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Tim Berkel wins Australian Ironman 70.3 Pro Championship
Tim Berkel ran a 1:15:42 half marathon today to hold off Tim Reed to take the Australian Pro Championship at Ironman 70.3 Mandurah. It was good to see the guys and girls get a decent payday for their efforts. Both fields received USD $10,000, $5,500, $3,500, $2,500, $2,000 and $1,500 (1st to 6th). A
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Melissa Hauschildt crowned Australian Ironman 70.3 Pro Champion
As predicted the women's race was fought out between Melissa Hauschildt and Liz Blatchford. For Hauschildt this was a positive reversal of the result at Boulder 70.3 this year. After spending the last few days traveling from Hawaii where she watched her husband Jared race in the Ironman World
Tim Berkel wins Australian Ironman 70.3 Pro Championship
Tim Berkel ran a 1:15:42 half marathon today to hold off Tim Reed to take the Australian Pro Championship at Ironman 70.3 Mandurah. It was good to see the guys and girls get a decent payday for their efforts. Both fields received USD $10,000, $5,500, $3,500, $2,500, $2,000 and $1,500 (1st to 6th). A
Ironman 70.3 Mandurah Pro Fields
Ironman 70.3 Mandurah is only an hour away from the start. The pro fields are one of the strongest we have seen in Australia in a long time for a 70.3. Port Macquarie in 2011 was the last time we saw this sort of depth. There have been a few late entries which are not […]
The NSW triseries kicks off in three weeks
NSW triathletes will be starting their 2012/2013 championship campaigns on Nov 4 with the first round of the Elite Energy triseries taking place at Huskisson on the NSW South Coast. Each of the rounds of the triseries is a full triathlon festival with races for all ages and abilities. The championsh
57 Year Old American Triathlon Age Grouper Suspended for Doping
Triathlon age groupers watch out. This guy from the USA has been caught doping. He is 57 years old and is one 'very handy' triathlete. Moats times read pretty impressively. 2:15 for Olympic distance races and a 9:35 for Ironman Florida in 2010. At this level it is poor form to be cheatin
Triathlon Australia members to get priority entry for all USM and WTC events
Triathlon Australia and USM Events are pleased to announce an agreement that will provide annual members of Triathlon Australia with a priority entry period to events managed by USM Events, including Ironman and Ironman 70.3 races. The arrangement, which will apply for events that are about to go onLeanda Cave wins the 2012 Ironman World Championship
Leanda Cave has put in a late effort on the run to pass Caroline Steffen with around 3 miles to go and take the 2012 World Ironman Championship crown. Always threatening early on in the run was eventual third placed Australian Mirinda Carfrae. Carfrae laid it all down early on to try and take back [
Pete Jacobs wins the Ironman World Championship 2012
Pete Jacobs has pulled off the 6th win by an Australian male in a row. Jacobs did not waste energy trying to get a break in the swim. Instead he stayed with the main riders and made sure he was always covering the strong runners. There was a large contingent heading out of T1 behind Andy Potts and this was perfect for Jacobs. Luke McKenzie was also there along with David Dellow and Craig Alexander. McKenzie set the early pace on the bike and Jacobs was right there. The plan from Jacobs was not
What are the Top Pros Paying at Kona 2012 with less than 12 hours to go?
At Trizone we have been suggesting this week that David Dellow is a possible wildcard for a podium. We have just looked up the latest odds on www.sportingbet.com.au and here they are with one more sleep to go. David Dellow is equal 5th favourite with Pete Jacobs second favourite behind Craig Alexander. Chris McCormack is 4th on the odds with Andreas Raelert 3rd. In the women’s race Caroline Steffen is the obvious favourite with Leanda Cave 2nd equal with Mirinda Carfrae. Kelly Williamson is a
Kona – Pre Race Thursday
Thursday saw things start to quiet down a bit in Kona as all the athletes start to relax before the weekend. We had a catch up with the aerodynamicist behind the Cervelo P5 and will post the interview later. Another swim was done in the morning with us just out in time to see the traditional Kona Undie Run get underway. After that there was the final pro’s press conference where not much was given away as they settle down for a relaxing last two days. We had a look around the exhibition, broug
Ironman World Championship Pre Race Media Conference 2012 – Kona
At the Ironman World Chamapionship 2012 Media Conference today were Kelly Williamson, Rachel Joyce, Leanda Cave, Caroline Steffen, Miranda Carfrae, Sebastian Kienle, Jordan Rapp, Andreas Raelert, Pete Jacobs and Craig Alexander. Greg Welch introduced them all and we had a few words from each of them