from InsideTriathlon…
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Matt Reed, recent U.S. citizen and at 6-feet 5-inches the tallest man in competition triathlon, whipped heavy favorites Andy Potts and Hunter Kemper to take the second U.S. men’s Olympic Triathlon team trials event in Tuscaloosa Alabama Saturday.
In a race that went a little closer to form, Julie Swail Ertel used […]
from usatriathlon.org…
Twenty-one of the top triathletes in the country are ready to toe the line and compete for two Olympic team spots – one for a U.S. man and one for an American woman – at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The women’s race […]
from olympics.com.au….
Emma Moffatt and Erin Densham have won a four-way battle to join Emma Snowsill as Australia’s women’s triathletes at the Beijing Olympics.
Triathlon Australia (TA) announced the athletes they will nominate to the Australian Olympic Committee, with Moffatt and Densham getting the nod over Felicity Abram and Annabel Luxford.
Snowsill was pre-selected by TA last year, […]
from Triathlon.org…
Sydney Olympic Champion Simon Whitfield of Canada continues his quest for another Olympic title with a win at the Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup today. Whitfield showed a field of top Olympians that he still has kick in his legs to claim his 11th world cup title, in a time of 1 hour 51 […]
from Triathlon.org…
Australian superstar Emma Snowsill added to her extensive medal count today with a win at the Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup. Snowsill led from start to finish claiming her eighth world cup title in a time of 2 hours 3 minutes and 11 seconds. In second place, 29 seconds behind, was fellow Aussie and […]
from NAS…
Tempe, AZ – It was a race to the finish for the men’s title at Ford Ironman Arizona with just 74 seconds separating the top four finishers. First time Ironman winner Jozsef Major bested the field to take first place. Fellow Hungarian Erika Csomor took the women’s race on a day that saw the […]
from Triathlon.org
The small fishing island of Ishigaki, Japan comes alive this weekend as it hosts the longest-running world cup and a favorite stop for many of the world’s best. Last year’s women’s race was a fierce battle between Portuguese star Vanessa Fernandes, three-time world champion Emma Snowsill and 2006 winner Debbie Tanner, three of the […]
Are you one of the rumored 7,000 triathletes who entered this year’s lottery who hopes to win one of the coveted 200 lottery slots?
Official results are to be posted on April 15 - but a ‘preview’ of the list is to be run at the end of Saturdays’ broadcast of the Ford Ironman 70.3 championship […]
Patrick Vernay repeated his win from last year with a time of 8:31:33 in this year’s event. Chrissie Wellington continues to dominate every Ironman she enters with another win - she’s now three for three - with a time of 9:03:55.
Mitchell Anderson moved up from fourth last year to second this year. In the women’s […]
from Triathlon.org…
Moffatt takes New Plymouth gold
Australian Emma Moffatt ran away with today’s New Plymouth BG Triathlon World Cup and in the process asserted herself as the front runner for a spot on the highly competitive Australian Olympic team. She finished with a time of 2 hours, 1 minute and 1 second to collect her second […]
