Slowtwitch pre-race gathering hosted by Ventum at the Ironman North America Championship at The Woodlands, Texas. Photographs by Lars Finanger.
by Tim Carlson, May 16, 2016
Reigning XTERRA World Champion Josiah Middaugh and 2-time XTERRA World Champion Lesley Paterson win XTERRA Tahiti.
Patrick Lange’s race-best 2:40:01 marathon ran away from the men’s field and Julia Gajer’s superior swim trumped Jodie Robertson’s better run to win Ironman Texas.
Mario Mola of Spain earned his third WTS victory of 2016 and Crisanto Grajales of Mexico and Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway finished 2-3 at Yokohama.
Prepping for Ironman Texas, Canadian Jeff Symonds broke his elbow but plans to soldier on.
Photo Gallery by Lars Finanger.
Gwen Jorgensen dominated, Ashleigh Gentle took 2nd and probably an Aussie Olympic slot, and Katie Zaferes likely earned the final U.S. women’s Olympic slot at WTS Yokohama.
Matt Hanson is known for running prowess but he needs his Quintana Roo PR6 to win races like Ironman Texas. Photo Gallery by Lars Finanger.
Roger Serrano upset fellow Spaniard Ruben Ruzafa and Helena Erbenova of the Czech Republic edged Brigitta Poor of Hungary at XTERRA Greece.
In 100 Fahrenheit heat and 90 percent humidity, Caroline Steffen topped Radka Vodickova and Cyril Viennot edged Tim Van Berkel at Ironman 70.3 Vietnam.
Giulio Molinari of Italy and Yvonne van Vlerken of Netherlands dominated the bike legs to take comfortable wins on a sunny day at Challenge Rimini.
Fredrik Croneborg overcame a flat tire with a 2nd-fastest bike and race-best run and Yu-Shiao Li posted a women’s-best bike and 2nd-fastest run to win Challenge Taiwan.
Jolanda Annen of Switzerland edged Agnieszka Jerzyk of Poland and Etienne Diemunsch of France outran Jelle Geens of Belgium to win the Huatulco World Cup.
Ben Allen and Jacqui Slack, XTERRA’s most competitive couple, dominated XTERRA Malaysia in hot and humid tropical weather Saturday in Langkawi.