Photo credit: Getty Images / Challenge Family News & Racing Challenge Batemans Bay pro preview Great Britain's Liz Blatchford and American Mary Beth Ellis are two of the world's best long distance athletes on the circuit and will headline a deep women's field at Challenge Bateman's Bay this weekend. Gold Coast-based Blatchford exploded onto the long course scene back i By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Photo Credit: Delly Carr / IRONMAN News & Racing IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship Pro Preview MELBOURNE (March 20, 2015) Champions galore, led by three-time world champion Miranda Carfrae, will line up in a remarkable women's field for Sunday's IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship in Melbourne. It is arguably the strongest professional women's field outside of the world champi By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Interviews From UAE Heat to North Carolina Cold: Leyla Porteous Chases Triathlon Glory Late-blooming triathlete Leyla Porteous balances family life and a passion for racing as she pursues a 70.3 World Championship slot and an Ironman debut in 2015. By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
IRONMAN 70.3 Incheon, Korea announced MELBOURNE/TAMPA (Wednesday 18 March, 2015) – The growth in popularity of IRONMAN in the Asia-Pacific region continues with the exciting addition of the IRONMAN® 70.3® Incheon, Korea triathlon. The inaugural race will take place on July 5, 2015. Incheon, Korea's third-most populous city, is By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Racing for a mate at the IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship in Melbourne IRONMAN ASIA-PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP RACING FOR A MATE MELBOURNE (March 18, 2015) – When Rob Weaver started his triathlon journey he had good friend Craig Smith by his side. The pair began with shorter races and one day dreamed of completing an IRONMAN. At the IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship in By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Nutrition Fuelling Your Ironman or Ironman 70.3 Performance There's no doubt racing a half or full Ironman puts some serious demands on your body – I've heard people call it crazy, insane, masochistic, then some people are just left speechless at what we put ourselves through. Over my years of racing, I've learned that it requires so By Tim Van Berkel • 7 min read
Ben Peterson wants to become an Ironman News & Racing Australian Rugby 7’s representative Ben Peterson takes on Ironman Melbourne MELBOURNE (Tuesday, 17 March 2015) In the past when the pressure was on Australian Rugby 7’s representative Ben Peterson looked to his teammates for motivation and strength. When he hits a rough patch at the IRONMAN ® Asia-Pacific Championship in Melbourne on Sunday that strength will have to come from By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Todd Crandell has turned his life around Todd Crandell: From drugs and alcohol addiction to an Ironman addiction Former drug addict and alcoholic Todd Crandell has swapped an unhealthy addiction for a healthy one. He will be adding to his IRONMAN total of 27 races at Sunday's IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship in Melbourne. At just three-years-old Crandell's mother, who was struggling with drug addi By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Tamara Gomez Garrido – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / Triathlon.org News & Racing Spain’s Tamara Gomez Garrido wins opening ITU World Cup event in Mooloolaba It was a pair of firsts for Spain's Tamara Gomez Garrido and France's David Hauss, in the season opening ITU World Cup event in Mooloolaba on Saturday. In hot, humid and windy conditions, Gomez Garridos claimed her first career ITU World Cup win, while for Hauss it marked his first Moolo By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
David Hauss wins Mooloolaba – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / Triathlon.org News & Racing David Hauss finally claims Mooloolaba World Cup It was always been a case of close, but not quite there, for France's David Hauss at Mooloolaba. In a handful of appearances at the ITU World Cup race on Australia's Sunshine Coast, he had collected two bronze medals, two fourth places and one sixth. But 2015 finally turned out to be his By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
One of the packs at Ironman Melbourne News & Racing Ironman Melbourne and The Rolling Swim Start by Luke Whitmore While the rolling swim start changes tradition, it offers fairer racing, reduced pack issues, and better experiences—provided athletes respect wave integrity. By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Jake Birtwhistle’s silver lining at ITU Mooloolaba World Cup while Ashleigh Gentle takes bronze Tasmanian Jake Birtwhistle has emerged as Australia's latest triathlon young gun and today in Mooloolaba he took another step forward with a fast finishing silver medal winning performance in only his second ever ITU World Cup in Mooloolaba. The 20-year-old, born in Launceston, who trains in W By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Ashleigh Gentle hopes ITU Triathlon Mooloolaba World Cup will be passport to success Commonwealth Games triathlete Ashleigh Gentle has been happy to leave her passport in the bottom draw for now until she is ready to take on the world in this year's World Triathlon Series as she chases her Olympic dream in Rio. The 24-year-old Gold Coaster will make her 2015 season debut in Sa By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Fifteen Australians line up for historic ITU World Paratriathlon Event at Twin Waters A multi-talented mixture of old faces and new, of world champions and debutants will line up for a history-making World Paratriathlon event at Twin Waters on the Sunshine Coast on Friday. The 2015 Sunshine Coast ITU World Paratriathlon Event will only be the second ever event of its kind staged in A By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
