Javier Gomez passed long time race leader Ben Kanute at Mile 8 of the run to win Ironman 70.3 Worlds by 1:22.
by Tim Carlson, September 10, 2017
Daniela Ryf finished in 4:11:59 with a 6:37 margin over Emma Pallant to win Ironman 70.3 Worlds in Chattanooga.
Timothy Carlson rates the men’s and women’s elite fields at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Chattanooga.
Emma Pooley won her 4th Zofingen and Maxim Kuzmin became the first Russian to win the classic long course duathlon.
Steger edges Molinari by 1 minute; Siddall bests Sämmler by 3:57 at Challenge Kaiserwinkl-Walchsee.
Olympic silver medalist Fernandes overcame a large deficit with sizzling run; Chevrot ran away to win Cascais 70.3.
Danes Thomas Strange and Camilla Pedersen won the elite titles at the half distance Challenge Fredericia.
Gillian Backhouse dominated the women’s field; Norwegian Gustav Iden won his first World Cup at Karlovy Vary.
ITU veteran Anne Haug ran down Lucy Charles and James Cunnama ran away for the win at Lanzarote 70.3.
On July 29 at Edmonton, Taylor Knibb of the U.S. became the youngest woman to podium at a WTS race.
Lionel Sanders and Sarah Crowley won the ITU Multisport Festival LD Worlds in Penticton.
Boris Stein tops Andreas Giglmayr by 1:27 and Laura Philipp smashes the women’s field at Zell Am See-Kaprun 70.3.
Chicago police reported that a motorist struck and injured two triathletes competing in the Chicago Triathlon on Sunday.