Eder Mejía suspended for anti-doping violations. News & Racing Mexican triathlete Eder Mejía suspended from competition for four years The International Triathlon Union (ITU) announced today that Mr. Eder Mejía Muñoz, a triathlete from Mexico, committed an anti-doping rule violation. The violation occurred during an in-competition doping control conducted on March 10, 2018, during the ITU American Cup in La Paz (Mexico), wher By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Pro Rudy von Berg Jr., Sister Olympia and Father Rodolphe. News & Racing Three von Bergs will make History at Ironman 70.3 World Championship For the first time in Ironman history, three members of the same family will be at the start of an Ironman race, let alone a World Championship race, held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. American Rodolphe (Rudy) von Berg Jr, 24, member of RYDYourDreams and of Colnago Bikes, will be representing the By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Bradley Weiss winner XTERRA European Championship Race News & Racing Bradley Weiss and Brigitta Poor take win in Germany to be crowned XTERRA European Championship Bradley Weiss from South Africa and Brigitta Poor from Hungary captured the XTERRA European Championship off-road triathlon elite titles on a beautiful but hot, dry, and dusty day in Zittau, Germany on Saturday, August 18, 2018. It’s the second year in a row Weiss and Poor have claimed the European By Shawn Smith • 7 min read
Jan Raphael of Germany celebrates winning the long distance race during Challenge Triathlon Almere-Amsterdam on September 10, 2016 in Almere, Netherlands. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images for Challenge Triathlon) News & Racing Favourites Cameron Wurf and Yvonne van Vlerken Aiming for Race Record at Challenge Almere-Amsterdam With just a little over two weeks to go before the start of Challenge Almere-Amsterdam, the Australian Cameron Wurf has not only confirmed that he is racing, but also that he wants to attack the race record. Among the women, last years winner Yvonne van Vlerken has the same goal. Wurf’s participatio By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Rod Marshdale Breathes New Life Into Ironman Dream When Rod Marshdale toes the start line of the IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast (26 August) he will continue to defy the odds and using his courage, determination and passion to be one step closer to his ultimate goal of racing a full IRONMAN and inspiring others like him to dream big. In the 1970’s, when By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Tim Don Qualifies for Kona After last year’s accident and the ensuing emotional rollercoaster, three-time Olympian, Tim Don, qualifies for 2018 Kona Ironman World Championship in the final roll down. His last chance to qualify was this past weekend at Ironman Copenhagen. Tim started off strongly in the first half, but began t By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Photo: ITU Media | Janso Schmidt News & Racing Jake Birtwhistle is up for the challenge as he chases Australia’s first WTS podium since 2010 Over the last decade only 2008 Olympian and 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Brad Kahlefeldt has earned a place on the men’s WTS podiums for Australia and that was a third placing back in 2010. Podiums dominated by Spain with 14 top three finishes – six of the them on the top of the WTS [&hell By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship, Vietnam 2019 will open August 24th, 2018 We are thrilled to announce registration for TECHCOMBANK IRONMAN 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship, Vietnam 2019 will open August 24th, 2018. For those that have raced the event before, you all know the exciting experience and journey that lays ahead. We hope that you will also spread the word and enco By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Caroline Steffen: Mum Is the Word at Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast With two Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast wins already to her credit, new mum, Swiss Ironman superstar and former Sunshine Coast resident Caroline Steffen is back in town to see if she can make it three from three. Caroline is gradually returning to racing after taking a break from racing to have her fir By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Elena Goodall’s Journey to Kona is via Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast When Queenslander Elena Goodall crossed the finish line at Ironman 70.3 Cairns in 2017 she was greeted by her two very happy and very relieved parents Paul and Julie. Happy that they had just seen their daughter accomplish one of her amazing personal goals but more so relieved that they still had th By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Two Ironman Dreams Now a Kona Reality Throughout their lives, Melbourne’s Leigh Chivers and Brisbane’s Elle Goodall have been on dramatically different journeys, with vastly different experiences. Their stories are nothing alike, yet they share similar strengths, similar hopes and a very intense love of family. They are also linked by a By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