Twins Waters hosts Australia’s next generation at National Youth Championships More than 150 of Australia's next generation triathletes will strut their stuff at the annual Australian Triathlon Youth Championships at Twin Waters on Thursday and Friday. The two days of racing will feature the cream of Australia's Youth triathletes in the 13/14 years; 15/16 years and By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Photo and Video Credit: Trevor Kemper Photography News & Racing VIDEO: Wollongong Men’s OTU Oceania Cup Race 2015 swim leg This video of the swim leg of the race showcases the stunning environment that is Wollongong, NSW Australia. The men's Wollongong OTU Oceania Cup race was one by Tasmania and Wollongong training local and rising ITU star Jacob Birtwhistle. After being led out of the water by Zavier By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Photo Credit: Trevor Kemper News & Racing VIDEO: Wollongong Women’s OTU Oceania Cup Race 2015 Wollongong's Trevor Kemper shot some stunning footage of the swim leg of the women's OTU Oceania Cup race on Sunday. The race was won by Canadian Amelie Kretz with fellow Canadian Sarah-Anne Brault second. Hungary's Margit Vanek was third. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Mario Mola – Photo Credit: Janos M Schmidt / ITU News & Racing Spain’s Mario Mola on top in ITU World Triathlon Series opening race in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi kicked off the 2015 World Series with the elite men leaving it all down to end. In a final kick, Mario Mola (ESP) earned his second-ever World Triathlon Series title with a time of 52:32 when he broke away from a three-man pack that included Vincent Luis (FRA) and Richard Murray (RSA). Sav By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Gwen Jorgensen – Photo Credit: Janos M Schmidt / ITU News & Racing USA’s Gwen Jorgensen wins 2015 World Triathlon Series season opener in Abu Dhabi The 2015 World Triathlon Series started exactly where it left off last year, when reigning ITU World Champion Gwen Jorgensen proved that she will again be the woman to beat with a stunning performance in Abu Dhabi's season opener on Saturday. Jorgensen left the water 35 seconds down on the lea By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Oceania Cup triathletes in Wollongong for Sunday’s OTU Sprint Cup Wollongong will host elite triathletes from 19 countries this weekend as they contest the OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Cup. Wollongong is used to having a big triathlon festival this time each year but we don’t normally see this caliber of athletes in these numbers racing. The weekend will host By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Photo Credit: Janos M Schmidt / ITU News & Racing Australians ready for triathlon’s new frontier in Abu Dhabi Olympians Emma Moffatt and Brendan Sexton will spearhead a six-strong Australian team into triathlon's “land of the unknown†when the ITU World Triathlon Series (WTS) kicks off in a new frontier in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (Saturday night, Australian time). The opening round in By Shawn Smith • 7 min read
Stryd Announces World’s First Wearable Power Meter for Runners Starting today, runners and coaches can get their hands on Stryd, the first wearable device to measure running power, through a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter. Created by Princeton engineers and backed by some of the biggest names in endurance sports, Stryd gives runners a way to accurately m By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Courtney Atkinson and Erin Densham – Photo Credit: Daniel Simms News & Racing Australian Olympians Courtney Atkinson and Erin Densham claim Oceania Cross Tri Champs Two-time Olympian Courtney Atkinson and 2012 bronze medallist Erin Densham take to the trails and win the Oceania Cross Triathlon Championship in the Snowies… With a $40,000 prize purse up for grabs, it was a dominate performance from Australian Olympians Courtney Atkinson and Erin Densham over a By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
Tim Reed – Stephen Pond / 2015 Getty Images News & Racing Terenzo Bozzone and Daniela Ryf official winners of Challenge Dubai 2015 27 February, 2015 (Dubai, UAE) New Zealand's Terenzo Bozzone put the rest of the world on notice today with a resounding win over a class field at Challenge Dubai from Tim Reed (AUS) and Michael Raelert (DEU). “I'm just so thankful that I could be part of it and would like to thank eve By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
