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With 2006 champion Sam McGlone sidelined by Achilles tendinitis and 2-time Ironman winner Chrissie Wellington resting on her laurels, can anyone beat defending champion Mirinda Carfrae?

With her second place finish at the Ironman World championships in Kona, Yvonne Van Vlerken showed that her record breaking performance at Quelle Challenge in Roth wasn't a fluke. The "flying blonde Dutch girl" is the newest ST contributor.

Not if you're Chrissie W, who might still be standing on the side of a wind-blasted Kona Coast road but for Rebecca Keat. Here's Andy Potts' tale of camaraderie.

The athletes had 5 hours today to check in their bikes into the bike pen on the pier. Slowtwitch was there to capture some images of the athletes and their bikes.

With only 2 days left until the Ironman World Championships you can surely feel the anticipation getting bigger. The racers of course are maybe a bit more nervous and those who get to watch the event appear super excited.

There are still 4 days to go until the 2008 Ironman Hawaii, but the venues are already busy as if the race where tomorrow. We went down to the swim start this morning and checked out the action there.

After his win at the Bordeaux Grand Prix, Brad Kahlefeldt got his hip operated on and he checked in with Slowtwitch.com to give an update on his health and his coaching situation.

Banks and thrifts are failing, insurance companies and august houses of investment are crumbling with regularity. What about the bike biz?

The final day of the 2008 Interbike Las Vegas show has arrived and we were able to snap a few more images.

More goodies and personalities from inside the Sands Convention Center. This also marked the day of the Lance Armstrong press conference.

Today the doors inside the Sands Convention Center opened up for thousands of bicycle retailers and that is to most folks the real start of the Interbike show.

Today was the second day of Outdoor Demo of the 2008 Interbike Las Vegas trade show and meanwhile inside the Sands Convention center the exhibitors were scrambling to get their booths set up and ready for tomorrow.

The 2008 Interbike trade show started today with the first day of Outdoor demo at Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City, NV. We went out there and captured a few impressions of the activities out in the desert.

We have selected the categories and finalists and you our readers, are empowered to choose the winners of the inaugural Slowtwitch Industry Awards. Vote now and we'll announce the winners at the Interbike show in Las Vegas.

Jonas Colting reports from the unique Island to Island event in Stockholm, Sweden. Teams of two cross the Archipelago area of 20 islands and the water in between them.

Life Time Fitness CEO Bahram Akradi proposes joining ITU Super Series, brokering USAT-ITU peace summit, mending fences, merging rules, and raising triathlon to its proper place in the mega-sports universe

Charlie Crawford, the Commissioner of Officials of USA Triathlon is fairly well known in the triathlon community but most triathletes usually prefer not to see him, well, officially that is.

The enigmatic 1999 ITU World Champion from Kazakhstan who took down Simon Lessing at Montreal accepts two year ban for positive EPO test

Complaints about drafting are often heard after various triathlons, but more so after certain events. So who is to blame? Should we point fingers at the athletes themselves, the race directors or the officials? Slowtwitch talked to Jimmy Riccitello about this issue.

In a special edition in our series on bikes of the pros, Canadian Olympian Colin Jenkins talks about his 14.5lb Olympic Special Edition Cervelo SLC-SL.

Adventure racing legend Ian Adamson is betting the proverbial house his 24 Hours of Triathlon at Cherry Creek State Park will hit it big.

Paralyzed from the neck down, she asks to be taken off ventilator

Sheila Taormina wrapped up an amazing career by placing 19th of 36 entrants at the modern pentathlon at the Beijing Olympics Friday. This simple statement of the planned final fact in her athletic career does her no justice.

In 1978 Henry Forrest was another one of those adventurous souls who plunged into the waters of Oahu for the start of a crazy new event called Ironman. He talked to Slowtwitch about his memories of the event and a much more important recent battle.

Although a bit "lost in translation" our roving reporter at the Olympic Games in Beijing got to see a very surprising sprint finish of the men's triathlon triathlon and managed to get some shopping done too. Enjoy his final report.