Articles by Tim Carlson

Fraser Cartmell runs down Philip Graves by 1:50; Bella Bayliss outruns Tamsin Lewis by 3:24 to take Ironman 70.3 UK crowns

Conrad Stoltz of South Africa topped Dan Hugo and Renata Bucher of Switzerland edged Shonny Vanlandingham to win the XTERRA East Championship off-road triathlon in Richmond, Virginia Sunday

Emma Snowsill and Tim Don took home the $200,000 checks. No photo finishes but lots of heroics. Photos by Timothy Carlson

Torrential rains and thunder provided a dramatic prelude before the $1 million Hy-Vee Triathlon. Photos by Timothy Carlson.

If you took an Emma to win, that would be a crafty bet; but this oddsmaker fool had to pick one and it’s Snowy. Daniela, Barbara, Andrea, Helen, two Sarahs and Laura will hotly dispute.

Can Simon Whitfield repeat? Will Jan Frodeno put down his Olympic sprint hammer? Will Bevan Docherty break out of his runner-up rut? Can Courtney Atkinson ride his hot streak?

Maksym Kriat of the Ukraine held off Graham O’Grady of New Zealand and Magali Tisseyre of Quebec, Canada edged Kate Major of Canada to win Mooseman 70.3 titles.

Michael Raelert continues to demonstrate that he is King of the 70.3 distance with a dominating win at Switzerland 70.3; Caroline Steffen takes her third 70.3 win of 2010

Alistair Brownlee ran away from Courtney Atkinson at the ITU Dextro Energy WCS Madrid to take the win; and thus maintains his 2009 perfect streak despite months off due to injury.

Normann Stadler crushes the field on the bike; Rebekah Keat combines second-best bike and a second-best run to edge Tiina Boman at Challenge Kraichgau

Chris Lieto’s blazing bike trumped Andy Potts’ sizzling run by 24 seconds; Chrissie Wellington’s sizzling talent beat the women’s field by 16:40 at the K-Swiss Kansas 70.3.

Nicola Spirig of Switzerland outsprinted newcomer Emma Charayron of France and Helen Jenkins of Great Britain to win the sizzling hot round three of the Dextro Energy World Championship Series race in Madrid, Spain.