Monday 20 Aug 2018
Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches (CAN), a local favorite in the Mont Tremblant area pleased his fan base from the get-go with a two and half minute lead coming out of the water. He stayed off the front for the opening km's of the bike, but forfeited the lead to a hard charging Cody Beals (CAN) at 55 km. Beals, making his debut at IRONMAN racing, was in uncharted waters once the bike went beyond 90 km. The multiple IRONMAN 70.3 winner put his head down and waited for the Sanders train to make its appe more
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Monday 20 Aug 2018
Corinne Abraham nailed a personal best at IRONMAN Kalmar thanks to a brilliant performance just a few weeks out of the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona. The weather conditions were great when her compatriot Kimberley Morrison and Annie Thoren from Sweden opened up a fast race early in the water. When they exited the water after a little more than 52 minutes, the hunt was on. more
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Monday 20 Aug 2018
It was an exciting 2018 edition of the KMD IRONMAN Copenhagen. The conditions in the morning were perfect, the lagoon at Amager Strandpark was crowded and perfectly prepared for over 3,000 athletes. From the beginning, all eyes were on the British pro Tim Don who suffered from a fractured cervical spine only a few days before racing the IRONMAN World Championship last year. He made his way back incredibly fast, aiming for the Kona slot here in Copenhagen. He made it out of the water third (45:56 more
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Monday 20 Aug 2018
Two British hopefuls enjoyed a super final shakedown ahead of the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship with victories on a challenging course in Ireland. Last year’s world championship runner-up Emma Pallant and Elliot Smales claimed victories at IRONMAN 70.3 Dun Laoghaire on a new course that tested all with the ride in the famed Wicklow Mountains National Park. Pallant was overtaken on the climbs by teak-tough 40-something Tine Deckers with the Belgian taking a 1:45 buffer on to the run. The young more
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Monday 20 Aug 2018
While the 2016 IRONMAN 70.3 world champion Tim Reed is not venturing to the 2018 edition in South Africa, the likable Australia is showing signs of returning to his irrepressible best when he ran his way to victory at IRONMAN 70.3 Bintan. Reed bided his time as he and defending champion Mike Phillips shared the pace in the water and on the 90km ride. The Australian found his running legs with his 1:18 effort enough to ensure an emphatic six-minute win on the island resort. more
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Sunday 19 Aug 2018
The scenario looked like customized for the Swiss double Olympic medalist Nicola Spirig to continue with her winning strike, and she just delivered. With the sun hitting hard in the stunning Geneva Lake, Spirig showed once more her class to take the win at the 2018 ITU Lausanne World Cup cheered by thousands of spectators, delighted with her dominance of the race. Behind her, two-time junior World Champion Taylor Knibb claimed the silver medal, while Italian Verena Steinhauser finished in third more
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Sunday 19 Aug 2018
Bradley Weiss from South Africa and Brigitta Poor from Hungary captured the XTERRA European Championship off-road triathlon elite titles on a beautiful but hot, dry, and dusty day in Zittau, Germany on Saturday, August 18, 2018. In the men’s elite race Germany’s Jens Roth was first out of the water in 17:25, roughly 30-seconds ahead of the race favorites including Roger Serrano from Spain, Sam Osborne from New Zealand, and Weiss. more
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Sunday 19 Aug 2018
The Norwegian team proved once more that they are always to be considered when confronting a tough and challenging bike course. And in Lausanne at the 2018 World Cup it was Gustav Iden surprising all the favourites to claim the victory, with Jonathan Brownlee following him in second place and another Norwegian, Kristian Blummenfelt, grabbing the bronze medal. After winning all the podium positions in WTS Bermuda at the begining of the season, the Norwegians have had an up and down season, but ar more
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Friday 17 Aug 2018
Mont-Tremblant is simply an idyllic race location for IRONMAN athletes and their families and friends. The quaint village and its surrounding communities offer a walkable, easily navigable location for all your race-week activities, including hiking, kayaking, golfing, and cycling. Athletes will start the 2.4-mile (3.8 km) swim in Lac Tremblant, which in August boasts comfortably warm, wetsuit-legal temperatures. The quarter-mile run to T1 is lined with a soft red carpet more
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Friday 17 Aug 2018
The elite circuit stops in Lausanne this weekend for the 10th stop of the 2018 ITU World Cup circuit. The vibrant Swiss city is ready to write a new chapter in its great history as Lausanne prepares to host the 2019 ITU Grand Final. And with the last two World Sprint champions crowned in the city seven years ago, Jonathan Brownlee and Barbara Riveros, returning to shine again in the Olympic capital. more
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Friday 17 Aug 2018
