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Challenge Wanaka offers $80,000 in Prize Money plus Age Group Champs go to Roth
Challenge Wanaka will offer New Zealand’s richest prize purse for both professional and age group athletes in 2013. While the world’s top elite athletes battle it out for New Zealand’s largest and deepest prize purse (NZ$80,000 down to 10th place), age group athletes also enjoy a strong prize pool. Each age group winner secures a spot at the world’s largest iron distance triathlon, Challenge Roth in Germany, along with a homestay. These spots are unable to be secured any other way as ChallengeMore Stories
Challenge Wanaka offers $80,000 in Prize Money plus Age Group Champs go to Roth
Challenge Wanaka will offer New Zealand’s richest prize purse for both professional and age group athletes in 2013. While the world’s top elite athletes battle it out for New Zealand’s largest and deepest prize purse (NZ$80,000 down to 10th place), age group athletes also enjoy a strong prize pool. Each age group winner secures a spot at the world’s largest iron distance triathlon, Challenge Roth in Germany, along with a homestay. These spots are unable to be secured any other way as Challenge
Rebecca Hoschke comes from behind to win Huskisson Long Course Triathlon
After a third place at Geelong last weekend in the long course race behind Belinda Granger and Suzzanne Blackwell which included the fastest bike split of the day, Rebecca backed up a week later to go two better and take out the Jervis Bay Triathlon Festival long course female title. Rebecca didn
Pete Jacobs wins Huskisson Long Course Triathlon at Jervis Bay Triathlon Festival
The Jervis Bay Triathlon Festival at Huskisson turned out to be one of the most exciting long course races in a long time. The men's race saw Pete Jacobs and Ben Allen lead the pack out of the water by just on one minute. Trailing behind was a bunch of six guys who eventually caught […]
Ironman Sri Lanka 70.3 First Test for USM
For a country that has undergone over 20 years of civil war until recently, it was time to introduce the people of Sri Lanka to triathlon. To expect it would be all smooth sailing is a far reach but as close to 500 triathletes descend upon Colombo, Sri Lanka for the first ever Sri Lanka […]Roger Roca Dalmau awarded 2011 ITU Duathlon World Championship after Sergio Silva Stripped of Title
Spain's Roger Roca Dalmau has been awarded the 2011 ITU Duathlon World Championship title after Portugal's Sergio Silva was stripped of his gold medal following an Anti-Doping rule violation in an in-competition doping control test at the 2011 Gijon ITU DuatStrong Pro Field Racing Jervis Bay Triathlon Festival in Huskisson
With a number of long course triathlons on currently the pro triathletes have been spread a bit thin but on Sunday we should see a strong field starting with Pete Jacobs and Luke McKenzie headlining the event. In saying that we don't want to take anything away from the rest of the field. RacinIronman Announces Acquisition of Australia’s USM Events
Today, World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) announced that it has acquired USM Events, Australia's leading event management company and the owner of iconic premier multisport festivals at Noosa, Cairns, Mooloolaba and Geelong. USM Events is also the operator of cycling's Jayco Herald Sun ToUSA Triathlon Names Jonathan Hall Performance Leader
Renowned coach Jonathan Hall joins USA Triathlon to drive elite athlete success, bringing expertise from Triathlon Australia and the Victorian Institute of Sport.