2008 Olympic Champion Jan Frodeno finally awakens for his first win in 2009, unleashing a dominating run after breaking away on the bike to win the Yokohama World Championship Series Round 7
by Tim Carlson, August 22, 2009
The 2007 U23 World Champion Lisa Norden has matured quite a bit and sits in second place in the Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series. She is currently in Yokohama, Japan and had a few words with slowtwitch before the big race.
After seconds at Madrid, Hamburg and London, Sweden’s Lisa Norden outruns Andrea Hewitt to win the 7th round of the ITU World Championship series in Yokohama while series leader Emma Moffatt rests.
Pro and amateur triathletes will be competing in races around the globe this weekend, including but not limited to Malaysia 70.3, Timberman 70.3, Dextro Energy WCS Yokohama and the USAT Elite National Championships. We point out some of the folks to watch.
Today we are introducing you to a saddle from Fizik, a tool from Topeak, news from USAT, a seat post from Lynskey Performance, a cancer ride in Texas and an insane sandwich. Enjoy.
Part 2 of our 2009 Leadville 100 photo galleries features the race towards the finish line.
On an epic day, Eric Wynn represented slowtwitch.com at the Leadville 100 mountain bike event and captured stunning photos.
Tasmanian pro Joe Gambles follows up his Vineman 70.3 course record with a dominating win at Lake Stevens 70.3; Becky Lavelle outruns Heather Wurtele for a 68-second margin of victory
Up-and-comer Sebastian Kienle tops swift-running Michael Raelert by 51 seconds and breaks Al-Sultan’s course record by 5:52; Yvonne Van Vlerken’s course record 4:42:46 tops Finland’s Tiina Boman by 2:01
Swiss athlete Nicola Spirig took the title at the London Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series thanks to a very impressive performance on the bike. Emma Moffatt remains as the Dextro Energy series leader.
It seems that there is currently no stopping of Alistair Brownlee. On his home turf in London, UK, the 21-year old Brownlee won his fourth Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series race in as many attempts.
At age 31, with boyfriend Conrad Stoltz on her crew, Xterra veteran and full time nurse Amber Monforte smashed the Ultraman Canada women’s course record and went quicker than the best Ultraman women’s time set in Hawaii in 1989.
Charlotte Kolters finished right in between Chrissie Wellington and Yvonne Van Vlerken at the 2008 European Long Course Championships in Almere, and would be quite fine with a similar position in Kona later this year.