News & Racing Rasmus Petraeus and Caroline Steffen victorious in KMD Challenge Aarhus Half Rasmus Petraeus pulled off a small upset at the inaugural KMD Challenge Aarhus today. The heavy favourites was Rasmus Henning and Martin Jensen, but unfortunately for Rasmus Henning he had to pull out of the race after the swim with the same (and unexplainable) heavy cramping he experienced in Abu D By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Mitch Robins wins Holten ITU Triathlon Premium European Cup Holten was a good race for the Australians in the weekend. Mitch Robins came a way with the win, Ryan Bailie had a great race as well with a 6th place. One minute in the run was the only distance between Mitch and Ryan. Nick Kastelein was 14th, Jesse Featonby was 16th and Tim George finished in 46th By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Ashleigh Gentle’s Breakthrough win in Edmonton ITU Triathlon World Cup Reigning Junior World Champion Ashleigh Gentle of Australia stepped up to the elite ranks in a big way today, snatching victory at the Edmonton ITU Triathlon World Cup. Ellie Salthouse was 14th and Charlotte McShane finished in 29th place. By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Urban Hotel Group Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie Date Confirmed WTC has confirmed that the Urban Hotel Group 70.3Port Macquarie race will be held on Sunday November 6th 2011. The event will double as the Australian Age Group Championship, with the winners of each age group receiving the opportunity to enter the sold out Ironman Australia in May 2012. Entries wi By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Bevan Docherty Resumes Winning ways in Edmonton Kiwi Bevan Docherty proved too strong for the field in impressively winning the Edmonton ITU World Cup triathlon in Canada today, showing great form ahead of the biggest race of the season in London in just four week's time. The Australian contingent had varied results. Aaron Royle performed e By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Richie Cunningham & Kate Major Second at Rev3 Portland Australian Richie Cunningham has grabbed second place in Oregon at the Revolution3 Portland race, behind Kiwi Graham O'Grady in a very exciting finish with just 11 seconds separating the top three. The fast finishing Cunningham was closing rapidly on those in front of him, but just needed the By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Melissa Rollison wins Ironman 70.3 Muncie Australia's women pro's led the way at Ironman 70.3 Muncie on Saturday with ex Commonwealth Games Steeplechase silver medalist Melissa Rollison taking out the race with a 1:19:19 half marathon. Melissa did not make life easy for herself, exiting the water nearly 3 minutes down on the lea By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Paul Ambrose Second at Amica Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island In a big weekend of Triathlon, Australian Paul Ambrose was able to finish second at the Amica Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island race, and in doing so pick up some more Kona qualification points. Paul was second male pro out of the water and maintained his position through the whole race. His run of 1hr 16 m By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Chrissie Wellington wins Challenge Roth and smashes her own world best time over the distance World-beating triathlete Chrissie Wellington continued her dominance of the sport with an 8:18:13 win at Challenge Roth today, smashing her own world best time of 8:19:13 that she set here last year. In doing so she finished a remarkable fifth overall, with only four men taking the better of her on By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Andreas Raelert wins the Tenth Challenge Roth in a New World-Fastest Time ROTH, Germany (11 July 2010) Germany's Andreas Raelert took the tenth Challenge Roth in a new world-best time of 7:41:33 on a day that saw records fall across the board in near-perfect conditions. Germany's Sebastian Kienle took second with New Zealander Keegan Williams third. The 34-yea By Karl Hayes • 9 min read
News & Racing Guy Crawford – Stoked, Happy, Wrapped & Over the Moon after his 2nd in Ironman Korea 70.3 Kiwi Guy Crawford was thrilled with his second place in Korea recently after coming home behind fellow Kiwi and 10 times Ironman New Zealand winner Cameron Brown. Here he checks in and goes through the race which was a last minute decision. Guy and partner Kate Bevilaqua went to Korea at the last mi By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Latest Kona Ford Ironman World Championship Pro Rankings It is getting down to the wire for the Pro's wishing to qualify for the world championships in Kona. On July 31st the top 40 men and 25 women in the rankings will be qualified to race at the Ford Ironman World Championship. That is not the end of the storey however, as on August 31st the highe