News & Racing Jordan Rapp and Mary Ellis win Ironman Canada 2011 After exiting the swim over three minutes behind the leaders Jordan Rapp showed is class on the bike riding over six minutes quicker than the field and then running over 5 minutes faster than the second placed Torsten Able and third placed Bert Jammer. Mary Ellis won in style over 30 minutes ahead o By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Profile Design Gain UCI Certification for Carbon Wheel Range 2011 saw triathlon aerodymic accessory company Profile Design release it's range of Carbon race wheels onto the international market. With triathletes quick to pick up on the race benefits of the real world tested designs that were first developed utilising Computational Fluid Dynamic technolo By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Chris McDonald wins Ford Ironman Louisville Australian Chris "Big Sexy" McDonald has won the 2011 Ford Ironman Louisville in a time of 8:27:36 from Americans Patrick Evoe and Justin Daerr. This was the fifth running of the event and the second time it has been won by McDonald. Last years winner Australian Paul Ambrose did not fini By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing 2012 Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship Melbourne – Sold Out in 5 Minutes As predicted by the organisers there was huge interest in the 2012 Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship Melbourne with a message going up on the site saying "…all General Entry places had been accepted…" by 1.05pm AEST, just 5 minutes after registration for the 1,500 places open By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Ironman Canada 2011 Pro Start List and Race Preview 2009 Subaru Ironman Canada champion Jordan Rapp, whose injury kept him out of last year's race, looks to reclaim his title on Sunday, August 28th in the 29th Annual Subaru Ironman Canada triathlon. It will not be an easy task, as last year's champion, Viktor Zyemtsev, would prefer an end By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Australian’s Paul Ambrose and Chris McDonald racing Ironman Louisville 2011 Australian's Paul Ambrose and Chris McDonald are the racing Ironman Louisville this weekend. Ambrose is back to defend the title he won last year. Ambrose has had a good year so far with a win at Racine 70.3 in July, a second the week before at Rhode Island 70.3 and fourth at Boise 70.3 in Jun By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Luke Bell to race 2XU Falls Creek Triathlon Australian Long Course Championship SuperSprint Events has announced that Luke Bell has confirmed he will race in next year's 2XU Falls Creek Triathlon. Bell who just recently won the Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens in the States. Bell who started his triathlon career in Melbourne has had a very successful career racing overseas in Ha By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Australian Elite Team for 2011 ITU World Championship Triathlon Grand Final in Beijing Announced Triathlon Australia has named a mixture of 'old heads' and exciting new talent in its nine-strong Elite Team for next month's ITU World Championship Triathlon Grand Final in Beijing. TA has included the new breed of up and coming stars. Also the U23, juniors and para-triathlete teams h By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing General entry for for the 2012 Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship, Melbourne, will open on Sunday, Aug. 28 General entries for the recently announced Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship to be held in Melbourne are expected to sell out at a record rate when registrations open on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. Approximately 1,500 general entries are available for the 2012 Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship, making it By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing 2012 Australian Long Course Triathlon Championship After having another major race placed on the same weekend some good news has finally come for SuperSprint. Triathlon Australia has awarded the Falls Creek long course triathlon the status of 2012 Australian Long Course Championships. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Victorian Gatorade Triathlon Series 2011/12 SuperSprint Events are excited to launch the Gatorade Triathlon Series 2011/12, incorporating the Active Feet Fun Tri Series. They have announced a new race to the Series at Brighton and a Long Course event at Portarlington. Both series provide a fun and challenging event for first timers through t By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Pete Jacobs Signs with XLAB 2011 Ironman Australia Champion Pete Jacobs has signed on with XLAB. The multiyear partnership with XLAB comes as Pete continues his preparation towards his quest for his ultimate goal of winning the ironman world championships in Kona, Hawaii. