Nicholas Kastelein’s dominant run trumps Cameron Wurf’s sizzling bike split to take Ironman Vitoria Gasteiz by 39 seconds.

Ryf posted women’s-best 51:20 swim, 4:43:59 bike split and 7th-best 3:18:36 marathon to finish off rivals with 8:59:05 at Thun.

Metzler outran Jack Moody of New Zealand, Danielle Lewis outruns Mirinda Carfrae by 3:09 for 5:53 overall margin.

Duffy overcomes penalty, slow transition to pass Beth Potter on last lap of the run at Hamburg.

New Zealander begins 2022 with a 2nd at Yokohama, 1st at Leeds, 2nd at Montreal and a victory at Hamburg.

Andrew Starykowicz edged Jason West by 54 seconds; Sophie Watts topped Haley Chura by 9:13 at the jewel of the Finger Lakes.

Jason West, Andrew Starykowicz and Haley Chura and Sophie West will headline second 2022 CLASH race of the season.

The weather conditions were favorable and the field of 125 starters eager to tackle the challenging and beautiful Lac-Mégantic CanadaMan/Woman Triathlon.

Svensson topped Ognjen Stojanovi by 3:56; India Lee beat Sara Svensk by 3:29 at half-distance Challenge Vansbro.

Vlain edged Jordi Montraveta Moya of Spain by 1:44; Gentle smashed the women’s field by 13:06 on a tough course in the Pyrenees.

Ditlev missed Jan Frodeno’s 2016 Roth record by 9 seconds; Haug’s 8:22:42 falls 4:12 short of Wellington’s 2011 Roth record.

Roth promises to be one of this season’s premier fields competing on a heralded venue.