Bart Aernouts of Belgium outran Joe Skipper of Great Britain to win Challenge Roth by a 3:53 margin.

Sebastian Kienle of Germany and Sarah Crowley of Australia topped Ironman Frankfurt with fast times.

Roth and Frankfurt will be held Sunday – Ryf and Skipper are favored in Roth, Kienle and Beranek in Frankfurt.

For German Timo Bracht the 2017 Datev Challenge Roth will be his final big race. He talked to slowtwitch about racing, family, Bockwurst …

Tim Don dominated the men and Cecilia Perez made a late race pass on Laurel Wassner to take the elite titles at Challenge San Gil.

Jan Frodeno smashed the men’s field and Eva Wutti edged Corinne Abraham at Ironman Austria.

Emma Pallant topped Lucy Gossage by 3:15 and Andreas Raelert bested Alessandro Degasperi by 6:54 at Edinburgh 70.3.

The Village of Pemberton Council voted against a proposed 3-year renewal of support for IM Canada.

Callum Millward has been busy with training and racing and that has meant temporarily no Cupcakes with Cal shows. But this Kiwi is much more than just a Cupcake show.

The SWISSMAN Xtreme Triathlon is a very tough 226km race with 5,500 meters (18,044 feet) of elevation gain, but it is best known for the stunning part of nature in which it takes place.

Lionel Sanders and Holly Lawrence blitzed their rivals on the bike and defended their titles at Mont-Tremblant 70.3.

Laura Lindemann of Germany out sprinted Jolanda Annen and Vendula Frintova to win the ETU Sprint European Championship.