Olympic triathlon practice session cancelled again due to poor water quality...
As we’ve reported more than a few times over the last few months, the water quality in the Seine River has been an issue of concern for both the triathletes and the open water swimmers. The best case...
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Olympic Triathlon preview: Who, what, where and how to watch
Ever since the first triathlon events took place at the Sydney Games in 2000, triathlon has enjoyed a spotlight around the world as all eyes focus on the sport’s elite draft-legal triathletes. This...
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Olympic triathlon: Men’s preview
If we do see the men head off at 8 am tomorrow morning for the triathlon, there’s one thing we can be certain of – with three of the race favourites representing the home country, there is going to be...
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Jen Annett shatters world-best time and wins Ultraman Canada overall
“It was a weekend when the stars aligned,” says newly crowned Ultraman Canadian champion and world record holder Jen Annett. Annett obliterated the competition and shattered records with a three-day...
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Can Kristian Blummenfelt win the Tour de France? His coach thinks so
Norway’s defending Olympic champion might be focussed on trying to defend his world title, but his coach already is thinking of the next challenge. Kristian Blumenfelt followed up his Tokyo win with an...
View ArticleMen’s Olympic triathlon postponed to Wednesday due to poor water quality levels
It’s hardly a surprise based on the cancellation of the two practice swims earlier this week. World Triathlon has announced that “following a meeting on water quality held on 30 July at 3:30AM attended...
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How did we get here? World press ask tough questions of Paris 2024 and World...
Journalists from around the world weren’t pulling any punches at today’s Olympic press briefing as representatives from Paris 2024, the IOC and World Triathlon were grilled over the postponement of the...
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The men’s turn to turn up the heat at T100 London
With the Olympics in full swing (OK, maybe not the triathlon at the Olympics, but everything else), the world’s attention wasn’t exactly glued to what was happening in London last weekend, but those...
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Olympic triathlon: Women’s preview
Assuming we do get to see a women’s triathlon at 8 am on Wednesday morning here in Paris, it’s going to be an interesting race to watch. If you were to just look at recent results, it would appear that...
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Cassandre Beaugrand thrills Paris with a huge Olympic win
After a few tense days where we weren’t sure we’d see a triathlon, Paris came alive today with an incredible women’s triathlon – yes, they swam in the Seine. The Paris crowds got their dream finish,...
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Yee takes a race for the ages to win gold at Paris Olympics
It was 24 hours after it was supposed to run, but it made for an epic day of triathlon racing as the men completed the double-header of racing that saved Paris 2024’s (and World Triathlon’s) butts –...
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20 more seconds. Tyler Mislawchuk puts it all on the line in Paris
As he ran through the halfway point of the marathon at today’s Olympic triathlon, Tyler Mislawchuk was running with Leo Bergere and Pierre Le Corre, the two Frenchmen who were enjoying the support of...
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Apple gets even more serious about endurance training features and fitness...
As you’ve read over the last few years, here at Triathlon Magazine we’ve been paying close attention to how Apple has gradually been adding features to Apple Watch to make it a more useful training...
View ArticleAfter Olympic disappointment, it’s time for Ironman
When you’re the defending gold medalist, anything other than another gold is likely to be a bit of a disappointment. Finishing 12th definitely doesn’t cut it, even if you’ve managed to win a world...
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Gold-medal joy for France: Recapping the Olympic women’s triathlon in pictures
It’s hard to imagine that Paris 2024 organizers could have scripted it any better. The heightened drama over the water quality in the Seine just added to the excitement as the women hit the water for...
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A great day for the sport. Photos from the men’s Olympic triathlon
In the end the day’s delay just added to the drama for the Olympic men’s triathlon in Paris. After learning at 4 am on Tuesday that their race would be postponed until Wednesday morning, after the...
View ArticleThe final triathlon at the Paris Olympics is the mixed relay. Sadly Canada...
The Canadian team enjoyed an excellent day of racing here in Paris last Wednesday for the individual racing. Tyler Mislawchuk had his best of three Olympic races with a ninth-place finish, while...
View ArticleChaos continues around Olympic triathlon as Belgian team pulls out of mixed...
Here we go again. We’ll find out tomorrow morning at 4 am here in Paris whether or not the water quality will be good enough for the mixed relay will be a triathlon or a duathlon. Saturday and Sunday’s...
View ArticleGermany flies to Olympic gold in mixed relay
After all the controversy over delaying the men’s race by 24 hours, Paris 2024 and World Triathlon kept things simple for the teams in today’s mixed relay this time around – the decision to race was...
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A sprint for the ages – the inside story of the dramatic finish at today’s...
In the end, contrary to the buzz that was going around the race site after the race, there wasn’t an appeal that moved the American team from Olympic bronze to silver in today’s mixed relay here in...
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