Like a challenge? Entries for The Legend Triathlon have just opened – a new single-lap iron-distance race around Snowdonia National Park, taking place on Sunday 10 July. Advertisement Billed as the UK’s friendliest, toughest and most beautiful single lap iron distance triathlon, it will start and finish in Llanberis and send athletes through ‘mind-blowing scenery, […]
It’s the final countdown to this year’s Ironman 70.3 World Champs, and defending champions Javier Gomez (ESP) and Daniela Ryf (SUI) will have a tough race on their hands in Austria next weekend (30 August). Advertisement >>> Javier Gomez, Daniela Ryf win Ironman 70.3 World Champs in Mont-Tremblant >>> Free Ironman 70.3 training plans This […]
Heard about London’s ‘sky pool’ yet? Basically a regular 25m swimming pool suspended between two apartment blocks 10 storeys up, it will form part of a new development near the former Battersea power station. Advertisement It’s expected to be ready for action in 2018, and will be entirely transparent and structure free – the only […]
Sarah True once again claimed the top spot in Stockholm with a dominant performance on the run, beating favourite Katie Zaferes and Olympic champion Nicola Spirig in the process. Advertisement True won her first World Triathlon Series event in the Swedish capital last year over sprint distance, and this year she increased her margin of […]
Hard to believe, but reigning world champ Javier Gomez had never won WTS Stockholm before today – and he finally put that right this afternoon with a dominant display that carried him across the finish line nearly 1min ahead of second-placed Joao Pereira (POR). Advertisement >>> Sarah True wins Stockholm World Triathlon That makes it […]
The suspense didn’t let up in the women’s race at Challenge Walchsee in Austria last weekend, with Britain’s Catherine Jameson and Lucy Gossage right up there at the front of the pack throughout the middle-distance race. Advertisement Jameson led out of the swim, and over the first 60km of the bike she held a 3:30mins […]
The Triathlon England – National Relay Championships saw teams from all over the country compete last weekend (22-23rd August) for Triathlon England national titles at the Zoot Triathlon Relays. Advertisement Hosted in Nottingham, just as it has been since 1991, the Zoot Triathlon Relays also saw new elite style relays and team time trials take […]
Two changes for 2016’s Blenheim Palace Triathlon: the event will be held slightly earlier than in previous years, and long-time sponsor Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research has changed its name to Bloodwise. Advertisement >>> Blenheim Palace Triathlon 2015 – in pics Next year’s Bloodwise Blenheim Palace Triathlon will be held on 4-5 June and entries go on […]
Spain and the USA continue to bestride the World Triathlon Series leaderboards for 2015, hogging the top-three spots for the men’s and women’s title races respectively. Advertisement In the men’s rankings, 2014 champ Javier Gomez (ESP) managed to record a winning margin of 45 seconds for WTS Stockholm last weekend – the biggest gap for […]
Click:Canada nicotine Pouches It’s official – Ironman has been acquired by Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group for $650m, joining football club Atlético Madrid on the latter’s roster of investments in Western sports enterprises. Advertisement The news broke early this morning, and Wanda Group assumes Ironman’s existing – unspecified – debts from current owner Providence Equity […]