Spanish newspapers El Mundo and Marca reported today that Spanish triathlete Virginia Berasategui tested positive during the Bilbao Triathlon held on May 18th 2013. Berasategui won that Half distance event in 4:49:23.

Ivan Vasiliev of Russia topped Alessandro Fabian of Italy by 7 seconds and Rachel Klamer of the Netherlands edged Vicky Holland of Great Britain by 2 seconds to take the elite titles at the ETU European Championships.

Jano Soto is a triathlete who lives in Kailua-Kona, but he and his wife are currently on a 4-month European adventure and he will race 70.3 Berlin and Challenge Roth among other things. We checked in with him in Berlin.

In our first edition of the revived Slowtwitch Mailbag, we answer several reader questions. We cover chipped paint on carbon frames, front disc wheels, and the debate over saddle bag contents.

Andy Potts had been fitted by Mat Steinmetz several years ago, but with quite a few different bikes along the way his setup had drifted. It was time now to get fitted again.

Age grouper Sami Inkinen was the fastest age grouper at Ironman 70.3 Eagleman last weekend, but that is not a unique experience for this fast and smart athlete who grew up in Finland. We had a chat with him.

5’1″ Kaitlin Antonneau races on the road for the Exergy / TWENTY16 squad and we took a closer look at her 45cm Felt ZW C race bike.

Everyone should ride 700c wheels. No, everyone should ride 650c. Is there a happy middle ground? What about mountain bikes? We tackle these questions, and propose a solution.

After the big success of the Iso Transition, Pearl Izumi’s previous triathlon-specific race shoe, could Pearl make that shoe even better? Here’s a look at the EM TriN1 and EM TriN2.

Boris Stein and Yvonne Van Vlerken are the 2013 Sparkasse Challenge Kraichgau champions and here is a race day gallery that captures the event.

We sometimes shadow a Pro for a day and in this case we followed British Pro Rich Allen who currently resides just outside of Statesville, NC.

Three-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander fought off a strong challenge by Daniel Bretscher of the U.S. and Emma-Kate Lidbury of Great Britain dominated the women’s field at IM 70.3 Kansas.

Luke McKenzie and Liz Blatchford won Ironman Cairns; Courtney Atkinson and Samantha Warriner won the men’s and women’s pro titles at Ironman 70.3 Cairns.

Boris Stein took the win at the 2013 Sparkasse Challenge Kraichgau triathlon and is thus the new German Pro middle distance champion. Yvonne Van Vlerken took the win in the women’s race and runner-up Julia Gajer the German title.

Andy Potts beat James Cunnama by 1:14 and Angela Naeth topped Laura Bennett by 3:15 to win the men’s and women’s titles at Ironman 70.3 Eagleman in Cambridge, Maryland.

Dan Hugo of South Africa dominated the men’s contest, with a 5:43 margin of victory over Ryan Ignatz; Lesley Paterson had a tougher time dispatching Shonny Vanlandingham by 2:43 at XTERRA East.

New Zealander Bevan Docherty topped Canadian Brent McMahon by 1:41 and super-runner Liz Lyles of Reno, Nevada topped Heather Jackson by 7:23 to win Ironman 70.3 Boise Saturday.

British Pro Rich Allen resides in Statesville, NC with his family and we checked out his Shimano Di2 equipped Boardman AiR TT 9.8 race bike.

We continue our series on power meters; this time hitting sophomore level 201. We do some detailed file analysis, and see if different head units affect your data.

Chicago will be the site of the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final, following Orlando in 1990 and Cleveland in 1996 as the third U.S. city to host the ITU‘s elite World Championship Olympic distance season finale.

Axel Merckx recently competed in the Oliver Half triathlon and finished 4th overall in 4:28:33. For a man who is busy with many other obligations that is not shabby considering this was his first and possibly only triathlon attempt.

Evelyn Stevens of Team Specialized-Lululemon won the 2013 Amgen Tour of California TT on an S-Works Shiv TT and we took a closer look at her bike.

South African Dan Hugo is best known for his XTERRA exploits, but he also has done a few road events. He is currently getting ready for XTERRA Richmond.

Bree Wee was leading her home town race, Ironman 70.3 Hawaii, by a defensible margin when she took a wrong turn off the run course, backtracked, and fell from 1st to 3rd in a heartbreaking twist of fate.