Articles by Tim Carlson

Frederik Van Lierde held off a late charge by Matt Russell and Michelle Vesterby passed fellow Dane Camilla Pedersen at 35km to win Ironman Cozumel.

Dan Wilson outran Ryan Fisher and Annabel Luxford put the women’s race away on the bike to win Ironman 70.3 Western Sydney.

Thanks to his second-best-ever Ultraman Hawaii Day 2 bike split, Inaki de la Parra of Mexico took over the men’s lead; Kate Bevilaqua increased her lead to 39:54 at Ultraman Worlds.

Ironman veteran Kate Bevilaqua of Australia and Rob Gray of South Africa seized the leads on Day 1 of the Ultraman World Championship in Hawaii.

Lionel Sanders set an Ironman brand record of 7:44:29 in a repeat win at Ironman Arizona while Meredith Kessler held off Yvonne Van Vlerken to 3-peat in Tempe.

Michael Raelert passed bike leader Antony Costes early on the run and Amelia Watkinson dominated the women’s bike leg to win the 23rd Laguna Phuket Triathlon.

Flora Duffy wins 2nd straight ITU Cross Triathlon Worlds and 3rd 2016 World title; Ruben Ruzafa 3-peats Cross Triathlon Worlds at Snowy Mountains, Australia.

Two years ago, Flora Duffy was hoping for her first World Triathlon Series podium; today she is the WTS World Champion, Grand Final winner and a 3-time XTERRA World champ.

Josh Amberger won a wire-to-wire victory and Jeanni Seymour took control on the bike and run to win Ironman 70.3 Xiamen.

Ellie Salthouse won a race-long duel with Andrea Forrest and Dan Wilson topped Matt Burton to win the elite titles at Challenge Shepparton.

Frederik Croneborg of Sweden held off a late charge by Thiago Vinhal of Brazil by 33 seconds and Diana Riesler of Germany dominated the women’s field at Ironman Malaysia.

Chia Chia Chang is a 21-year-old Taiwanese triathlete starting to compete in international events who finished 5th against top triathletes at Ironman 70.3 Hefei.