American Lukas Verzbicas dedicated his at the ITU Junior World Championships win to teammate Kevin McDowell, ill with Hodgkins lymphoma; fellow American Tony Smoragiewicz took bronze.
by Tim Carlson, September 11, 2011
Ezequiel Morales of Argentina’s 8:45:18 topped Stefan Schmid of Austria by 12 minutes 33 seconds; Jessica Jacobs erased Meredith Kessler’s big lead off the bike to win Ironman Wisconsin by 9 minutes 42 seconds.
Tom Zaferes makes it two Tri-Cal wins in a row with a 13-second margin over John Dahlz and Radka Vodickova outruns Becky Lavelle to win Pacific Grove
Timothy Carlson picks an Aussie newcomer who can run like the wind to outpace Dibens, Ellis, Morrison and Swallow. With Michael Raelert out, the men’s race is wide open.
Joerie Vansteelant of Belgium dominated the men’s field and Melanie Burke of New Zealand topped Eva Nystrom of Sweden by 3:47 at the ITU LD Duathlon Worlds at Zofingen
Veteran Greg Bennett ran a canny, well balanced race to outpace Hunter Kemper by 29 seconds and joined his wife Laura, the 2007 winner, as Hy-Vee champions in Des Moines.
Lisa Norden of Sweden passed Sarah Haskins with a kilometer to go on the run and held off IM world champ Mirinda Carfrae to win the women’s title at the Hy-Vee 5150
Ronnie Schildknecht beat Timo Bracht by 2:30 and Yvonne Van Vlerken edged Eva Dollinger by 1:20 at Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl in Austria
In its 5th year, Hy-Vee’s commitment to the sport of triathlon, the respect it shows its elite athletes with its Million Dollar purse, make it as important as a world championship
Cursed with a mysterious, painful cramp in two races after a deeply disappointing 2010 Kona, Rasmus Henning has a new coach, a new attitude and comes to Ironman Hawaii under the radar.
Four-time XTERRA World Champion Conrad Stoltz held off a strong challenge from longshot Will Kelsay and Mieko Carey won her third straight at XTERRA Japan
Jordan Rapp won his third Ironman title and second Subaru Ironman Canada win with a 13-minute margin over Torsten Abel. Mary Beth Ellis topped Erin Baker’s 21-year old course record to take the women’s title.
Chris McDonald won the 2011 Ford Ironman Louisville with a race-best 4:35:45 bike to earn a 2:59 margin over runner-up Patrick Evoe. Nina Kraft held off the late charge of Jackie Arendt to take the women’s race.