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Preview: 2013 Ironman 70.3 Auckland

One of the hottest fields assembled in the Southern Hempisphere races on Sunday in Auckland, New Zealand. Whilst there are a few athletes from outside Australia and New Zealand the real battle will be for trans Tasman pride. Athletes like Paul Ambrose, whilst it shows UK on the start list is for all

By Karl Hayes • 7 min read

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Michael Fox wins Nowra Olympic Distance Triathlon

Fox led from the swim, maintained his lead on the bike, and held off James Davy and Kieran Roche on the run to secure victory ahead of his Auckland 70.3 race next weekend.

By Karl Hayes • 6 min read

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Josh Amberger signs with Felt Bicycles

BPM Athlete Management (“BAM”) is pleased to announce the signing of a new sponsorship agreement with Felt Bicycles (“Felt”) for talented Australian triathlete, Joshua Amberger. The multiyear deal has been signed following a breakthrough year for Amberger where he continued his trajectory to

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Albany Half Iron Distance Triathlon by Guy Crawford

Albany is another secret spot hidden away in Western Australia's South Coast. It's stunning country side and coast line make it the ideal home of the Albany Half . Event Directors Dale and Scott invited us down for the inaugural event and this is how the day unfolded. Race morning rolled

By Karl Hayes • 3 min read

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Graham O’Grady and Gina Crawford win Port of Tauranga Half Iron Distance Triathlon

Graham O'Grady and Gina Crawford raced home winners at the Port of Tauranga Half at The Mount today, with O'Grady announcing himself as a world class athlete over the half distance in equalling the race record while defeating former world champion Terenzo Bozzone and 9 times winner Camer

By Karl Hayes • 4 min read

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Ironman 70.3 Auckland Pro Start List

Ironman 70.3 Auckland – One of the hottest fields assembled in the Southern Hempisphere   Number Division Athlete Country 1 MPRO Cameron Brown New Zealand 2 MPRO Bevan Docherty New Zealand 3 MPRO Terenzo Bozzone New Zealand 4 MPRO Tim Van Berkel Australia 5 MPRO Joe Gambles Australia 6 MP

By Karl Hayes • 1 min read

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Pro-State Triathlon Team – Not bad for a bunch of old guys with a common link

Ken Price, Tim Matthews, and Jim Prendergast, all prostate cancer survivors, formed the Pro-State Triathlon Team to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer research, winning gold at the Huskisson Triathlon.

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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One door closes and another opens for Ironman Western Australia 2012 Champion Jimmy Johnsen

Days after winning his second iron distance triathlon Jimmy Johnsen has unexpectedly parted ways with one of his sponsors right as he is starting to come in to his own as a champion long distance triathlete. But as one company perhaps has made a premature decision another has seen the potential and

By Karl Hayes • 1 min read

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Bryce McMaster and Gillian Backhouse win Race 3 of the Queensland Gatorade Triathlon Series

Race 3 of the Gatorade Triathlon Series at Raby Bay saw a sell-out field of 1,751 competitors, highlighted by Bryce McMaster’s comeback win and Gillian Backhouse’s dominant performance.

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Australians on the charge for Ironman 70.3 Auckland triathlon

Top Australian triathletes, including Tim Berkel and Luke Bell, are ready to battle New Zealand's best, led by Cameron Brown and Bevan Docherty, at the Ironman 70.3 Auckland on 20 January.

By Karl Hayes • 3 min read

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Challenge Family increases presence in Asia with addition of Challenge Taiwan

Challenge Family today announced two new additions to its Asian race schedule. Challenge Taiwan and Challenge Half Taiwan are the latest additions to the Challenge Family with the inaugural events taking place on 4 May 2013. Taking place in Taiwan's stunning tropical east coast in and around T

By Karl Hayes • 3 min read

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Former ITU World Champion Annabel Luxford steps up to Ironman 70.3 and wins Canberra

After a false start at Mandurah 70.3 recently Annabel Luxford has shown her class in Canberra by winning the Ironman 70.3. Luxford lead from start to finish with only Kiwi Sydneysider and also former ITU triathlete Anna Cleaver giving her some competition on the day. Cleaver, a former NZ national sw

By Karl Hayes • 4 min read

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Tim Reed Retains Ironman 70.3 Canberra Title

Tim Reed put on a dominant running performance at the Canberra 70.3 triathlon to catch early leaders Joey Lampe and James Hodge and retain his title from 2011.

