News
WTC gives $100,000 for Gulf relief
The World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) announced a $100,000 contribution to the oil spill relief effort in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday and the first $25,000 will go to the Catholic Charities ...
Tragic death in Zipp family
On Saturday, June 5th while on the way to a wedding in Indianapolis, long time Zipp employee Jim Douglas lost his life when the bridal van he was traveling in was involved in a crash.
Alexander and Carfrae run away with Rev3 Quassy
Craig Alexander broke Matt Reed's 2009 course record - and his hopes of a $125,000 Rev3 sweep - as he ran to victory in Middlebury. Mirinda Carfrae erased a 7-minute deficit to out of T2 to repeat, ...
Brownlee returns on top at Madrid
Alistair Brownlee ran away from Courtney Atkinson at the ITU Dextro Energy WCS Madrid to take the win; and thus maintains his 2009 perfect streak despite months off due to injury.
Kriat, Tisseyre take Mooseman
Maksym Kriat of the Ukraine held off Graham O’Grady of New Zealand and Magali Tisseyre of Quebec, Canada edged Kate Major of Canada to win Mooseman 70.3 titles.
Lieto, Wellington take Kansas 70.3
Chris Lieto’s blazing bike trumped Andy Potts’ sizzling run by 24 seconds; Chrissie Wellington’s sizzling talent beat the women’s field by 16:40 at the K-Swiss Kansas 70.3.
McCormack and Giger win TriStar111 Germany
Aussie Chris Macca McCormack grabbed the win at the 2010 TriStar111 Germany with its 1k swim, 100k bike and 10k run distances. The women's title in Worms, Germany went to Swiss Pro Michaela Giger.
Raelert, Steffen dominate IM 70.3 Switzerland
Michael Raelert continues to demonstrate that he is King of the 70.3 distance with a dominating win at Switzerland 70.3; Caroline Steffen takes her third 70.3 win of 2010
Stadler, Keat take Challenge Kraichgau
Normann Stadler crushes the field on the bike; Rebekah Keat combines second-best bike and a second-best run to edge Tiina Boman at Challenge Kraichgau
DeBoom, Granger take Hawaii
Timothy DeBoom ran down Matt Lieto and Luke Bell to win the 2010 Rohto Ironman 70.3 Hawaii. Belinda Granger took the women's title with a very solid performance all day.
Spirig tops Madrid WCS
Nicola Spirig of Switzerland outsprinted newcomer Emma Charayron of France and Helen Jenkins of Great Britain to win the sizzling hot round three of the Dextro Energy World Championship Series race ...
Tri legend Marc Surprenant dies at 49
Irrepressible, talented and universally liked, Marc Surprenant passes at the age of 49. A light that burned bright and hot, he is remembered by the original stars of triathlon, of which he was one.
The photography of Timm Kölln
We recently noticed the very beautiful black and white images of German photographer Timm Kölln. With a passion for cycling and soccer, Kölln mostly shoots in black and white, but he of course also ...
White, Snyder win Cap Tex Tri
Nathan White took the lead from James Bales at the 5 mile mark of the run and Sierra Snyder led wire-to-wire on a hot day in Austin to capture the 20th Cap Tex Triathlon.
Batelier, McQuaid win in Sardinia
Franky Batelier won the XTERRA European Championships in Sardinia, Italy by a very narrow margin over Olivier Marceau. Melanie McQuaid grabbed the women's title and her first win of the season.
McKenzie and Macel in Brazil
Aussie Luke McKenzie led from start to finish at the 2010 Ironman Brasil Florianopolis to win his 5th Ironman title in record time. Tereza Macel won her 4th title, but had to fight Dede Griesbauer ...
New course records in St. Pölten
Filip Ospaly used a course record time of 3:46:02 to defeat a stellar field at the 2010 Ironman 70.3 Austria in St. Pölten. Yvonne Van Vlerken also broke the course record, but had to out-sprint ...
What We Have Noticed: Scott, Felt, ARTCRANK...
In the aftermath of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California we look closer at the Scott Plasma 3, the 2011 Felt DA, a cool bicycle inspired art poster show and a book on how to date a triathlete.
Get ready for Powerbar PERFORM
A new partnership between WTC and Nestlé Performance Nutrition means that the new Powerbar PERFORM drink will be at many Ironman and 70.3 aid stations instead of Gatorade, and that is true for Kona ...
Andrew Yoder, Laurel Wassner win Columbia Triathlon
Andrew Yoder, still age 20, smoked Tim O’Donnell and the rest of the field at Columbia Triathlon; Laurel Wassner defeated Margaret Shapiro by 20 seconds.
Stoltz, Bucher prevail at XTERRA Waco
Conrad Stoltz tops Josiah Middaugh by 3:05 and Renate Bucher wins by 2:15 over Shonny Vanlandingham at XTERRA Waco
Llanos, Morrison win Lanzarote
Eneko Llanos set a race record, but Catriona Morrison made a miracle comeback, overcoming a 35-minute stop to fix a broken chain, to win Ironman Lanzarote by 1:28 over age grouper Louise Collins.
The return of Hunter Kemper
Hunter Kemper fought off a sacroiliac joint injury and a hernia to make his third Olympic team, capped off with a 7th at Beijing; a recurring SI joint injury left him off the radar for nine months ...
Florida triathlete fights off alligator attack
Doug McCard edged into the waters of Kissimmee’s Lake Mary Jane as he had “thousands of times before,” training for a summer Ironman. When he felt the teeth of an 8-foot long gator chomp on his torso, ...
O’Donnell, Cave prevail at Florida 70.3
Timothy O’Donnell took his first win of 2010 by 1:21 over Viktor Zyemtsev; Leanda Cave followed Escape From Alcatraz with another win over Amanda Stevens.
