As a bike designer in a former life, I’ve always thought about a bike like this, but never had the wherewithal to make it.

Odds are that Flora Duffy and Gwen Jorgensen will battle it out for the WTS women’s crown and Mario Mola and Jonny Brownlee will duel for the WTS men’s title.

Two-time ITU Olympic Triathlon gold medalist Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain and Mariya Shorets of Russia won the gold medals at the ITU Aquathlon World Championship.

As part of their global signature event series, Red Bull offered 300 racers a unique endurance challenge called Swim Climb.

German Pro Andi Böcherer had an amazing sub-8 duel with Sebastian Kienle in Frankfurt and he chatted with slowtwitch about his 2016 season and what is still to come.

Swimrun remains a sport dominated by Swedes, but as it grows in popularity throughout Europe and elsewhere around the world, the competition is heating up. So, how did the top American team fare at ÖTILLÖ?

Updated for 2017 and new magnetic visor. The MET Drone Widebody was not on my radar of “interesting helmets” until it showed up – without decals – on the head of Jan Frodeno at IM Frankfurt in 2015. After testing it, I’m surprised it’s not more popular.

It’s a Lotus-inspired tri bike that has all the modern details and features.

Canyon launched a new triathlon bike at the Eurobike trade show at the super low entry cost of Euro 2,299 and also with a different geometry. Now meet this attractive aero Speedmax CF model.

Maja Tesch won the ÖTILLÖ SwimRun World Championships in 2015, and although going well faster in 2016 she placed 3rd with new partner Bibben Nordblom. But it is not just about the result alone for Maja Tesch, it is about the journey and the adventure.

Allysa Seely led a U.S. podium sweep in PT2, Grace Norman of the U.S. won PT4, and Australia’s Katie Kelly, guided by Michellie Jones, won PT5 at the Paralympic paratriathlon.

Tripp Hipple and Laura Bennett won the inaugural 106 West Triathlon which bills itself as “The Highest Triathlon in the World.”

Ironman 70.3 World Champion Holly Lawrence edged Ashleigh Gentle by 7 seconds and Olympic winner Alistair Brownlee topped Joe Maloy by 57 seconds at Beijing International.

Liz Lyles combined a 2nd-best bike split and a women’s-best run to take a 9:52 margin of victory over Leslie Miller at Ironman Wisconsin

Jetze Plat of Netherlands, Andrew Lewis of Great Britain, and Martin Schulz of Germany won the first paratriathlon gold medals at the Paralympic Games.

Jan Raphael of Germany topped the men with a dominating bike and Camille Deligny of France edged Mirjam Weerd of Netherlands to win Challenge Almere-Amsterdam.

American Dan Kimball won the very unique UltraTri event in Sweden this summer and he is constantly on the hunt for new adventures and challenges.

IRONMAN World Champion Faris Al-Sultan partnered up with fast Swedish age grouper Peter Oom to race in the 2016 ÖTILLÖ World Championships in Sweden and here are his post race thoughts.

The ÖTILLÖ SwimRun World Championship is a super tough and amazing endurance sports event and here are images from that memorable and inspiring event in Sweden courtesy of Jakob Edholm and Nadja Odenhage.

Roughly 45 athletes at the Ironman 70.3 WC have been given DNFs for not riding the prescribed course.

The winning men’s team went under 8 hours, the victorious mixed team surprised themselves with a new record and the top women’s team completely destroyed the previous best time on this tough 75km course.

Triathletes are usually up on the latest single-sport training aids and techniques. But they don’t know about this.

The Trio is rare, measuring cadence along with an optical HR sensor.

Jonny Brownlee won the final WTS race before the Grand Final in two weeks, outrunning Mario Mola at the sprint distance WTS Edmonton.