The Voice of IRONMAN at IRONMAN Australia. News & Racing USA Triathlon Hall of Fame Celebrates Four Newest Inductees USA Triathlon celebrated the accomplishments of four distinguished multisport athletes on Thursday night at the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The ceremony was held at Windows on the River in Cleveland, in conjunction with the USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships taking pla By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
Photo: Delly Carr | Triathlon Australia News & Racing Jake Birtwhistle and Ashleigh Gentle back to lead Aussies for Gold Coast Grand Final It will be the third time the Gold Coast has played host to the Championships since the initial year in 1991 when current Triathlon Australia CEO Miles Stewart won his maiden world title and in 2009 when triple Olympian Emma Moffatt won the first of her two World crowns. Some nine years later a 10-s By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Josh Amberger Set to Light Up Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast With less than two months to the Ironman World Championship in Hawai’i, Queensland’s Josh Amberger is putting the final touches to his preparation for his second assault on Kona. A vital piece of the puzzle is Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast (26 August) where Amberger is looking to put his lethal swim/b By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Brownlee Brothers Set To Compete In 2018 Beijing International Triathlon Great Britain’s elite Brownlee Brothers will compete in the seventh annual Beijing International Triathlon, set to take place on Sunday, September 23, at the Garden Expo Park in the Fengtai District of Beijing, China. Two-time Olympic gold medalist Alistair Brownlee and Olympic silver and bronze med By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Kienle wins Challenge Turku and shares the leading position with Pablo Gonzalez Dapena in the Challenge Family World Bonus Kienle wins Challenge Turku and shares the leading position with Pablo Gonzalez Dapena in the Challenge Family World Bonus – Yvonne van Vlerken increases her lead in the female ranking Sebastian Kienle did what he came to do and took the win at CHALLENGETURKU this weekend. The 250 points earne By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Major League Triathlon Partners With USA Triathlon To Launch Super Sprint Series Major League Triathlon, the first and only professional triathlon league in North America has announced that the league will host an individual Super Sprint Series at two of the four MLT events in 2018. MLT will host these draft-legal super sprint events at MLT Vail Valley at Avon, CO (Aug 3-5) and By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing ITU: Australia Wins Gold in Edmonton’s Triathlon Mixed Relay Triathlon’s man-of-the-moment Jake Birtwhistle, winner of a brilliant bronze in yesterday’s World Triathlon Series round in the individual sprint race, anchored the team to a stunning victory over the USA with New Zealand an eye-catching third. Australia tweaked its relay order with the in-form Ashl By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Ironman Announces Content Partnership with Facebook for Global Distribution of Live Programming IRONMAN has announced a partnership with Facebook for unprecedented live coverage of the 2018 IRONMAN season. Available globally to fans on Facebook, the coverage debuts on Sunday, June 24 at IRONMAN France and spans a total of 16 races across 3 continents. This includes extensive coverage of the 20 By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Ash Gentle and Jake Birtwhistle Lead Medal charge for Aussies in Edmonton Rio Olympian Ashleigh Gentle and a man with his eyes on Tokyo 2020 Jake Birtwhistle have returned to World Triathlon Series medal podium in style in Edmonton today. Earlier today there was further success for the Australian paratriathletes with Jonathan Goerlach winning gold in the PT Vision Impaire By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
News & Racing All Eyes Turn to Challenge Asia-Pacific Championship in Taiwan Following the success of THECHAMPIONSHIP 2018 in Samorin Slovakia, CHALLENGEFAMILY’s championship focus now shifts to Asia for the conduct of the Challenge Family Asia Pacific Championship, to be held in Taitung, Taiwan on November 18, 2018. The event, officially known as the Triathlon Middle Distan By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Who’s Who on the 2018 Challenge Roth Start list? Challenge Roth is one of more popular full Ironman distance triathlons of the year, and the men’s and women’s pro races are coming up on Sunday in Germany’s time zone (UTC+2). Will this be a boring triathlon with expected winners leading by more than five minutes? Anything Can Happen on Full-Distanc By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Major League Triathlon Adds 3rd International Team Major League Triathlon, the first and only professional triathlon league in North America, has announced a 9th team (3rd International franchise) for the 2018 season. For the first time in the league’s history, a National team from Mexico will participate in MLT. The new franchise, dubbed, Guardiane By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Rudy Project Launches Project Podium for Age Group Athletes Rudy Project North America, the exclusive distributor of Italian-made endurance sports gear, and the most worn helmet at Kona 7 times in a row is launching Project Podium, an initiative that rewards North America’s fastest age group triathletes with award-winning performance Rudy Project eyewear and By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
