News & Racing Tim Berkel and Rebekah Keat win 2011 KMD Challenge Copenhagen Triathlon KMD Challenge Copenhagen: The final 8 kilometres on the run was shoulder to shoulder as defending champion Tim Berkel from Australia and home town favorite Jimmy Johnsen of Denmark battled it out for a close and very exciting finish of the 3,8 km swim, 180 km bike and 42, By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Luke Bell and Tyler Stewart win Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens Triathlon Australian Luke Bell has won Lake Stevens 70.3. After some recent good form with third placings at Kansas 70.3 in June and Memorial Hermann Ironman in May this year Bell went toe to toe with fellow Australian Paul Ambrose for most of the race until managing to edge home on the run just over 0:01:18 By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Tim Berkel and Rebekah Keat win 2011 KMD Challenge Copenhagen Triathlon KMD Challenge Copenhagen: The final 8 kilometres on the run was shoulder to shoulder as defending champion Tim Berkel from Australia and home town favorite Jimmy Johnsen of Denmark battled it out for a close and very exciting finish of the 3,8 km swim, 180 km bike and 42, By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Andi Boecherer and Karin Thuerig win Ironman 70.3 European Championship Wiesbaden Triathlon 2011 Kiwi Joanna Lawn has finished 4th at the Ironman 70.3 European Championship in Wiesbaden. Lawn swum and ran strongly but was a little off on the bike. Karin Thuerig had the strongest bike of the day to set herself up for the win. Andi Böcherer was just too By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Ollie Whistler and Michelle Wu win Capricorn Resort Ironman 70.3 Yeppoon Triathlon 2011 Ollie Whistler and Michelle Wu have had great wins today in Yeppoon taking out the Capricorn Resort Ironman 70.3. Ollie won his race on the bike and Michelle won her race in the run. In the end Whistler was only six seconds ahead of a fast finishing Matty White who's lack of recent racing mean By Karl Hayes • 9 min read
News & Racing Pete Jacobs and Belinda Granger win Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines Triathlon 2011 Pete Jacobs and Belinda Granger win Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines Triathlon 2011. Jacobs did it from the front finishing with over 20mins to spare before second place Jesse Thomas ran across the finish line. Close behind Thomas was 10 times Ironman New Zealand winner Cameron Brown. Brown had been s By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Strong Australian Team Racing at 2011 Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup, Hungary Australia's next generation of elite ITU triatletes are racing in Hungary this weekend at the Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup. Felicity Sheedy-Ryan, Ellie Salthouse, Charlotte McShane, Tamsyn Moana-Veale, James Seear, Cameron Good, Drew Box, Peter Kerr and Mitch Robins have all posted som By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Pete Jacobs to Defend Cobra Energy Drink Ironman 70.3 Phillippines Title Leading the men's field are top male professional triathletes including defending champion Pete Jacobs, fellow Australians Luke Gilmer, Justin Granger, and New Zealand's Cameron Brown. The female professionals include Amanda Stevens, Belinda Granger, Katya Meyers and Bree Wee. Jacobs and By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Lake Stevens, European Championships, Steelhead, Challenge Copenhagen, Philippines, Yeppoon – it’s another Huge Weekend of Triathlon This weekend sees another huge weekend of Triathlon action with Aussies and Kiwis in action all around the globe. The action spreads from Denmark and Germany to the US, the Philippines and Australia. Many of Australia and New Zealand's finest will be testing themselves against the best that th By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Husky Half Marathon, Huskisson Jervis Bay – Sunday 4th September 2011 Elite Energy has added a running event to their ever growing list of activities and the inaugural skinfit Husky Half Marathon presented by Sporty Girls Gear is a brilliant excuse to escape for the weekend to this South Coast gem of a location. The course is run along the shores of Jervis Bay with 2 By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing TMO Sports Awarded Exclusive Distribution Rights for Profile Design and Bellwether TMO Sports Pty Ltd. has been awarded exclusive distribution rights for Profile Design and Bellwether brands. TMO sports will be taking over distribution of these brands from the old distributor, Cassons. TMO Sports should be able to supply dealers in about three weeks time, after they receive Casson By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Brad Kahlefeldt has Continued to put Himself in a Prime Position for Olympic Selection Australia's Brad Kahlefeldt has continued to put himself in a prime position for Olympic selection after a determined eighth-placed finish in today's ITU Dextro Energy Triathlon World Championship race on a rain-swept Olympic course in London. Kahlefeldt was followed today by fellow Aust