News & Racing Super League: When and How to Watch This Weekend’s Racing in Jersey With only one day to go before Super League Jersey kicks off on 23-24 September 2017, live television broadcast and digital streaming will take the revolution of triathlon into the living rooms and personal devices of millions of triathlon and sports fans around the world. Both men’s and women’s pro By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Chrissie Wellington to Be Inducted Into Ironman Hall of Fame Ironman announced today that four-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington will be inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held on 11th October during race week at the 2017 Ironman World Championship triathlon, in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i. “Chrissie’s accomplishments in the s By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Super League Jersey: A Look Behind The Numbers Race numbers in Super League Triathlon serve to identify athletes not just in a single race, but across all races in a series, much like jersey numbers in basketball or football are heavily associated with the athletes who wear them. The highly visible and consistent race numbers will allow fans to By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing How To Qualify for Challenge’s The Championship for 2018 Challenge Family has announced how triathletes can qualify for The Championship 2018, which once again takes place 3rd June, 2018 at the remarkable x-bionic® sphere in Samorin, Slovakia. Qualification for The Championship 2018 commenced at Challenge Wanaka in February 2017 and will conclude at Chall By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Super League Jersey Men’s Race Preview Scores will be settled and champions will arise at Super League Jersey this weekend with 25 of the world’s best male athletes competing. Most of them are reprising their Super League Hamilton Island appearances alongside notable and speedy additions to the roster. Richard Murray, Mario Mola, and Jak By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Utah shines in XTERRA Finale Thunder and lightning on Friday gave way to sunshine and smiles on Saturday and Sunday at the XTERRA Pan America / USA Championship triathlon and XTERRA National Championship half-marathon trail races at Snowbasin Resort near Ogden, Utah. At Saturday’s tri Mauricio Mendez from Mexico and Lesley Pate By Shawn Smith • 6 min read
News & Racing Super League Jersey Women’s Race Preview Super League Triathlon will make history this weekend as female athletes race its unique formats for the first time at Super League Jersey. “Our race on Hamilton Island earlier this year was an exhibition of what was to come. Super League Jersey is formally the first event of the Super League Triath By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Super League Jersey Course preview with Ryan Fisher Super League this weekend will be nothing like the Hamilton Island event; apart from the excitement and exhaustion of course. The Jersey course is going to be more tactically challenging for the athletes, with tiny winding corners and narrow roads. Ryan Fisher is in Jersey gearing up for the race, a By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing What you need to know about Super League in Jersey Super League is triathlon’s coolest, fastest, flashiest new event and it’s coming to the UK at the end of September. Here are a few of the highlights of Super League’s upcoming event plus the top picks for the podium. Women’s event launch Super League is launching its women’s event this month and we By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series, World Cup, and Paratriathlon Calendars Following the ITU Executive Board meeting held in Rotterdam, and the Annual Congress, the International Triathlon Union (ITU) is pleased to announce the calendar for the 2018 season. With 7 ITU World Triathlon Series (WTS) events plus the ITU Grand Final; 18 ITU World Cups, 3 ITU Paratriathlon World By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Ironman Announces Agreement to Acquire Perskindol Swiss Epic Mountain Bike Race Ironman, a Wanda Sports Holdings Company, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the PERSKINDOL SWISS EPIC mountain-bike stage race. Staged annually since 2014 in Valais in the picturesque Swiss Alps, the PERSKINDOL SWISS EPIC has quickly gained a cult following as Europe’s prem By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Ashleigh Gentle Earns Silver After Coach Jamie Turner’s Words of Wisdom With the words of her coach ringing in her ears triathlete Ashleigh Gentle reached deep down in Rotterdam today to reap the rewards of a move she knew she had to make after last year’s Rio Olympics. Her move to coach Jamie Turner changed her pathway in the sport she loves and with immediate impact [ By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Flora Duffy Wins in Rotterdam to Become Two-Time World Champion In what looked like a near perfect race outcome that suited