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Rats! Kristian Blummenfelt isn’t going to win the Tour, after all

Well, that’s too bad: Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt’s bold plan to win the Tour de France has fallen apart before it even began. Can Kristian Blummenfelt win the Tour de France? His coach thinks so...

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Ironman adds new full-distance race in Leeds

British triathletes travel more than any other nation for races around the world, but after Ironman UK was canceled in favour of a 70.3 race this year, they’ll have yet another chance to stay closer to...

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GI distress slowing you down? Follow these tips to ease the pain

The gut, also called the intestinal tract, includes the stomach, intestines, and colon. An amazing number of life-sustaining and performance enhancing events happen in the gut—including, but not...

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Europe’s oldest triathlon sees hometown hero set a new course record

Challenge Almere-Amsterdam is the oldest triathlon in Europe and the second-oldest full-distance race on the planet, but its struggled to remain in the spotlight over the last couple of years with the...

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Jackson Laundry and Jeanni Metzler take big wins at Ironman 70.3 Michigan

For the men’s champion it was a blistering bike split, for the women’s winner the impressive time came on the run. Canadian Jackson Laundry rode a 1:55:55 split to overcome a big swim deficit and get...

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Surprise Ironman Texas champ caught doping agrees to two year ban

After his surprise win at the Ironman North American Championship Texas, Tomás Rodríguez Hernández tested positive for the banned substance Clomifene, a drug that “has the potential effects of boosting...

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Patrick Lange finally gets to celebrate Ironman Texas win

Two-time Kona champ Patrick Lange (pictured above on his way to second at last year’s Ironman World Championship Nice) expressed his disappointment at not being able to celebrate as he crossed the...

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Will former Ironman CEO Andrew Messick be remembered for more than Nice and...

Editor’s note: As we begin our coverage of the Ironman World Championship Nice, we wanted to look back at the man who championed the move to two separate days of world championship racing. We are...

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Hands on with the new Apple Watch Series 10

Apple made it clear it was getting serious about endurance athletes a few years ago with the launch of the Apple Watch Ultra, You were paying a pretty penny for that watch, though. The Ultra certainly...

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As Ironman prepares for world championship in Nice, PTO and World Triathlon...

Well that’s interesting timing. According to a release sent out today, the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon “have announced that France will be added to the 2025 T100...

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Make that a double-double … Australian athlete competes in both UTMB 100 mile...

For most just one of these events would be more than enough. A top-10 finish at the famous UTMB 100-mile trail run at Mont-Blanc, France would be more than enough of an achievement for any endurance...

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Take that, PTO – Ironman announces full 2025 Pro Series during world...

It’s never been a better time to be a pro triathlete, with two major players offering lots of prize money (over US$13 million) and clamouring to get the sport’s biggest names to their events. Yesterday...

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Ironman World Championship Nice by the numbers

It’s race week here in Nice, and the world’s best professional and age-group Ironman athletes are on hand to take on the challenging course here on the French Riviera. We’ll do our best to deliver lots...

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Argon 18 launches new race-ready and value-oriented E117 in Nice

Using the first ever women’s Ironman World Championship to take place in Nice as a backdrop, Argon 18 has launched its latest triathlon and TT bike – the E117. It’s a race-ready option for triathletes...

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Ironman World Championship Nice … time to get serious as we meet (most) of...

Things are getting real here in Nice as we prepare for Sunday’s Ironman World Championship race – today we got to meet 10 of the top pro women slated to compete at the press conference. It’s the...

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A picture says … so many words. Ironman legends gather in Nice

At a special function on the beach in Nice last night, two Ironman legends were inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame – Kathleen McCartney, the woman who ran past a crawling Julie Moss in 1982, and...

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Inspired to do her first Ironman by a fellow Army officer, Kat Matthews has...

Kat Matthews will be one of two professional women racing tomorrow who are from the British Army, and it turns out the other woman, Rosie Wild, is the reason Matthews did her first Ironman. The first...

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Defending champ out of tomorrow’s Ironman World Championship

Lucy Charles-Barclay, the defending women’s Ironman world champion, has announced that she has pulled out of tomorrow’s race. The British star has been nursing a calf injury since pulling out of the...

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Ironman World Championship Nice Bike Count

As the age-group women were checking in their bikes this afternoon, members of the media and the bike industry were on hand to count their bikes and the equipment on them. Triathlon Magazine was on...

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Laura Philipp dominates Ironman World Championship in Nice

It seemed inevitable that at some point Laura Philipp would win a world title. The German burst onto the international stage for real with her third-place finish at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship...

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