News & Racing Three-time Olympian Hunter Kemper wins ITU World Cup in Ishigaki, Japan American Hunter Kemper finally found gold and the World Cup podium also welcomed two brand new medallists in a thrilling men's race in Ishigaki. In a race that had plenty of breaks and surprises, it was the three-time Olympian, Russian Artem Parienko and Poland's Marek Jaskolka who came By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Clayton Fettell and Gillian Backhouse the Triathlon Queensland Olympic Distance Triathlon Clayton Fettell and Gillian Backhouse celebrated victory at Triathlon Queensland's first ever Olympic Distance race at Pelican Park, Redcliffe on the 10th April. After weeks of rain, the weather changed for the better and allowed a perfect race. This event acted as the State Championships fina By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Sydney ITU Age Group Triathlon and Presentation Photos Click here to see the age group presentation photos and some pre and race photos. I had to race so could only take photos up to the lead boys and girls getting out of the water. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Australia Names a Six Strong Junior Triathlon Team for the 2011 World Championships in Beijing Triathlon Australia has today named a six-strong Australian Junior team to contest this year's ITU Beijing World Triathlon Championships in September. The team will follow a who's who of Australian elite juniors who have represented Australia at the ITU World Championships since the firs By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Chrissie Wellington wins Ironman South Africa 2011 in a new World Record Time Records tumbled and legends graced the stage at the 2011 Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa with local hero, Raynard Tissink (RSA), successfully defending his title and Ironman demigoddess Chrissie Wellington (GBR) taking the women’s title. Tissink broke the course record and the bike course record in the process while Wellington By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing David Clarke and Marion Summerer win Sydney ITU Age Group Triathlon Sydney's David Clark and Germany's Marion Summerer both celebrated victory at the inaugural Dextro Energy Triathlon Sydney age group race in perfect conditions earlier today. James Hodge was 2nd in the men's race with Mitchell Kibby 3rd. In the women's race Lisa Marangon was By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Abu Dhabi International Triathlon – Australian Results and Video Josh Rix was one of 7 Australian pros who completed the 2011 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon. There were 14 starters and with the tough conditions and it being one of the first major races for many in 2011 we saw many pull out during the race due to a number of reasons. A call was […] By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Javier Gomez comes back from bike crash to win 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Opener in Sydney Javier Gomez labelled his performance in the opening round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Sydney as one of his best-ever, as he fought back from a bike crash to claim an impressive victory. Australia's Brendan Sexton was an impressive 4th after being right in t By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Canada’s Paula Findlay wins opening round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship in Sydney Paula Findlay won the opening round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship in Sydney after a tight battle on the run the saw a group of 6 women leading for most of the run. Last years race winner, Chile’s Barbara Riveros Diaz was second after Findlay broke By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Lisa Norden, Emma Moffatt, Emma Snowsill, Jan Frodeno, Javier Gomez and Brad Kahlefeldt opened the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Sydney ITU athletes Lisa Norden, Emma Moffatt, Emma Snowsill, Jan Frodeno, Javier Gomez and Brad Kahlefeldt opened the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series today at a press conference in Hyde Park, Sydney. All six atheletes are former Olympians, with two gold medals and one bronze medal amongst them. Whilst By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Brendan Sexton and Emma Jackson Bid for Olympic Glory Starts at Sydney Dextro Energy Triathlon The squeeze for Olympic berths in Australia's star-studded triathlon team ensures a number of sub-plots during the opening race of the 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Sydney. And it seems Brendan Sexton and Emma Jackson are best placed to push the established star By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing World’s best in Sydney to kick-off 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series It's set to be a show-stopper as almost all of the top 20 triathletes in the world will line up on the starting grid. All but one of the men and women who made up the top-10 in last year's final world rankings are on the start lists in Australia's