News & Racing Former Triathlon World Champion Rick Wells to Compete in Auckland ITU Triathlon Former Triathlon World Champ Rick Wells will return to amateur racing for the Barfoot & Thompson ITU Triathlon World Cup to be held in Auckland on November 20 this year. Entries are still open and for Australians this is a great opportunity to get over to NZ and race in a major ITU triathlon ar By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing URBAN 2.80.20 Long Course Triathlon Geelong 2012 Australia has gone from having a small handful of long course triathlon in recent times to now having more than enough to fill the seasons calendar following the announcement today by USM Events of the URBAN 2.80.20 triathlon to be held in Geelong in February 2012. The organisers also announced a pr By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Updated Kona Ford Ironman World Championship Pro Rankings So the first cut off date for the pro's looking to qualify for the Kona Ford Ironman World Championships has come and gone. We will not know exactly who will be turning up for a little while as athletes have until 7th September to complete their online registration, but we do now know who will By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Aaron Farlow and Germany’s Kirsten Moeller win Ironman UK Triathlon Aaron Farlow wins Ironman UK, overcoming a challenging start and a recent triathlon to set a new course run record, finishing 13 minutes ahead of the competition. By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Triathlon Live Sites announced across the UK before Olympic Test Event in August Triathlon is breaking new ground with an innovative and exciting concept which the International Triathlon Union (ITU) launched today with just under one year to go to London 2012. Triathlon Live Sites in six cities around the UK on August 6 and 7 will welcome visitors to experience live triathlon i By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Great Britain Triathlete Harry Wiltshire Suspended for Six Months The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today announced it has imposed a six-month suspension on British triathlete Harry Wiltshire due to unsportsmanlike conduct at the 2011 Pontevedra ETU Triathlon European Championships on 25 June 2011. The suspension begins 26 June 2011 and prohibits Wiltshire f By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Faris Al-Sultan and Caroline Steffen win the Frankfurter Sparkasse Ironman European Championship In a race won by 2005 Kona champion Faris Al-Sultan and 2011 Ironman Australia winner Caroline Steffen, Australia's Luke McKenzie finished a credible 6th but had a tough day at the office which started with taking in a mouth full of water after being pushed under, loosing the feet of the front By Karl Hayes • 8 min read
News & Racing 2XU Falls Creek Triathlon – 11 February 2012 – 2km/80km/20km Entries have opened for the 2012 2XU Falls Creek Triathlon. After a successful debut in 2011 SuperSprint are ready to go again in February next year. Falls Creek sets the scene for a great weekend holiday with exceptionally accommodation and activities for not only triathletes, but for their friends By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Felicity Sheedy-Ryan and Great Britain’s Matthew Sharp win 2011 Geneva ITU Triathlon European Cup Australia's Felicity Sheedy-Ryan rode herself in to a position to take the race after coming from a deficit in the swim. Radka Vodickova from Czechoslovakia was second and Rebecca Kingsford from New Zealand was third. In the men's race Matthew Sharp came out of the water with the lead sw By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Jason Shortis Back on the Podium at Ford Ironman Lake Placid Veteran Australian Ironman Jason Shortis has shown he still has what it takes to compete at the highest level taking out third spot at the Ford Ironman Lake Placid. 41 year old Shortis had the fastest run split of the day, coming home in 2:50:24, giving him a total time of 8:47:18. The race was [&he By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Start List for the Geneva ITU Triathlon European Cup 2011 There are plenty of Australian and New Zealand ITU triathletes racing in Geneva tonight. Many have had recent wins including Charlotte McShane and Mitch Robins. It will be good to see Robins go up against James Seear and Drew Box. Also racing are Felicity Sheedy-Ryan, James Elvery, Ryan Bailie and m By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Sports Physio for the NSWIS and VIS Triathlon Teams in Vitoria, Spain Regular Trizone contributor Alex Price is in Vitoria, Spain with the NSWIS and VIS teams as their physiotherapist. At the end of his contract in Spain Alex moves to Aix Les Bains to take up a role as the Australian Team physiotherapist, in their lead up to the world champs in Beijing. In addition to By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing The Sydney Bike & Lifestyle