An auspicious debut hints at Canada’s next big thing in long-course triathlon.
Laughter and bewilderment. That would have been the reaction you got if you told 13-year-old Luke Tasker that in a decade, he’d be living in Canada and would be a rising star in triathlon. At the time,...
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The sprint goes to the Paris-bound Olympian in photo finish at T100 San...
Lest there be any doubt of what men’s T100 racing is going to look like after the Paris Olympics, today’s event in San Francisco provided a pretty good peek into the future. With a few hundred metres...
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Taylor Knibb proves once again she’s in a class of her own with huge win at...
Scarily enough, it’s probably a good thing that Taylor Knibb is focussed on so many different distances and sports right now. The Olympian is gearing up for the Paris Olympics next month, where she’ll...
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How much of a bike lead is enough? Two different versions play out at Ironman...
American Trevor Foley blasted to a huge lead off the bike and held on for the first pro win of his career, while Australian Ellie Salthouse came from almost nine-minutes down to take the women’s race...
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One race was a photo finish, the other won by 4 mins. We’ve got pictures to...
What happens when you put a bunch of the world’s best long distance athletes in the water off Alcatraz Island, then send them on a hilly bike course overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge (not that you...
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Jump from a boat into 55-degree water? It must be the Escape from Alcatraz...
It is among the most popular triathlons in the world. Since 1981 – yes, just three years after the first Ironman race was held in Hawaii – athletes have been taking on the famous event that begins with...
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Taylor Knibb has “a very good plan” and she’s sticking to it
She did her first Ironman race in Kona last October, less than two months after she’d nailed her spot for the Paris Olympics. This year she’s been honing her draft-legal triathlon skills, but has also...
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Zwift Ride is the virtual training platform’s new smart bike
This year marks Zwift’s 10th anniversary. The company is celebrating with the launch of its very own smart bike, Zwift Ride. You may remember Zwift was working on a similar concept a few years ago. It,...
View ArticleWith Lucy Charles-Barclay expected to dominate Ironman France, we’re back to...
Earlier this year, when the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) triumphantly announced its new T100 Triathlon World Tour, Ironman world champion Lucy Charles-Barclay served as the shining...
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Here’s why the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship in Cairns has become a...
When the Ironman Pro Series was announced last October, it was embraced by pro athletes who are stronger over the full-distance (read, Ironman) than the half (read, Ironman 70.3) or 100 km (read,...
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They said it: the pros get ready for the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship...
With US$150,000 of prize money, four spots each for the men and women for the Ironman World Championship races in Nice and Kona, not to mention valuable points for the Ironman Pro Series, tomorrow’s...
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The IronKids take over Cairns
They know how to make an event a festival down under. Thursday morning here in Cairns featured an epic open water swim at Green Island, Friday morning saw a 5 km fun run and Saturday was kids day –...
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Four months ago they almost amputated his foot. Today he won the Ironman...
To say it was an emotional finish would be the understatement of … well, let’s just say there were a lot of people pulling for Matt Burton as he pushed hard to hold off some of the world’s best...
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Podium finishes at the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship shake up the Ironman...
In the end, the race played out as many of us thought it would – there would be a breakaway group of three after the swim – Lauren Brandon (USA), Lotte Wilms (NED) and Rebecca Clarke (NZL). That group...
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Emotional Ironman Asia-Pacific champion explains his incredible comeback from...
After taking the biggest win of his career today at the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship in Cairns, Australia, Western Australia’s Matt Burton shocked the international press on hand for the event...
View ArticleHere’s how two of the favourites for the Ironman World Championship Nice...
We were expecting defending Ironman World Champion Lucy Charles-Barclay to dominate Ironman Nice today, but she wasn’t the only one taking advantage of today’s racing to check out the course for this...
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Coros gets serious about multisport with new bike computer
Coros GPS watches have steadily become a mainstay on the wrists of runners over the last few years and now the company appears determined to break into the multisport world with enhanced features on...
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Ironman Pro Series arrives in Mont-Tremblant
Triathlon fans will have a chance to watch Ironman 70.3 Mont-Tremblant live this weekend as a number of the biggest names in Canadian long-distance racing jump on the opportunity to compete on home...
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A two-time Olympian explains why it’s OK to be a sprint triathlete
“For me, a sprint, it’s like falling in love.” It’s the first thing Kathy Tremblay says to me when I ask her about her favourite triathlon distance. “It’s like you’re 18 again,” she says. “Everybody...
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Controversial appeal process leaves Sophie Coldwell off the British team for...
We’ve written a lot about the incredibly difficult decisions selectors were going to have to make when it came to picking the American and British women’s triathlon teams (not to mention the French...
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