News & Racing XTERRA Pan Am powers collide in Costa Rica and more from the XTERRA Planet An awesome early season showdown between America’s best off-roader, Josiah Middaugh, Canada’s fastest man, Karsten Madsen, and Costa Rican star Rom Akerson will take place Sunday at Playa Reserva Conchal in Costa Rica’s northwest province of Guanacaste. “Rom and Karsten will be very strong in this r By Shawn Smith • 7 min read
News & Racing ITU Moments of 2017: Jetze Plat Wins Para Triathlon Rotterdam Championship In this video, the International Triathlon Union (ITU) looks back at when Dutch paratriathlete Jetze Plat claimed victory at the Para-Triathlon World Championships 2017 in Rotterdam, a city within his home nation. Plat Almost Took 2017 Off – Instead, He Tore Up the World Stage In 2016, Plat wo By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Heather Wurtele Sets New Course Record at Ironman 70.3 Campeche; Mauricio Mendez Dominates at XTERRA Chile Starting the season off with a bang, 21x Ironman 70.3 Champion Heather Wurtele (CAN) took the top spot by setting a new course record at IRONMAN 70.3 Campephe, while Trevor Wurtele (CAN) claimed eighth at the same race. World Champion Mauricio Mendez (MEX) returned to Chile for the second time in th By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing 3x Ironman World Champion Mirinda Carfrae Returns to Racing Fans of four-time triathlon world champion Mirinda Carfrae need only wait a few more weeks to see their favourite female pro back in competitive action. The pint-sized Australian powerhouse has released her 2018 race schedule, along with a new YouTube channel sharing a look into the lives of Carfrae By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing ITU Moments of 2017: Flora Duffy Wins WTS Rotterdam, Remains World Champion In this video, the International Triathlon Union (ITU) commemorates Bermuda triathlete Flora Duffy's win in the World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam. Rotterdam was the climax of the 2017 season in which she claimed six World Triathlon Series (WTS) gold titles. This was the race that made her By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
Javier Gomez wins World Triathlon Abu Dhabi 2017 News & Racing ITU Moments of 2017: Javier Gomez Wins Abu Dhabi After Bike Accident In this video the International Triathlon Union (ITU) looks back at Spanish triathlete Javier Gomez's victory in World Triathlon Abu Dhabi 2017 in the United Arab Emirates. This was his 50th World Triathlon Series (WTS) race. Gomez's closest competitor was Britain's Tom Bishop. Gom By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
Gear & Tech Ventum is expanding its line of cutting-edge triathlon racing bicycles Built around the company’s patented Z-shaped frame design, which eliminates the downtube and seat stays while integrating the water bottle into the frame, the expanded Ventum Z line was developed to allow more triathletes to enjoy the aerodynamic advantages of Ventum technology. “We designed our fla By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Team Australia Wins Mixed Relay Hamburg Championship News & Racing ITU Moments of 2017: Team Australia Wins Mixed Relay Hamburg Championship In this video, the International Triathlon Union (ITU) looks back at Team Australia's victory in the Mixed Relay World Championship in Hamburg, Germany. This was Mixed Relay's first event after officially becoming an Olympic Sport to be featured in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. This wa By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
Gear & Tech DeFeet to Use Blockchain Technology to Stop Counterfeit Products, Improve Customer Experience DeFeet International, a manufacturer of socks and other apparel for cycling, running, and outdoors activities, has partnered with blockchain solutions provider, LuxTag.io. The new technology will accomplish a few goals that help both the company and the customer. When you receive a DeFeet product th By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing From Ironman New Zealand to The Big Dance in Kona The 3rd March 2018 was a big weekend and a very good one. It marked the 2018 Ironman New Zealand and a race I have had at the forefront of my mind for some time. Traditionally I have always competed in an Ironman race every second year, but this was the first time I had […] By Daniel Plews • 6 min read
Alistair Brownlee Wins WTS Leeds Again News & Racing ITU Moments of 2017: Alistair Brownlee Wins WTS Leeds Again In this video, International Triathlon Union (ITU) shares the moment when British triathlete Alistair Brownlee won the Columbia Threadneedle World Triathlon Leeds in 2017. After leaving the World Triathlon Series (WTS) in favour of full distance races, Alistair returned to his hometown to compete on By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
Gear & Tech ROKA Launches Ultralight Advanced Performance Eyewear with World-Class Roster of Athletes ROKA Sports Inc., the Austin, TX based performance multisport company, has announced the release of its new Advanced Performance for Extreme Conditions (A.P.EX) line of eyewear. The collection was designed from scratch for the athlete who requires the maximum field of view, protection, ultra-lightwe By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
