Super swimmer Eric Limkemann added a superb bike split and a good run to soundly beat Richie Cunningham and Kelly Williamson overcame a 9 minute deficit off the bike with a sizzling run to win Rev3 Williamsburg.
by Tim Carlson, June 23, 2013
Ben Hoffman combined a 2nd best swim, race-best bike split and 3rd-fastest run and Heather Wurtele broke the women’s course record to win the men’s and women’s titles at Ironman Coeur d’Alene Sunday.
Ironman announced today that Boulder, Colorado, one of the world’s great triathlon meccas, will get its own Ironman event, the 10th in the Ironman U.S. Series, on August 3, 2014 and registration will open July 17.
Emma-Kate Lidbury is back on track after a suffering some tough breaks in 2012; she credits purplepatch coach Matt Dixon, swim coach Gerry Rodrigues and a move to Santa Monica
Michael Raelert of Germany is back to his 2009-2010 form with a dominating win: Olympian Barbara Riveros-Diaz of Chile had an equally decisive foray at the middle distance at Ironman 70.3 Berlin.
Ritchie Nicholls outran fellow Great Briton Tim Don and Ireland’s Eimear Mullan’s better bike and run trumped Holly Lawrence’s swim to take the men’s and women’s titles at Ironman 70.3 UK
Ivan Vasiliev of Russia topped Alessandro Fabian of Italy by 7 seconds and Rachel Klamer of the Netherlands edged Vicky Holland of Great Britain by 2 seconds to take the elite titles at the ETU European Championships.
Dan Hugo of South Africa dominated the men’s contest, with a 5:43 margin of victory over Ryan Ignatz; Lesley Paterson had a tougher time dispatching Shonny Vanlandingham by 2:43 at XTERRA East.
Andy Potts beat James Cunnama by 1:14 and Angela Naeth topped Laura Bennett by 3:15 to win the men’s and women’s titles at Ironman 70.3 Eagleman in Cambridge, Maryland.
Luke McKenzie and Liz Blatchford won Ironman Cairns; Courtney Atkinson and Samantha Warriner won the men’s and women’s pro titles at Ironman 70.3 Cairns.
Three-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander fought off a strong challenge by Daniel Bretscher of the U.S. and Emma-Kate Lidbury of Great Britain dominated the women’s field at IM 70.3 Kansas.
New Zealander Bevan Docherty topped Canadian Brent McMahon by 1:41 and super-runner Liz Lyles of Reno, Nevada topped Heather Jackson by 7:23 to win Ironman 70.3 Boise Saturday.
Chicago will be the site of the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final, following Orlando in 1990 and Cleveland in 1996 as the third U.S. city to host the ITU‘s elite World Championship Olympic distance season finale.