Ashleigh Gentle, Emma Jackson, Erin Densham at Devonport in 2012; Photo Credit: Delly Carr, Sportshoot News & Racing Australian triathletes head to Rio chasing automatic Olympic spots Australia's leading ITU triathletes will converge on the Olympic city of Rio de Janeiro this weekend, chasing the first opportunity to qualify for next year's Games. Two-time Olympians, Erin Densham, Emma Moffatt and Courtney Atkinson and their London team mate Emma Jackson will headline By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Men’s Preview: 2015 Rio de Janeiro ITU World Olympic Qualification Event This triathlon season so far has been thrilling, fast and historic. And with the countdown to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games nearing the one-year mark, fans and athletes alike have been looking to this season as preparation of what is to come next summer. The excitement continues as all the t By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
8-part Non-Woven Mural News & Racing Womens Preview: 2015 Rio de Janeiro ITU World Olympic Qualification Event The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games are closer than ever, hitting the one-year countdown mark on August 5. While the women's circuit has been mostly dominated by one woman this season, when it comes down to Olympic competitions, all slates are clean. Set at the beautiful Copacabana Beach, th By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
Vicky Holland, Gwen Jorgensen and Non Stanford 2015 – Photo Credit: Janos M Schmidt News & Racing Gwen Jorgensen sprints to her 11th straight victory at WTS Hamburg Proving that she is also capable at dominating in a sprint, USA's Gwen Jorgensen claimed victory at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Hamburg on Saturday. With Great Britain's Vicky Holland giving Jorgensen some pressured competition up until the last 500 metres, the 11-time WTS consectut By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
Javier Gomez and Vincent Luis Sprint at Hamburg 2015 – Photo Credit: Janos M Schmidt / triathlon.org News & Racing Vincent Luis out sprints World Champion to win first World Triathlon Series race No stranger to the podium, but a stranger to the top, France's Vincent Luis produced a remarkable run at World Triathlon Hamburg to claim his first ever World Triathlon Series title over four-time World Champion Javier Gomez Noya (ESP). Engaged in a tight battle with Go By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Aaron Royle 5th at World Triathlon Series in Hamburg FORMER Under 23 World Champion, Aaron Royle was the best of the Australians in today's World Triathlon Series Hamburg event, with an encouraging fifth place in an explosively fast run leg over the short course distance. Royle, who has had battled a foot injury most of the year, will now lead t By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing International Triathlon Union confirms full 2016 World Triathlon Series calendar Following the release of the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series calendar last month, ITU is pleased to confirm dates and distances for each race. The 2016 WTS schedule is now complete with the addition of Cape Town to the 2016 schedule, and also contains confirmed dates for both Gold Coast and Edmonton By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
Barbara Riveros win women’s Triathlon – Pan Am Games 2015 ©2015 Rich Cruse ITU News & Racing Barbara Riveros claims Pan Am Games and Rio qualifying spot  The Toronto 2015 Pan American Games saw a fresh podium for women's triathlon on Saturday as athletes from Chile, Mexico and Bermuda all earned first-time medals. Barbara Riveros (CHI) polished off a phenomenal run to secure her first ever Pan Am gold medal, while Mexico By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Women’s coaching legacy left at ITU World Triathlon Edmonton Grand Final The ITU Edmonton 2014 Grand Final organising committee, in collaboration with the International Triathlon Union (ITU), recently awarded an eight-week coaching mentorship to a female coach from a developing National Federation, with the first scholarship having gone to Paraguay's Carolina Rodri By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Credit: Janos M Schmidt / Triathlon.org News & Racing International Triathlon Union reveals 2016 World Triathlon Series calendar The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is pleased to confirm the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series calendar. In its eighth season, the World Triathlon Series will feature at least eight stops, with two cities debuting for the first time. The WTS will again get underway in Abu Dhabi after successfully By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
Ashleigh and Emma congratulate each other – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / Triathlon.or News & Racing Olympic bronze medallists Erin Densham and Emma Moffatt amongst 12 named for Rio Test Event Olympic bronze medallists Erin Densham and Emma Moffatt are among four Olympians nominated for the 2015 Rio de Janeiro ITU World Olympic Qualification Event on August 2. Triathlon Australia has today named a team of 12 “six men and six women to contest the Rio Test Event “the first step By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
Erin Densham’s season best after suffering torn gluteal Australia's Olympic triathlon bronze medallist Erin Densham has produced her best performance of the season, finishing 12th, in the WTS London overnight, revealing she had carried a torn gluteal muscle for two months. The 30-year-old, who won her bronze in London in 2012, was unaware of how se By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
