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All-star cast of men line up for WTS on Australia’s Gold Coast
The World Triathlon Series returns to Australia's Gold Coast for the first time since 2009 with an all-star cast of men lining up. So far this WTS season, the men have been mixing it up with a variety of fresh and familiar faces stepping up on the podium. The third stop on the 2015 calendar, [
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Ben Allen and Carina Wasle capture the 11th annual XTERRA Guam Championship race
Ben Allen from Australia and Carina Wasle from Austria captured the 11th annual XTERRA Guam Championship race on a soggy, muddy, adventurous day in the Marianas. In the men's race Allen posted the fastest swim, bike, and run splits to take the tape in 2:26:28, a full 10-minutes ahead of runner
All-star cast of men line up for WTS on Australia’s Gold Coast
The World Triathlon Series returns to Australia's Gold Coast for the first time since 2009 with an all-star cast of men lining up. So far this WTS season, the men have been mixing it up with a variety of fresh and familiar faces stepping up on the podium. The third stop on the 2015 calendar, [
Gwen Jorgensen out to make more history as WTS returns to the Gold Coast
Australia's Gold Coast has already witnessed plenty of triathlon history. It hosted just the third ITU World Championships in 1991, before becoming the first Grand Final host when the World Triathlon Series made its debut in 2009. Now the host of the 2018 Commonwealth Games is back on the Seri
World Triathlon Series returns to Australia’s Gold Coast
Gold Coast served as the first Grand Final World Championship race for the ITU World Triathlon Series when the WTS first began back in 2009. That meant the race was the first World Championships which saw the world titles won over the course of the season in lieu of a one-day hit out race. With [&he
Ben Allen and Jacqui Slack win XTERRA Saipan
Ben Allen from Australia and Jacqui Slack of Great Britain won the 14th annual XTERRA Saipan Championship race in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on Saturday. It’s the fourth year in a row Allen won the title, matching Olivier Marceau’s streak from 2004-07. For Slack, it’s her second Saipan victory in three years. Both led from wire-to-wire in wet conditions that made the already difficult jungle bike and run courses all the more treacherous. “Some of the worst conditions I’v
Emma Moffatt and Ryan Bailie climb into WTS top ten in Auckland
Two-time Olympian Emma Moffatt and young West Australian Ryan Bailie who has his sights on his first Olympic Games have produced encouraging top ten finishes in today's World Triathlon Series race in Auckland. The torturous Auckland layout is described by many experts as having a bike climb as
Metaman Triathlon INDONESIA becomes Swiss-belhotel Ironman 70.3 Bintan
The growth in popularity of IRONMAN® triathlon in the Asia-Pacific region is set to continue with the popular MetaMan Bintan triathlon event becoming Swiss-belHotel IRONMAN® 70.3® Bintan, Indonesia. The inaugural race will take place on August 23, 2015, and be one of the first qualifying races fo
Challenge Batemans Bay pro preview
Great Britain's Liz Blatchford and American Mary Beth Ellis are two of the world's best long distance athletes on the circuit and will headline a deep women's field at Challenge Bateman's Bay this weekend. Gold Coast-based Blatchford exploded onto the long course scene back i
IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship Pro Preview
MELBOURNE (March 20, 2015) Champions galore, led by three-time world champion Miranda Carfrae, will line up in a remarkable women's field for Sunday's IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship in Melbourne. It is arguably the strongest professional women's field outside of the world champi
Australian Rugby 7’s representative Ben Peterson takes on Ironman Melbourne
MELBOURNE (Tuesday, 17 March 2015) In the past when the pressure was on Australian Rugby 7’s representative Ben Peterson looked to his teammates for motivation and strength. When he hits a rough patch at the IRONMAN ® Asia-Pacific Championship in Melbourne on Sunday that strength will have to come from within. Peterson was a member of the Aussie 7’s rugby team from 2000 to 2003. He played in the World Sevens Series, which is played in 12 Countries. “I played Rugby for the Manly Rugby Club, an
Spain’s Tamara Gomez Garrido wins opening ITU World Cup event in Mooloolaba
It was a pair of firsts for Spain's Tamara Gomez Garrido and France's David Hauss, in the season opening ITU World Cup event in Mooloolaba on Saturday. In hot, humid and windy conditions, Gomez Garridos claimed her first career ITU World Cup win, while for Hauss it marked his first Moolo