News & Racing Lisa Marangon and Kate Bevilaqua finish 3rd and 4th at Ironman Lake Placid Triathlon The last 4 days have been a whirl wind of adventures and I have loved it! I had the opportunity to have a look around Lake Placid. After transferring from the Comfort Inn into a house near the swim start 2 days before the race I was so lucky to be sharing with Sheri Fraser. […] By Karl Hayes • 16 years ago
How are Professional Triathletes Drug Tested? The ITU will Implement a new Biological Passport Program The International Triathlon Union today announced that it will institute its own Athlete Biological Passport programme to ensure the most solid testing programme possible, promoting the right of all ITU athletes to fair and clean competitions. ITU is proud of being an international sport federation
Aug 2, 2010 Lisa Marangon and Kate Bevilaqua finish 3rd and 4th at Ironman Lake Placid Triathlon The last 4 days have been a whirl wind of adventures and I have loved it! I had the opportunity to have a look around Lake Placid. After transferring from the Comfort Inn into a house near the swim start 2 days before the race I was so lucky to be sharing with Sheri Fraser. […]
Aug 1, 2010 How are Professional Triathletes Drug Tested? The ITU will Implement a new Biological Passport Program The International Triathlon Union today announced that it will institute its own Athlete Biological Passport programme to ensure the most solid testing programme possible, promoting the right of all ITU athletes to fair and clean competitions. ITU is proud of being an international sport federation
Jul 31, 2010 World Number 3 Raf Baugh is using the Australian Duathlon Championships to Launch his Bid for the 2010 ITU Duathlon Crown Elite athlete Raf Baugh has earmarked the Australian Duathlon Championships, to be held in South Australia's beautiful Barossa Valley on August 15, as the perfect platform to launch his bid to become a world champion. Ranked number three in the world for the run-bike-run discipline of duathlon
Jul 30, 2010 Challenge Wanaka Announces Training Camp with Samantha Warriner Challenge Wanaka have announced a weekend training camp with former ITU World Champion Samantha Warriner. Sam Warriner is one of New Zealand's most successful triathletes. She was ITU World Champion in 2008 and has won numerous Olympic and half iron distance titles in her highly respected care
Jul 29, 2010 Trisuit – Liftfoil Speed Trisuit by De Soto 2011 Liftfoil Speed Trisuit – not rubberized USAT approved and WTC Legal This speedsuit has no rubberized material, no polyurethane, and no neoprene. It abides to WTC’s recent ruling on swimskins, speedskins, swim apparel…whatever WTC wants to call it. Now we offer it with our colorful one-piece float pad (same pad found in our Forza Riviera Tri Short and Forza ITU Trisuit0. Since the pad floats, you swim faster. This unique pad stretches with the short and follows your skin as it moves on th
Jul 29, 2010 Dry Land Strength Training for Swimmers by Ben Greenfield The benefits of strength training cannot be denied – reduced risk of injury, enhanced force application, higher economy and efficiency, speedier metabolism, and greater power. (Video)
Jul 29, 2010 Trix-Gear Triathlon Lifestyle T-Shirts What do you get when you cross a triathlon obsessed husband with a graphic designer wife? Marriage met on middle ground and some pretty inspired tri lifestyle t-shirts. Frustrated by lack of fashion friendly tri inspired t-shirts during their seven plus years participating and spectating the team takes on the need and launches their online store September ‘09. Paul and Celeste Duffy noted a distinct lack of cool triathlon related t-shirts in the marketplace. They source local suppliers who valu
Jul 26, 2010 Javier Gomez Spoils the Brownlee’s Party in London Round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series 2010 For the second weekend in a row, Spain’s Javier Gomez stood atop the podium at the Dextro Energy Triathlon World Championship Series, winning the fifth event of the tour in London after a hard-fought duel with a pair of Brits named Brownlee. Jonathan Brownlee, the younger brother of reigning world champion Alistair, finished a surprising second, as his older brother appeared on the verge of passing out at the finish, crossing the line in tenth place. Germany’s Jan Frodeno claimed the final spot
Jul 25, 2010 Emma Moffatt Maintains Lead Despite a Sixth at the London Round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championships Series Emma Moffatt maintained a slender series lead despite a tough day at the office for Australia’s battle weary contingent in the London leg of the Dextro Energy Triathlon “ITU World Championship Series. Moffatt’s incredible run of 14 successive podium finishes came to a halt when she finished ninth, struggling to shake off the effects of a fast and furious race in Hamburg just six days ago where she finished second in a photo finish. Tellingly, all three podium places were filled by athletes tha
Jul 25, 2010 World Triathlon Corporation Announces Ironman World Championship Pro Qualifying Policy A new qualifying policy has been developed to account for the growth in Ironman events worldwide. The new policy is based on qualifying points rather than spots. Pro rankings will be regularly updated and made available to athletes and supporters.
Jul 23, 2010 Change of Venue for the 2011 Sydney Round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series? It looks like there will be a slight change of venue for the 2011 Sydney elite race due to construction work being undertaken at the Sydney Opera House. Talks are currently underway in Sydney to discuss alternative arrangements for the transition area.