Thursday 14 Jan 2021
After being announced towards the end of 2020, the new Andorra Multisport Festival now kicks into gear: dates have been set and courses have been scouted. The festival will comprise of five unique events, two triathlons, one road cycling stage race, one mountain bike stage race and one trail running event more
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Wednesday 13 Jan 2021
Following the sellout of all 12 full-distance IRONMAN® triathlons across the United States and Canada in 2021, The IRONMAN Group today announced the addition of a new full-distance IRONMAN triathlon that will take place in the long-standing IRONMAN partner city of Muncie, Indiana in conjunction with IRONMAN® 70.3® Muncie. more
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Saturday 19 Dec 2020
Following the success of IRONMAN® 70.3® events in Cozumel, Monterrey, and Los Cabos, The IRONMAN Group today announced the addition of a new IRONMAN 70.3 event that will take place in Mexico's largest beach and resort city, Acapulco, Mexico. The inaugural Mazda IRONMAN 70.3 Acapulco Riviera Diamante presented by Mundo Imperial will debut on Sunday, May 23, 2021 more
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Friday 18 Dec 2020
After a five-year hiatus, the IRONMAN Group announced it will once again return to Kenting, Taiwan with the addition of IRONMAN® 70.3® Kenting through licensee Taiwan Triathlon Corporation. Taking place on April 25, 2021, IRONMAN 70.3 Kenting, Taiwan will serve as an early season race for the IRONMAN 70.3 Asia racing series more
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Thursday 17 Dec 2020
After a challenging 2020 race season, athletes have shown they cannot wait to get back to in-person racing as general registration for all 12 full-distance IRONMAN® triathlons across the United States of America and Canada for 2021 have now sold out. The 2021 full-distance IRONMAN season in the U.S. and Canada kicks off with the Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas triathlon taking place on Saturday, April 24, 2021. more
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Thursday 10 Dec 2020
Twice is a charm. After a two-year hiatus in 2019 and 2020, IRONMAN racing will be returning to the community of Maastricht-Limburg in 2021 with the inaugural IRONMAN® 70.3® Maastricht-Limburg to be held on August 1, 2021. The community in the southeastern part of the Netherlands previously hosted IRONMAN Maastricht-Limburg four times between 2015 and 2018, and Maastricht Multisport Festival more
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Tuesday 08 Dec 2020
The Red Sea town of Hurghada has long been a magical place for tourists and now, it will extend its fame to a new group of guests: triathletes. Enter IRONMAN® 70.3® Egypt on November 19, 2021, the first-ever IRONMAN 70.3 event in the land of the pyramids and only the fourth on African soil. more
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Sunday 06 Dec 2020
In a race that grew to epic proportions, where favourites dropped out but outsiders in some cases showed unexpected things, there was just one supreme winner at the PTO 2020 Championship: Gustav Iden from Norway. "I raced smart once again. I felt like I had pretty good control during the run, but on the bike I was struggling till the very end." more
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Sunday 06 Dec 2020
With a huge force majeure Paula Findlay just won the PTO 2020 Championship, bringing home an astronomical amount of $100,000. The Canadian, who also won CHALLENGE DAYTONA last year and thus prolonged her title, was on fire the whole day, leading the race almost completely. "I was so shocked. In a field like this I thought maybe a top ten would be great. I felt really good all day. more
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Friday 04 Dec 2020
With what is going to be most likely the most spectacular pro field ever seen in a Middle Distance race, tension is growing every day at Challenge Daytona. The PTO 2020 Championship (2-80-18) will take place upcoming Sunday and some of the most interesting pro athletes just came together already during the pro press conference. Most favourite athlete Alistair Brownlee was very clear: "I think this distance is the most interesting format because it brings best long and short distance athletes tog more
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Friday 04 Dec 2020
The IRONMAN Group announced today that Frankfort, Michigan will serve as a multi-year host venue for the IRONMAN® 70.3® Michigan triathlon, relocating from Traverse City. The IRONMAN 70.3 Michigan triathlon will take place on Sunday, September 12, 2021. General registration for the 2021 IRONMAN 70.3 Michigan triathlon will open on Monday, December 21, at www.ironman.com/im703-michigan. more
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Thursday 03 Dec 2020
The wait is over! The strongest field in professional triathlon history is finally set for December 6th at the PTO 2020 Championship at CHALLENGE DAYTONA® A galaxy of 100+ of the sports elite will assemble on the starting line in Daytona to do battle for a game changing purse of $1,150,000. more
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Wednesday 02 Dec 2020
With an iconic location next to the Baltic Sea, a lightning fast course and a breathtaking finish on the beautiful city pier, CHALLENGE FAMILY is already looking forward to the newest race on the calendar: on June 20th, 2021, CHALLENGE GDANSK will take place for at least 1750 athletes. "I'm very proud and happy that after almost three years of working we can announce our new race and now we can invite all athletes to race in this beautiful city", says Race Director Adam Greczylo. more
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Monday 23 Nov 2020
It was announced today that for the remainder of 2020, the IRONMAN Group will not host any further events in the United States leading to the cancelation of IRONMAN® 70.3® Florida triathlon in Haines City. Additionally, no other events will be rescheduled during 2020. more
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Tuesday 17 Nov 2020
Amelia Watkinson and Steven McKenna took the spoils at the PTO-supported Hervey Bay 100 in Australia on Sunday. The 29-year-old New Zealander Watkinson (#19 in the PTO World Rankings) produced a tremendous bike split to take control in Queensland, and never looked back as she roared to victory in a time of 3:34:28. more
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Tuesday 17 Nov 2020
Another PTO-supported event took place over the weekend with the People’s Triathlon in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. There was a home winner as James Cunnama finished first in the men’s race while Britain’s Emma Pallant led the way for the women. more
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Sunday 15 Nov 2020
When CHALLENGE TAIWAN couldn’t take place at the original date in April this year, the organisation was clear: "our race will nevertheless take place this year, we have a deal!" This weekend, November 14th and 15th 2020, 5200 athletes participated in the event. more
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Tuesday 10 Nov 2020
IRONMAN Gdynia joins existing Enea IRONMAN 70.3 Gdynia as the country’s first full distance event on August 8, 2021. Warsaw becomes third European capital to host an IRONMAN event in 2021 with the new IRONMAN 70.3 Warsaw on June 6. more
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Saturday 07 Nov 2020
Four out of four for Frenchman Vincent Luis, who sprinted out in the last meters double Olympic gold medallist Alistar Brownlee (GBR) to claim the last victory of the World Triathlon season, while Belgian Jelle Geens crossed the finish line in third place. Luis has been able to hit the front from the first strokes of the swim since the return to racing, and 2020 Valencia ITU World Cup was not any different, more
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Saturday 07 Nov 2020
Challenging weather for the 32 women competing in the 2020 ITU Valencia World Cup, with British running star Beth Potter claiming her first ever world cup victory, followed on the finish line by Swiss Nicola Spirig and German rising star Lisa Tersch. Under heavy showers, 32 women lined up in the Valencia Port for the last event of the 2020 season, more
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