Canadian Paula Findlay seems happily on the road to recovery from long-term hip injury with her win at the Sarasota Pan Am Cup; in the men’s contest, Joao Pereira of Portugal edged Tommy Zaferes by 2 seconds.
by Tim Carlson, March 17, 2013
Timo Bracht of Germany used a race-best bike split and 3rd-best run to win Ironman Los Cabos men’s contest in 8:26:48; Erika Csomor of Hungary edged Michelle Vesterby of Denmark to take the women’s crown.
Anne Haug, coming off her win at the ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in Auckland last year, stormed into the 2013 season with a hard fought win at the Mooloolaba ITU World Cup.
Javier Gomez continued his hot streak at virtually all triathlon disciplines, dominating the opening round of the 2013 ITU World Cup season at Mooloolaba, Australia. Matt Chrabot and Peter Kerr rounded out the podium.
Bevan Docherty, 2004 ITU World Champion, 2004 Olympic silver medalist and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, had a spectacular Ironman debut with a course record at Taupo. Next big career target — Kona.
Renowned cyclist Laurent Jalabert was knocked unconscious and suffered fractures to his left arm and leg when hit by a car while riding his bike near his home in France; Jalabert is also a 3-time Ironman finisher.
Mario Mola of Spain unleashed a race-best run to top Richard Murray of South Africa by 16 seconds and 3rd place Jarrod Shoemaker of the U.S. by 23 seconds and win the ITU Sprint Triathlon men’s crown at Clermont.
US Olympian Sarah Groff edges Helle Frederiksen of Denmark by 6 seconds to win elite women’s title at ITU Pan America Cup Sprint Triathlon at Clermont
Peter Kerr, a rising star in Australian Olympic distance racing, ran away from fellow Aussie Aaron Royle in the final kilometer and Felicity Abram of Australia outsprinted Kiwi Kate McIlroy to win Wellington.
Ben Allen of Australia repeated his 2012 win and his girlfriend Jacqui Slack of Great Britain took the women’s title away from 2012 champ Renata Bucher on the rugged course at XTERRA Saipan.
Javier Gomez continued his winning streak in classic races outside of his usual ITU Olympic distance territory; Heather Jackson ran down top USA Olympian Sarah Groff at the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon
Ben Allen held off Dan Hugo to defend his title and current XTERRA women’s World Champion Lesley Paterson smashed the women’s field at the third edition of the XTERRA Philippines Championship.
Bevan Docherty broke Cameron Brown’s course record while winning his Ironman debut and Meredith Kessler dominated the women’s field but fell short of Joanna Lawn’s race record at Ironman New Zealand.