018

We are thrilled to announce registration for TECHCOMBANK IRONMAN 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship, Vietnam 2019 will open August 24th, 2018. For those that have raced the event before, you all know the exciting experience and journey that lays ahead. We hope that you will also spread the word and enco

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Caroline Steffen: Mum Is the Word at Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast

With two Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast wins already to her credit, new mum, Swiss Ironman superstar and former Sunshine Coast resident Caroline Steffen is back in town to see if she can make it three from three. Caroline is gradually returning to racing after taking a break from racing to have her fir

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Elena Goodall’s Journey to Kona is via Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast

When Queenslander Elena Goodall crossed the finish line at Ironman 70.3 Cairns in 2017 she was greeted by her two very happy and very relieved parents Paul and Julie. Happy that they had just seen their daughter accomplish one of her amazing personal goals but more so relieved that they still had th

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Two Ironman Dreams Now a Kona Reality

Throughout their lives, Melbourne’s Leigh Chivers and Brisbane’s Elle Goodall have been on dramatically different journeys, with vastly different experiences. Their stories are nothing alike, yet they share similar strengths, similar hopes and a very intense love of family. They are also linked by a

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USA Triathlon Hall of Fame Celebrates Four Newest Inductees

USA Triathlon celebrated the accomplishments of four distinguished multisport athletes on Thursday night at the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The ceremony was held at Windows on the River in Cleveland, in conjunction with the USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships taking pla

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Jake Birtwhistle and Ashleigh Gentle back to lead Aussies for Gold Coast Grand Final

It will be the third time the Gold Coast has played host to the Championships since the initial year in 1991 when current Triathlon Australia CEO Miles Stewart won his maiden world title and in 2009 when triple Olympian Emma Moffatt won the first of her two World crowns. Some nine years later a 10-s

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Matthew Hauser’s Bike Crash Injury & Recovery

Australian triathlete Matthew Hauser was involved in a bike crash that resulted in a dislocated shoulder and broken hand. He underwent surgery to repair the injuries and also suffered nerve damage in his deltoid muscle.

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Josh Amberger Set to Light Up Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast

With less than two months to the Ironman World Championship in Hawai’i, Queensland’s Josh Amberger is putting the final touches to his preparation for his second assault on Kona. A vital piece of the puzzle is Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast (26 August) where Amberger is looking to put his lethal swim/b

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Brownlee Brothers Set To Compete In 2018 Beijing International Triathlon

Great Britain’s elite Brownlee Brothers will compete in the seventh annual Beijing International Triathlon, set to take place on Sunday, September 23, at the Garden Expo Park in the Fengtai District of Beijing, China. Two-time Olympic gold medalist Alistair Brownlee and Olympic silver and bronze med

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Kienle wins Challenge Turku and shares the leading position with Pablo Gonzalez Dapena in the Challenge Family World Bonus

Kienle wins Challenge Turku and shares the leading position with Pablo Gonzalez Dapena in the Challenge Family World Bonus – Yvonne van Vlerken increases her lead in the female ranking Sebastian Kienle did what he came to do and took the win at CHALLENGETURKU this weekend. The 250 points earne

By Shawn Smith • 2 min read