KMD IRONMAN Copenhagen 2018 - The sixth edition of this amazing IRONMAN event, in Denmark’s beautiful capital city. On August 19, athletes will jump into the lagoon at Amager Beach Park, bike along the coastline, into the beautiful countryside of Northern Zealand and finish their race by running a spectacular marathon through the wonderful city of Copenhagen, passing the little mermaid and the Castle of the Danish Queen. more
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Friday 17 Aug 2018
The inaugural IRONMAN event in Scandinavia took place in Kalmar in 2012 and the event has quickly become an athlete favorite. The swim course is in the Baltic Sea, the bike course is over the 6 km long bridge to the island Öland, a popular spot for tourists from around the world, and the run course goes through central parts of Kalmar with the finish line located on the main square. more
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Thursday 16 Aug 2018
XTERRA Germany, also known as the famous OSEE Challenge takes place in a disused mine which has now been turned into a large recreation area. There is a very nice lake complete with a sandy beach, restaurants, hotels and a campsite, all situated inside a beautiful woodland. Zittau is close to both the Polish and Czech border and its town centre is famous having some of the oldest buildings in Germany. more
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Thursday 16 Aug 2018
The event’s venue is Lagoi Bay, a prime tropical beach resort area centrally located along the picturesque beachfront on the northern part of Bintan Island, in the heart of Bintan Resorts. The course for IRONMAN 70.3 Bintan will take athletes on a spectacular journey around Bintan Island. The event will begin with swim in pool-like conditions and water so clear the ocean floor is visible. A scenic one-lap bike course on smooth, wide roads will follow, with a spectator-friendly three-lap run cour more
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Thursday 16 Aug 2018
Dún Laoghaire is an Irish seaside town with a rich mix of cultural experiences, hospitality, a variety of leisure activities and the natural beauty of the surrounding mountains, making it the ideal setting and destination for the thousands of athletes. The race features a 1.2-mile (1.9KM) swim from Sandycove, home to the famous Martello Tower, in the clear waters of the Irish Sea in Dublin Bay, before taking athletes on a spectacular and challenging 56-mile (90KM) bike course. more
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Tuesday 14 Aug 2018
From 80 participants in 1984 the EmbrunMan has grown to become a triathlon apart with mythical status, perhaps as the hardest in the world, even more than that of Lanzarote in the heat wave Canary Islands or Hawaii. Since its inception in 1984 the race date of the 15th of August is held regardless of which day it falls on. The start time of 6am is in complete darkness. The first 20 minutes of the swim is spent trying to follow the lead canoe and the swim markers which have lights attached. more
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Monday 13 Aug 2018
Sebastien Kienle (GER) won Challenge Turku, Finland. With a super fast finish time of 3:38:09 he sharpened the course record of Kovacic with almost 10 minutes. Pablo Dapena (ESP) took the silver medal home in 3:42:20 and Danish Daniel Bækkegård surprised with a bronze 3:44:41. Sarah Lewis (GBR), who didn’t race for months wasn’t too sure at forehand but seemed to secure the win easily. She finished in 4:11:56. Australian Kerry Morris (04:12:48) came close with a gap of 53s and Yvonne van Vlerken more
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Monday 13 Aug 2018
Eric Lagerstrom (USA), a former ITU athlete who made his IRONMAN 70.3 debut at Oceanside this year looked like a seasoned distance racer in Michigan. The 29-year-old carried a minute and a half lead out of the water and limited the damage inflicted on the bike by the pair of strong cyclists, Andrew Starykowicz (USA) and Igor Amorelli (BRA). Lagerstrom hit the dismount line in second sandwiched between Starykowicz (leader) and Amorelli (third) with a mere 29 seconds separating the trio. more
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Monday 13 Aug 2018
Reigning XTERRA World Champion Bradley Weiss from South Africa and 4x XTERRA European Tour Champion Helena Karásková-Erbenová from the Czech Republic captured the XTERRA Poland off-road triathlon elite titles on a hot and humid day in Krakow. It’s the third XTERRA World Tour win of the year for both. The race combined a 1500m swim in the Zakrzowek quarry, a technical and twisting 36km mountain bike around the local woodland and finished with a 10km trail run up, over, and through the remains of more
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Sunday 12 Aug 2018
Even the sun was out today at Strathclyde Park in Glasgow for the flawless show that Nicola Spirig had prepared for the European Championships. The Swiss, one of the oldest competitors in the field, impressed everyone to claim the European crown again, the sixth of her career, proving that she is serious when she announced that she wants to go for another medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. British Jessica Learmonth crossed the finish line in second while Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) finished in thir more
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