Category Archives: Triathlon

Race Preview: 2008 Ironman Brazil

From Ironman.com…
The 2008 Ironman Brazil will take place this Sunday on the island of Florianopolis in the State of Santa Catarina. Located in southern Brazil, Florianopolis is a destination spot for many South American’s. The island is known as “Floripa” to those who visit the area often. Brazilians and Argentines love to vacation in Florianopolis […]

Race Preview: Madrid - BG Triathlon World Cup race #6

from Triathlon.org…
ITU celebrates a major anniversary this weekend at the Madrid BG Triathlon World Cup as the event is the 200th world cup in ITU history. Since humble beginnings in 1991, the world cup series has come a long way with more prize money, much more competitive fields and high stakes that include coveted Olympic […]

Race Preview: 2008 Ironman Lanzarote

from Ironman.com…
It’s that time again when Ironman racing all of a sudden gets really serious. Not, of course, that undertaking an Ironman could ever be described as ordinary, or trivial, or even mundane. But, just like there are races which have a reasonably level playing field and you know what you’re getting into, some races […]

Race Results: 2008 Columbia Tri

from Triathlete.com…
May 19, 2008 — This is how to celebrate a triathlon’s silver anniversary. Get the a legendary race director to assemble world champions on a brutal course with super-competitive age groupers and add about ten thousand supporters and spectators. All done with courageous competition and superb sportsmanship at Columbia Tri’s 25th Anniversay. Truly […]

Amey and Cave Win at Ford Ironman 70.3 Florida

from NASports…
Orlando, FL – The men’s and women’s titles both went to Great Britain today at the 2008 Ford Ironman 70.3 Florida held at Walt Disney World® Resort in Orlando, Florida. Paul Amey took the men’s title and the women’s was won by Leanda Cave.
Amey, now based in the San Diego area, took the […]

Race Results: Men’s 2008 Lisbon European Champs

Frederic Belaubre, the champion from 2006 and 2005, led a French gold-silver sweep at today’s Lisbon ETU Triathlon European Championships. Tony Moulai took the silver while Swiss Olivier Marceau grabbed the bronze in an exciting photo finish. Surprisingly, defending champion Javier Gomez finished in seventh place, more than a minute and a half behind the […]

Race Results: Women’s 2008 Lisbon European Champs

Portugal’s prodigious Vanessa Fernandes won a record-breaking fifth consecutive European Championship today, taking gold with a time of 2 hours, 5 minutes and 46 seconds. Italian veteran Nadia Cortassa took the silver, her fourth career medal at European championships. Swede Lisa Norden continued her breakthrough season, out-sprinting last year’s bronze medalist Nicola Spirig of Switzerland […]

Race Results: 2008 St. Croix Ironman 70.3

from InsideTriathlon…
Laid back. That’s how most first-time visitors to St. Croix Ironman 70.3 describe the atmosphere. However, once the gun went off promptly at 6:30 a.m., the nearly 40 professional triathletes racing for the $50,000 prize purse, were anything but laid back. But when all was said and done, the day was déjà vu all […]

Race Preview: 2008 Lisbon European Champs

from Triathlon.org…
For the first time since 1999, the 24th edition of the ETU Triathlon European Championships head to Portugal to welcome Europe’s finest triathletes. With world class calibre fields comparable to most world cups, this Saturday’s event is one of the most coveted titles of the year. It will be the final ITU Continental Championship […]

Race Results: 2008 Women’s Richards Bay BG Triathlon World Cup

from Triathlon.org…
Her previous world cup best was an eighth place finish in 2005 but none of that mattered as the elite women took to the start line in South Africa today. Carolyn Murray of Canada pulled off quite an upset, winning today’s Richards Bay BG Triathlon World Cup, the first world cup title of her […]