Andreas Böcherer earned the European 70.3 Championship title with his recent win at 70.3 Wiesbaden, and the quiet German has had a very good season so far. We won’t see him in Las Vegas, but he is looking forward to Kona.
by Herbert Krabel, August 18, 2011
Jordan Jones is a man of many interests. He is a pro triathlete, successful business owner, former police officer and ran a 14:25 5k at Boston U. Jordan is on the start list for Hy-Vee to compete for the huge paycheck.
Kyle Jones is currently the top ranked Canadian male ITU Pro, but he’ll be the first to say that getting on the podium in the important races is what really matters. He had a few words with slowtwitch.
Defending champion Tim Berkel and rising Danish star Jimmy Johnsen are primed to take on the second Challenge Copenhagen set in elegant Danish capital.
In 2011, Keat suffered through a bout of extreme fatigue and was hit by a car, but at Roth she was back in the sub-9 hour club and is ready to defend her Copenhagen title.
Kiwi Keegan Williams had a breakthrough race last year at Challenge Copenhagen, finishing second with a closing 2:46 run. He’s coming off a third at Challenge Roth this year and wants to step up in Copenhagen.
With his 6th place finish at the Dextro Energy World Championship race in London, Laurent Vidal earned his ticket to return to that site next year for the Olympic games. He had a few words with slowtwitch.
Gwen Jorgensen, whose only previous WCS finish was 27th at Hamburg, arrived like an unexpected comet; Sarah Groff endured serious downs on her way to Olympian heights.
We also had a few words with Americans Matt Chrabot and Greg Bennett about the big race on the calendar. With Olympic spots on the line this race in London is huge.
Key figures in the elite women’s race in the Dextro Energy World Championship Series speak out. Find out what Paula Findlay, Emma Snowsill, Laura Bennett and Lisa Norden think.
Brave talk on the eve of battle at the London World Championship Series race and Chris McCormack, Javier Gomez and Tim Don share some of their thoughts about this big test.
Mathias Hecht has been on the podium quite often the last few years but an Ironman title has eluded him until this year’s Ironman St. George. This whole season actually is looking quite good for the outgoing Swiss Pro.
Loreen Barnett, Secretary General of the ITU, sat with Slowtwitch to answer questions about the suspension of Harry Wiltshire, the place of team tactics in triathlon, and the ITU’s posture toward race comportment.