With two top women’s favorites hanging by a thread nursing injuries, 2011 Ironman 70.3 World Champ Melissa Hauschildt of Australia is almost unbeaten this year and is a rare phenomenon – a clear favorite.
by Tim Carlson, September 6, 2013
The temperatures are hot, but the competition will be hotter at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship on Sunday. Timothy Carlson’s top pick is Craig Alexander, but the talent is too close to call.
Three-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander and Olympic silver medalist Lisa Norden discuss their 2013 coach-athlete relationship and Norden’s quest for the Ironman 70.3 World title.
Sixty-four year-old Diana Nyad endures jellyfish stings, currents and the treacherous Florida Straits as she completed the estimated 110-mile Cuba-U.S. swim in 53 hours in her fifth attempt over a 35-year span.
Javier Gomez of Spain won his second straight Hy-Vee elite men’s title with race-best swim and run splits and two-time ITU World Champion Emma Moffatt of Australia won her second Hy-Vee crown Sunday.
After he returned to racing full time in 2012, Leon Griffin had six runner-up finishes at half Ironman and 70.3 races through Wildflower this May. After a gluteus tear set him back for months, Griffin won Rev3 Maine.
Rev3 Maine at Old Orchard Beach offered the flavor and beauty of the New England coast with hot competition between some of the planet’s top pro triathletes. Photo gallery by Eric Wynn.
Olympic Champion Alistair Brownlee broke away at the end of the bike, then held off Javier Gomez and his brother Jonathan to win WTS Stockholm and take a slim lead in points going into the London Grand Final
With reports from Ironman Canada and Louisville, Ironman 70.3 Brazil, Rev3 Maine, the classic Chicago Triathlon, XTERRA Japan and more
Gwen Jorgensen of the United States blew away the field on the run to win her 3rd World Triathlon Series women’s race this year and take a narrow lead going into the WTA Grand Final in three weeks in London.
Last weekend’s Ironman races at Mt. Tremblant and Sweden seem to have settled most of the slots left in the Kona pro field; but there is still racing in Canada, Louisville and Brazil.
XTERRA veteran Will Kelsay was hit by a pickup truck with a trailer while cycling to a swim workout in Boulder, Colorado Wednesday; Kelsay was treated and released at a local hospital and his bike was destroyed.
In his 10th year as a pro, Brandon Marsh took dead aim on qualifying for his first Ironman World Championship. He did it with a clutch runner-up finish against a quality field at Ironman Mt. Tremblant last weekend.