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Was a silver medal in the mixed relay enough to get Taylor Knibb to the...
Taylor Knibb’s incredible final leg that vaulted the American team to the silver medal at today’s triathlon mixed relay certainly turned the Games around for the American star, who had struggled...
View ArticleBanned coach siting at Olympic triathlon adds more negative media to Games...
Despite two days of exciting racing and huge crowds that seemed to lift the sport’s profile here in Paris, the controversy over the water quality and current in the water almost overshadowed the...
View ArticleSurprise Ironman Texas winner caught doping
Mexico’s Tomas Rodriguez Hernandez, the surprise winner at the Ironman North American Championship in Texas, tested positive for Climifene, a banned drug used to boost testosterone, after the race. The...
View ArticleTomas Rodriguez says tainted chicken and eggs is the cause of his positive test
The triathlon world has been buzzing with the news from the International Testing Agency (ITA) that Mexico’s Tomas Rodriguez, the surprise winner of the Ironman North American Championship earlier this...
View ArticleBelgian triathlete who had to pull out of mixed relay had a virus, not E....
Belgian triathlete Claire Michel had to pull out of Monday’s mixed relay because she was so sick. That meant the Belgian team, which finished fifth in the event at the Tokyo Games, wasn’t able to...
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Olympic lessons … when fourth-place is actually a startling success
Jakob Ingebritsen, the 2021 Olympic champion in the 1500 m, was shut out of the medals in this event at the Paris Olympics. If you follow running at all, you’ve seen the race. The Norwegian athlete...
View ArticleReigning age-group duathlon world champion just won an Olympic bronze medal...
It’s safe to say that we’ve never seen a reigning age-group duathlon world champion run in the final of the 1,500 m race at Olympic Games. And we’re pretty sure that Georgia Bell won’t be heading to...
View ArticleOlympic organizers release Seine water quality data
There’s no arguing that the Paris Olympics offered up three incredible triathlon events, offering exciting competitions in a spectacular setting. The one thing hanging over the competition, though, was...
View ArticleLionel Sanders heads to Ironman Canada as he preps for Kona
After finishing third at Ironman Lake Placid in July, Canadian Lionel Sanders will compete at Ironman Canada on August 25 as he looks to hone his long-distance race skills for the Ironman World...
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Pro triathletes are running faster. You can too with these four simple tips
The days when you could win a full-distance triathlon on the heels of a strong swim and bike are long gone. Powerhouse cyclists blazing their way to the front of the pack and never looking back? Put...
View ArticleWhat triathletes can learn from Tour de France riders about nutrition
If you are like me, you’ve been enthralled with watching the Tour de France and the Paris Olympics. (Pictured above – Canada’s Derek Gee finished ninth overall in the Tour and competed at the Olympic...
View ArticleSam Long gets a spot at Ironman European Championship Frankfurt, adds his...
We knew that Tokyo gold medalist Kristian Blummenfelt was all set to join the impressive field at the Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt this Sunday, Aug. 18, but look who’s also planning on...
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Anne Haug takes PTO July Athlete of the Month
When you shatter the world-best time and come within a couple of minutes of breaking the previously unheard of 8-hour barrier, it should hardly be a suprise that you’d be named the athlete of the...
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Supertri season kicks off in Boston with 11 Olympic medalists from Paris
The 2024 Supertri season starts with a bang this year as a number of Paris 2024 Olympic medalists, including both individual gold-medal winners Alex Yee (GBR) and Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) (pictured...
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Meet the man who is determined to make short course triathlon “cool again”
The supertri season kicks off here in Boston tomorrow with the first of two back-to-back races here in North America. Fans from around the world will be watching the exciting professional action, but...
View ArticleFrom Olympics to Ironman in 2 weeks – after two year hiatus, Kristian...
It might have been his first Ironman race in two years, but despite having focussed on draft-legal racing as he sought to defend his Olympic title in Paris, Kristian Blummenfelt (pictured above on the...
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Jeanne Lehair comes back from Paris Olympic disappointment with big win at...
Jeanne Lehair races for Luxembourg now, but she was born in France and had lots of family and friends on hand in Paris for the Olympic Games. That made it all the more disappointing when a crash and a...
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Olympic redo in Boston – Alex Yee edges out a frustrated Hayden Wilde
It was the same result as we saw in Paris at the Olympics, but in a very different format and with very different dynamics. Once again Great Britain’s Alex Yee pulled ahead of New Zealand’s Hayden...
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Daniela Ryf announces early retirement
We knew that this would be her last year of racing, but sadly Daniela Ryf has had to call it a career. After dealing with a back injury for most of the year, her doctor’s have finally isolated the...
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Hockey legend Zdeno Chara becomes an Ironman … next up, Kona
Since we first came across him preparing for his first long-course triathlon in Daytona last December, we’ve been keeping close tabs on hockey legend Zdeno Chara and his triathlon exploits. This...
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