News & Racing Clayton Fettell and Belinda Granger win the URBAN 2.80.20 Triathlon Clayton Fettell and Belinda Granger were in a league of their own today, taking out the inaugural URBAN 2.80.20 long course triathlon in Geelong, part of the 2012 Geelong Multi Sport Festival. Fettell, the 2011 70.3 Ironman Port Macquarie winner, lead from start to finish over the By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Lance Armstrong Second at Ironman Panama 70.3 Triathlon In what was possibly the most anticipated triathlon 'debut' (we know it isn't his first) in the history of the sport Lance Armstrong has shown what an great athlete he is by coming second overall at the Ironman Panama 70.3. We shouldn't loose sight of the fact that the race w By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Tim Reed and Melissa Rollison win 2XU Falls Creek Australian Long Course Championship Tim Reed and Melissa Rollison have taken out the Australian Long Course Titles at the 2XU Falls Creek Triathlon. Tim Had to come from behind in the swim and chase down a pack of around 7 leaders who were around 30 seconds ahead of Reed out of the water. World Ironman 70.3 champion Melissa Rollison [ By Karl Hayes • 22 min read
Interviews Sexton’s High Hopes For London After Falls Creek Camp With the sound of a Lleyton Hewitt “C'mon†ringing in his ears, Olympic triathlon hope Brendan Sexton knows the ball is very much in his court when he launches his bid to make the 2012 team for London in the Australian Sprint Distance Triathlon Championship in Geelong this Sunday. Australi By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Emma Moffatt’s Road To London Kicks Off in Geelong  Olympic bronze medallist Emma Moffatt will make a hit and run visit to Geelong this Sunday for what will be the first stop for many athletes with their sights set on this year's 2012 London Olympic Games. Moffatt will be joined in the Australian Sprint Distance Championship race by fe By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Urban Hotel Group signs another Leading Triathlete Clayton Fettell has signed a sponsorship deal with Australia’s Urban Hotel Group. The hotel chain already supports a number of prominent athletes including Pete Jacobs, Leon Griffin, Belinda Granger and Tim Berkel. Ricky Jeffs, Group General Manager of Erdigroup (the owning company of Urban Hotel Group) was happy to By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing 2XU Falls Creek Australian Long Course Triathlon Championship World Ironman 70.3 Champion Melissa Rollison is one of the headline pros racing at the Australian Long Course Championship this weekend in Falls Creek. Along with Rollison will be Josh Rix coached Madeleine Oldfield who won this event last year. Oldfield went to the US last year to gain some valuabl By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Geelong ITU Sprint Triathlon Premium Oceania Cup Preview and Start Lists The ITU Sprint triathlon being held this weekend at Geelong is looking like a great race. Fresh from his win last weekend in New Zealand over the same distance and up against many of the guns he will be racing again this weekend is Aaron Royle, Royle led the race in Kinloch, NZ from start […] By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Five Current Long Distance Title Holders to make the URBAN 2.80.20 Triathlon an Exciting Race The URBAN 2.80.20 launched onto the triathlon scene last July and has cemented its' status with a who's who in Australian men's long distance racing lining up for the inaugural event this Sunday, February 12th in Geelong, Victoria. Whilst the women's race does not have the de By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Ollie Whistler and Sarah Crowley win 2012 Hell of the West Triathlon in Goondiwindi Ollie Whistler and Sarah Crowley have won the 2012 Hell of the West triathlon. With a lot of athletes concerned about making the trek to Goondiwindi with the rising flood waters cutting off towns across southern Queensland and Northern NSW there was still a strong field across all categories. In a r By Karl Hayes • 34 min read
News & Racing Aaron Royle Leads Australia’s Young Guns to Success at ITU Oceania Triathlon Sprint Distance Championship at Kinloch Wollongong-based NSWIS triathlete Aaron Royle made the most of Beijing Olympian Kris Gemmell's misfortune to win today's ITU Oceania Triathlon Sprint Distance Championship at Kinloch in Lake Taupo, New Zealand. The New Zealander and number one seed for the event was forced to retire due By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Positive start for Olympic Hopefuls Emma Jackson and Courtney Atkinson Courtney Atkinson kicked off his London campaign with a strong performance, while Emma Jackson secured a convincing win in the unique 'battle of the sexes' format at Caloundra today. By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Aaron Royle and Kate McIlroy win ITU Oceania Sprint Championships New Zealand and Australia shared the honours at the Oceania Triathlon Championships at Kinloch, Lake Taupo today with Kate McIlroy (Wellington) winning the women's elite title and Aaron Royle (Australia) the men's. Brilliant conditions greeted over 900 participants at the latest round of By Karl Hayes • 8 min read
