News & Racing Chrissie Wellington wins Challenge Roth and smashes her own world best time over the distance World-beating triathlete Chrissie Wellington continued her dominance of the sport with an 8:18:13 win at Challenge Roth today, smashing her own world best time of 8:19:13 that she set here last year. In doing so she finished a remarkable fifth overall, with only four men taking the better of her on By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Andreas Raelert wins the Tenth Challenge Roth in a New World-Fastest Time ROTH, Germany (11 July 2010) Germany's Andreas Raelert took the tenth Challenge Roth in a new world-best time of 7:41:33 on a day that saw records fall across the board in near-perfect conditions. Germany's Sebastian Kienle took second with New Zealander Keegan Williams third. The 34-yea By Karl Hayes • 9 min read
News & Racing Guy Crawford – Stoked, Happy, Wrapped & Over the Moon after his 2nd in Ironman Korea 70.3 Kiwi Guy Crawford was thrilled with his second place in Korea recently after coming home behind fellow Kiwi and 10 times Ironman New Zealand winner Cameron Brown. Here he checks in and goes through the race which was a last minute decision. Guy and partner Kate Bevilaqua went to Korea at the last mi By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Latest Kona Ford Ironman World Championship Pro Rankings It is getting down to the wire for the Pro's wishing to qualify for the world championships in Kona. On July 31st the top 40 men and 25 women in the rankings will be qualified to race at the Ford Ironman World Championship. That is not the end of the storey however, as on August 31st the highe By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Challenge Roth, Rev 3 Portland, Ironman Switzerland and more – it’s a Big Weekend of Triathlon. As if the excitement of le Tour was not enough, Australian Triathlon fans are likely to experience some late nights this weekend as they follow a big weekend of Triathlon around the globe. The biggest of these would have to be Challenge's blue ribbon event, Challenge Roth being held on Sunday. By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Australian Kate Bevilaqua on her win at Ironman Korea 2011 Australian Kate Bevilaqua is one very excited professional triathlete after taking out Ironman Korea. It was a last minute decision to race in Korea and it turned out to be a great weekend for the Bevilaqua/Crawford household after partner Guy was 2nd overall in the Korea 70.3 triathlon By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Ironman Austria Produces World’s Fastest Ironman Ironman Austria lived up to it's reputation for producing lightening fast Ironman times with Belgiums Marino Vanhoenacker's smashing Luc Van Lierde's record (7:50:27) by over four minutes in Klagenfurt finishing in 7:45:59. Not to be outdone American Mary Beth Ellis set a women By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing New Zealand’s Cameron Brown and Joanna Lawn win Korea Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Veteran Ironman champions Cameron Brown and Joanna Lawn led a Kiwi domination of the 70.3 Korea Half Ironman race today, with 4 of the 6 podium spots taken up by New Zealand triathletes as both won their respective races. Australian Sarah Wheeler was 3rd By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Erin Densham and Brendan Sexton win GE Canary Wharf Triathlon in London Australian Erin Densham became the 2011 GE Canary Wharf Triathlon champion this yesterday, eventually easing to victory after beating off strong competition from Hollie Avil and a spirited comeback from Jodie Stimpson. Brendan Sexton won the men's race after beating off strong competition from By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Gear & Tech The Limited Edition Polar CS500 Cycling Computer Rocks! Polar has been in close partnership with top pro cycling teams for more than ten years and are celebrating the 98th Tour de France by launching a limited edition of the CS500 cycling computer. Polar have aimed this unit at the Cycling market, but I was keen to try it out as a multisport athlete. By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Violins, Triathlons and Motherhood – Leading Age Grouper Caroline Sweeney on the big Juggle The Big Juggle! The Australian 2009/2010 was a big one for Caroline – just enough time to have recovered from the birth of her eldest daughter (2008) and to fit in one last season before the birth of her second daughter (now almost 6months old). To make the most of By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Did you miss the 2011 Challenge Cairns Triathlon Televised on One HD? Challenge Cairns will be replayed on One HD on Wednesday 29th of June at 8am Australian Eastern Standard Time and again on Thursday 30th June at 1:30pm AEST. Don't miss Pete Jacobs excellent commentary and the many referneces to the 'big guy' during this great broadcast. The perfor By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Annabel