2012 Olympic silver medalist and 5-time ITU Olympic distance World Champion Javier Gomez broke his left elbow in a cycling accident and is out of the Olympics.
by Tim Carlson, July 14, 2016
Life Time Fitness announced that registrants for their Boulder Peak Triathlon canceled due to nearby wildfires would get free entry to a LTF triathlon.
Andy Potts fought off Tim Reed, Craig Alexander and Sam Appleton while Holly Lawrence dominated the women’s field at Ironman 70.3 Vineman.
Jodie Swallow of Great Britain and Andreas Dreitz of Germany won the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Jönköping on a cool, windy day in Sweden.
Renee Tomlin of the U.S. outran Yuliya Yelistratova of Ukraine and Russian Dmitry Polyanskiy outran his brother Igor to win the Tiszaujvaros World Cup.
Erin Jones edged Laurel Wassner to earn the top prize of a $7,500 purse for the pro women on a hot day at Rev3 Williamsburg.
Karsten Madsen had the best mountain bike and run splits and Katie Button posted the 2nd-best swim, best mountain bike and 4th-best run to win XTERRA Victoria.
Sebastian Kienle edged fellow German Andi Böcherer in a sub-8 hour duel and Australian Melissa Hauschildt won as Daniela Ryf DNF at Ironman Frankfurt.
Ironman 70.3 rookie Gustav Iden edged Nils Frommhold with a sizzling run; Nicola Spirig outran Camilla Pedersen to win Haugesund 70.3.
Ruben Ruzafa of Spain won by 5:59 over Yeray Luxem of Belgium and Lesley Paterson of Scotland won by 4:18 over Renata Bucher of Switzerland at XTERRA France.
Davide Giardini won it on the swim and the bike while Lauren Goss topped the women’s field with a well-balanced attack at Challenge San Gil.
Alistair Brownlee broke away from his brother Jonny with 1100 meters to go to take his 21st WTS title at the WTS Stockholm.
Flora Duffy of Bermuda made a solo break on the bike and held her lead to the finish for her first ever WTS win; Andrea Hewitt and Helen Jenkins finished 2-3 at Stockholm.