News & Racing Cameron Brown and Joanna Lawn win Erin Baker Triathlon in Kinloch The 29th running of the Erin Baker standard distance triathlon saw familiar names atop the leader board with Cameron Brown and Jo Lawn victorious around Kinloch today. The popular and long running event is run by the local Tri Sport Taupo Club in conjunction with the Contact Tri Series and kicks of By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing World 100km Treadmill Record Falls in Sydney for the KIDS Foundation A team of some of our best athletes took to the treadmill today in Bondi to attempt to break the world 100km treadmill record. The previous record of 5 hr 42 min 32 sec and was set by Jack Anderson, John Anderson, Brant Armentrout, Nate Ayers, James Banner, Tim Doran, Bill Gibbs, Garick Hill, Alan [ By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Craig ‘Crowie’ Alexander to race in Ironman Melbourne 2012 Current World Ironman Champion Craig Alexander has announced that he will be racing at Ironman Melbourne in March this year. Racing in the inaugural Melbourne Ironman seems to have a lot of pulling power with many of Australia's leading iron men and women signing up to take take part. In addit By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Richard Thompson to Defend Hell of the West Title against some Tough Opposition Reigning champion Richard Thompson faces a tough field including Tim Berkel and Ollie Whistler at this weekend's Hell of the West triathlon, where he'll look to defend his title despite carrying a foot injury. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Olympic hopeful Emma Jackson to Kick off her 2012 Season at the Seven Sunshine Coast Enduro Triathlon 2012 Olympic hopeful Emma Jackson will make her race debut for the year at the Seven Sunshine Coast Enduro Triathlon on Sunday February 5, in what is shaping up as the biggest year of her young career as she embarks on her path to securing a place in the Australian By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing 30 Kona Slots up for Grabs at Lixil Ironman 70.3 Centrair Tokoname Japan World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) has announced that general entry registration for the third annual Ironman 70.3 Centrair Tokoname Japan will open on Jan. 31, 2012. With this being the only Ironman World Championship qualifier in the region, race organisers have added additional entries; how By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Aaron Royle Defends Aquathon Title in a Sprint to the Finish Aaron Royal, on his 22nd birthday, was able to defend his Australia Day Aquathon title after winning today's event, a 900mtr swim/7km run in a time of 36.52. It came down to a sprint finish with Royle narrowly crossing the line ahead of NSWIS team mate Shane Barrie who returns to the racing sc By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Challenge Wanaka in the Athletes Words The race has been run, and won. Trizone caught up with some of the top athletes post race to get the inside story on the challenge in Wanaka. Winner of the men's event Aaron Farlow was very happy to have to come away with a good result after what he felt was a pretty poor […] By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
Training Swimming Training for Triathlon: Is it That important? Triathlon is a sum of three component parts. The swim leg, generally speaking, comprises the least of the 3 time components that make up the sport. A swim leg can range from the 750 metres of a sprint distance race, to the 3.8 km Ironman event. Many variables come By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing WTC Makes Changes to 5150 Triathlon Series Qualifying Opportunities The WTC has revamped the Hy-Vee Triathlon 5150 US Championship qualifying process, now featuring expanded automatic qualifications and a prize pool of $1.1 million, attracting top athletes globally. By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Giant Bicycles signs Ironman WA second placed Clayton Fettell Australia's Clayton Fettell has signed with the world's most innovative brands, bicycle manufacturer Giant Bicycles. Clayton caught the eye of Giant after taking his first Ironman 70.3 title at Port Macquarie in November 2011 and then backing up to just miss out on a win at Ironman WA in By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
