Super League Triathlon announces a second round with men and women vying for $260,000 this September in the UK.
by Tim Carlson, July 18, 2017
Lucy Gossage edged Diana Riesler by 2:08 and Cyril Viennot beat Will Clarke by 5:56 at Ironman UK.
Australia edges U.S. by 4 seconds for ITU Mixed Relay World Championship team gold medal in Hamburg.
When temps in Lake Michigan hit 50, organizers canceled the swim. Lawrence and Appleton won the Racine 69.1.
Due to restart confusion, the NYC Triathlon awarded equal Equalizer prizes for top male and top female pros.
Flora Duffy dominated the women’s field to take her third straight WTS victory at the Hamburg sprint distance.
Mario Mola became the first man to repeat at WTS Hamburg and took the lead in 2017 WTS points in the bargain.
Daniela Ryf dominated her opposition but fell 21:45 short of Chrissie Wellington’s 2011 Challenge Roth record time.
Sebastian Kienle of Germany and Sarah Crowley of Australia topped Ironman Frankfurt with fast times.
Bart Aernouts of Belgium outran Joe Skipper of Great Britain to win Challenge Roth by a 3:53 margin.
Roth and Frankfurt will be held Sunday – Ryf and Skipper are favored in Roth, Kienle and Beranek in Frankfurt.
Tim Don dominated the men and Cecilia Perez made a late race pass on Laurel Wassner to take the elite titles at Challenge San Gil.
Emma Pallant topped Lucy Gossage by 3:15 and Andreas Raelert bested Alessandro Degasperi by 6:54 at Edinburgh 70.3.