Bart Aernouts of Belgium won the men’s title while 43-year-old Luc Van Lierde took 9th; but the most notable performance was by Olympic women’s co-favorite Nicola Spirig, who crushed the women’s field at Antwerp 70.3.
by Tim Carlson, July 22, 2012Daniel Halksworth of Great Britain warmed up for his first Ironman win with a DNF at IM Switzerland last week; Eimear Mullen of Ireland overcame a 17-minute deficit to pass the USA’s Amanda Stevens on the run to win Ironman UK
Erin Densham was in top form as she outdueled fellow Australian Emma Moffatt to win the ITU World Triathlon Series sprint event at Hamburg. The USA’s Sarah Groff finished a strong 3rd.
Andy Potts came within 1:48 of Simon Lessing’s 2004 race record and he beat an off-form Pete Jacobs by 31:42; Jessie Donavan won comfortably over Jennie Hansen at Ironman USA Lake Placid.
Richard Murray of South Africa outsprinted Javier Gomez of Spain to win the Hamburg ITU World Triathlon Series sprint race Saturday and boost his stock coming into the London Olympics.
This half-Ironman master is having the best year of a consistently excellent career at the age of 39. Cunningham talks about winning Rev3 half Ironman races and pulls no punches about USADA, due process and the WTC.
Wonder what Boulder triathletes are cooking up in summer? Multisport athlete, yoga teacher and wellness coach Anita Lopez shows Canadian pro Tenille Hoogland how to make tasty, nutrient dense energy bars
Marko Albert of Estonia topped Paul Ambrose of Australia by 2:41 and Jessica Jacobs of Green Bay, Wisconsin won by 6:02 over Dede Griesbauer to win Ironman 70.3 Racine.
Greg Bennett held off Joe Gambles’ late charge by 25 seconds to win in 3:45:49; Meredith Kessler’s better swim helped her dethrone defending champion Melissa Rollison by 20 seconds at Vineman 70.3
Chris Legh, 40 year-old Australian star, outruns Timothy O’Donnell by 20 seconds and Mirinda Carfrae topped age grouper Sheila Croft by 6:35 to win the men’s and women’s titles at Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens.
Conrad Stoltz of South Africa beat Josiah Middaugh of the U.S. by 1:19 and Danelle Kabush of Canada topped Sara Tarkington of the U.S. by 2:53 to win the XTERRA Mountain Championship at Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Four-time Olympian, 2000 Olympic Triathlon gold medalist and 2008 Olympic Triathlon silver medalist Simon Whitfield was chosen to be Canada’s Olympic flag bearer in London opening ceremony.
Marino Vanhoenacker of Belgium edged Sebastian Kienle of Germany by 6:18 and Caroline Steffen of Switzerland smashed the women’s field with a near-record 8:52:33 to win Frankfurter Sparkasse Ironman European Championships.