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Learn from the world champions – strategies that worked on the bike for Lucy...
The adage has always been “bike for show, run for dough,” but those days are changing. Both Sam Laidlow and Lucy Charles-Barclay posted the day’s fastest bike splits to take the world title this year....
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Pan Am champion in critical condition after hit and run accident
Brazil’s Luisa Baptista, the 2019 Pan American Games champion and Tokyo Olympian, is in critical condition in a São Paulo hospital after a hit and run accident last Saturday (Dec. 23). There are...
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We ALL belong there – The ‘World’s Okayest Triathlete’ goes to Kona
Picturing herself in the throng of triathletes on Kona’s Dig Me Beach, Melissa Marowelli vowed she would drown out that voice in her head telling her she didn’t deserve to be there. She’d think back to...
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Who made the most triathlon prize money in 2023?
Long-distance racers dominated the prize money lists in 2023, according to the detailed analysis by Trirating.com’s Thorsten Radde. While two of the top-five money earners from the year did compete in...
View ArticleWhere pro triathletes can earn the most money (and why there was less in 2023)
As part of his prize money list overview posted on the TriRating.com website, Thorsten Radde broke down the amount of prize money available at races in 2023 compared to 2022. The number was down 17 per...
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Why are we seeing run records being shattered at the Ironman World Championship?
Heading into this year’s Ironman World Championship in Nice there was lots of talk about Patrick Lange (pictured above) and how fast he would run the marathon. With two 2:30 marathons at the end of...
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Biggest triathlon news stories of 2023: Thoughts on the tragedy in Hamburg
It will go down in history as one of the most eventful years in the short history of triathlon – 2023 certainly offered up lots of big news stories. One story that truly rocked the triathlon world...
View ArticleThe top feel-good triathlon stories of 2023
In a year when so much of the news in our sport centred around tragedy and controversy, there were still some amazing “feel-good” stories to celebrate in 2023. As we get started on a new year, we look...
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2023 Long-distance triathlete of the year
In a year with separate Ironman World Championships along with three big-money Professional Triathlon Organisation (PTO) events, there were a number of events in which we saw some of the world’s best...
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Farewell to Mont-Tremblant’s Iron Angels
It was the final hour of the final edition of Ironman Mont-Tremblant. On August 20, as the last of over 1,400 triathletes dug-deep to finish before the 17-hour mark, four runners dressed in white...
View ArticlePTO or Ironman series for Sam Long in 2024?
2023 turned out to be a huge year for Sam Long, in part because of some impressive racing and in part because he became a dad.The American star also proved that he’s developed an impressive level of...
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2023 Short course triathlete of the year
There was lots of attention paid to athletes gearing up for the Paris Olympics next year, especially for those trying to guarantee their spots on the pontoon on the Seine this July. That made for some...
View ArticleLionel Sanders lists off all the training mistakes he’s made, but he’s still...
In a video posted on his YouTube channel, Canada’s Lionel Sanders recaps his 2023 season and explains “what he learned” from his up and down year of racing. While most pros would be thrilled with the...
View ArticleGwen Jorgensen announces new bike sponsor for 2024
We’re waiting on a number of bike sponsor announcements over the next little bit, but we can start 2024 off with the news that 2016 Olympic champion Gwen Jorgensen will be riding a Canyon as she looks...
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Who says you can’t win the race in the swim?
A year ago I wrote a few words about how the swim in long course triathlon had evolved and the old saying “you can’t win a race in the swim, but you can lose it” was becoming obsolete. The results of...
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2023 Age Group Triathlete(s) of the Year
Trying to come up with just one winner for this award was, well, let’s just go with challenging. With so many age categories and so many different length of races, it really is a tough category to...
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Baekkegard all in for PTO Tour after qualifying for Kona at Ironman Western...
After breaking Alistair Brownlee’s course record at Ironman Western Australia last month, Denmark’s Daniel Baekkegard made a clear statement to the rest of his competition for 2024 – he’s ready for...
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The 2024 pro season kicks off in Pucon, with age-group spots for Nice on the...
There might only be 26 pros registered to race, but that doesn’t mean the Ironman season opener in Pucon, Chile won’t be a competitive affair. While American Sam Long arrives as the favourite in the...
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2024 Season kicks off with Ironman 70.3 Pucon and here’s what we noticed
The 2024 race season got underway with the first Ironman race of the year in Pucon, Chile. The race featured an age group field of about 1,200 athletes, some who were looking for qualifying slots for...
View ArticleOlympic updates: Who’s hot, who’s not and more as we gear up for the biggest...
Sure, the Ironman World Championship might be the sport’s oldest race, and there’s no doubt that event put swimming, biking and running on the radar for endurance junkies around the world. But...
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