News & Racing Ironman Announces First Full Distance Event In Ireland Ironman announced today the addition of its first full distance event in Ireland, Ironman Ireland, Cork. The inaugural race will take place on June 23, 2019. “Ironman is an incredibly prestigious sporting competition held in locations throughout the world. Now, for the first time in Ireland, Cork wi By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Elite Field Of Professional Triathletes Set To Compete In 2018 Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon The pro field for the 2018 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon set to take place on Sunday, June 3. The line-up includes 2016 Rio Olympian Ben Kanute, Olympian Jarrod Shoemaker (USA), Olympian Ryan Fisher (AUS), Olympian Paula Findlay (CAN), 2018 Surf City Escape Triathlon winner Jason West and more. The By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Middaugh, Paterson win XTERRA Oak Mountain Josiah Middaugh and Lesley Paterson captured the 13th annual XTERRA Oak Mountain off-road triathlon elite titles on a beautiful day at Oak Mountain State Park in Shelby County, Alabama this morning. It’s the third straight year Middaugh has won this race and his fifth win in six years on this course By Shawn Smith • 7 min read
News & Racing XTERRA Oak Mountain lures all-star field to Shelby County, Alabama The XTERRA Pan America Pro Series takes shape this weekend at Oak Mountain State Park in Shelby County, Alabama as America’s best elites host all-stars from Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia, New Zealand and Scotland. The 13th annual XTERRA Oak Mountain off-road tri is race number six of 12 in th By Shawn Smith • 7 min read
Training How to Tackle Hills on a Triathlon Bike (TT) Climbing on a bike can intimidate new triathletes, but with the right strategies in gear choice, posture, and energy management, one can conquer hills efficiently and minimise fatigue. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Dylan Mcneice And Yvonne Van Vlerken Take The Lead In Challenge Family World Bonus After the first five of our CHALLENGEFAMILY World Bonus races, Dylan McNeice from New Zealand has taken the lead with 500 points after his strong win at CHALLENGETAIWAN. The female standings are currently dominated by the Dutch Yvonne van Vlerken. She not only took the victory at CHALLENGEGRANCANARI By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Jake Birtwhistle finds the tiger in his tank for stunning WTS Yokohama silver Tasmania’s Commonwealth Games hero Jake Birtwhistle has continued his outstanding form to charge home for a stirring silver medal in today’s World Triathlon Series race in Yokohama. The 24-year-old who won Australia’s first medal of the Games – silver in a frantic finish on day one on the Gold By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Ironman Australia To Remain In Port Macquarie IRONMAN Oceania, Managing Director, Dave Beeche has welcomed the announcement by the NSW Government that IRONMAN Australia will remain in Port Macquarie for at least another three years. Mr Beeche said he was delighted that the partnership between IRONMAN Oceania, the NSW Government’s tourism and ma By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Interviews Matthew Hauser: Behind the Scenes of the Commonwealth Games & What it Took to Get There Matthew Hauser is becoming a household name among triathlon fans. The 20-year-old’s most recent victory was the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games mixed team relay triathlon. He competed on the Australian team. In the elite men’s individual triathlon, he came in fourth. He also earned a silver medal By Shawn Smith • 12 min read
News & Racing Challenge Family Launches Second Stage Of Campaign To Search For Inspirational Triathletes Following the launch of its social media campaign to search for inspirational triathletes ahead of THECHAMPIONSHIP 2018, CHALLENGEFAMILY is asking YOU to nominate worthy triathletes to win free race entry prizes. The Race Directors of Challenge Prague, Challenge Almere, Challenge Davos and Chal By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Yokohama calling strong Australian contingent as Olympic cycle begins The cream of Australia’s ITU triathletes and paratriathletes will converge on Yokohama this Saturday for the resumption of the World Triathlon Series and start of the World Paratriathlon Series in Japan’s second largest city. The event also herald’s the start of the road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Ga By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