By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Challenge Roth, Rev 3 Portland, Ironman Switzerland and more – it’s a Big Weekend of Triathlon. As if the excitement of le Tour was not enough, Australian Triathlon fans are likely to experience some late nights this weekend as they follow a big weekend of Triathlon around the globe. The biggest of these would have to be Challenge's blue ribbon event, Challenge Roth being held on Sunday. By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Australian Kate Bevilaqua on her win at Ironman Korea 2011 Australian Kate Bevilaqua is one very excited professional triathlete after taking out Ironman Korea. It was a last minute decision to race in Korea and it turned out to be a great weekend for the Bevilaqua/Crawford household after partner Guy was 2nd overall in the Korea 70.3 triathlon By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Ironman Austria Produces World’s Fastest Ironman Ironman Austria lived up to it's reputation for producing lightening fast Ironman times with Belgiums Marino Vanhoenacker's smashing Luc Van Lierde's record (7:50:27) by over four minutes in Klagenfurt finishing in 7:45:59. Not to be outdone American Mary Beth Ellis set a women By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing New Zealand’s Cameron Brown and Joanna Lawn win Korea Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Veteran Ironman champions Cameron Brown and Joanna Lawn led a Kiwi domination of the 70.3 Korea Half Ironman race today, with 4 of the 6 podium spots taken up by New Zealand triathletes as both won their respective races. Australian Sarah Wheeler was 3rd By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Erin Densham and Brendan Sexton win GE Canary Wharf Triathlon in London Australian Erin Densham became the 2011 GE Canary Wharf Triathlon champion this yesterday, eventually easing to victory after beating off strong competition from Hollie Avil and a spirited comeback from Jodie Stimpson. Brendan Sexton won the men's race after beating off strong competition from By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Violins, Triathlons and Motherhood – Leading Age Grouper Caroline Sweeney on the big Juggle The Big Juggle! The Australian 2009/2010 was a big one for Caroline – just enough time to have recovered from the birth of her eldest daughter (2008) and to fit in one last season before the birth of her second daughter (now almost 6months old). To make the most of By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Did you miss the 2011 Challenge Cairns Triathlon Televised on One HD? Challenge Cairns will be replayed on One HD on Wednesday 29th of June at 8am Australian Eastern Standard Time and again on Thursday 30th June at 1:30pm AEST. Don't miss Pete Jacobs excellent commentary and the many referneces to the 'big guy' during this great broadcast. The perfor By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Annabel Luxford and Lisa Marangon lead the Aussie charge at ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup Last weekend in Monroe, Washington State USA five Australians, headed by former top ITU triathlete Annabel Luxford (4th) raced and performed well. Michael Fox was the only DNF after a flat tyre and no spare put him out. Lisa Marangon placed 7th with Sophia Amor-Smith and Pete Schokman also racing we By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Third Place Martin Britta disqualified from Ironman France BREAKING NEWS: Martin Britta (GER) disqualified, 3rd place belongs to Kim Loeffler (USA) for the Ironman France Nice podium. The German pro female Martin Britta has been disqualified after a non respected penalty on the bike leg, in accordance with the official rules. Kim Loeffler, the American athl By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Emmie Charayron (FRA) claims first European Championship title Emmie Charayron (FRA) once again reigned supreme as a European champion, this time in the women's elite division at the 2011 ETU European TriathlonChampionships. While Charayron won the 2009 Junior European Championships, she failed to medal last year as a competitor in theelite division. Howe By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Craig Alexander wins Ironman Coeur D’Alene Crowie only announced that was racing Ironman Coeur D'Alene a couple of days before the race in a bid to earn the points he needs to guarantee his starting place at Kona this year. However the two time World Champion has shown what a class act he is by taking out the event and setting a new co By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Frederik Van Lierde and Silvia Felt win Ironman France Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) and Silvia Felt (GER) have won on the Riviera! After a race led from the start to the finish by the Belgian and a titanic fight in the women pro field, the favorites did the job offering a fantastic show to the 80 000 Nice crowd. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
