Mauricio Mendez of Mexico and Helena Erbenova of the Czech Republic won the elite titles at XTERRA Sweden on a cool summer day near Stockholm.
by Tim Carlson, August 13, 2016
Amateurs Todd Buckingham and Alissa Doehla won the overall titles at USA Triathlon Olympic Distance National Championship in Omaha, Nebraska.
An Ironman Boulder cyclist was killed Sunday morning when she was hit by a motor vehicle on the cycling leg on U.S. 36 north of Broadway
Tim Reed outran Craig Alexander and Caroline Steffen of Switzerland did the same to Radka Vodickova to win the Asia-Pacific Ironman 70.3 Championship.
Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway crushed the men’s field while Flora Duffy of Bermuda topped Ashleigh Gentle by 24 seconds to win the Montreal World Cup.
Thomas Strange’s 3rd-best bike leg outweighed Per Bittner’s race-best run while Camilla Pedersen led wire-to-wire to win Challenge Denmark.
Eight pro triathletes who are on the Kona bubble, many already over-raced, scramble to get themselves on the start, or throw in the towel.
Mary Beth Ellis dominated the women’s field while Igor Amorelli out biked Mark Oude Bennink and outran Bas Diederen at Ironman Maastricht–Limburg.
Cody Beals of Canada blew the men’s field away on the bike and Lauren Goss ran away from a swim-bike duel with fellow U.S. competitor Laurel Wassner to win Ironman 70.3 Ecuador.
Kyle Buckingham of South Africa topped Chris McDonald of Australia by 6:55 and Sarah Piampiano of the U.S. dominated the women’s field at Ironman Vineman.
Bertrand Billard edged Horst Reichel thanks to a dominant bike split and Lisa Hütthaler did the same to Emma Pallant at Ironman 70.3 Budapest.
James Cunnama edged Timothy Van Houtem and Jeanne Collonge out biked Lucy Gossage of Great Britain to win the Alpe d’Huez Triathlon.
Sarah Haskins edged Helle Frederiksen on the run and Cameron Dye outpaced Ben Collins on the bike to win the New York City Triathlon