Allysa Seely led a U.S. podium sweep in PT2, Grace Norman of the U.S. won PT4, and Australia’s Katie Kelly, guided by Michellie Jones, won PT5 at the Paralympic paratriathlon.
by Tim Carlson, September 11, 2016
Ironman 70.3 World Champion Holly Lawrence edged Ashleigh Gentle by 7 seconds and Olympic winner Alistair Brownlee topped Joe Maloy by 57 seconds at Beijing International.
Liz Lyles combined a 2nd-best bike split and a women’s-best run to take a 9:52 margin of victory over Leslie Miller at Ironman Wisconsin
Jan Raphael of Germany topped the men with a dominating bike and Camille Deligny of France edged Mirjam Weerd of Netherlands to win Challenge Almere-Amsterdam.
Jetze Plat of Netherlands, Andrew Lewis of Great Britain, and Martin Schulz of Germany won the first paratriathlon gold medals at the Paralympic Games.
Jonny Brownlee won the final WTS race before the Grand Final in two weeks, outrunning Mario Mola at the sprint distance WTS Edmonton.
Summer Cook earned her first World Triathlon Series podium and led U.S. women to a 1-2-3 sweep at the sprint distance WTS Edmonton.
Tim Reed won a nerve wracking duel with Sebastian Kienle at the finish line and Holly Lawrence fought off Melissa Hauschildt to win Ironman 70.3 Worlds.
Jen Annett, who has been battling epilepsy since 2010, won a sprint finish duel with Liz Lyles for a breakthrough victory at Challenge Penticton.
Marino Vanhoenacker reprised his 2014 victory and Kaisa Lehtonen dominated the women’s field at Ironman 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun.
Harry Wilshire edged Tim Brydenbach on the run and Catherine Faux took control of the women’s race on the run to win Ironman Vichy.
Frederik Croneborg passed Matt Burton on the run and Kate Bevilaqua outran age grouper Claire Davis to win Ironman 70.3 Bintan.
Jeffrey Symonds ran down Drew Scott and Jen Annett’s better bike split edged Liz Lyles’ better swim and run to win the Nice-distance Challenge Penticton.