News & Racing South Africa’s Kyle Buckingham and American Amber Ferreira win IRONMAN Lake Placid BUCKINGHAM AND FERREIRA EARN CAREER FIRSTS AT THE 16TH IRONMAN LAKE PLACID By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Aaron Royle, Emma Moffatt, Emma Jackson and Ryan Bailie. Photo: Delly Carr News & Racing Ryan Bailie Anchors Aussies To Triathlon Relay Bronze Ryan Bailie anchors a gutsy performance to secure a bronze medal for Australia in the Mixed Teams Relay at the Glasgow Games. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Photo Credit: Delly Carr News & Racing Australia wins Commonweath Games Bronze Medal in Triathlon Mixed Relay The Australian triathlon mixed relay team of Emma Moffatt, Aaron Royle, Emma Jackson and Ryan Bailie produced a strong performance to take bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Emma Jackson and Ryan Bailie produce 5ths at Commonwealth Games 2014 Australian triathletes Emma Jackson and Ryan Bailie have both produced fighting fifths in their Commonwealth Games debuts at Strathclyde Park, in Glasgow. Queensland's 22-year-old Jackson fought till the end of the 10km run after the field had completed two laps of the lake for the 1500m swim By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Formula 1 Triathlon (TRIF1) returns to Australia XOSIZE Events is excited to announce the return of Formula 1 Triathlon (TRIF1) racing in Australia. Where it all started back in the 90's. With many of the triathlon legends like Greg Welch, Chris McCormack, Greg Bennett, Brad Bevan, Mile Stewart and Craig Alexander started their careers in do By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
2013 Champion Gina Crawford – Photo Credit “IRONMAN | Eyes Wide Open IMAGES News & Racing IRONMAN announces Australia’s Sunshine Coast in Mooloolaba, Queensland to host the 2016 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship IRONMAN has announced the 2016 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship will be held in Mooloolaba, Queensland, marking the first time the event is staged in the Southern Hemisphere. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Preview: Commonwealth Games women’s race In its third appearance on the Commonwealth Games programme, the women's event promises to present some of the best racing of the season with an impressive start list. As the very first medal event of the Games, check out who we think could feature on the podium. Excellent EnglandJodie Stimpso By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Australian Josh Amberger Cellarbrates 2nd at Ironman Munice 70.3 Josh Amberger writes some of the best race reports. They are always honest and well written with plenty of information on how his race went. This is his latest from Ironman 70.3 Muncie where he posted a second overall for another podium. Muncie 70.3 wasn't on my race calendar four weeks ago, a By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Long Distance Triathlon to continue in Australia’s Capital Australia's premier LD Triathlon in the ACT is set to return for a record 16th edition in 2014! X-Tri Events, the team behind 35+ half Ironman distance races, and organisers of the 2006 ITU World LD Championships, has re-branded their Canberra based endurance triathlon as the X-Tri LDT – Can By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
ROTH, GERMANY – JULY 20: Action during the Challenge Roth on July 20, 2014 in Roth, Germany. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) News & Racing Australian Mirinda Carfrae wins DATEV Challenge Roth 2014 Australia’s Mirinda Carfrae ran herself into the history books here in Roth to claim victory on debut. The Kona world champion showed she is a class act, again producing her trademark run leg reeling in all in front and storming to a ‘rookie’ Challenge Roth win. In claiming the By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Challenge Gold Coast – A true bike challenge We have heard the talk about the hill in Challenge Gold Coast that the team are calling ‘The Beast’. So while up at the Gold Coast Marathon the other weekend we took a the video camera around the course to see what all the fuss was about. What we found By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
ROTH, GERMANY – JULY 20: Action during the Challenge Roth on July 20, 2014 in Roth, Germany. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) News & Racing Timo Bracht wins Challenge Roth 2014 Timo Bracht has lead a world class field and taken out one of the biggest triathlon races on the planet. The former Ironman Western Austalia winner showed some more fancied opponents a clean set of heels to win Challenge Roth 2014. July 20, 2014 – Germany's Timo Bracht stormed home to take a By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Defending Champion Dirk Bockel – Photo Credit: Stephen Pond. Copyright 2013 Getty Images News & Racing 5500 athletes at DATEV Challenge Roth to celebrate 30 years of triathlon On Sunday 20 July, DATEV Challenge Roth will celebrate 30 years of triathlon in Roth with a field of 5,500 athletes from over 60 nations, including the strongest pro field ever seen on the fast Bavarian course. Supported by over 220,000 spectators, Challenge Roth athletes will once again By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
