News & Racing Nicky Samuels powers away on the bike to steal Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup New Zealand's Nicky Samuels used a daring breakaway on the bike to snap up her first career ITU Triathlon World Cup title today in Mooloolaba. Reigning World Champion Emma Moffatt of Australia came from behind and ran into second place. Barbara Riveros Diaz of Chile came across for third, desp By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Graham O’Grady cleared by Sports Tribunal but stripped of his Tauranga title Graham O’Grady, cleared by the NZ Sports Tribunal for a positive morphine test, likely ingested the substance through poppy seed bread, missing key races during the legal process. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Batemans Bay Triathlon Festival – Olympic Distance, Sprint and Enticer The Batemans Bay Triathlon Festival kicks off next weekend (April 2-3). This is the first time Elite Energy have put on a triathlon festival in Batemans Bay. Just four hours south of Sydney this is a spectacular place to race. The beach where the races are held is stunning and By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Lisa Marangon confirmed for Mooloolaba ITU World Cup Start With Felicty Sheedy-Ryan a non starter Lisa Marangon has been given a great opportunity to step up to in to an ITU World Cup race. It has only been literally about six months since Lisa Marangon decided that ITU Olympic distance triathlons would be her focus for the next few years. Full world cup ra By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Emma Snowsill out of Mooloolaba ITU World Cup Triathlon Emma Snowsill has withdrawn from the 2011 Mooloolaba ITU World Cup just days out from the season opener. The Olympic champion is frustrated at the news but buoyed by the fact it is only a minor foot injury and that she will be ready for the opening round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU Wo By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Interviews Cameron Good – Rising Olympic Distance Triathlon Star Cameron Good has stepped up in the last three months and produced some outstanding results in some top races so far in 2011. He won the ITU Oceania Sprint distance championships in Devonport, was 5th in Geelong and placed 3rd in New Zealand not far behind Kris Gemmell. We talk to Cameron about how h By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing 1.65m Reasons to be a top ITU Triathlete Prize money from the seven Series events and the year-end bonus pool will total $1.65-million USD. The Grand Final in Beijing-contested on the 2008 Olympic venue-will feature a $250,000 prize purse while the prize money for every other Series event will be $150,000. Athletes will vie for an addition By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Beijing Olympian Erin Densham, and 2012 London Olympic hopeful Brenden Sexton win Gatorade St Kilda triathlon Beijing Olympian Erin Densham, and 2012 London Olympic hopeful Brenden Sexton took the line honours against the Series' strongest fields this season. Sexton managed to hold off Victorian Institute of Sport's Peter Kerr, Gatorade Portarlington winner Craig McKenzie and Jimmy Johnsen of De By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Luke McKenzie and Kate Major get Podiums at Ironman 70.3 San Juan Australian Luke McKenzie has backed up from Abu Dhabi with a 3rd place finish at the inaugural Ironman 70.3 San Juan on the scenic Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. Kate Major took second place in the womans event. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore won by ITU Triathlon Specialist Kris Gemmell Olympic distance ITU triathlete Kris Gemmell has taken out the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore ahead of South Africa's James Cunnama with Pete Jacobs third. Christian Kemp came in 7th place over all. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Olympian Erin Densham to race the St Kilda Triathlon Beijing Olympian Erin Densham is set to take part in the Gatorade Triathlon Series finale, the St Kilda Triathlon, at Catani Gardens this Sunday 20th March, 2011. Australia's own Olympic and World Class triathlete, Emma Snowsill, will also be in attendance. The mens field will be very copmpeti By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Lisa Norden and Christian Kemp win Huskisson Sprint Triathlon 2011 The Huskisson Triathlon Festival sprint triathlon race normally sees the pro tour triathletes racing for their end of season points. This year however was different with most of the top young triathletes in Wellington New Zealand racing for ITU Oceania Cup points. This did not detract from the day i By Karl Hayes • 9 min read
