Friday 20 Jul 2018
IRONMAN Lake Placid has been inspiring athletes since 1999 and is the longest-running American event aside from the IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Located in the beautiful Adirondack mountains, it's an accessible event every athlete should put on their bucket list. Having hosted two Olympic Games (1932 and 1980), this charming town knows how to deliver a world-class athletic event. It's also the home of one of the most challenging IRONMAN courses with its famous Adirondack cl more
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Friday 20 Jul 2018
This is the second XTERRA event in Italy for 2018, after the organisers expanded to include a second race in Lake Garda, Northern Italy in May. If you are looking for Scanno on the Italian map, it is in the centre, about 2 hours’ drive east from the capital city of Rome. When you reach the race venue, the first thing you will see is the lake where the swim will take place, about 2km outside of the village. more
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Friday 20 Jul 2018
Two of the sports biggest stars – 2015 XTERRA World Champ Josiah Middaugh and 2016 XTERRA World Champ Mauricio Mendez – will go head-to-head once again in the thin air of the Colorado Rockies in a battle for the XTERRA Beaver Creek crown on Saturday, July 21 in Avon, Colorado. “Mauricio for sure will be tough to beat,” said Middaugh, who beat him last year by 41-seconds to win on his home course for the fifth straight year. “Mauricio thrives at altitude since he was born and raised at similar e more
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Tuesday 17 Jul 2018
Ruben Ruzafa and Helena Karaskova-Erbenova captured the 14th annual XTERRA Czech off-road triathlon elite titles in Prachatice on Sunday, July 15, 2018. It’s the third big win in two weeks for Ruzafa, who won XTERRA France on July 1 and the ITU Cross Tri World Title in Denmark on July 10. The 33-year-old who lives in Aizarnazabal, Spain, is a three-time XTERRA World Champ and four-time ITU Cross Tri World Champ. He has now won all three XTERRA majors he raced this year and 33 of the 42 XTERRA W more
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Sunday 15 Jul 2018
Great Britain did it again in Bolton. Lucy Gossage and Joe Skipper celebrated another British double at the IRONMAN UK. For one of the two winners, the tough race in Bolton marked a beginning, for the other champion a farewell. Going into the race, Skipper was confident he'd have a big day. The 30-year had ranked third in Bolton twice; he was runner-up here just after finishing second at the IRONMAN North American Championship, Texas and IRONMAN New Zealand. But the strong runner had never exper more
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Saturday 14 Jul 2018
The 2018 Long Distance Triathlon World Championships course commenced in Odense Harbour with a 3km out and back swim, followed by a 120km bike, which crossed Odin’s Bridge, and finished with a 30km run through the charming streets of Odense. Dapena and Frederiksen claimed the golden world champion titles, in their respective elite races, in Denmark. more
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Saturday 14 Jul 2018
Mario Mola (ESP) made it a remarkable third straight WTS Hamburg victory on Saturday afternoon, delivering a superb run to take the tape once more in Germany. It had been a strong three-deep group of Johnny Brownlee (GBR), Vincent Luis (FRA) and Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) that carved out a solid lead on the bikes, but Mola timed his attack to perfection as first he shut down the gap then created one of his own with an impressive 13:59 run to finish ahead of Luis in second and Richard Murray (RSA more
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Saturday 14 Jul 2018
From a starting line-up packed with seriously powerful podium potential, it was to be France’s surprise package, Cassandre Beaugrand, who left the field in her wake to earn a first-ever WTS gold at Saturday’s WTS Hamburg. An excellent swim saw the French National Champion in contention early on and she held firm in the 6-strong lead bike pack, before taking the race by the scruff of the neck and flying through the 5km run in a time of 15:48, Germany’s Laura Lindemann out-sprinting USA’s Katie Za more
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Friday 13 Jul 2018
IRONMAN UK Announcement:
We have worked with our council partners and local authorities to devise an alternate route least likely to be impacted by the current wildfires, however, we will stay in constant communication with all stakeholders and at no time will we risk the safety of athletes, volunteers and event staff. As always, please follow instructions of course marshals, race officials and IRONMAN staff throughout the race more
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Thursday 12 Jul 2018
The longest-running World Triathlon Series event returns to the calendar once more this weekend, as the elite women head to Germany for the Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon. It’s a starting list packed with medal contenders, too, leaving the podium places wide open along with the world ranking standings by the end of the weekend, and WTS Hamburg is again set to be one of the spectacles of the season as thousands of spectators line the course to cheer on their heroes. more
