News & Racing Javier Gomez Noya and Mario Mola primed to conquer WTS Chicago – World Triathlon Series In its debut on ITU's World Triathlon Series calendar, Chicago promises to be one of the most exciting to date with maxed out age group races and three of the top four ranked men slated to compete on Sunday. Spectators will be treated to prime views of the elites as they swim 1500m in the [&he By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Tim Berkel crosses for 2nd overall – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / Ironman News & Racing Aeromax Team’s head coach Grant Giles on Tim Berkel’s Ironman Cairns race We spoke to Tim Berkel and coach Grant Giles in the weeks leading up to Ironman Cairns to get an understanding of his training in the lead up to a goal Ironman event. Berkel wanted to win Cairns but as we know he did not get to stand on top of the podium this year. […] By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Liz Blatchford successfully defends her Ironman Cairns title Queensland based Liz Blatchford was in a class of her own as she successfully defended her title with a wire-to-wire win and finish inside the top 10 professionals overall. The women’s race was always going to be a Blatchford’s to lose. The defending champion started her day by throwing down the gau By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
The three leaders on to the run – Photo Credit: Delly Carr / Ironman.com News & Racing Cameron Brown produces legendary performance to win 2014 Ironman Cairns Turning 42 in two weeks, New Zealand's Cameron Brown became the oldest man to win an IRONMAN event, at today's Cairns Airport IRONMAN Cairns. Brown, a winner of 11 IRONMAN races in a stellar career, was delighted. “Becoming the oldest ever winner was motivation for me out there but I&# By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Another win in Australia by Brad Kahlefeldt – Photo Credit: Wade Lewis Art News & Racing Brad Kahlefeldt and Candice Hammond win Ironman 70.3 Cairns In cold and wet conditions Brad Kahlefeldt produced a trademark run to go one better than last year to win Flight Centre Active Travel IRONMAN 70.3 Cairns today. Meanwhile New Zealand's Candice Hammond capped off a stellar season to date with her first IRONMAN 70.3 win in the women's rac By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Olympians headline red hot field at IRONMAN 70.3 Cairns CAIRNS, Australia (June 3, 2014) Two-time Olympians Courtney Atkinson and Brad Kahlefeldt took their long-time rivalry to the IRONMAN scene at Cairns last year. Atkinson prevailed on the run to claim his maiden IRONMAN 70.3 victory in Cairns last year over Kahlefeldt and the pair are set to do By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
A few of the nine kids… News & Racing Ironman training with nine children, a 30km strip of road and 12m pool Those who believe they do not have the time to take up the IRONMAN challenge should meet Roderick Whittle. The teacher from Weipa in the farthest north of Queensland mixes a fulltime career, a house with nine children and some unique training obstacles to get to the start line at the Cairns Airport By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Liz Blatchford wins her inaugural Ironman in Cairns, 2013 News & Racing Blatchford set to defend Ironman Cairns title against Hoschke and Lundstrum In the women’s race the smart money is on defending champion the United Kingdom’s, Liz Blatchford. Blatchford debuted at IRONMAN Cairns last year, then went onto to finish 4th at IRONMAN Mont Tremblant and 3rd at the IRONMAN Hawaii World Championships. On the back of a first up By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Tim Berkel and Cameron Brown 2014 Ironman Cairns race favourites Aussie Tim Van Berkel and Kiwi legend Cameron Brown lead the men's field at Ironman Cairns, both hoping a win can end victory droughts and propel them towards strong Hawaii campaigns. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Emma Jackson finishes 3rd at the 2014 London round of the WTS News & Racing Emma Jackson on the podium at ITU World Triathlon Series in London Australia's Emma Jackson served notice on her Commonwealth Games rivals when she produced the second fastest run of the day to grab a stirring bronze medal in the ITU World Triathlon Series event in London overnight. It was far from the perfect race for the pint-sized Queensland Olympian after By Shawn Smith • 7 min read
