Daniela Ryf had a season for the ages – Ironman 70.3 and Ironman World Champion. Can she top it off at Bahrain with the biggest prize in triathlon history?

Andreas Raelert finished second in Kona this year and that has given him new confidence for 2016, but it will not only be about triathlon next year.

Matt McElroy is a 23-year old athlete from California who recently won the U23 Duathlon World Championship title in Adelaide, Australia – but this man is talented in many ways.

Retired cyclist Emma Pooley medaled at the Olympics and UCI Worlds; now she’s winning triathlons like Alpe d’Huez and Embrunman, and ITU duathlon worlds.

Friends can call Even Evensen Old Grizzly, Griz or Bob, and possibly even some other names, but do not call this 67-year old Oregon-based age grouper a yuppie.

Joe Maloy made history as the first American to win the Noosa Triathlon in Australia, and we had a few words with him about that end-of-season victory.

Every year we select a random age grouper on the return flight from Kona, and this year we bumped into Utah resident Dana Bullard with her family in tow.

Brit Susie Cheetham finished 6th in Kona and 7th in Zell am See this year, but as she is now fully devoted to triathlon we can expect to see even more from her.

Jason Gunter lost his right hand and left leg in a boating accident, and his first attempt to finish Kona fell short in 2009. But in 2015 he had a 2nd chance.

After a discouraging setback last year, Timothy O’Donnell hit the reset button and came up with a personal best, top American, 3rd-place finish in Kona.

German Malte Bruns was the top age grouper at the GoPro Ironman World Championships and here you can meet this young man who started triathlon in 2014.

Seven years after his brilliant stretch run to win Olympic gold, Jan Frodeno authored a carefully balanced swim, bike and run to win the Ironman World Championship.