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Olympians headline red hot field at IRONMAN 70.3 Cairns
CAIRNS, Australia (June 3, 2014) Two-time Olympians Courtney Atkinson and Brad Kahlefeldt took their long-time rivalry to the IRONMAN scene at Cairns last year. Atkinson prevailed on the run to claim his maiden IRONMAN 70.3 victory in Cairns last year over Kahlefeldt and the pair are set to do battle again on 8 June. After announcing his plans to race more IRONMAN 70.3 events last year, Atkinson notched up back to back wins at Cairns and Philippines. In Cairns Atkinson held off fast finishing
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Brad Kahlefeldt and Candice Hammond win Ironman 70.3 Cairns
In cold and wet conditions Brad Kahlefeldt produced a trademark run to go one better than last year to win Flight Centre Active Travel IRONMAN 70.3 Cairns today. Meanwhile New Zealand's Candice Hammond capped off a stellar season to date with her first IRONMAN 70.3 win in the women's rac
Olympians headline red hot field at IRONMAN 70.3 Cairns
CAIRNS, Australia (June 3, 2014) Two-time Olympians Courtney Atkinson and Brad Kahlefeldt took their long-time rivalry to the IRONMAN scene at Cairns last year. Atkinson prevailed on the run to claim his maiden IRONMAN 70.3 victory in Cairns last year over Kahlefeldt and the pair are set to do battle again on 8 June. After announcing his plans to race more IRONMAN 70.3 events last year, Atkinson notched up back to back wins at Cairns and Philippines. In Cairns Atkinson held off fast finishing
Ironman training with nine children, a 30km strip of road and 12m pool
Those who believe they do not have the time to take up the IRONMAN challenge should meet Roderick Whittle. The teacher from Weipa in the farthest north of Queensland mixes a fulltime career, a house with nine children and some unique training obstacles to get to the start line at the Cairns Airport
Blatchford set to defend Ironman Cairns title against Hoschke and Lundstrum
In the women’s race the smart money is on defending champion the United Kingdom’s, Liz Blatchford. Blatchford debuted at IRONMAN Cairns last year, then went onto to finish 4th at IRONMAN Mont Tremblant and 3rd at the IRONMAN Hawaii World Championships. On the back of a first up year like that she goes into the race as a red hot favourite. Favourite or not Blatchford will still be required to work hard to triumph in her title defence with Sweden’s Asa Lundstrom, a two-time IRONMAN winner and fi
Emma Jackson on the podium at ITU World Triathlon Series in London
Australia's Emma Jackson served notice on her Commonwealth Games rivals when she produced the second fastest run of the day to grab a stirring bronze medal in the ITU World Triathlon Series event in London overnight. It was far from the perfect race for the pint-sized Queensland Olympian after
Crash and Learn for Ironman Cairns hopeful Tim Schroeder
Tim Schroeder, from Mawson Lakes, South Australia, was just a few months from making his Cairns Airport IRONMAN Cairns debut in 2013, when his dream of hearing the words 'Tim Schroeder, you are an IRONMAN' came crashing down. During a training ride he realised he was travelling downhill tooIronman’s Healing Hands for Boston Marathon bombing victim
Boston Marathon bombing victim is finding solace halfway across the world when she takes on her first IRONMAN at Cairns next month. Boston local Shi-Hua Chin, who had completed the famed American marathon three times, was just metres away from the bomb blast last year, working with an event sponsor at the finish line. She has taken many months to move on from the horrors of that day, with significant time spent living with her sister in Australia. Chin has decided to take that one stChallenge Family announces opportunity to win Royal Package to Challenge Bahrain
Professional triathletes racing at Challenge Atlantic City, Challenge Roth and Challenge Gold Coast are now racing for more than prize money and prestige following today's announcement from Challenge Family. They are also racing for an invitation with a royal touch to the richest half distance
Australian Triathletes line up in London and Pontevedra
Australia's Commonwealth Games representative Dan Wilson will be hoping to put Yokohama very much behind him when he joins Glasgow team mates Aaron Royle and Ryan Bailie in London for the ITU World Triathlon Series round on Saturday. Wilson admits the last round of the ITU World Triathlon Seri