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Thursday 12 Jul 2018
By popular demand XTERRA Czech, one of the most cherished and storied races in XTERRA history, returns to the European Tour on July 15th in Prachatice. It's the ninth of 16 stops on this year's tour. XTERRA made its debut in the Czech Republic among the castles of Hluboka nad Vltavou in 2002, moved to Spindleruv Mlyn in 2009, and then was held in the historic city of Prachatice in 2011 where it remained through 2015. After a two-year hiatus, the Pilousek family is bringing XTERRA back to Pracha more
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Thursday 12 Jul 2018
The 2018 Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon returns once again to the German town to host one of the most popular and fan-favourite races of the season and the men’s start list is stacked! Mario Mola (ESP) arrives in town knowing that he will still be the leader no matter what happens this Saturday, but still he will have to fight with most of the strongest men on the circuit to be able to claim the first spot of the podium. more
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Wednesday 11 Jul 2018
The 2018 Cross Triathlon World Championships boasted strong fields of elite contenders, across both men’s and women’s races, as they battled it out for the prestigious World Championship honour. Spain’s Ruben Ruzafa and Great Britain’s Lesley Paterson claimed the gold medal and World Champion status, in their respective races, with commanding performances. more
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Tuesday 10 Jul 2018
The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is pleased to announce the ITU World Triathlon Series calendar for the 2019 season. With seven regular WTS races ahead of the Grand Final in Lausanne, the season will be packed with triathlon action, with the World Triathlon Mixed Relays Series and the World Paratriahlon Series increasing the number of events in 2019. more
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Monday 09 Jul 2018
Both the men’s and the women’s competitions at the 2018 Mainova IRONMAN European Championship Frankfurt delivered even more than the dramatic racing predicted. On the men’s front, Jan Frodeno took the win again after 2015, showing he's ready for the IRONMAN World Championship in just a few months. The 36-year-old took the race into his hands and fulfilled his goal. As imagined, Australia’s Josh Amberger proved his outstanding talent in the Lake Langener Waldsee, opening up a slightly larger lea more
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Monday 09 Jul 2018
The town of Tiszaujvaros, north-east Hungary, was once again consumed by triathlon fever this weekend as two days of elite racing provided the focal point of its annual festival of sport and culture. For 22 years, Tiszy has been a staple on the ITU World Cup circuit, but this year for the first time in its history, the men’s race had to be abandoned after a freak storm saw hail and high winds leave conditions too hazardous for the athletes and spectators. That was all after Britain’s Sophie Cold more
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Monday 09 Jul 2018
Brazil's Igor Amorelli was near or at the front of the race throughout the entire swim and bike legs in Ecuador. A late push in the closing k's of the bike rewarded Amorelli a minute gap to Aussie Tim Rea. Once on the run, Amorelli appeared to have the race in control. Rea managed to match the leaders pace for the first half of the run, however Amorelli opened the gap to over three minutes to claim the win. How much difference a year has made for Amorelli. Last year at this time he was returning more
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Monday 09 Jul 2018
Kieran McPherson and Julie Baker captured the XTERRA Victoria off-road triathlon elite titles on a beautiful day at Durrance Lake in British Columbia, Canada on Sunday, July 8, 2018. It’s the third win on the 2108 XTERRA Pan America Tour this season for McPherson, and for Baker, her second big win on the XTERRA World Tour since turning pro in 2016. In the men’s race XTERRA veteran Brent McMahon was first out of the water, with Branden Rakita and Ian King right behind. McPherson and Josiah Midda more
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Monday 09 Jul 2018
While the world of IRONMAN took a deep breath watching the stunning performances at the Mainova IRONMAN European championship Frankfurt, the beautiful IRONMAN 70.3 Jonkoping put on a great race, too. The men’s battle turned out to be a head-to-head race from the swim start to the finish line, thanks to a battle between Germany’s Florian Angert and Pieter Heemeryck from Belgium. The two came out of the water within one second of each other, and raced shoulder-to-shoulder all day long. Angert hit more
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Friday 06 Jul 2018
"It's really cool to be the hunted one," says IRONMAN World Champion Patrick Lange. After his victory in Kailua Kona, Hawai'i in October last year, the Darmstadt is on top of the IRONMAN ranking. Last year, he could not make it to the podium due to an injury-related break before the race. "I'm in top form and looking forward to my home race, it's just going to be unbelievable in front of this crowd on Mainkai," says Lange. However, Jan Frodeno, Andi Boecher and Patrik Nilsson will not make it ea more
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