Hunter Kemper’s comeback win at the ITU Ishigaki World Cup this month seems to show that the three-time Olympian is back on form and aiming at a 4th Olympic team. Find out what the man has to say.
by Tim Carlson, April 22, 2011
Hunter Kemper makes a strong comeback from injury to take his 4th ITU World Cup win. Artem Parienko finished 2nd and Marek Jaskolka took 3rd at the 2011 ITU Ishigaki World Cup.
High winds cancel the swim, and Sebastian Kienle of Germany topped Paul Amey of Great Britain and Julie Dibens of Great Britain edged Samantha Warriner of New Zealand at the shortened Ochsner IM 70.3 New Orleans
Conrad Stoltz held off Josiah Middaugh’s charge by 8 seconds to take his record 38th XTERRA championship win; Melanie McQuaid tops Shonny Vanlandingham by 41 seconds at the XTERRA South Central Championship in Waco, Texas
Barbara Riveros-Diaz of Chile topped Aileen Morrison of Ireland and Kiyomi Niwata of Japan with a great run to win the women’s title at the 2011 ITU Ishigaki World Cup.
Talking before his third place finish at Rohto Ironman 70.3 California in Oceanside, the former Austrian Olympic mountain biker discusses his rise in triathlon.
Chris Lieto smashed a talented field with a 2:02:15 bike, then posted a 1:16:56 run to hold off Rasmus Henning by 1:10; Catriona Morrison ran away with a 1:18:18 run to dominate Memorial Hermann IM 70.3 Texas
Josiah Middaugh passed Conrad Stoltz late on the final trail run to win by 59 seconds; Melanie McQuaid tops Shonny Vanlandingham by 3:21 at XTERRA West
Karl Kahsar of Colorado won the men’s title when UC Irvine’s Dustin McLarty got a position penalty; Kaitlin Shiver of Florida won women’s individual; Colorado took the men’s team and the combined team titles; Navy won the women’s team title
Cory Foulk’s barefoot beach cruiser ride at Kona, his fixed gear Ironman 13 years later, and how hip resurfacing enabled him to reach 47 Ironmans, 21 Ultramans – and go for more.
How did Heather Jackson come from Princeton ice hockey star and teaching in Thailand to dueling with Mirinda Carfrae for the win at Oceanside? The 26-year-old explains it all for you.
Great field, hot racing, the exultation, the struggle at Oceanside with Mirinda Carfrae and Andy Potts the 2011 champions. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.
The Rohto Ironman 70.3 California pros stayed cool and calm on a sunny day on the eve of battle at Oceanside. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson