Tim Berkel overcame a drafting penalty and a late charge by Jimmy Johnsen to win the 2011 Challenge Copenhagen. Rebekah Keat broke her own record with a dominating 8:52:42 to take the women’s title again.

Canada’s Brent McMahon jumped out of a break to win the Tiszaujvaros World Cup in Hungary. A bit earlier in the day, American Gwen Jorgensen earned her first World Cup win, for a North American sweep.

Luke Bell pulled away from Paul Ambrose to take the 2011 Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens title. Tyler Stewart had a monster bike split and then cruised home on a fast 1:22:29 run to take the win.

Weather caused organizers to cancel the swim and Brit Tom Lowe grabbed the win at the Steelhead “Duathlon” in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Aussie Melissa Rollison reeled in American Heather Jackson to take the women’s race.

Andreas Böcherer overcame rain and a tough bike course to win the 70.3 European Championships in Wiesbaden, Germany. Karin Thuerig also took care of business on the bike and earned the women’s title.

In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray covers whether to buy now or wait for the new PowerTap models, whether or not to invest in a dedicated cadence sensor for a PowerTap setup, and the best non-GPS watch for trail running.

In 2011, Keat suffered through a bout of extreme fatigue and was hit by a car, but at Roth she was back in the sub-9 hour club and is ready to defend her Copenhagen title.

Ollie Whistler held off Matty White by 6 seconds to win the Capricorn Resort Ironman 70.3 Yeppoon in 3:56:44. Michelle Wu grabbed the women’s title in 4:22:43.

Pete Jacobs successfully defended his title at the Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines in 3:51:43. Belinda Granger passed long time leader Amanda Stevens on the run to take the women’s race.

Defending champion Tim Berkel and rising Danish star Jimmy Johnsen are primed to take on the second Challenge Copenhagen set in elegant Danish capital.

Kiwi Keegan Williams had a breakthrough race last year at Challenge Copenhagen, finishing second with a closing 2:46 run. He’s coming off a third at Challenge Roth this year and wants to step up in Copenhagen.

With his 6th place finish at the Dextro Energy World Championship race in London, Laurent Vidal earned his ticket to return to that site next year for the Olympic games. He had a few words with slowtwitch.

After so many positive responses to our 2011 Norseman features we decided to share another gallery of images from this year’s event. All images courtesy of NXTRI.

Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee have proven to be a formidable pair in ITU racing; when they got separated at London they intuited the same subtle strategy even when apart

The 2011 London World Championship Series Men’s Elite race had it all — the thrill of British victory, the agony of defeat, torrential rain. Photographs by Timothy Carlson

Tim DeBoom considers his race experience at Norseman to be one of the toughest to date, but he came away as the 2011 Norseman Champion and the coveted black t-shirt.

Markus Fachbach took the win at the 2011 Ironman Regensburg in Southern Germany and with it his first Ironman title in 8:29:16. Mary Beth Ellis continued with her stellar form and took the women’s title in 9:18:55.

Joe Gambles recorded the fastest bike and run splits on his way to the title at the 2011 ROHTO Ironman 70.3 Boulder in 3:45:35. Angela Naeth crushed the bike and then held on during the run to take the women’s race.

Ben Collins took the win at the 2011 Nautica New York City Triathlon ahead of Greg Bennett and Tim Reed. In the women’s race, defending champion Rebeccah Wassner reeled in Jenna Parker on the run to take the victory.

After a superb victory by Helen Jenkins yesterday, Alistair Brownlee took a dominant win in London after a brave bike breakaway. Alexander Bryukhankov from Russia finished second to prevent another Brownlee top two spot sweep.

Helen Jenkins made Olde England proud, but Gwen Jorgensen electrified the USA by finishing 2nd and taking the first 2012 Olympic slot. Photos by Timothy Carlson

Timothy DeBoom and Susanne Buckenlei grabbed the 2011 Norseman Extreme Triathlon titles but this unique event is about so much more. A photo gallery by Eric Wynn.

Gwen Jorgensen, whose only previous WCS finish was 27th at Hamburg, arrived like an unexpected comet; Sarah Groff endured serious downs on her way to Olympian heights.

Tim DeBoom won the 2011 Norseman Extreme Triathlon in 11:18:47 and with a relatively comfortable margin over Markus Stierli. Susanne Buckenlei grabbed her 3rd title in course record time despite the distance being longer.