Frederik Van Lierde won his 3rd Ironman France title in a row with a superb effort all day and a final time of 8:08:59. Mary Beth Ellis took the women’s title and broke the course record with a time of 9:12:54.
by Herbert Krabel, June 23, 2013
Cameron Dye pulled away on the bike and held off Andy Potts on the run to take the 2013 TriRock Philadelphia Triathlon. Angela Naeth had to chase down Sara McLarty on the run to grab the women’s title.
Switzerland’s Markus Stierli grabbed the top spot of the inaugural Swissman Extreme Triathlon in 11:29. Brit Emma Jane Pooley who won the 2010 UCI TT World Championships and resides in Switzerland dominated the women’s race.
South African Conrad Stoltz grabbed his second XTERRA Brazil title today, having won the inaugural race back in 2005. Shonny Vanlandingham from the United States earned her 3rd title there in the last four years.
Swedish triathlete Åsa Lundström resides in Denmark where she studies medicine. She won Ironman Sweden in 2012 and finished second to Virginia Berasategui in Bilbao this year, but that result may be changed.
British triathlete Tamsin Lewis is known on twitter as @SportieDoc and this former AG World Champ recently finished 2nd at 70.3 Rimini. Enjoy this video chat.
Pro athletes often complain about the lack of prize money in triathlon and we typically agree. But hearing that only 5 male and 5 female Pros have signed up for the $142,000 MetaMan Bintan race makes this editor’s blood boil.
Mike Gadzinski finished 11th overall and 2nd in his age group at Ironman 70.3 Eagleman in Cambridge, MD. With a Kona slot and a Vegas slot earned, he made a decision that made his family and another athlete happy.
Brian Mahony is the Director of Global Projects for the ITU and we had a video chat with him about the WTS series, the Olympics and much more.
With the Ironman 70.3 World Championships moving to Mont Tremblant for 2014, our intrepid scout Dev Paul gives folks planning to race there a primer.
We look closer at the Giant TCR Advanced SL race bike of Team Rabobank – Liv/Giant Pro Megan Guarnier, the 2012 US Pro road champion.
Kevin Metcalfe has been trying to go sub-50 for a 40k TT for more than 20 years now, and finally at age 52 he stormed to a record breaking 49:29 in the Northern California / Nevada TT Championships.
Spanish newspapers El Mundo and Marca reported today that Spanish triathlete Virginia Berasategui tested positive during the Bilbao Triathlon held on May 18th 2013. Berasategui won that Half distance event in 4:49:23.