Show on this Weekend Cycling Australia's inaugural Bike & Lifestyle Show is on at Sydney's Royal Hall of Industries in Moore Park. Doors open at 10am and will stay open into the early hours of Saturday morning as they call on all to come down and Yell for Cadel. A first of its kind in Australia, the SBS By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Paul Ambrose and Christie Sym win Ironman 70.3 Racine This weekends Triathlon action across all distances has been a Golden one for Australians with Paul Ambrose claiming top spot, and Christie Sym finally fulfilling her potential by topping the leader board at Ironman 70.3 Racine. The good news for the green and gold does not stop there with Tim Berke By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Melissa Rollison wins as Australians Dominate Ironman 70.3 Vineman Incredibly just one week after winning Ironman 70.3 Muncie, Melissa Rollison has backed up by winning Ironman 70.3 Vineman, a race which included World Champion Mirinda Carfrae, who finished third. We can probably stop referring to Rollison as an ex steeplechaser and start recognising her for the gr By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Emma Moffatt wins, Emma Jackson and Emma Snowsill round of the podium in Hamburg ITU World Championship Triathlon Series It was an Emma of a day in Hamburg today as Australia's triathlon trio Emma Moffatt, Emma Jackson and Emma Snowsill celebrated a triumphant and history-making ITU Dextro Energy Triathlon World Championship round in Hamburg. In what was arguably the first time in triathlon and maybe even world By Karl Hayes • 8 min read
News & Racing Hamburg ITU Race Report – Brad Kahlefeldt, Chris McCormack, Brendan Sexton and Dan Wilson Australia’s Brad Kahlefeldt has scored a stunning victory to win the Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon World Championship Series round in Hamburg today. Kahlefeldt timed his run to perfection to score a dramatic win over Will Clarke (Great Britain) and David Hauss (France) after they dropped defending champion Javier Gomez By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Brad Kahlefeldt Claims First Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Win Australian Brad Kahlefeldt got his 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series season back on track in the best possible style, claiming his first ever series win with a thrilling sprint finish in Hamburg today. Kahlefeldt just managed to hold off Great Britain's William Clarke By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Register for the 4th Annual Trishave Women’s Triathlon Training Camp Tri NSW is holding their very popular triathlon training camp for women again. To be held in August at Forster on the NSW Mid North Coast the camp will be run by some very popular leading coaches and athletes again. Feedback from some of last year's attendees was that the camp was a huge succe By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing The Australian Team for this Weekend’s Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship round in Hamburg In the lead up to this weekend's ITU Dextro Energy Triathlon World Championship round in Hamburg, Australia's National Head Coach Shaun Stephens, runs the microscope over the Australian team's preparations as they continue their march towards the all-important London round on Augus By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Graham O’Grady on his Rev3 Portland Win After winning New Zealand's Port of Tauranga half ironman in January this year Graham O'Grady has had his share of challenges. He went to Challenge Cairns to get back in to racing and did well, leading the race until T2 with Clayton Fettell and Chris McCormack. He ended up withdrawing la By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Lisa Marangon and Peter Schokman top 10 at the San Francisco ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup The San Francisco Pan American Cup has seen Australians Lisa Marangon and Peter Schokman convincingly finish in the top 10. Whilst Australia is in the depths of a cold winter, things are just heating up for Aussie triathletes overseas, and the results at San Francisco including that of Michael Fox, By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Chris Kemp wins Carlsbad Triathlon in the USA Chris Kemp has been focusing his training on Vineman 70.3 which is on this upcoming weekend but decided to have a hit out in the lead up that would not affect his prepartion. In doing so he added another title to his name. Kemp only decided to enter the By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Tony Dodds Escapes Serious Injury after Going Through the Back Window of a Car Tony Dodds, 24, suffered significant injuries after crashing through a car windscreen while training in Germany, jeopardizing his participation in the upcoming ITU World Championship Series in Hamburg. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
