France’s Franky Batelier won the opening round of the European XTERRA season with a great performance in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. The women’s title was taken by Renata Bucher who padded her already impressive resume.
by Herbert Krabel, April 3, 2010
Kyle Leto was first out of the water at the recent Rohto Ironman 70.3 California event and ended up in 8th place after being out-sprinted to the line by Ben Hoffman. This first year Pro though is more so focused on ITU racing.
“Print magazines are the Next Big Thing.” So predicts Slowtwitch publisher Dan Empfield. Today we announce “Slowtwitch3D,” the first triathlon magazine printed in 3D.
After a persistent, consistent six-year climb to realize his potential in triathlon, Jordan Rapp reached stardom with a course-record win at Ironman Arizona and a victory at the classic Ironman Canada.
The slogan of the Ironman European Championships is The longest day of the year. In 2010, the event in Frankfurt, Germany will become indeed the longest day in the world of Ironman events, but also the shortest.
Ironman and 70.3 races will disallow wetsuits with panels exceeding 5mm in thickness starting September 1 of this year. Also, no swimskins, and 76° water temp for wetsuit legality.
With a big race weekend behind us, we remember the prototype running shoes from Pearl Izumi, the HED Stinger FR disc, the XTERRA Planet magazine, Omega-3 oil from Ascenta and the Fruit Smoothie bar from Powerbar.
The Rohto Ironman 70.3 California was showtime in SoCal and Michael Raelert and Mirinda Carfrae were the stars.
The 2010 ITU World Cup series launched in Mooloolaba, Australia and Aussie Brad Kahlefeldt grabbed the first win. Great Britain’s Stuart Hayes finished second and Aussie James Seear rounded out the podium.
The 2010 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California had a stellar International field with tons of great pros at the start, but in the end German Michael Raelert and Aussie Mirinda Carfrae got away with the titles.
The fastest bike split of the day capped with 2 great runs helped 2008 ITU World Champion Joerie Vansteelant to win the 2010 Powerman Alabama Elite Championships. The women’s title went to Marisa Asplund who also outbiked her competition.
With his win today in Port Macquarie, Patrick Vernay has now captured his fourth Ironman Australia title. Carrie Lester took charge of the women’s race during the bike and won her first Ironman crown quite convincingly.
Vendula Frintova chased hard on the bike and then ran down Tomoko Sakimoto and Liz Blatchford to win the 2010 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup in Australia. Sakimoto and Blatchford finished second and third.