Chris Leiferman won his first ever Ironman with a race-best 2:45:09 marathon and Mary Beth Ellis won the 12th Ironman of her career at Mt. Tremblant.

After Spirig’s spirited defense of her 2012 Olympic Triathlon gold, coach Brett Sutton speaks of her unconventional preparation and race strategy.

Gwen Jorgensen took the first Olympic Triathlon gold medal for the United States by a 40-second margin over defending champion Nicola Spirig of Switzerland.

We had a conversation with Gwen Jorgensen’s coach, Jamie Turner, a couple of hours after Gwen’s gold medal performance in Rio.

Gwen is our touchstone, but we must crowdsource the outreach of triathlon on Gwen’s behalf. Gwen’s victory is ours to use or to lose.

High end boutique brand Parlee introduced a very smart looking disc brake ready triathlon bike – simply dubbed TTiR. But are you ready?

Alistair Brownlee left his brother Jonny behind halfway through the run and took his second straight Olympic Triathlon gold medal.

Olympic track is rich in stats – just read David Wallechinsky’s Complete Book of the Olympics 1,000-page Olympic tomes. But Olympic triathlon is catching up.

The crew of New Wave Swim Buoy was present at the inaugural SwimRun USA at Casco Bay Islands, Maine and captured amazing drone footage of the teams in action.

TriRig offers the Beta and the Kappa, together a rear-hydration system for tri bikes, or the Kappa as a stand-alone cage for bottles wherever you mount them.

The first island to island style SwimRun race hit US-soil on Sunday in Maine’s Casco Bay Islands off the seaport city of Portland. 121 two-person teams started out over the 4-miles of swimming and 10-miles of running over seven different islands and all but four teams completed the course.

Will Gwensanity reign in Rio? Will the defending champion arise? Will the Brits, other Americans, a Kiwi, or a Bermudan take gold? Timothy Carlson sets odds.

The fifth Olympic Triathlon Men’s contest pits the British against the Spaniards for the win. Odds by Timothy Carlson.

Andreas Dreitz’s swim and bike splits outmatched Lionel Sanders’ dazzling run and Melissa Hauschildt topped Jodie Swallow on the bike and run to win Wiesbaden 70.3.

Jan Raphael edged Chris Fischer and Julia Viellehner beat Erika Csomor to win the elite titles at Challenge Regensburg.

Kirsten Sass improved her 2015 runner-up finish and Christopher Douglas won his first overall national title at AG sprint nationals.

U.S. pro Ben Collins eked out a 15-seconds win over Irish age grouper Bryan McCrystal and Susie Cheetham topped UK pro Natalie Seymour at Dublin 70.3.

Amateurs Todd Buckingham and Alissa Doehla won the overall titles at USA Triathlon Olympic Distance National Championship in Omaha, Nebraska.

Mauricio Mendez of Mexico and Helena Erbenova of the Czech Republic won the elite titles at XTERRA Sweden on a cool summer day near Stockholm.

QR smells blood in the water, and the PRthree is priced to buy business. This is not just a bike, it’s a window into this company’s approach to an industry facing headwinds.

German Thomas Hellriegel won the 1997 IRONMAN World Championships and has always been known for his bike prowess. Here now is his Cervelo P3.

Andrew Starykowicz was hit by a van and dragged under during a training ride on Saturday. UPDATE: He is now home from the hospital and recovering.

In this episode, Eric Lagerstrom and Magali Tisseyre showcase their new surroundings in Mont Tremblant. And take their new drone out for a fly.

Last week Polar announced the release of the M600 and entered the small but growing category of sports watches with optical heart rate monitoring.