Luxford and Lisa Marangon lead the Aussie charge at ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup Last weekend in Monroe, Washington State USA five Australians, headed by former top ITU triathlete Annabel Luxford (4th) raced and performed well. Michael Fox was the only DNF after a flat tyre and no spare put him out. Lisa Marangon placed 7th with Sophia Amor-Smith and Pete Schokman also racing we By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Third Place Martin Britta disqualified from Ironman France BREAKING NEWS: Martin Britta (GER) disqualified, 3rd place belongs to Kim Loeffler (USA) for the Ironman France Nice podium. The German pro female Martin Britta has been disqualified after a non respected penalty on the bike leg, in accordance with the official rules. Kim Loeffler, the American athl By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Emmie Charayron (FRA) claims first European Championship title Emmie Charayron (FRA) once again reigned supreme as a European champion, this time in the women's elite division at the 2011 ETU European TriathlonChampionships. While Charayron won the 2009 Junior European Championships, she failed to medal last year as a competitor in theelite division. Howe By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Craig Alexander wins Ironman Coeur D’Alene Crowie only announced that was racing Ironman Coeur D'Alene a couple of days before the race in a bid to earn the points he needs to guarantee his starting place at Kona this year. However the two time World Champion has shown what a class act he is by taking out the event and setting a new co By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Frederik Van Lierde and Silvia Felt win Ironman France Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) and Silvia Felt (GER) have won on the Riviera! After a race led from the start to the finish by the Belgian and a titanic fight in the women pro field, the favorites did the job offering a fantastic show to the 80 000 Nice crowd. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Alistair Brownlee flats, changes tyre and comes back to win back-to-back European Triathlon titles Nothing could keep Alistair Brownlee (GBR) from retaining the European Championship, not even technical difficulties. Despite falling nearly two minutes behind due to a punctured tire, Alistair made a quick repair and sped his way back to the top to claim his second consecutive title after a monster By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing ITU’s Triathlon Elite in Pontevedra, Spain for European Championships The top four ranked triathletes in the ITU's premiere series will go head-to-head in the 2011 ETU Triathlon European Championships in Pontevedra, Spain this weekend. The Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series leader and defending champion Alistair Brownlee (GBR), series runner-u By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Cyclist and Triathlete John Cornish Receives two-year Sporting Ban Cycling Australia's decision to impose a two-year sanction on cyclist John Cornish for the presence and use of nandrolone was today acknowledged by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA). Cornish's competition results obtained on 12 September 2010 in the Goulburn to Sydney C By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Craig Alexander and Ali Fitch to race Ironman Coeur D’Alene Crowie has announced that he will race Ironman Coeur D'Alene this weekend in a bid to earn the points he needs to guarantee his starting place at Kona this year, the race carries 1,000 qualifying points and a prize purse of $25,000. The two time World Champion had hoped to have things well and By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Washington DC 5150 Triathlon Race Report The 5150 series is new triathlon series that has been launched by WTC, owners of the Ironman brand. This is an Olympic distance format and is offering a more structured series with good prize money. Last weekend Australians Tim Reed, Paul Matthews, Stephen Hacket and Michael Fox all raced the Washin By Tim Reed • 5 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Young Up and Coming Triathletes in Europe – Training and Racing Many of our young up and coming elite triathletes are now in Europe at various training camps being run by the state institues of sport. NSWIS and VIS are in Vitoria, Spain. They have either arrived or are arriving now after doing a few initial races in Europe. Some have been racing for French triat By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Illawarra Triathlete Mark Scott on Life Support after Crash Trizone’s thoughts go out to Mark Scott’s family and friends after a horrific crash in the weekend has him on life support in Wollongong Hospital. Mark is well known in the region as a triathlete, coach and through Wollongong University. He is also the boss of young traithlon By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
