The Austrian newspaper Kurier reported today that an independent commission announced the ban of Austrian Pro and current XTERRA World Champion Michael Weiss for 2 years until November 2013.
by Herbert Krabel, November 29, 2011Jonas Colting did not end his 2011 Ultraman the way he had hoped to. Injuries caused the Swede to pull out of the race quite early into the double marathon.
Rain, cooler temps and heavy winds set the tone for the athletes on day 2 of the Ultraman World Championships. See this day through the eyes of Jonas Colting in a great video.
Michael Lovato recorded the fastest bike split on his way to the 2011 Ford Ironman Cozumel title, on a day that saw a high attrition rate. In the women’s race Simone Benz stormed to her first Ironman win.
Jonas Colting charged into the lead at the 2011 Ultraman World Championships and in this video Jonas talks about his 10k swim and 90 mile bike segment on the first day of this 3 day event.
Jonas Colting sat down before the 2011 Ultraman World Championships to discuss his previous Ultraman experiences and talk about his fitness and goal for this year’s event.
Many of us have thought about packing up, leaving the rat race and moving to a warmer climate, but for most of us that is just a pipe dream. Random age grouper Kathy Smith made this dream a reality and now lives in Mexico.
4 Aussies made quite an impression in Kona with their 4 musketeers theme, and they actually backed it up with some fine performances. We chatted with head musketeer John Mergler to learn more.
This week we came across new shades from Assos, a Norseman book, a camp with Eduardo Sturla, a survival blanket and coasters made from race bibs.
The 2011 Ironman Arizona is in the books and we now share another race day gallery. Kerry Yndestad was also on site for slowtwitch in Tempe to capture the action.
Spaniard Eneko Llanos had a superb race in Tempe, Arizona and broke the North American Ironman record in a time of 7:59:38. Brit Leanda Cave took the women’s race and finally added an Ironman title to her impressive resume.
Kris Gemmell led a a Kiwi one-two finish at the ITU World Cup in Auckland New Zealand after a brave attack on the bike. Kiwi Andrea Hewitt took the women’s title a bit earlier in the day.
German age grouper Beate Görtz was the top female amateuer in Kona and finished 15th overall. Quite impressive when considering that she has been involved with triathlon only for a few years.