Richie Cunningham’s better swim topped Jesse Thomas’s better bike-run to win by 23 seconds; Angela Naeth overcame Meredith Kessler’s better swim with a better bike-run to win by 2:18 at Rev3 Portland Half.
by Tim Carlson, July 8, 2012
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.
Jordan Jones topped Ben Collins by 1:34 and Amy Bevilacqua edged Liz
Blatchford by 20 seconds to win the New York City 5i50 Triathlon Sunday.
In an Ironman 70.3 race shortened to Olympic distance by dangerously high temperatures, Greg Bennett edged Josh Amberger by 1:13 and Kelly Williamson cruised past Jodie Swallow by 4 minutes 2 seconds at Muncie.
Patricia Walsh has been shattering preconceived limitation about blind persons in the workplace as well as triathlon. In her third season in the sport, she is aiming at an ITU paratriathlon world title.
Faris Al-Sultan topped Daniel Fontana by 9:07 for his 6th Ironman win and Linsey Corbin edged Erika Csomor by 2:11 to take her 2nd Ironman title on a hot day at Kärnten Ironman Austria
Clark Ellice of New Zealand topped James Seear of Australian by 37 seconds and Daniela Ryf of Switzerland outraced Alicia Kaye of the United States by 2:01 to win Liverpool 5i50.
The United States Anti-Doping Agency today filed formal doping charges against Lance Armstrong which could cost him all of his seven Tour de France titles; Armstrong attorney Robert Luskin called charges “baseless.”
Joe Gambles’ race-best 1:14:27 half marathon ran down swim and bike leader Paul Ambrose and Angela Naeth’s race-best bike and run splits overtook swim leader Jodie Swallow to win Ironman 70.3 Syracuse.
Romain Guillaume smashed the men’s field by 12:42 in a wire-to-wire victory and Magali Tisseyre dominated the women’s field by 15:11 at the Mt. Tremblant 70.3 Sunday in Quebec
Viktor Zyemtsev held off Tim O’Donnell on the run and Meredith Kessler slammed the door on the women’s field by nearly 40 minutes to win Ironman Coeur d’Alene Sunday in Idaho.
Cameron Dye bested Andy Potts by 47 seconds and Sarah Haskins beat Sara McLarty by 6:06 to win the men’s and women’s titles at the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon; several women pros DQ’d for missing swim buoys.
Amateur Drew Scott, son of 6-time Ironman World Champion Dave Scott, won Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake. Amanda Stevens took the women’s title.
