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Helen Jenkins continues her brilliant start to the 2012 ITU Season in San Diego
Great Britain's Helen Jenkins continued her brilliant start to 2012 with a dominating run to crush the field in San Diego, in a race that had a huge impact on London Olympic qualification. After an eight-women bike breakaway put 2 minutes and 30 seconds on the first chase group coming out of T
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Brad Kahlefeldt admitted to Hospital with suspected Tuberculosis
London bound Olympic triathlete Brad Kahlefeldt has been isolated in a San Diego hospital with symptoms that could be tuberculosis. Kahlefeldt complained to Australian Triathlon team staff after finishing the second ITU Triathlon World Championship race at Mission Beach yesterday. The 31-year Beijing Olympian, who has been pre-nominated for this year’s London Games, reported pains on the left side of his chest during the 10 kilometre run and underwent immediate chest x-rays. Kahlefeldt, one o
Helen Jenkins continues her brilliant start to the 2012 ITU Season in San Diego
Great Britain's Helen Jenkins continued her brilliant start to 2012 with a dominating run to crush the field in San Diego, in a race that had a huge impact on London Olympic qualification. After an eight-women bike breakaway put 2 minutes and 30 seconds on the first chase group coming out of T
Jonathan Brownlee Dominates in San Diego ITU after Seven Month Layoff
Great Britain's Jonathan Brownlee kicked off his Olympic season with a dominant performance in San Diego, winning his second ITU World Triathlon Series event ahead of Switzerland's Sven Riederer and South Africa's Richard Murray. In the race that had a huge impact on the Olympic pi
Australian Men’s Olympic Triathlon Team to be Decided in Madrid
The race for places on Australia’s Olympic men’s triathlon team will continue to go right down the wire after a frenetic second round of the Dextro Energy ITU World Triathlon Championship Series in San Diego today. Just one race remains inside the selection nomination period and that’s in Madrid on May 26 and 27 when final Olympic places for Federations and individual spots can be determined. Jonathan Brownlee Dominates in San Diego ITU after Seven Month Layoff – TrizoneGreat Britain’s Jonatha
Erin Densham hopes Sliver Lining ‘Enough’ to clinch Olympic Berth
Australia's Erin Densham has finished second in the Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon in San Diego today in another bold selection bid for the 2012 London Olympics. Densham said immediately after the race that she “hopes that's enough†after putting in another impressive performance follow
Triathlon on TV in May – One HD
Channel Ten’s One HD has 10 triathlon programs still to run in May. Saturday May 12 at 1pm sees Ironman Melbourne with a repeat on Sunday at 4:30pm. The San Diego round of the ITU will be shown on Wednesday, Thursday and with highlights early Friday morning next week. * Sat May 12: Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship, 1-2pm * Sun May 13: Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship, 4.30-5.30pm (repeat) * Wed May 16: ITU World Championship Triathlon Round 2 San Diego Womens Race, 12-2.30pm * Thur May 17Australian Triathlon Olympic Hopefuls going for Broke in San Diego
With Olympic places on the line, Australia's elite triathletes will be going for broke when they line up in the second round of the Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series at the birthplace of the sport, Mission Beach, San Diego this weekend. There will be plenty at stake in both the women
Triathlon Australian Appoints new Board Member in the Wake of Selection Dramas
Triathlon Australia has copped a bit of flak by some sections of the triathlon media recently over the delay in selecting the team for London 2012. Many in Australia's triathlon community are unsure why a team has not yet been selected. Hopefully the release below from TA outlining the selecti
Ironman Australia 2012 Photo Gallery by Delly Carr
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Michelle Mitchell takes the Women’s Title at Ironman Australia 2012
A beaming Michelle Mitchell has won Ironman Australia after coming from behind on the run to pass Nicole Ward just after the 10km mark. Ward had a 90 second lead going out on to the run with Hilary Biscay between them. Biscay did not look comfortable at all as she started the run and never […
Paul Ambrose wins Ironman Australia 2012
Paul Ambrose led from start to finish to take out the 2012 Ironman Australia in Port Macquarie. The 2012 Ironman Louisville champion held off a fast finishing Tim Berkel who was leaving nothing on the run course in a last ditch effort to catch Ambrose. We saw Ambrose employ these tactics in Abu Dhab