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The British strike early in Beijing

Mathew Sharp from Great Britain won gold at the ITU U23 World Championships In Beijing, China and fellow Brits David McNamee and Tom Bishop earned silver and bronze. American Greg Billington finished fourth.

2011 Interbike preview

I write an Interbike preview every year for members of the bike industry, and this is it.  It's geared to retailers, and it's read by many exhibitors as well. But everybody gets to read it, because, well, this is Slowtwitch.

70.3 Worlds pre race – day 1

The 2011 Marines Ironman 70.3 World Championships are taking place in Las Vegas this year and the race promises to be very exciting. Images by Herbert Krabel.

IM 70.3 Worlds – the contenders

Timothy Carlson picks an Aussie newcomer who can run like the wind to outpace Dibens, Ellis, Morrison and Swallow. With Michael Raelert out, the men's race is wide open.

A Gina Crawford update

Kiwi Pro Gina Crawford had quite a bit going recently but not much evolved around triathlon. Crawford gave birth to a baby boy a couple months ago and her world was shaken by the Christchurch earthquakes.

Vansteelant, Burke win Zofingen

Joerie Vansteelant of Belgium dominated the men’s field and Melanie Burke of New Zealand topped Eva Nystrom of Sweden by 3:47 at the ITU LD Duathlon Worlds at Zofingen

Bennett tops Hy-Vee men

Veteran Greg Bennett ran a canny, well balanced race to outpace Hunter Kemper by 29 seconds and joined his wife Laura, the 2007 winner, as Hy-Vee champions in Des Moines.

Norden takes Hy-Vee

Lisa Norden of Sweden passed Sarah Haskins with a kilometer to go on the run and held off IM world champ Mirinda Carfrae to win the women’s title at the Hy-Vee 5150

Why Hy-Vee really matters

In its 5th year, Hy-Vee’s commitment to the sport of triathlon, the respect it shows its elite athletes with its Million Dollar purse, make it as important as a world championship

Eurobike 2011 – Day 3

The official last day for Eurobike is on Saturday but we are concluding our coverage of this 2011 trade show today with another gallery of products and people we came across.

The Preeminence of Kona

Jordan Rapp does not have the gift of literary timdity. Thank goodness. If one can be both teachable while fearlessly opinionated, that's Rappstar. Here he opines on the Hawaiian Ironman.