Iñaki Baldellou of Spain won it on the bike and run while Susie Cheetham of Great Britain won it on the bike at Challenge Salou Costa Daurada
by Tim Carlson, May 29, 2016
Canadian Brent McMahon finished in 7:46:10, the 3rd-fastest Ironman distance time in history, and Liz Lyles of the U.S. finished with a course record 8:54:10 to win Ironman Brazil.
Javier Gomez of Spain won it on the run and India Lee of Great Britain won it on the bike at the ETU European Championship Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal.
The third slot on the 2016 U.S. women’s Olympic triathlon team was awarded to the obvious choice – Katie Zaferes. She talked to us about the process.
Luis Alvarez, who has finished more than 120 Ironman events, summited Mt. Everest this weekend but suffered retinal damage and had to be helped on the descent.
The home of Ironman Texas is also a hotbed of triathletes, triathlon coaches, bike shops, clubs, topnotch physios and massage experts. Photo Gallery by Lars Finanger.
Emma Bilham of Switzerland out biked Emma Pallant of Great Britain and Patrik Nilsson of Sweden outran Maurice Clavel of Germany to win Ironman 70.3 Barcelona.
Heather Jackson dominated the women’s field and Sebastian Kienle dueled with Sam Appleton before pulling away on the run to win Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga
Andi Böcherer’s race-best bike trumped Ruedi Wild’s race-best run and Laura Philipp took the lead at km 16 of the run to win Ironman 70.3 St. Pölten.
Jesse Thomas unleashed a race-fastest run, upsetting Kona champ Jan Frodeno while Denmark’s Tine Holst won it on the bike at IM Lanzarote.
Josiah Middaugh of Vail, Colorado and Suzie Snyder of Reno, Nevada won the elite titles at XTERRA Oak Mountain in Shelby County, Alabama.
In response to the controversy over North Carolina House Bill 2, Ironman offered registrants the option of switching to other 2016 Ironman races.
Three-time ITU World Champion Spencer Smith has signed on to be coach of the Ghana Triathlon Federation starting this week.