By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing This Weekend’s Capricorn Resort Ironman 70.3 Yeppoon Boasts a Quality Pro Field A full field, and a solid professional triathlete entry are precursors to the inaugural Capricorn Resort Ironman 70.3 Yeppoon set for August 14th. It is shaping up as a real battle bewteen the Kiwis and Aussies and with $15,000 USD prize money plus points for the 70.3 world champs in Las Vegas the p By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Tim Reed Third at New York City 5150 Triathlon Tim Reed has continued his good form with a third at the New York City 5150 triathlon over the weekend. The 5150 series is a new format run by WTC who own the Ironman brand. The 5150 refers to the distance which is Oympic distance. Also racing in NYC was Joshua Amberger, Jason Shortis and Greg Benne By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Tim DeBoom and Susanne Buckenlei win Norseman American Tim DeBoom, two-time Ironman world champion, now has another title to add to his impressive list: Norseman. On Saturday he took the crown at the world's toughest long-distance triathlon in Eidfjord, Norway in 11:18:52, with the Swiss Markus Stierli second after a brutal sprint from Rj By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Alistair Brownlee wins London Round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Alistair Brownlee won his 10th WCS race in style today in front of a home crowd. He formed part of a small break breakaway on the bike then ran away with the race leaving Alexander Bryukhankov, Jonathan Brownlee and Javier Gomez to battle it out for the other podium spots. By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Australian Triathlete Joe Gambles wins Rohto Ironman 70.3 Boulder Triathlon Australian Joe Gambles has won the Boulder 70.3 with a new course record. Gambles came out of the water with five other guys, well over a minute down on Andy Potts. He eventually rode himself in to a lead and hit the run with Fraser Cartmell and a handy 2:30 lead. With a 1:15:50 run […] By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins wins London round of Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Great Britain's Helen Jenkins couldn't have planned a more perfect place for her first Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series win, running clear of the field to claim gold in the London 2012 Olympic Games preview in Hyde Park. In a race that threw up a host of surprises, i By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing New Zealand triathlete Andrea Hewitt has qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games New Zealand triathlete Andrea Hewitt had cause for a double celebration in London today, qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games and moving up to second in the world rankings thanks to her sixth place finish at the latest round of the ITU Dextro Energy Triathlon World Championship Series. By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Emma Jackson and Emma Snowsill have produced bold showings to finish fourth and fifth respectively in the ITU Dextro Energy Triathlon World Championship in London Jackson ran her way into second place on the first half of the run as she tried desperately to stay in touch with eventual winner, Great Britain's Helen Jenkins as Snowsill found her second wind. The Australians, like so many of the elite field, were chasing automatic Olympic selection for the By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing London 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series It's really starting to get down to the business end of the 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series and what better way to kick that off than one of the biggest events of the entire year, London. Not only is this weekend's round crucial in determining who will be the 2 By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Brad Kahlefeldt and Chris McCormack to lead Aussie triathletes through streets of London McCormack was quick to lift Brad Kahlefeldt into the air after his training partner in the Australian camp in Aix Les Bains in France, chalked up his maiden Hamburg victory. At 38, the former Olympic distance world champion and Ironman king, is on the short course comeback trail and is slowly but su By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Australians Lisa Marangon, Courtney Gilfillan and Chloe Turner 1-2-3 at 2011 Singapore ITU Triathlon Asian Cup Lisa Marangon led Australia's assault at the Singapore ITU Asian Cup. Marangon finished ahead of Courtney Gilfillan and Chloe Turner to have an all Aussie podium. In men's race Australia was also well represented on the podium with Bryce Macmaster finishing 3rd. A strong swimmer, Bryce M By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Ironman Melbourne Announced for March 25th WTC has finally announced the much anticipated, and speculated over, Ironman Melbourne, adding to their events in Busselton and Port Macquarie. With Challenge Cairns Australia now has four iron distance races. The new event is also being slated as the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
