Ironman World Championship Kailua-Kona 2015 October 10 2015 ©DellyCarr Bahrain Endurance Media News & Racing Bahrain Endurance Team taking on Kona The Ironman World Championship brings together the best athletes in the world for a day-long spectacle of speed, endurance, and grit where only the best of the best will rise to the top. With last year's men's podium and the runner-up in the women's race on its roster, the Bahrain By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Tim finishing 2nd at Cairns in 2013 Interviews World Class Professional Triathlete And Aussie Larrikin Tim Berkel Steps Up To Global Stage In Kona, Hawaii Australian triathlete Tim Van Berkel, with recent Ironman successes, aims for a top finish at the prestigious Kona Ironman World Championship. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Sydney Olympian and former ITU World Champion Miles Stewart Appointed CEO of Triathlon Australia SYDNEY Olympian and former ITU World Champion Miles Stewart has been appointed the new CEO of Triathlon Australia. During Stewart's professional career in triathlon he achieved two World Championships, numerous ITU World Cup wins and a Commonwealth Games silver medal in Manchester in 2002. Ste By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Ironman announces Chattanooga, Tennessee will host 2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championship TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 29, 2015) – IRONMAN announced today that it has chosen Chattanooga, Tennessee to host the 2017 IRONMAN® 70.3® World Championship triathlon. The championship race will be a two-day event with the professional and age-group women racing on Saturday, September 9 and the professio By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
For Caroline Steffen this was a special win – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / Ironman.com News & Racing Jodie Swallow & Caroline Steffen declare They are Kona ready Elite athletes often tread a razor's edge between fitness and illness. While they have each in turn racked up solid wins over this year, both Jodie Swallow and Caroline Steffen have also faced some health challenges that led to what they consider disappointing performances. Yet throughout this By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
New Course for European Championships at Challenge Poznan 2016 28 SEPTEMBER 2015 – Enea CHALLENGEÂ POZNAN 2015 was a record-breaking event in Poland with more than 3,500 athletes and almost 20,000 spectators. Plans for 2016 are even more spectacular with the ETU European Long Distance Championship as well as popular half-distance, relays, junior and short By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Australian Carrie Lester takes a sensational win – Images courtesy of FinisherPix.com News & Racing Kirill Kotsegarov (EST) and Carrie Lester (AUS) claim victories at the 2015 Little Debbie IRONMAN Chattanooga Kirill Kotsegarov won by two seconds in a dramatic finish, while Carrie Lester dominated the competition for a decisive victory at the 2015 Little Debbie IRONMAN Chattanooga. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Ruben Ruzafa and Flora Duffy win 2015 Sardegna ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships Ruzafa and Duffy dominate at 2015 Sardegna ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships Ruben Ruzafa (ESP) and Flora Duffy (BER) were crowned the king and queen of the rough and tough on Saturday after winning the 2015 Sardegna ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship. Conquering one of the grittiest an By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
Ben Cook Ben Cook and Danielle De Francesco win the Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series season opener Over 1200 participants took part in Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series season opener at Robina this morning. The new QTS Long distance proved popular for the elite male, with over 25 pros making a star-studded field. Although Sam Betten lead early in the race, it was Ben Cook who proved he had put By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Mario Mola to make his long distance debut at Challenge Mallorca 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 – ITU World Triathlon Series runner-up, Mario Mola (ESP), will make his long distance debut at CHALLENGE PAGUERA-MALLORCA on 17 October. The Majorcan triathlete will round off his hugely successful season, which included a win in last weekend's grand final in Chicago, o By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Credit: Delly Carr / ITU Media News & Racing ITU announces 2016 World Cup & World Paratriathlon Event calendar Following a week of ITU World Championship racing at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Chicago today, ITU announces the schedule for the 2016 World Cup and 2016 World Paratriathlon Event races. The 2016 World Cup calendar will cover a minimum of 10 cities and includes a variety of new and fam By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series presented by Scody kicks off this weekend The Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series presented by Scody (Gatorade QTS), kicks off the 2015-2016 season this weekend on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September, 2015 with Round 1 at Robina. The event marks 22 years since Angus Charlton, one of the pioneers of triathlon in Queensland, offered individu By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Eneko Llanos and Jodie Swallow reign at the Club La Santa IRONMAN 70.3 Lanzarote Two of the world's top IRONMAN athletes took the Club La Santa IRONMAN 70.3 Lanzarote titles today, showing great skill and experience amongst a respectably high level field. With comfortable victories and in evidently great form, both Llanos and Swallow head off for the World Championships in By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Photo Credit: