Senior Hong Kong police officer Andy Naylor died Saturday after developing unspecified medical problems during the swim portion of the Ironman U.S. Championship in New York City.

Complex logistics for volunteers and competitors have caused WTC to pull back on the opening of race registration for the 2013 NYC Ironman. WTC’s Messick vows not reopen registration until and unless the problems are solved.

Aaron Farlow of Australia used a race-best swim and bike to top Mads Vittrup-Pedersen of Denmark by 4:48 and Camilla Pedersen edged fellow Dane Lisbeth Kristensen by 2:57 to win the KMD Challenge Copenhagen.

Michael Raelert took the title at the European 70.3 Championships in Wiesbaden, Germany in a course record time of 4:03:58. Anja Beranek grabbed the win in the women’s race in 4:36:09.

Richie Cunningham of Australia topped Kyle Leto of the U.S. by 2:53 and Nicole Kelleher outpaced fellow U.S. pro Jessica Meyers by 5:53 to win the titles at Rev3 Wisconsin

Jordan Rapp and Mary Beth Ellis duplicated their winning performances earlier this year at Ironman Texas with dominating victories on a hot, hot day at the inaugural Ironman U.S. Championship in New York City.

Stephen Stafford of Fayetteville, Arkansas and Consuela Lively of Winter Park, Florida won the 12th edition of Ultraman Canada in mid-90s temperatures over 320 rugged miles.

We spoke with former Ironman World Champion, Michellie Jones. She is making the transition from full-time athlete to career woman, coach, and continuing race-course threat. How does she manage it all?

As expected, Alistair Brownlee won gold, Javier Gomez took silver and Jonathan Brownlee took bronze at the 2012 Olympic Men’s Triathlon in London; USA’s Hunter Kemper was 14th Manuel Huerta 50th.

Joe Gambles and Liz Blatchford broke course records at the Ironman 70.3 Boulder, which attracts tons of Boulder-based pros and age groupers from all over.

Enjoy this amazing gallery from the 2012 Norseman Extreme Triathlon, an event that ought to be on everyone’s bucket list.

We take an in-depth look at the wheel offerings from Shimano for 2012, along with a preview of soon-to-be-released 2013 product. Has the Japanese giant finally gone aero?

Joe Gambles ran away from a talent-heavy field in Boulder to take that town’s 70.3 in 3:44:04. Ex-ITU racer Liz Blatchford has taken nicely to the half-distance, streaking home in 4:07:48

Henrik Oftedal won the 2012 Norseman Extreme Triathlon in a time of 10:23:42 and thus broke Bjorn Andersson’s course record from 2005. Annett Finger smashed the women’s course record in a fantastic time of 12:17:04.

While UCI states its support of Armstrong’s contractual and fairness arguments, UCI does not seem willing to take the more aggressive step in support of Armstrong by intervening in the case.

Nicola Spirig won an electrifying photo finish by a tiny fraction of a second over fast-closing Lisa Norden to win the Olympic women’s triathlon in London; Erin Densham won bronze, Sarah Groff took 4th and home country favorite Helen Jenkins was 5th.

Pete Jacobs of Australia tops Cam Brown of New Zealand by 1:23 and Caroline Steffen of Switzerland beats Bree Wee of the U.S. by 6:36 – and F1 star driver Jenson Button finishes 11th at Ironman 70.3 Philippines.

What does it take to be a champion? For those living at altitude, it includes training with supplemental oxygen. We watched Sarah Haskins during such a session at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

London’s prominent William Hill betting agency takes bets on Olympic events – including triathlon, where you must risk 2 pounds to win 1 on Alistair Brownlee, or you may take a 150-1 flier on Reinaldo Colucci.

Rising triathlon star and sub-4 minute miler Lukas Verzbicas is in serious condition and was scheduled for an operation on his back after a bike crash Tuesday outside Colorado Springs

Odds favor the Brownlees to take a home country gold and silver at the 2012 Men’s Olympic Triathlon in London on August 7. But given longshot gold medal winners in 2000 and 2008, not even the Brownlees are a lock.

We review some high-tech aftermarket chainrings from Praxis Works. They are one of the only forged rings on the market, and could offer a real performance upgrade from your stock chainrings.

Today we look closer at the BMC teammachine SLR01 of U23 criterium champion Tyler Magner of the BMC / Hincapie Development Team.

As the Olympic Triathlon has proved to be rife with exciting upsets, choosing the winners is an elusive task at best. Nonetheless, Timothy Carlson presents his top 21 choices for the August 4 Olympic Women’s Triathlon.