News & Racing Emma Jeffcoat sprints to impressive Chengdu World Cup victory Sydney’s graduating nurse Emma Jeffcoat stole the show in China yesterday to win her second World Cup win of the season in Chengdu’s ITU Triathlon World Cup. The two-day super sprint format comprising semi-finals on day one and a final on day two is racing over a 400-metre swim; a 10-kilometre bike By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Laura Siddall Back To Back Wins, Marino Vanhoenacker Sets Record at Ironman Australia Great Britain’s Laura Siddall and Belgium’s Marino Vanhoenacker were the stars of a day of high drama and intense racing at IRONMAN Australia that saw course records broken and history made. Siddall went back to back at Port Macquarie and in defending her IRONMAN Australia crown she joined former mu By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Duffy Wins All 3 Legs in World Triathlon Series WTS Bermuda, Norway Fills Men’s Podium Flora Duffy won her home turf of Bermuda in year one of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Triathlon Bermuda. Duffy maintained easy leads in the swim, bike, and run. USA’s Kirstin Kasper stayed close behind Duffy during the bike, but only briefly. Duffy lost her early, and then continued By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Hanson, Hauschildt Win Ironman North American Championships – Three-Peat for Hanson On Saturday, USA’s Matt Hanson won Ironman’s North American Championships in The Woodlands, Texas for the second year in a row. He was also the 2015 winner. Aussie Melissa Hauschildt crossed the finish line in the women’s race far ahead of the rest of the pack. Hanson & Tutukin Closed Starykowic By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Challenge Roma – The First Big European Challenge Event In 2018 On April 15, 2018, will be Challenge Roma's second edition. After its debut in 2017, the Italian capital will be again protagonist of great international triathlon in a new location, the Rome Marina “Porto Turistico di Roma”, with new distances: 1.9 km swimming, 90 km bike, 21 km running. A mi By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
Gear & Tech Review: SunGod PaceBreaker sunglasses – Look Cool While Dropping Watt Bombs SunGod sunglasses are a relatively new player to the market, a successful, UK based, crowd-funded business who's appeal is focused on the ability to customise the glasses online at an affordable price. SunGod was founded in 2013 and developed from a frustration that to get quality lenses that By David Deakin • 4 min read
News & Racing Challenge Family Introduces A World Ranking For Pro-athletes Challenge has decided to expand the successful European Money Ranking in 2018 to a so-called Challenge World Ranking. This means that professional Athletes can earn points not only in European races but also in races outside of Europe. The earned points count up in a final ranking at the end of the By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Laura Siddall Looks To Go Back To Back at Ironman Australia The 2018 season has kicked off with a bang for Laura Siddall breaking through to pick up the Ironman New Zealand title in March, and she is looking to continue her winning form when she heads to Port Macquarie (6 May) to defend her Ironman Australia crown. Siddall, who represented England as a junio By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
Australian mixed relay team triumphant at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Photo: Triathlon Australia/Delly Carr News & Racing Australia Takes Gold in Commonwealth Games Mixed Relay Triathlon, Gentle Celebrates Big Comeback The Australian team won on its own turf in Saturday’s Gold Coast Commonwealth Games mixed team relay triathlon. The team included Ashleigh Gentle, Matthew Hauser, Jake Birtwhistle, and Gillian Backhouse. Birtwhistle secured the victory in 01:17:36, 52 seconds ahead of England’s team and 01:52 ahead By Aaron Royle • 2 min read
News & Racing XTERRA New Zealand returns to Rotorua for 16th year this Saturday Sam Osborne and Jacqui Allen are back to defend their elite titles at the 16th annual XTERRA New Zealand Championship race at Lake Tikitapu in Rotorua on Saturday. For Osborne, a Rotorua native and the reigning XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour Champion, it marks the start of another ambitious season of XTER By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
News & Racing Ironman Foundation and Challenged Athletes Foundation Team Up for Junior Seau Adaptive Surf Clinic in Oceanside The Ironman Foundation will hold its second service project of the 2018 season with an adaptive surf clinic that will include specialized sessions for youth, women and military/adults with physical challenges as part of the Junior Seau Foundation Adaptive Youth Surf Program presented by Challenged A By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Duffy, Schoeman Win Commonwealth Games Triathlon, Brownlees Slowed by Prior Injuries Thursday’s triathlons, on the opening day of Australia’s Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, were a disappointment for fans of Britain’s Brownlee brothers, both of whom bombed in the run due to prior injuries. South Africa’s Henri Schoeman, an Olympic bronze medalist, and Bermuda’s Flora Duffy ruled the By Aaron Royle • 3 min read
News & Racing Javier Gomez and Five Time ITU World Champion To Race Ironman Cairns The focus of the sporting world will be on Cairns on 10 June with the announcement that five time ITU World Triathlon Champion, X-terra World Champion and Olympic silver medallist Javier Gomez will make his Ironman debut at the Cairns Airport Ironman Cairns Asia-Pacific Championship. Gomez, the curr By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
