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Paula Findlay takes 18th at World Cycling Championships Individual Time Trial

Canadian Triathlete Paula Findlay (pictured above racing in Mont-Tremblant in June – see story below) continues to improve her time trial record, besting her performance at last year’s world...

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A dramatic show at the Ironman World Championship Nice … and we’ve got...

The first iteration of the women’s edition of Ironman World Championship in Nice provided more than a bit of drama with race favourites either dropping out before the race or not finishing, along with...

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How did they do it? Thoughts from the top five at the Ironman World...

A first world championship title for one. A second runner-up finish for another. A former winner re-orders her life and makes the podium. A hometown hero gets fourth. And the fifth-place finisher is...

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Europeans top the list of age group champions crowned at Ironman World...

Europeans ruled the roost at this version of the Ironman World Championship as seven of the 11 age group champions crowned came from this side of the Atlantic. There were three American champions...

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Triathlon legend Javier Gomez to retire at the end of the year

With 10 world titles on his resume, Javier Gomez (pictured above winning Ironman 70.3 Mossel Bay in 2023) has announced that he will be retiring at the end of this season. The Spaniard’s career...

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Lionel Sanders say’s he’s done trying to copy other athletes’ training for Kona

Lionel Sanders (pictured above winning Ironman 70.3 Mont-Tremblant in June) heads to the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, with yet another training plan. This one, though, isn’t new – the...

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How 37-year-old Laura Philipp learned to swim at 24 … and became the Ironman...

Inspired to do a triathlon when a bunch of friends were training for a sprint, when 24-year-old Laura Philipp first got into a pool to try and swim, it took her a long time to just be able to swim 50 m...

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Hurricane Helene forces organizers to cancel swim at Ironman Chattanooga

The hurricane that is wreaking havoc on many American south-eastern states has forced Ironman Chattanooga officials to cancel the swim for Sunday’s race. The storm hit the Florida coast as a category 4...

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Feature-packed Sumarpo Victory punches above it’s weight compared to...

You’ll be forgiven if you’re not familiar with Sumarpo, but it’s a brand that has been around for a while. The company’s roots began in 2008 in a design studio in Great Britain, but Sumarpo is now...

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Ironman 70.3 Augusta cancelled as Hurricane Helene moves into region

Augusta has been hit hard by Hurricane Helene – downed power lines and trees have put 200,000 residents out of power, while the overwhelming rainfall has led to flooding in the area. Putting on a...

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Kona bike course record holder and reigning Ironman world champion announces...

Sam Laidlow, who has dominated the bike leg of the last two Ironman World Championship races, has announced that he’ll be using Ekoi’s new Pure Aero helmet at this weekend’s T100 race in Ibiza and at...

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5 Reasons we need to pay attention to the results from WTCS Weihai

With the racing taking place in the middle of the night for those of us in North America, many triathlon fans might have missed the action at the final World Triathlon Championship Series race before...

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Marten Van Riel takes T100 Ibiza as Alistair Brownlee given T100’s first...

Belgium’s Marten Van Riel has won every long-distance race he’s ever raced, and the 2024 Olympian continued that streak today with a hard-fought win over reigning Ironman world champion Sam Laidlow...

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Taylor Knibb dominates again at T100 Ibiza, Olympic silver medalist Julie...

Paris Olympians were the one’s to beat today at today’s T100 Ibiza race. As she did at T100 San Francisco earlier this year, American Taylor Knibb (pictured above on the bike at T100 San Francisco)...

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Photo gallery and recap: Solenne Billouin and Arthur Serrieres take third...

Three years ago the Xterra World Championship was moved from its traditional home in Maui, Hawaii to the spectacular UNESCO World Heritage-listed Brenta Dolomites near Molveno, Trentino, Italy. The...

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Sam Long and Sarah True take swim-less Ironman Chattanooga

After the effects of Hurricane Helene forced organizers to cancel the swim at Ironman Chattanooga, the race went off today as bike and run race, so it comes as no surprise that American Sam Long...

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American Olympic medalist and world champ calls it a career in her signature,...

Katie Zaferes (pictured above winning the World Triathlon Series Grand Final in 2019) has long been renowned as one of the sport’s most well-regarded professionals, so it comes as no surprise that the...

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Maker Proud: How this former pro soccer player kept a Kona dream, all while...

Three kids, three countries and three jobs later, Roberta “Bobbie” Maker stepped back onto the start line. In the course of her twelve years away from the sport, the former professional soccer player...

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Cody Beals celebrates “most meaningful podium” of his career

Canadian pro Cody Beals came within 20 seconds of taking Ironman Chattanooga on the weekend, but despite finishing second to American Sam Long, Beals was thrilled with his runner-up finish. In a post...

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Don’t let your primitive brain shut down your best performances

Have you ever had a challenging workout coming up and thought “I really don’t want to do this.” Or as you are flying to a race, hoped that your bike won’t make it and you won’t be able to race? Believe...

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