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ITU WCS Yokohama postponed

The International Triathlon (ITU) announced today that the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Yokohama event will not take place on May 14, 2011 as originally scheduled because of safety concerns for athletes, coaches, officials and staff.

Kienle, Dibens in New Orleans

High winds cancel the swim, and Sebastian Kienle of Germany topped Paul Amey of Great Britain and Julie Dibens of Great Britain edged Samantha Warriner of New Zealand at the shortened Ochsner IM 70.3 New Orleans

Stoltz, McQuaid take XTERRA in Waco

Conrad Stoltz held off Josiah Middaugh’s charge by 8 seconds to take his record 38th XTERRA championship win; Melanie McQuaid tops Shonny Vanlandingham by 41 seconds at the XTERRA South Central Championship in Waco, Texas

Hunter Kemper wins Ishigaki

Hunter Kemper makes a strong comeback from injury to take his 4th ITU World Cup win. Artem Parienko finished 2nd and Marek Jaskolka took 3rd at the 2011 ITU Ishigaki World Cup.

Riveros-Diaz wins Ishigaki

Barbara Riveros-Diaz of Chile topped Aileen Morrison of Ireland and Kiyomi Niwata of Japan with a great run to win the women’s title at the 2011 ITU Ishigaki World Cup.

A conversation with Michael Weiss

Talking before his third place finish at Rohto Ironman 70.3 California in Oceanside, the former Austrian Olympic mountain biker discusses his rise in triathlon.

A rainy day in Sydney

The opening round of the 2011 Dextro Energy ITU World Championship series in Sydney, Australia is behind us and Courtney Atkinson takes you inside the bike segment.

Tissink, Wellington in South Africa

Raynard Tissink smashed his own record by 20 minutes on his way to win his 3rd Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa. As expected, Chrissie Wellington dominated the women's race but she also broke the World Record.

Lieto, Morrison tops at Texas 70.3

Chris Lieto smashed a talented field with a 2:02:15 bike, then posted a 1:16:56 run to hold off Rasmus Henning by 1:10; Catriona Morrison ran away with a 1:18:18 run to dominate Memorial Hermann IM 70.3 Texas