Dorian Coninx of France unleashed a race-best 31:19 10k to outrun Marc Austin of Great Britain by 14 seconds to win the Under 23 Men’s gold at the Grand Final World Championship at Edmonton.
by Tim Carlson, August 30, 2014
Gwen Jorgensen of the U.S. came back from a 1:09 deficit and 20th place off the bike with a sizzling 33:23 run to win the Grand Final and take the WTS World Championship title by over 1,000 points.
Laura Lindemann edged Cassandre Beaugrand by 3 seconds and Raphael Montoya eked out a one second margin over Jacob Birtwhistle in Edmonton.
Gwen Jorgensen is a prohibitive favorite to take home the women’s world title and slightly less favorable odds point to men’s WTS leader Javier Gomez, the Edmonton Grand Final offers numerical permutations galore.
In 2010 and 2011, Paula Findlay of Canada hit the ITU Olympic distance world like lightning before she halted by career-threatening injuries. Recently, she began a promising comeback and will race at Edmonton.
Jonas Colting is a Swedish endurance athlete with a penchant for unique challenges which he transforms into a living and a fount for worthy charities. This one was a 640k swim from Stockholm to Gothenburg
In a victory for the ageless, 42-year-old Greg Bennett edged 38-year-old Hunter Kemper and left the rest of the field in their wake while Alicia Kaye won her fourth straight race by a comfortable margin
Australian Tim Reed outraced the athlete he coaches, Sam Appleton, to win the rain-shortened Challenge Gold Coast and 22-year-old New Zealander Amelia Watkinson edged veteran Annabel Luxford.
Danish pro Henrik Hyldelund won it with a dominating 4:16:41 bike split and Brett Sutton-coached Swiss sensation Daniela Ryf used a 4:44:09 bike split to win Ironman Copenhagen
We bring you tales of a rhapsodic Hungarian half, two good runs in Japan, a record for the oldest woman to win an Ironman, a Challenge in Penticton and a UK XTERRA
Jonathan Brownlee edged his brother Alistair to win the men’s title and Sarah Groff of the U.S. held off Kiwi Andrea Hewitt for a breakthrough win at the Stockholm round of the World Triathlon Series
This weekend we bring you a great breakthrough in Canada, a duel to the very last drop in Washington state, an Australian double in New England and more.
Leanda Cave made a triumphant return after an injury plagued year with a dominating 8:56:50 victory at Ironman Sweden at Kalmar. Horst Reichel won the men’s title.