By Karl Hayes • 5 min read

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Strong pro fields for Ironman 70.3 Canberra 2012

The pro fields for this weekend's Ironman 70.3 in Canberra are stronger than recent years. We should see some very tight racing this weekend and the race is very hard to pick. Defending their titles will be Tim Reed and Lisa Marangon. Up against them are a large number of very good pros. Maran

By Karl Hayes • 6 min read

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Caroline Steffen to defend Urban Hotel Group Ironman Asia Pacific Championships, Melbourne 2013

Ironman Asia Pacific Champion Caroline Steffen will defend her title in Melbourne, offering $125k prize money and Kona slots.

By Karl Hayes • 4 min read

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Craig Alexander launches cutting edge triathlon camp

Limited spots available for Craig Alexander’s triathlon training camp in Wollongong, Feb 8-10, offering professional testing, expert sessions, and personal insights from the three-time Hawaii Ironman champion.

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Britta Martin continues winning Australian form by taking out Ironman Western Australia 2012

Germany's Britta Martin made up for an eight minute plus swim deficit by riding and running her way to the 2012 Ironman Western Australia title. Martin lost more time than she had predicted to Keat but did not let that get to her. Keat looked like the one to beat midway through the race but [&

By Karl Hayes • 1 min read

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Jimmy Johnsen wins Ironman Western Australia 2012

Jimmy Johnsen has staged a remarkable turnaround by winning Ironman Western Australia today. Just two weeks ago Johnsen finished 5th at Ironman Cozumel. Speaking to Trizone during the week Johnsen was totally confident he had recovered well enough to be competitive at IMWA. Johnsen, along with his c

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Official SunSmart IRONMAN Western Australia Press Conference Highlights

Seven IRONMAN athletes sat on the athlete panel to preview their form and expectations leading into the SunSmart IRONMAN Western Australia event on Sunday 9th December 2012. Rebekah Keat (AUST) On her recent racing results “Hawaii didn't quite go to plan, I made some rookie errors that you s

By Karl Hayes • 4 min read

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Ollie Whistler partners with the Turbo Studio providing the power to perform

If you're the time poor amateur trying to juggle sessions between work and a family, or the avid professional racer, we should all be looking to get bang for buck out of every training session. In particular to cycling, the most time consuming discipline, this is an area where I've achie

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Matty White and Rebekah Keat at Busselton to win Ironman Western Australia Titles

Two Australians there to win this weekend are Matty White and Rebekah Keat. Keat has shown some very good form this year and despite pulling out of IM Cairns on the run she came back and had a phenomenal race at Ironman New York and most recently blitzed the field at Shepparton 70.3. The current [&h

By Karl Hayes • 5 min read

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Chrissie Wellington Confirms Her Retirement From Ironman

Ironman legend Chrissie Wellington confirms her sabbatical from Ironman events is permanent, citing a desire for new challenges after an illustrious career highlighted by four World Championships.

By Karl Hayes • 2 min read

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Chris McCormack and Melissa Hauschildt make it an Australian Triathlon Double at Ironman 70.3 Laguna Phuket

Triathlon legend Chris McCormack of Australia shrugged off the disappointment of his Laguna Phuket Triathlon (LPT) debut last weekend with a gritty performance to win the final Ironman 70.3 Laguna Phuket. It was a transformed “Macca” who held off the challenge of last weekend's winner Rued

By Karl Hayes • 5 min read

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Fiji International Triathlon entries open today

Join the team from Elite Energy and 10 times Ironman New Zealand Champion Cameron Brown in Fiji for the ultimate end of season triathlon festival and holiday. Elite Energy, the company behind one of Australia's most loved triathlon festivals held in Huskisson each year with over 4000 competito

By Karl Hayes • 1 min read