Harbour City, as well as last year By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Shane Farrant and Lisa Marangon win Batemans Bay Triathlon Pro Tour Shane Farrant battled it out with three other pro tour males to take out the Batemans Bay round of the triseries. There was nothing between the first four going in to T2 and it looked like Farrant would run away as he passed Nuru Somi at the very start of the run after coming […] By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing New Ultimate Triathlon to Debut in October 2011 at Forster This new event will be launched at the birth place of Ironman Australia (Forster) in October 2011, with Batemans Bay to follow and other locations interstate to be announced at a later date. Distances for ULTIMATE TRIATHLON will be a 2k swim, 120km bike and a 20km run. This event will be a step up f By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Michael Fox wins Batemans Bay triseries Olympic Distance Triathlon Michael Fox has won his second triseries triathlon in the 2010/2011 series with a superior all round performance on the day. Whilst the results show an almost four minute lead over second place Lindsey Wall Fox was pushed all the way by Sam Douglas who ended up collapsing dramatically on the run wit By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Challenge Cape Town launched The Challenge Family series of long distance triathlons today announced its expansion into South Africa with the launch of Challenge Cape Town, set to take place on 6 November 2011. Cape Town is regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The awesome bulk of Table Mountain, spectacula By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Paul Ambrose and Mirinda Carfrae headline Australian challenge on Rhoto Ironman 70.3 Paul Ambrose and Mirinda Carfrae will put Australia in with a very good chance at getting line honours in a talented field at Rhoto Ironman 70.3, Oceanside California on Saturday. They are not the only Australian hopes with Kate Major, Christie Sym and Chris McDonald also hoping to be on the podium By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Newcastle Triathlon 2011 – Results and Race Report The 2011 Sparke Helmore NBN Newcastle Triathlon had another weather affected running. This race seems to have been character building recently. I noticed on the race website that it was the NSW Olympic Distance Champs. Considering this none of the states leading pros were racing and looking through By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Mitch Robins and Ashleigh Gentle win Northside Party Hire ITU Mooloolaba Oceania Cup Triathlon Junior world champion Ashleigh Gentle continued her current good form with a controlled performance and dominant run leg for a convincing victory, while Mitch Robins has emerged as a new rising star to claim his first major win in just his second Olympic distance triathlon at the Northside Party Hir By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Barbara Riveros Diaz one of 16 triathletes to recieve a London 2012 Scholarship Chile's Barbara Riveros Diaz is well known to most Australian triathletes. She has spent a lot of time here training and racing. She established herself as one of the sport's new stars when she beat Emma Moffatt and Andrea Hewitt in the opening round of the world championship series in S By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing $25,000 in Prizes and Money up for grabs at the 2XU Harvey Bay Triathlon The Hervey Bay triathlon is back on the calendar and this year the planned prize pool for the event will be over $25,000 including $11,800 in cash making this one of the best prize pools in regional Australia for an Olympic Distance triathlon. In addition the leading age groupers will also be in for By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Triathlon Australia Celebration of Champions Awards Dinner The dinner will be held in Sydney on the evening of Sunday 10th April 2011 at the Sydney InterContinental Hotel. This year Triathlon Australia will be featuring and celebrating our six reigning World and Olympic champions. This will finish off a big day for triathlon in Sydney with the ITU World Cha By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Australian Women’s Dream Team – Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Sydney Reigning world champion Emma Moffatt will be joined by Olympic champion Emma Snowsill and last year's rapidly emerging Under 23 world champion Emma Jackson in what will be an absorbing home soil battle. Rounding out a full strength Australian women's team is the well-credentialed Annabel By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Brad Kahlefeldt wins Mooloolaba Triathlon ITU World Cup 2011 Brad Kahlefeldt has won his third Mooloolaba title and 7th ITU triathlon world cup title after winning the 2011 Mooloolaba round of the Mooloolaba Triathlon ITU World Cup. Brendan Sexton ran himself in to 2nd place for his best performance at this level with France's David Hauss 3rd. By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
