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Andy Potts (USA) outsprinted Oscar Galindez in the last few hundred yards to earn his first World Championship title and in the women’s race Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) outran her competition en route to her big win.

3 big triathlon events this weekend will unofficially close out the 2007 North American triathlon season. Here is what is coming.

Get your travel planner ready, USA Triathlon has announced their 2008 National Championship schedule.

The mens and womens races played out in similar fashion, with strong run performances coming out of a well organized breakaway that gained massive time on a temperate but windy day down in Mexico.

A very competitive international field raced the 2007 Ford Ironman Florida triathlon, but in the end 2 Germans were crowned Ironman champions.

Jordan Rapp, Slowtwitch tech whiz on weekdays, long distance tri whiz on weekends, conquered the five specialties (swim, bike, run, nutrition, navigation) to win the Soma Triathlon in 4:01:46.

Stoltz outduels Marceau, it's Dibens wire to wire, at the 2007 XTERRA World Championships in Maui, Hawaii

On Sunday the best off road triathletes in the world will meet in Maui to fight for the XTERRA World Champion title and about $125,000 in prize money. Here is a preview.

Results from the 2007 McDonald's ITU Duathlon World Championships

Two weeks ago long distance runner Kerstin Metzler-Mennenga (LIE) became a national hero after running 2:42:21 in the Berlin marathon. But all was not as good as it seemed.

Greg Bennett won the US Open Triathlon and snagged the $300,000 series bonus. In the women's race Sarah Haskins proved to be the strongest.

Racing as an age grouper in 2006, Chrissie Wellington (GBR) came to Kona as a Pro and grabbed the 2007 Word Champion title.

Chris "Macca" McCormack finally won the race that had eluded him so long and here is how it unfolded.

The numbers from the 2007 Kona Ironman bike count are in and we have the top brands.

Top 10 results from the 2007 Best of the US triathlon in Florida.

Chris Gemmell (NZL) and Vanessa Fernandes won the 2007 Rhodes BG Triathlon World cup. See the results here.

Space exists between USA Triathlon's posture toward "speedskins" in non-wetsuit-legal swims and WTC's opinion of them. They're legal for use in Ironman, but just barely, and perhaps not for long.

Many pro triathletes have been pushing for a change in the drafting regulations and the WTC seems to have listened to them.

The ITU announced a provisional list of 2008 BG Triathlon World Cup races

Results from the 2007 XTERRA USA Championships in Lake Tahoe, NV.

At Interbike it was announced that Swedish Ueberbiker Bjorn Anderson will be racing as a Quintana Roo athlete in 2008 and 2009.

The parent company of Fuji Bicycles has purchased legendary triathlon brand Kestrel.

A 70 year old German man apparently has to return his silver medal from the 2007 World Championships after he admitted to short cutting both the bike and the run course.

Oscar Galindez (ARG) and Tyler Stewart (USA) won the 2007 Ironman 70.3 Cancun event. Galindez proved to be the strongest runner among the men, and Stewart used her bike prowess on her way to victory.

Who is racing in Kona this October under which bib number? Check it out here.