ITU Media News & Racing Ryan Bailie’s fighting fourth Best ever World Triathlon Series finish Australia's Ryan Bailie has fallen agonisingly close to his first World Triathlon Series podium finish in London overnight. The 24-year-old from Wollongong finished fourth – his best ever WTS finish – after a dramatic final lap sprint with Spain's Fernando Alarza and Frenchman Vincen By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Photo Credit: Janos M Schmidt / ITU Media News & Racing Gwen Jorgensen leads a USA 1-2-3 at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon London The Star – Spangled Banner was represented by more than one on the podium on Sunday as the USA women swept yet another podium in the 2015 ITU World Triathlon London. Gwen Jorgensen continued her undefeated record as she took home the gold medal to claim her 10th-straight WTS title. She was joi By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Photo Credit: Janos M Schmidt / Triathlon.org News & Racing London memories calling Densham, McShane and Chaffey on the Road to Rio Olympic bronze medallist Erin Densham, four-time Paratriathlon world champion, Bill Chaffey and former Under 23 world champion Charlotte McShane will return to the scene of their greatest triumphs when the ITU World Triathlon Series stops in London this weekend. Densham, McShane and Chaffey are all By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Australia names high profile team for ITU World Duathlon Championships World champions Felicity Sheedy-Ryan, Jacob Birtwhistle, and Gillian Backhouse, along with Olympian Emma Jackson, headline the 31-strong Australian team named for the ITU World Duathlon Championships in October. By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
Ryan Bailie was never far from the front – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / Triathlon.org News & Racing Jacob Birtwhistle and Ryan Bailie deliver on WTS world stage in Yokohama Tasmania's Jacob Birtwhistle produced his best performance yet on the international stage with a brilliant top ten finish, while Ryan Bailie continued his great form at the ITU World Triathlon Series in Yokohama today. The 20-year-old “Tassie tiger†has just emerged from the junior ranks, By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
Gwen is on another level at the moment – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / Triathlon.org Gwen Jorgensen is on another level with her ninth win in a row at ITU World Triathlon Yokohama Showing no weaknesses despite the rainy and cold weather, Gwen Jorgensen (USA) continued her historical undefeated streak by claiming her ninth consecutive win in the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama on Saturday. Crossing the line alone by a lead of over a minute, the win for Jorgensen also marks h By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
Javier Gomez takes one of the best finishes ever in ITU – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / Triathlon.org News & Racing Javier Gomez wins Yokohama in one of the most thrilling finishes in WTS history Leaving it all down to the blue carpet, Javier Gomez Noya (ESP) won a thrilling sprint over Alistair Brownlee (GBR) to claim his first gold medal of the season at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama on Saturday in one of the most exciting finishes in WTS history.After the rain an By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Shirtgate" at Port Macquarie: Ironman Finishers T-Shirt Misspelling Sparks Social Media Frenzy A typo on Ironman Australia finishers' T-shirts ignites "shirtgate," prompting WTC to apologize and pledge swift action to honor athletes' achievements. By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Ironman Responds To T-Shirt Misfire Ironman Australia misspells finisher T-shirt, prompting swift WTC response amid social buzz. By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
Gwen is on a winninng streak – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / ITU Media News & Racing Gwen Jorgensen keeps winning streak alive at World Triathlon Series Gold Coast Gwen Jorgensen (USA) and Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) kept that winning feeling going in the third round of the World Triathlon Series on the Gold Coast on Saturday. Jorgensen kept her record-breaking unbeaten streak intact, taking her eighth consecutive World Triathlon Series win in Australia. While Bro By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Ryan Bailie was a solid top five in Auckland – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / Triathlon.org News & Racing All-star cast of men line up for WTS on Australia’s Gold Coast The World Triathlon Series returns to Australia's Gold Coast for the first time since 2009 with an all-star cast of men lining up. So far this WTS season, the men have been mixing it up with a variety of fresh and familiar faces stepping up on the podium. The third stop on the 2015 calendar, [ By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
Gwen Jorgensen victorious in Auckland – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / Triathlon.org News & Racing Gwen Jorgensen out to make more history as WTS returns to the Gold Coast Australia's Gold Coast has already witnessed plenty of triathlon history. It hosted just the third ITU World Championships in 1991, before becoming the first Grand Final host when the World Triathlon Series made its debut in 2009. Now the host of the 2018 Commonwealth Games is back on the Seri By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
