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Commonwealth Games Pair return for Luke Harrop Memorial

Queensland Commonwealth Games representatives Matt Hauser and Luke Willian and inform Sydney nursing graduate Emma Jeffcoat will headline Sunday’s Gold Coast Triathlon/Luke Harrop Memorial and Australian Sprint Championships at Southport. The biggest domestic race on the Gold Coast is dedicated to t

By Shawn Smith • 3 min read

Gear & Tech

Apply to Join the Amateur Specialized Zwift Academy Triathlon Team

Zwift, the virtual turbo trainer cycling tool that doubles as a massively multiplayer online game, has partnered with Specialized to create a new elite amateur triathlon team. The recruiting focus is on amateur age-group triathletes, and they plan to make the new team “the best supported amateur tea

By Shawn Smith • 1 min read

News & Racing

USA Triathlon Announces 2018 Splash & Dash Youth Aquathlon Series Calendar

USA Triathlon today announced that its Splash & Dash Youth Aquathlon Series is set to return for the seventh consecutive year, with more than 55 swim-run events planned in cities across the United States this season. The series, launched in 2012 with 30 events, is designed to introduce youth ath

By Shawn Smith • 1 min read

News & Racing

St. Anthony’s Triathlon Announced as 2018 USAT Regional Championship

USA Triathlon (USAT) has selected St. Anthony’s Triathlon as a 2018 Regional Championship Race. The 35th annual St. Anthony’s Triathlon will take place on April 29, 2018 with approximately 3,000 athlete participants competing over the race weekend. As a USAT Regional Championship site, registered US

By Shawn Smith • 1 min read

News & Racing

Ironman 70.3 Geelong: Sam Appelton Too Strong and Nina Derron Wins in a Thriller

IRONMAN’s 40th Anniversary was celebrated in grand style and the gods were smiling with IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong replicating some of the sport’s greatest drama with a sprint, fall, stumble, lunge finish between Nina Derron (SUI) and Melbourne rookie Grace Thek. The men’s race also lived up to the excell

By Shawn Smith • 6 min read

News & Racing

Bill Chaffey Throws Caution to the Wind in Commonwealth Games Countdown

Five-time World Champion Bill Chaffey will go into April’s Commonwealth Games in the best shape of his life after using all his experience to master today’s windswept conditions in the inaugural ITU Paratriathlon World Cup in Devonport. The 42-year-old Gold Coaster made a spectacular return to eli

By Shawn Smith • 3 min read

News & Racing

USA Paratriathlon National Championships to Return to Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, in June

The 2018 USA Triathlon Paratriathlon National Championships will be held in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, as part of the Pleasant Prairie Triathlon for the second consecutive year, USA Triathlon announced today. The race will take place on June 24 at Prairie Springs Park and the Pleasant Prairie RecP

By Shawn Smith • 2 min read

News & Racing

Challenge Wanaka: Javier Gomez and Annabel Luxford crowned 2018 champions

A thrilling day’s racing at Challenge Wanaka resulted in wins by Javier Gomez (ESP) and Annabel Luxford (AUS). Both had fierce battles with one of the deepest professional fields ever seen at a half distance triathlon in New Zealand and in tough conditions with four seasons in one day, from torrenti

By Shawn Smith • 3 min read

Gear & Tech

Zwift Set to Revolutionise Indoor Running

Zwift, the fitness platform born from gaming, has expanded its product offering to the running community with the launch of Zwift Run Free Access. Until this week Zwift Run was an Alpha product, available only to paying members of its indoor cycling service. Zwift Run will be now offered free of cha

By Shawn Smith • 3 min read

News & Racing

Copeland overcomes Devonport curse as Jeffcoat defends her crown

Kingscliff young gun Brandon Copeland has broken his Devonport curse, producing a winning kick to take out today’s OTU Oceania Sprint Triathlon Championship. The 21-year-old has overcome a flat tyre and illness in his previous starts to continue what has been a flying start to the season. Copeland,

By Shawn Smith • 2 min read

Interviews

Alf Is an Inspiration at 77 Years Young

The Gold Coast is home to some outstanding triathletes but none more inspiring than 77-year-old rookie Alf Lakin who is all fired up to do his thing at the Gold Coast Triathlon – Luke Harrop Memorial on 25 February. Alf lives and breathes triathlon and 2018 is a very special year for him as a [&hell

By Shawn Smith • 4 min read

News & Racing

The Road to Super League Triathlon Championship Series 2018/19 Begins Now

The road to the Super League Triathlon (SLT) Championship Series 2018/19 kicks off this June with a series of qualifier races in Poznan, Poland, and Penticton, Canada. Pro triathletes have the chance to fight for a spot in the global Championship Series, where the top 50 male and female triathletes

