
Hipple, Bennett win 106 West Triathlon
Tripp Hipple and Laura Bennett won the inaugural 106 West Triathlon which bills itself as “The Highest Triathlon in the World.”
by Tim Carlson, September 11, 2016Tripp Hipple and Laura Bennett won the inaugural 106 West Triathlon which bills itself as “The Highest Triathlon in the World.”
by Tim Carlson, September 11, 2016Allysa Seely led a U.S. podium sweep in PT2, Grace Norman of the U.S. won PT4, and Australia’s Katie Kelly, guided by Michellie Jones, won PT5 at the Paralympic paratriathlon.
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Jetze Plat of Netherlands, Andrew Lewis of Great Britain, and Martin Schulz of Germany won the first paratriathlon gold medals at the Paralympic Games.
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The ÖTILLÖ SwimRun World Championship is a super tough and amazing endurance sports event and here are images from that memorable and inspiring event in Sweden courtesy of Jakob Edholm and Nadja Odenhage.
The winning men’s team went under 8 hours, the victorious mixed team surprised themselves with a new record and the top women’s team completely destroyed the previous best time on this tough 75km course.
Summer Cook earned her first World Triathlon Series podium and led U.S. women to a 1-2-3 sweep at the sprint distance WTS Edmonton.
Jonny Brownlee won the final WTS race before the Grand Final in two weeks, outrunning Mario Mola at the sprint distance WTS Edmonton.
Tim Reed won a nerve wracking duel with Sebastian Kienle at the finish line and Holly Lawrence fought off Melissa Hauschildt to win Ironman 70.3 Worlds.
Jen Annett, who has been battling epilepsy since 2010, won a sprint finish duel with Liz Lyles for a breakthrough victory at Challenge Penticton.