The 2014 Commonwealth Games Triathlon Team News & Racing Australian Games stars on show as six of the best line up for Hamburg hit out Australia's six-strong Commonwealth Games triathlon team will sharpen up their Glasgow preparations when they hit the streets for the world's biggest triathlon in the ITU World Triathlon Series round in Hamburg this weekend. They will line up for the Elite individual sprint races that wi By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Multisport Dreaming – A book covering 30 years of Australian Triathlon "Multisport Dreaming" by Dr. Jane Hunt captures the rich history of Australian triathlon with over 300 pages and interviews with 200 legends, making it a must-have for triathletes and sports enthusiasts. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Triathlon Australia announces five new State Performance Centres Triathlon Australia has today officially announced its five new State Performance Centres as it continues to strive for sustained international success on a competitive world stage. The governing body's High Performance Program, under the direction of National Performance Director Bernard Sava By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
A victorious Tim Reed – Photo Credit: Ironman.com News & Racing Tim Reed 2014 Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake Champion Australian Tim Reed has shaken off a run of second place finishes in 2014 to post a win in the USA against some tough competition. In the end it was a very close race with Reed getting the jump over eventual second placed Jordan Rapp in the swim and leaving it to Rapp to put […] By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Ironman France 2014 Champion – Photo Credit: David Pintens News & Racing Bart Aernouts wins Ironman France Bart Aernouts of the Uplace-BMC Pro Triathlon Team has won Ironman France 2014. It is the first full Ironman victory for the seven-time half distance winner. Clocking in at 8:33:22, Bart Aernouts edged out Victor Del Corral (Spain; 08:37:23) and Tyler Butterfield (Bermuda; 08:40:56) for the win in N By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Challenge Atlantic City winners win Royal Package to Challenge Bahrain 30 JUNE 2014 “This weekend’s Challenge Atlantic City winners Fredrik Croneborg (SWE) and Laurel Wassner (USA) are not only taking home over $10,000 in prize money each. They have also secured a spot on the start line of Challenge Bahrain and a chance to win the world’s By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Brendan Sexton in full flight at Chicago – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / ITU Media News & Racing Brendan Sexton Cellarbrates flying in the WTS once again Brendan Sexton is back! He finished 8th in a strong field at the Chicago round of the World Triathlon Series. He swam, rode and ran very competitively to get back in to the top ten and build his confidence going forward. Expect to see Brendan featuring in the top ten more often as he builds back t By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
The fastest runners in WTS at the moment – Phto Credit: Delly Carr / ITU Media News & Racing Spain’s Javier Gomez claims World Triathlon Series win in Chicago Javier Gomez showcased his class with a commanding victory in Chicago, securing his fourth WTS win this year, while Joao Pereira and Mario Mola rounded out the podium in second and third respectively. By Shawn Smith • 6 min read
Andy Potts takes the win News & Racing Andy Potts and Heather Wurtele claim 2014 Ironman Coeur d’Alene titles COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (June 29, 2014) “Andy Potts (USA) displayed poise and brilliant race tactics, while Heather Wurtele (CAN) was unmatched on the day as both earned wins at the twelfth edition of IRONMAN Coeur d’Alene with times of 8:25:44 and 9:34:32, respectively. Men’ By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Frederik Croneborg News & Racing Frederik Croneborg and Laurel Wassner win inaugural Challenge Atlantic City 30 JUNE 2014 – Challenge Family arrived in the USA today as the first Challenge Atlantic City took place in near perfect conditions in front of a crowd of thousands. Sweden’s Fredrik Croneborg and US athlete, Laurel Wassner took top honours in an action-packed day. For Croneborg, it was catch By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Gwen Jorgensen looking for win number 2 on home soil at WTS Chicago – World Triathlon Series This weekend, the long awaited debut of Chicago on the ITU World Triathlon Series schedule will come to fruition with athletes set to tackle the two-lap Lake Michigan swim before cycling around the Windy City's famous down town area eight times and finishing up with a four-lap run along Columb By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