Interviews Chris ‘Macca’ McCormack on his ITU Comeback Chris 'Macca' McCormack is embarking on possibly one of his biggest challenges to date. Over the next year, Macca has to get his swim in line with the fastest ITU guys and then be able to get off the bike and run 10kms in under 30 minutes. One thing that someone like Macca can do [&helli By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Pete Jacobs and Michelle Wu win Australian Long Course Triathlon Championship Although the mens field was some what diminished with so many Australian long course athletes racing for the cash in Abu Dhabi, Pete Jacobs still put in a world class performance to comfortably take out the mens title in 3:38:57 at Huskisson, NSW, ahead of Sydney Olympic bronze medalist Jan Rehula, By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Huskisson Australian Long Course Race Preview The 2011 Jervis Bay Triathlon Festival is on this weekend and whilst the men’s open field is missing 2 or 3 bigger names we will still see Pete Jacobs, Ollie Whistler, Adam Holborrow and a handful of other potential podium finishers racing. Olympic and sprint distance proponent Michael Fox By Karl Hayes • 10 min read
Maximising Cycling Power Mechanics – The Three Essentials you need to do Imagine trying to hit a ball with a flexible bat, you lose energy and have to put in more effort compared to a rigid bat for the same result. If you use a rigid bat you can transfer more energy to the ball and it travels further. Your foot is a flexible system with an inbuilt arch and foot angulatio By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Triathlete Pete Jacobs Signed by Boardman Bikes High-end performance bicycle brand, Boardman Bikes is pleased to announce the sponsorship of Australian Professional Triathlete, Pete Jacobs. Boardman Bikes will support Jacobs for 2011 and 2012 with the aim of committing to a long-term relationship with the promising long course Triathlete. The Australian joins the likes of World and By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Abu Dhabi Triathlon Women’s Preview with Caroline Steffen and Christie Sym The women's field is headed by Julie Dibens, Leanda Cave and last year's fastest runner at Abu Dhabi and the runner up in the 2010 Hawaii Ironman World Championship Caroline Steffen. Australian Christie Sym will be hoping to be right up there with these women. Trizone spoke to Steffen an By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Abu Dhabi Triathlon Men’s Preview – Triathlon’s Hottest Field outside of Kona Abu Dhabi International Triathlon has the hottest field outside of the Hawaii Ironman World Championship (or maybe even equal to in the men's side). This is a who's who of the top long course athletes in the world. In its second running those who stayed away last year have obviously thou By Karl Hayes • 8 min read
News & Racing Cameron Brown Makes it Ten, Sam Warriner Wins at First Attempt at Ironman New Zealand In heavy rain Cameron Brown claimed his record-setting 10th victory at Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman New Zealand as Samantha Warriner claimed her first Ironman title beating both defending Ironman world champion Mirinda Carfrae and seven times Ironman New Zealand winner Jo Lawn. The victo By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Triathlon Training with Macca and Pete Jacobs BPM Sport recently put together a training day with Chris (Macca) McCormack and Peter Jacobs as the two guest coaches for the day. It was more than coaching as we found out with Pete and Macca talking freely about everything during the day. Read on to see what happened and why it was such an amazing By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
Interviews Sam Warriner Prepares for Battle with Jo Lawn and Mirinda Carfrae at Ironman New Zealand After a sucessful heart operation Sam Warriner is ready to take on the world at Ironman New Zealand, even when that world includes current World Champion Mirinda Carfrae and 7 times IM NZ Champion Jo Lawn. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Kenji Nener and Chloe Turner win Round 6 of Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series Western Australia's Kenji Nener and the Sunshine Coast's Chloe Turner claimed their first wins of the 2010/11 Gatorade Queensland Tri Series at Raby Bay where sweltering conditions made for a tough race over the 400m swim, 15km cycle and 4km run. It was a come from behind victory for Nen By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Lisa Norden and Ben Hammond win Trishave Sydney Sprint Series Race 4 2011 On a day that saw two ironman world champions racing at Kurnell we saw a great women's race with current world ITU No.3 Lisa Norden go head to head with Lisa Marangon. The only difference between the two lead women was half a minute in the 5km run. Ben Hammond wrapped up the series with [&hell By Karl Hayes • 8 min read
