A 2010 Avia Wildflower Triathlon image gallery by Timothy Carlson captures the passion of this event.
by Tim Carlson, May 2, 2010
Michael Raelert and Julie Dibens, 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Champions, continued their domination of the distance with record and near record performances at Wildflower.
Timothy Carlson sez: Michael Raelert slight edge over Eneko Llanos, Rasmus Henning; Julie Dibens over Virginia Berasategui, Samantha McGlone, Lesley Paterson at Wildflower long course.
The 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Champion, winner in Abu Dhabi and 2010 Kona rookie in training at home in Boulder.
Three-time Olympian Kiyomi Niwata of Japan outran Liz Blatchford of Great Britain to take an 11-second margin of victory at the Ishigaki ITU World Cup. Japan’s Tomoko Sakimoto rounded out the podium.
Valentin Meshcheryakov of Russia outsprinted Japan’s Yuichi Hosoda to win the Ishigaki ITU World Cup and earn his first podium finish. Early leader Clayton Fettell from Australia fell to 5th on the run.
Terenzo Bozzone took down Chris Lieto’s lead at mile 11 and held off Timothy O’Donnell’s charge by 29 seconds to win the Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas. Samantha McGlone took the women’s title.
South Africa’s Raynard Tissink ran past Switzerland’s Mathias Hecht for another home country Ironman victory; Sonia Tajsich of Germany overcame Caroline Steffen’s lead with race-best bike and run.
The 22-year-old scored an impressive upset at the ITU World Championship Series opener in Sydney, taking down the 1-2-3 ranked women in the world. Meet the most impressive Chilean triathlete since Cristian Bustos.
CU Boulder dominated the USAT Collegiate Nationals team competition with wins in the men’s and coed teams category and placed a close second to the West Point women’s team
Chris Stehula, age 26, a professional triathlete racing for Cal Poly SLO, and Nicole Kelleher, 28, a medical student in emergency medicine at the University of Virginia, were the upset winners at the shivering cold Collegiate Nationals in Lubbock
Timothy Carlson’s thoughts about the USAT Collegiate Nationals – CU’s Jessica Broderick over West Point’s Ashley Morgan and CU’s Cedric Wane over UC Berkeley’s Kenneth Rakestraw at Lubbock, Texas.
New Zealand’s Bevan Docherty ran away from Russia’s Alexandr Brukhankov and France’s David Hauss to take round 1 of the 2010 ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series in Sydney, Australia.
