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Böcherer, Steffen win 70.3 Switzerland

Andreas Böcherer beat local favorites Ronnie Schildknecht and Mathias Hecht at 70.3 Switzerland by a good margin. Caroline Steffen defended her title and also took a reasonably comfortable win.

Findlay superb in Madrid

Paula Findlay grabbed her second title of the 2011 Dextro Energy World Championship Series with a superb win in Madrid, Spain. Helen Jenkins finished second and Emmie Charayron rounded out the podium

Raelert, Van Vlerken in Kraichgau

Andreas Raelert ran down Sebastian Kienle late in the race to win the Challenge Kraichgau. Yvonne Van Vlerken battled Rachel Joyce but at the end had to hold off Julia Wagner to take the women's title.

Potts, Samuels win Alcatraz

Andy Potts’ race-best swim and bike held off Bevan Docherty’s sizzling race-best run; Nicky Samuels’ killer bike and run topped Leanda Cave by 4:21 at Escape From Alcatraz

Kriat, Paterson tops at Mooseman

Maxim Kriat beat Paul Ambrose by 7 seconds in a fierce duel to defend his title at the Ironman 70.3 Mooseman. Lesley Paterson's bike speed edged Caitlin Snow's run for the women's title.

Cunnama, Dibens rule Rev3 Quassy

James Cunnama held off Terenzo Bozzone and Joe Gambles to take the win at Rev3 Quassy in 3:59:17. Julie Dibens established a huge lead on the bike and ran to the win in 4:23:37.

British domination in Madrid

Alistair Brownlee took a superb win at the Dextro Energy WCS race in Madrid and his younger brother Jonathan grabbed second place after a successful break on the bike. Javier Gomez finished third.

Bell, Wee top Honu 70.3

Luke Bell’s race-best 1:18:58 run overcomes Chris Lieto’s race-best 2:07:56 bike; Kona pro Bree Wee tops age grouper Sheila Croft by 37 seconds at Honu 70.3

Corbin, Scott help CAF

Linsey Corbin with help from her sponsors donated a replica of her custom painted SCOTT Plasma 3 with SRAM, Zipp and Vision components for an auction in NYC to benefit the Challenged Athletes Foundation.

It’s the law

Jimmy Riccitello, who heads up WTC's officials program, and Charlie Crawford, longtime head of officiating at USA Triathlon, spoke to Slowtwitch about this past weekend's rules questions.