By Shawn Smith • 2 min read

News & Racing

Ryan Bailie and Charlotte McShane ready for hill of a climb in Devonport

Saturday’s 2018 Oceania Sprint Triathlon Championships in Devonport will feature an Olympian keen to get back on his bike, the hill-climbing Commonwealth Games debutant and a host of youngsters determined to keep the stars honest over the telling, wind-swept sprint course. In what will be a huge day

By Shawn Smith • 3 min read

News & Racing

Ironman 70.3 Western Sydney Scores Top Honors In 2017 Ironman Athletes Choice Awards

IRONMAN has announced the results of its 2017 Athlete’s Choice Awards releasing the Top 10 scoring events in a variety of categories based on athlete surveys from all of the 2017 IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 races globally. Out of the 102 IRONMAN 70.3 series events that took place in 2017, IRONMAN 70.3

By Shawn Smith • 2 min read

News & Racing

Gold Coast Triathlon: Commonwealth Games Young Guns Matt Hauser and Luke Willian on Show

The future of Australian triathlon will be on show at the Gold Coast Triathlon – Luke Harrop Memorial on 25 February with two of the nation’s brightest prospects, Commonwealth Games team members Matt Hauser and Luke Willian heading up a stunning field. The Aussie young guns will headline the Gold Co

By Shawn Smith • 4 min read

News & Racing

Ironman 70.3 Geelong: Ryan Fisher Adds to the Already Strong Field

The already superb IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong elite fields have received a major boost with the last minute inclusion of Rio Olympian Ryan Fisher, who is determined to push the pace on the famous and fast Eastern Beach course. The Queenslander is heading to Eastern Beach for an early season hit out, to te

By Shawn Smith • 2 min read

News & Racing

USA Triathlon Partners with TriBike Transport for National Championships and ITU Team USA Events

USA Triathlon today announced that TriBike Transport will serve as the Official Bike Transport Provider for USA Triathlon through 2019. The full-service bike transport company will offer discounted rates to competitors at USA Triathlon’s four owned National Championships — Duathlon, Collegiate Club

By Shawn Smith • 2 min read

Interviews

From 5K to 70.3: How One Wild Dog Made Triathlon Contagious

A fun triathlon turned into an Ironman dream for Heidi Gratton, thanks to the Wild Dog Tri Club—and now, there’s no turning back.

By Shawn Smith • 3 min read

News & Racing

Challenge Roth Run Course for 2018 Combines Old and New

Following athlete feedback, DATEV Challenge Roth’s new run course will feature some changes for 2018 as the event celebrate 35 Years of Triathlon in Roth. The 2018 course will combine the best of the old, traditional course with the new course introduced in 2017. The 2018 course is one-lap with only

By Shawn Smith • 3 min read

News & Racing

2018 Beijing International Triathlon Opens Registration

IMG, in partnership with the Fengtai Sports Bureau of Beijing, announced registration will open on February 1, for 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. Last year’s 2,000 race s

By Shawn Smith • 2 min read

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Registration for the 2018 Kerrville Triathlon Festival Opens

Registration for the 2018 Kerrville Triathlon Festival will open on Thursday, February 1st. The 8th annual Kerrville Triathlon weekend will take place September 28-30, 2018, in Kerrville, Texas. Last year, more than 1400 triathletes competed in eight different events that included a swim course in N

By Shawn Smith • 1 min read

News & Racing

Super League: Five-year contract with the British Isle to begin from 2018 season

Super League Triathlon (SLT) today signed a five-year contract with the British Isle of Jersey, making them a long-term partner of the new professional triathlon league that is set for a bumper 2018-2019 season. The partnership between Super League Triathlon and the States of Jersey aims to place Je

By Shawn Smith • 2 min read

Interviews

Vanessa Vacirca To Prove Anything Is Possible at Ironman 70.3 Geelong

Since leaving high school Melbourne’s Vanessa Vacirca has been on a roller coaster ride with her health, lifestyle and weight and four years ago at 123 kg felt like anything but a triathlete. When Vanessa lines up at IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong on 18 February, she will be one step closer to her ultimate go

By Shawn Smith • 3 min read

News & Racing

USA Triathlon Foundation Now Accepting 2018 Grant Applications

The USA Triathlon Foundation today announced that it is accepting grant applications from the triathlon community for 2018. Individuals and organizations who wish to apply for a USA Triathlon Foundation grant may do so at usatriathlonfoundation.org. All proposals are due by March 12, and the USA Tri

By Shawn Smith • 1 min read