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing ULTIMATE Triathlon Forster – Sunday 16 October 2011- 2km/120km/20km Elite Energy is launching their new ULTIMATE race distance at Forster the Australian head quarters for long distance triathlon. Forster is undoubtedly the motherland for triathletes and the ULTIMATE race course takes in some of triathlons most famous Swim – Bike – Run offerings. Forster By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Christie Sym and Madeleine Oldfield 2nd – 3rd at San Francisco Triathlon at Alcatraz Christie Sym and Madeleine Oldfield have both raced well to place second and third respectively at the San Francisco Triathlon at Alcatraz. Sym was only 35 seconds behind winner Becky Lavelle with Oldfield a further two minutes back. Sym spent the day chasing Lavelle and got very close to her before By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Australia 7th and 11th at the ITU World Teams Triathlon Championship in Lausanne Australia has come from behind to claim a top ten finish in the ITU World Teams Triathlon Championship in Lausanne tonight – finishing seventh in the event that looks almost certain to be included in the 2016 Olympic Games. Their seventh place came after being well back early with Australia By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Dream team leads Great Britain to Team Triathlon World Championship They were labelled a dream team and Jodie Stimpson, Jonathan Brownlee, Helen Jenkins and Alistair Brownlee didn't disappoint, as they added a Team Triathlon World Championship to Great Britain's trophy cabinet in dominating fashion in Lausanne today. By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Jonathan Brownlee wins 2011 Dextro ITU World Triathlon Sprint Championships in Lausanne Jonathan Brownlee turned the tables on older brother Alistair, the form triathlete of the season and winner in London two weeks ago, to outsprint Gomez and claim his second World Championship Sprint title in 52 minutes 23 seconds, with Gomez claiming the silver medal four seconds behind and Alistair By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Chrissie Wellington & Rasmus Henning to headline Ironman 70.3 Timberman 2011 Pro Start List Ironman 70.3 Timberman will get underway at 9pm AEST Sunday 21st August. The lone Australian starter was Stephen Hackett but according to his Twitter he has missed his plane so is out of the race. This leaves 30-34 age grouper James Phillips from Adelaide as the sole Aussie in the race. Kiwi's By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Emma Jackson 2nd at the 2011 Dextro ITU World Triathlon Sprint Championships in Lausanne Australian birthday girl Emma Jackson was within touching distance of the perfect present when she finished second in the 2011 Dextro ITU World Triathlon Sprint Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland yesterday. Jackson, who turned 20 yesterday, was edged out of the gold medal by Chile's Barbar By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Australian Team for the 2011 Lausanne ITU Elite Sprint Triathlon World Championships Australia's elite triathletes will test themselves both physically and mentally when they line up for two days of “fast and furious†racing at the 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Sprint events in Lausanne this weekend. Australia has named two strong teams for Sunday By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Limited Entries Remain for Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie 2011 A limited number of general entries remain for the 2011 Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie event, to be held in Port Macquarie, NSW on Sunday, November 6, 2011. The event is the Australian Age Group Championship, with the respective male and female winners of each age group crowned the Australian Ironman 7 By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Broadcasters show support for Team Triathlon Olympic bid Major public broadcasters have shown their support for the International Triathlon Union's (ITU's) team triathlon concept, with the announcement today of further live broadcast deals for the 2011 ITU Team Triathlon World Championships. The Team and Sprint World Championships are part of By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Brent McMahon and Gwen Jorgensen win 2011 Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup Canadian Brent McMahon and USA's Gwen Jorgensen had impressive wins in Hungary at the 2011 Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup. The Australian team had mixed results with Felilcity Sheedy-Ryan just being edged out of a podium spot and Tamsyn Moana-Veale finishing 7th. Charlotte McShane was no By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Melissa Rollison wins Whirlpool Ironman 70.3 Steelhead Triathlon Melissa Rollison has won yet another 70.3 triathlon making it her third in the USA in as many races. Rollison has taken the triathlon world by storm since winning the Gold Coast half ironman in October 2010. Before this race Melissa was a virtual unknown to the triathlon world, having only raced a c By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