In2Adventure (Guy Andrews pictured) News & Racing Reigning Australian Cross Triathlon Champion Max Neumann and Leela Hancox take top honours at the Queensland Enduro Mother nature turned on her charm on Saturday for near-perfect race conditions as Leela Hancox (QLD) and reigning Australian Cross Triathlon Champion Max Neumann (QLD) took top honours at the Queensland Enduro to kick off the 2015/16 TreX season calendar on Saturday. Queenslander Drew Box led out of By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Javier Gomez fulfills drive for five World Champion titles at ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Chicago Javier Gomez Noya (ESP) became the most successful man in ITU World Championship history when he completed a drive for five world titles as the overall winner of the World Triathlon Series with a second-place finish at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Chicago.I think it is great. I can't un By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
AlexVan / Pixabay Bulgarian squats The bike is the discipline that will benefit most from a dedicated strength program. The Bulgarian squat is also known as the rear-foot-elevated split squat (that mouthful is exactly why I call them Bulgarian squats – it saves time). How to These are performed exactly the same as split squats except By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Katie Kelly and guide Michellie Jones – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / ITU Media News & Racing Australia shines at ITU Paratriathlon World Championships Ten paratriathletes were crowned World Champions on the second day of competition at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Chicago. Australia awed the crowds with an impressive three wins, with Bill Chaffey scoring his fifth PT1 World Championship title, while Sally Pilbeam scored her second consecuti By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
Sensational win and a sensational photo! – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / ITU Media News & Racing Gwen Jorgensen retains reign as triathlon World Champion on home soil at ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Chicago USA's Gwen Jorgensen was crowned royalty on Friday for a second time after winning her 12th straight race at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final Chicago, completing a perfect undefeated WTS season. After winning in true Jorgensen fashion by blasting away in the final 2.5 kilometres By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
Photo Credit: Janos M Schmidt / ITU Media News & Racing Jacob Birtwhistle (AUS) and Manoel Messias (BRA) take home ITU Under23 and Junior World Championship titles in Chicago The 2015 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Chicago officially kicked off Thursday morning with the Junior and Under23 men's World Champion being crowned, as well as Age GroupSprint Distance World Titles. Uacob Birtwhistle put Australia on the medal tally with a win in the men's U23 race, w By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
Tim Berkel celebrates another outstanding victory – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / Ironman.com News & Racing Tim Van Berkel and Caroline Steffen win 2015 IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast Australia’s Tim Van Berkel claimed his first IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast triathlon title today in Mooloolaba, while Switzerland’s Caroline Steffen made it back-to-back wins. The victories were the perfect hit out for both who are in the final stages of their preparation for the IRONMAN World Championship By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – SEPTEMBER 12: Kathrin Walther of Germany wins the womens event during the Challenge Triathlon Amsterdam on September 12, 2015 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images for Challenge News & Racing Markus Fachbach (GER) and Kathrin Walther (GER) win Challenge Almere-Amsterdam Markus Fachbach (GER) and Kathrin Walther (GER) have taken victory at CHALLENGEÂ ALMERE-AMSTERDAM today, after exciting racing in the polders of Flevoland. Fachbach was followed closely by Dutch favourite Mark Oude Bennink throughout nearly the entire race. Walther switched positions throughout By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Emma Snowsill – Credit: Triathlon.org 2003 Queenstown ITU Triathlon World Championships News & Racing Emma Snowsill, Peter Robertson and Michellie Jones inducted in to the ITU Hall of Fame The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today announced seven inductees for the second annual Hall of Fame. These athletes and lifetime achievement honorees will be officially inducted into the ITU Hall of Fame at a gala held as a part of the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Chicago on Thursday, Sept By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Richard Murray wins 2015 – ©2015 Rich Cruse / ITU Media News & Racing Richard Murray clinches second-ever ITU World Triathlon Series title in Edmonton Richard Murray (RSA) put together a remarkable day under tough and chilly conditions to secure his second ever World Triathlon Series win on Sunday in Edmonton. Javi was hanging on the whole time and I really had to give it everything, Murray said. I had some issues at the start of the day. I broke By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
From left to right: Sebastian Kienle, Jan Frodeno, and Javier Gomez – © N2 Photography News & Racing SRAM RED eTap sweeps the men’s podium at 2015 Ironman 70.3 World Championship Just days after it was introduced, SRAM RED eTap was ridden to its first world title… and its first Worlds podium sweep. Jan Frodeno (GER), Sebastian Kienle (GER), and Javier Gomez (ESP) took the first three places respectively at the 70.3® World Championships riding the newly introduced SRAM RED By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
