Gomez breaks Brownlees at London WCS
Javier Gomez backs up Hamburg win by topping surprise runner-up Jonathan Brownlee as Alistair Brownlee completely cracks and falls to 10th at WCS Round 5 in London
by Tim Carlson, July 25, 2010Javier Gomez backs up Hamburg win by topping surprise runner-up Jonathan Brownlee as Alistair Brownlee completely cracks and falls to 10th at WCS Round 5 in London
by Tim Carlson, July 25, 2010After a 2nd place at Ironman St. George and a couple other close calls, Ben Hoffman takes his first Ironman win at Lake Placid while Amy Marsh’s 13th overall including the men earns her a third Ironman win.
Paula Findlay, a 21 year-old from Canada in her very first Dextro Energy World Championship Series race, outruns four Olympians in the stretch to win London
Lisa Norden of Sweden outsprints Emma Moffatt at the line to win Hamburg World Championship Series; Moffatt takes over WCS points lead
Nico Lebrun won his second straight XTERRA Mountain Championship and Shonny Vanlandingham took her third consecutive title at Beaver Creek Resort
Javier Gomez topped Olympic champion Jan Frodeno to win the Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series in Hamburg, Germany. Frodeno takes over WCS points lead.
The USA’s Ben Collins and Canada’s Tenille Hoogland took first ITU professional victories, joining a select group of former winners
It’s hard to argue that Emma Snowsill is slipping after her comeback run to win her second Life Time Fitness $200,000 payout to go with her three World titles, Olympic and Commonwealth Games Gold.
Canada’s triathlon Golden Boy confronts aging, tactics, fatherhood, the evolving new wave of his sport, and the angst of rooting for Canadian hockey gold
Alistair Brownlee is back to his dominating 2009 form as he crushes the men’s field at Athlone; Nicola Spirig wins her second ETU European Championship in a row and second major event in a month.
Marino Vanhoenacker’s 7:52:05 is 4th fastest all-time at the distance as the Belgian captures his 5th straight Ironman Austria; Eva Dollinger takes women’s crown.
Marcel Zamora Perez won his 5th straight Ironman France with race-best bike and run; Tine Deckers sets course record, wins by 2.5 miles over Erika Csomor, repeats at Nice
Andy Potts dominates Coeur d’Alene by 13:37 to take his first Ironman victory; Linsey Corbin breaks the course record, run record in her first IM win.