News & Racing Crash and Learn for Ironman Cairns hopeful Tim Schroeder Tim Schroeder, from Mawson Lakes, South Australia, was just a few months from making his Cairns Airport IRONMAN Cairns debut in 2013, when his dream of hearing the words 'Tim Schroeder, you are an IRONMAN' came crashing down. During a training ride he realised he was travelling downhill too By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Ironman’s Healing Hands for Boston Marathon bombing victim Boston Marathon bombing victim is finding solace halfway across the world when she takes on her first IRONMAN at Cairns next month. Boston local Shi-Hua Chin, who had completed the famed American marathon three times, was just metres away from the bomb blast last year, working with an event sponsor By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Challenge Family announces opportunity to win Royal Package to Challenge Bahrain Professional triathletes racing at Challenge Atlantic City, Challenge Roth and Challenge Gold Coast are now racing for more than prize money and prestige following today's announcement from Challenge Family. They are also racing for an invitation with a royal touch to the richest half distance By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Dan Wilson, Ryan Bailie and Aaron Royle made for a wonderful sight in Auckland News & Racing Australian Triathletes line up in London and Pontevedra Australia's Commonwealth Games representative Dan Wilson will be hoping to put Yokohama very much behind him when he joins Glasgow team mates Aaron Royle and Ryan Bailie in London for the ITU World Triathlon Series round on Saturday. Wilson admits the last round of the ITU World Triathlon Seri By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Ironman and Ironman 70.3 Carins professional fields announced Australian-based Brit Liz Blatchford will defend her title, today named as top seed in the women's race at the Cairns Airport IRONMAN Cairns next month. She will be joined by veteran 10-time IRONMAN New Zealand champion Cameron Brown, who tops the seeds in the men's race. Defending champ By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Team Uplace-BMC’s Romain Guillaume wins Ironman Lanzarote; Corinne Abraham 3rd Romain Guillaume has won the 2014 Ironman Lanzarote. It's his second full Ironman title since the Ironman Mount Tremblant in 2012. Teammate Corinne Abraham finished third in her return to racing after injury. This brings the Uplace-BMC Pro Triathlon Team top-three count for the year to 7 victo By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing USA’s Gwen Jorgensen returns to the top of the ITU World Triathlon Series podium in Yokohama The USA's Gwen Jorgensen returned to the top of the ITU World Triathlon Series podium in style in Yokohama on Saturday, pulling out a dominating win ahead of two breakthrough medallists. In a race where a congested bike leg meant it all came down to the 10km run, on paper it was Jorgensen By Shawn Smith • 7 min read
News & Racing Spain’s Javier Gomez make it three from three after winning World Triathlon Series at Yokohama Three races, three wins. Spain's Javier Gomez threw-down yet another stellar performance in Yokohama on Saturday, in a race that may have reset the world order in triathlon. Previously in every WTS race Alistair Brownlee and Jonathan Brownlee had started together, at least one of them had fini By Shawn Smith • 9 min read
News & Racing Inaugural World Paratriathlon event at Yokohama This weekend's ITU World Triathlon Series round in Yokohama will represent another major milestone in the sport's history with Paratriathlon events staged on the same WTS program as the Elite men and women for the first time. And the Australians will be in the thick of the action for thi By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Two-time ITU World Champion Emma Moffatt racing a favourite ground at Yokohama All athletes have their favourite courses and for Emma Moffatt, Hamburg and Yokohama continue to ring true for the former two-time ITU World Champion and two-time Olympian. The 2008 Olympic bronze medallist will take her place in Saturday's third round of the ITU World Triathlon Series in the By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Dan Wilson, Ryan Bailie and Aaron Royle made for a wonderful sight in Auckland News & Racing ITU World Triathlon Series 3rd ranked Aaron Royle takes on the world’s best at Yokohama Australia's leading male triathlete Aaron Royle is developing his own career path as he rubs shoulders with arguably some of the sport's all-time greats. The 24-year-old is one of six Australians who will line up in Saturday's Elite Men's race in round thre By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Gillian Backhouse wins Chengdu ITU World Cup It was an Aussie win at the Chengdu ITU World Cup in China today, with Gillian Backhouse (AUS) and proving too strong on the run to clear out in warm and muggy conditions to win by 29 seconds from Jessica Broderick (USA) with Claire Michel (BEL) in third place. Unlike By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Uplace-BMC’s Bart Aernouts and Sofie Goos 2nd in Ironman 70.3 Mallorca, Liz Blatchford 3rd Three Uplace-BMC athletes competed in Ironman 70.3 Mallorca, and all three finished on the podium. Sofie Goos (4:27:58) and Liz Blatchford (4:29:32) came in second and third. Bart Aernouts (03:53:33) took second place in the pro men's race. While Andi Dreitz (03:51:38) kept his post-bike lead, By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Brendan on his way to a top finish in his first Xterra – Photo courtesy of Xterra News & Racing Brendan Sexton racing Xterra Over the past two weeks I have been able to enjoy some quality racing. Due to several reasons, my packed schedule for example (along with my inept ability to stare at a computer screen when the slightest bit fatigued). The weekend before last I was closing out my week with a massage from my lovely [ By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