her strengths, Flora Duffy (BER) had a dominating performance at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Rotterdam to claim victory and reclaim her ITU World Championship title for the second year in a row. Making a name for herself as one of the most By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Mario Mola Repeats World Championship Title in Rotterdam Keeping the world title for the nation of Spain for the fifth year in a row, a third-place finish at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam was enough to grant Mario Mola a back-to-back ITU World Triathlon Championship crown in a season-best performance. With the repeat title, Mola becam By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Matt Hauser Produces A Gold Winning Performance in Rotterdam Queensland's rising triathlon star Matt Hauser has continued Australia's golden run at the ITU World Championships Grand Final with a stunning world junior title win in a rainy Rotterdam earlier today. Hauser, 19, secured Australia’s third gold medal of the Championships, coming 24 hours By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Taylor Knibb repeats Junior World Title in Rotterdam In a dominating performance showcasing once again her power on the bike, USA’s Taylor Knibb claimed a repeat junior women’s title at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam. Despite not racing much due to her focusing on her first year of University, Knibb competed in select World Triathl By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Luke Willian Scores Bronze in U23 World Championship in Rotterdam Cool headed triathlete Luke Willian is hoping his “never say die” attitude will be enough to earn him a place on next year’s Gold Coast Commonwealth Games triathlon team. Even if there were any doubts about the 21-year-old’s ability to rise to the occasion, dig deep or to overcome adversity they wer By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
UNDER ARMOUR INTRODUCES GLOBAL INNOVATION HUB FOR FOOTWEAR DESIGN IN PORTLAND, OR Photography by Jeremy Bitterman (PRNewsfoto/Under Armour, Inc.) News & Racing Under Armour Introduces Global Innovation Hub For Footwear Design In Portland Under Armour introduced its newest center for performance innovation in Portland, OR, bringing footwear design and development under one roof. To assist the company's most significant push in the footwear business to date, the new innovation hub includes a forward-looking biomechanics lab and By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Gold for Aussie Paratriathletes in Rotterdam Australia has had a golden start to the ITU World Triathlon Championships in Rotterdam today, with its all-conquering paratriathletes grabbing two gold and two silver medals on the opening day. Vision impaired Rio gold medallist Katie Kelly added a second World crown to her Paralympic win from last By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Miles Stewart and Jackie Fairweather inducted into ITU Hall of Fame Triathlon Australia has reason to celebrate today with the induction of two of its legends Miles Stewart and Jackie Fairweather into the International Triathlon Union’s Hall of Fame overnight. The Australians were amongst six award inductees for the fourth edition of the Hall of Fame dinner on board By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Australia’s finest Triathletes hit the roads in Rotterdam More than 270 Australian triathletes have converged on Rotterdam this week for the ITU World Triathlon Championship Grand Final. From Olympians Aaron Royle, Ryan Bailie, Ashleigh Gentle, Emma Jackson in the Elites to unstoppable 2000 Olympic silver medallist Michellie Jones and 2016 Paralympians Kat By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing All-star elite field set for XTERRA Pan Am Champs in Utah Forty-five elites are scheduled to compete at the XTERRA Pan America / USA Championship race in Ogden, Utah next Saturday, September 16. As the culmination of a series of off-road triathlons spanning South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, Canada, and the U.S., the contenders are coming fr By Shawn Smith • 9 min read
News & Racing Henri Schoeman and Paula Findlay Win 2017 Beijing International Triathlon Amateur and professional athletes from around the world competed in the 2017 Beijing International Triathlon. Olympians Henri Schoeman from South Africa and Paula Findlay from Canada took first place honors in the men and women’s pro division. Local favorite Mengying Zhong of China placed third amon By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Michellie Jones has a two-pronged World Championship attack for Rotterdam There is no stopping the 47-year-old Californian-based Hall of Famer who will again act as the guide for her vision impaired Paralympic champion Katie Kelly, who won historic gold in Rio last year. The pair are preparing to contest their second World Championships after taking the title together in By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