News & Racing ITU Moments of 2017: Andrea Hewitt’s Surprise Abu Dhabi Victory In this video, International Triathlon Union (ITU) shares the moment when New Zealander Andrea Hewitt, with just seconds left in the World Triathlon in Abu Dhabi, passed her competition and crossed the finish line first, by a small fraction of a second. This was just after commentators mistakenly ca By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Former Triathlon Australia High Performance Manager, Ben Gathercole, commences as Spirit University Director Ben Gathercole, former High-Performance Director for Triathlon Australia and previously Team Director for the ACT Brumbies, has joined Spirit Multisport as Spirit University Director to manage the administration and curriculum. By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Gear & Tech The Brownlee Brothers Launch New Blood Test for Athletes & the Physically Active The Brownlee brothers, a pair of well-known triathletes and Olympics stars, have partnered with Werlabs in Great Britain to create a blood test to help athletes improve their health and athletic performance. Those who take the blood test can monitor "the most relevant markers which can be affe By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
ITU Top 10 Moments of 2017 – Katie Zaferes Mishaps in Yokohama News & Racing ITU Moments of 2017: Katie Zaferes Crashes Bike in Yokohama, Drops Glasses, Wins Silver In this video, USA triathlete Katie Zaferes recalls a couple “mishaps” before her silver finish at International Triathlon Union’s (ITU) World Triathlon Yokohama 2017. Zaferes and Britain’s Jessica Learmonth crashed during the bike leg, and both recovered quickly. During the run, she was head-to-hea By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Matthew Sharpe Spearhead Canada/USA to historic Mixed Relay Win Long-striding Canadian Matthew Sharpe saved his best till last to out-sprint the USA’s emerging star Morgan Pearson in a thrilling finish to today’s Triathlon Australia Mixed Relay Invitational at Runaway Bay. Sharpe, 25 held off his training partner as the pair ran shoulder to shoulder in the closi By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Ironman 70.3 Racine Changes Hands and Repositions as a Short Course Event The city of Racine, Wisconsin has partnered with Ohio company HFP Racing to announce the Real Racing International Triathlon. The race date, set for July 15th, was originally occupied by an IRONMAN 70.3 event but recently ended their partnership with the city of Racine, Wisconsin. “Anyone that comes By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Super League Triathlon and ITU Sign Memorandum of Understanding Super League Triathlon (SLT) and the International Triathlon Union (ITU) have announced a pivotal memorandum of understanding (MOU) unveiling a partnership that covers key areas of the sport, with the overarching shared goal of further building triathlon around the world at many levels including you By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Mixed Relay Invitational now a key in countdown to the Commonwealth Games Four members of Australia’s Commonwealth Games triathlon team will continue to put the finishing touches to their preparations at this weekend’s innovative Triathlon Australia Mixed Relay Invitational at Runaway Bay. The Australians – Matt Hauser, Ashleigh Gentle, Charlotte McShane and Gillian Backh By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
Training Polarised to Pyramidal Training Intensity Distribution: The Principle of Specificity is Key Exploring the optimal training intensity distribution for Ironman triathletes comparing the benefits of polarised training to the emerging pyramidal model. By Daniel Plews • 7 min read
2017 USA Triathlon Coaches of the Year News & Racing Neal Henderson & Christine Palmquist Named 2017 USA Triathlon Coaches of the Year USA Triathlon today recognized two of the most successful coaches in its ranks for the 2017 season, naming Neal Henderson and Christine Palmquist as Coaches of the Year. Henderson (Boulder, Colo.), who coaches USA Triathlon Junior Elite Athlete of the Year Taylor Knibb, earned the honor of National By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Team Australia Wins Mixed Relay Hamburg Championship News & Racing World Champions to Feature in Triathlon Mixed Relay Invitational Debut at Runaway Bay World champions and Commonwealth Games representatives Ashleigh Gentle, Charlotte McShane and Matt Hauser will headline a new Triathlon Mixed Relay Invitational at Runaway Bay on the weekend of March 17 and 18. It is an initiative by Triathlon Australia to give Australian athletes an opportunity to By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
Kerry Morris winner of the 2018 Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival News & Racing Mooloolaba Triathlon Unearths Two New Stars in Max Neumann and Kerry Morris Aussies Max Neumann and Kerry Morris have kicked started their year with dominant wins at the iconic Mooloolaba Triathlon. Recent additions to the Cam Watt stable at Ferny Hills, both have made significant progress in a very short period of time and with emphatic wins have declared themselves two at By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
