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ITU suspends Wiltshire 6 months

ITU hits British triathlete Harry Wiltshire with a 6 months suspension for “unsportsmanlike and unsafe conduct” during the swim at the European Championships

ITU’s Secty General on Wiltshire

Loreen Barnett, Secretary General of the ITU, sat with Slowtwitch to answer questions about the suspension of Harry Wiltshire, the place of team tactics in triathlon, and the ITU's posture toward race comportment.

Introducing Nicole Kelleher

Nicole Kelleher is a professional triathlete who until recently was in medical school. She has won 2009 collegiate nationals, finished 3rd at 2010 Pro Nationals and now sits 6th in the 5150 series & 3rd in the Lifetime Fitness series.

Aernouts, Goos take Antwerp 70.3

Belgian men and women went 1-2 at Antwerp Ironman 70.3 – Defending champ Bart Aernouts bested Axel Zeebroek by 2:48 and Sofie Goos edged Sophie De Groote for her third straight Antwerp win

Al-Sultan, Steffen take Frankfurt

Faris Al-Sultan stormed to a dominating win at the Frankfurter Sparkasse European Ironman Championship ahead of Jan Raphael and Michael Göhner. Caroline Steffen took the women's title with a course record bike split of 4:51:07

Tollakson, Wurtele win IM Lake Placid

TJ Tollakson came within 10 seconds of Steve Larsen’s 10-year-old bike record on his way to an 8-minute winning margin over Ben Hoffman: Wurtele dominated the women’s s field at IM Lake Placid

Once a Runner…

Melissa Rollison was a world class runner who went through some painful disappointments; this year the 28-year-old Australian burst upon the triathlon scene like a happy comet.

The consistent Paul Matthews

Paul Matthews won 70.3 Kansas and 5i50 Washington,DC this year and has been on the podium a few more times including a recent runner-up spot at Vineman 70.3. The consistent Aussie though is not yet done this season.

HITS has horsepower

There's a new sheriff in town, and he's riding a hunter-jumper. We interview Tom Struzzieri, the man behind America's most popular nationwide series of equestrian events, and the new, ambitious 13-city triathlon series.

What We Have Noticed: Louis Garneau …

We kept our eyes and ears wide open for you and noticed the Louis Garneau Tri 300 shoes, 7Systems supplements, Mammoth Endurance Crib, Giving back to Roth, Trix-Gear Triathlon t-shirt and Bosch L-Boxx 1 storage.

Training for Norseman

Tim DeBoom is about 10 days away from his departure to Norway where he is competing in 2011 Norseman race. Eric Wynn captured video of DeBoom preparing for this epic event.