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Florida wants the Olympics if Tokyo organizers are forced to cancel
Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s chief financial officer, has reached out to International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach to offer his state as a backup site for the upcoming Summer Games in...
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Brownlee, Charles-Barclay, Blummenfelt and Spirig to chase sub-7 and sub-8 in...
Can a man go under seven hours for a full-distance race? Can a woman go under eight hours? We’ll find out next year when two-time Olympic gold medalist Alistair Brownlee, 2019 Grand Final champ and the...
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Entrevue avec Olivier Forest
Triathlon Magazine Canada: Tout d’abord, depuis quand fais-tu du triathlon et comment as-tu débuté le triathlon? Olivier Forest: Je fais du triathlon depuis un peu plus de 4ans. J’ai décidé de...
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Z Pro Tri Series back in February – as duathlons
Starting Feb. 3 Zwift’s Z Pro Tri Series returns for a four-week run, this time as duathlon races – bike/ run/ bike. The races will start as an individual time trial, then transition to a run race...
View ArticleTriathletes making a difference – putting races on during a pandemic
When Danny McCann, the veteran organizer of one of Canada’s oldest triathlon festivals, Montreal Esprit, sat down with his inner circle to figure out how to hold the 36th annual event in the midst of a...
View ArticleJoel Filliol named Triathlon Australia Podium head coach
Canada’s Joel Filliol will “be entrusted with leaing Triathlon Australia’s pre-eminent training environment with a focus on working with athletes capable of podium performances at major international...
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Triathletes making a difference – Karsten Madsen tackles Everest
On September 5th, Karsten Madsen made his second Everesting attempt in five months, this time on a mountain bike, tackling some of the most difficult trails near his home in Whistler, B.C. In order to...
View ArticleFindlay signs with Specialized
The bike sponsorship sweepstakes continues as Paula Findlay returns to the company she worked with a decade ago when she was at the top of the ITU racing world, winning five straight ITU WTS events in...
View ArticleA world champion’s 14 top tips for beginning triathletes
The avalanche of information on triathlon training available on the internet is a gift and a curse. Sorting it for relevancy is a difficult task. This list of tips, organized into segments or aspects...
View ArticleUpdated: Four-time Israman champion banned from Zwift racing for manipulating...
Israel’s Antonina Reznikov has been banned from Zwift Cycling Esports events after Zwift’s Performance Verification Board found that she had intentionally manipulated data during a Zwift Racing League...
View ArticleCoach sentenced to seven years for abuse of South Korean athlete who...
Last July we reported on South Korean triathlete Choi Suk-hyeon’s suicide that was linked to “years of abuse” from coaches and a physical therapist. A member of South Korea’s national triathlon team,...
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A triathlon pro’s guide to backcountry skiing
This is my first winter in almost five years that I’m staying in Canada. After becoming a full-time athlete, winter was a thing I avoided whenever I could. Every year, around November, I would migrate...
View ArticleA beginner’s guide to smart trainers, online platforms and pain cave set up:...
The popularity of virtual cycling platforms during a cold Canadian winter in the midst of a pandemic lockdown has skyrocketed. Triathletes are being drawn into the world of Zwifting and Zooming (or...
View ArticlePeter McCrory elected president of Triathlon Canada’s board of directors
After Les Pereira stepped down as president of the Board of Directors last week, Triathlon Canada has announced that he’ll be replaced by Peter McCrory, who has been on the board since 2019 as the...
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Jackson Laundry heads into Zwift Z Pro Series in lead after rule change
Last Wednesday the first of four races in Zwift’s Z Pro Tri Series 3 got started with a new duathlon format. The athletes started with a bike time trial, then did a 5.7 km run and finished up bike...
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Triathlete with autism sets his sights on Kona
We’re no strangers to Sam Holness here at Triathlon Magazine Canada – he graced the cover of our September issue last year. Holness is “a triathlete that just happens to have autism. He has recently...
View ArticleMore Tokyo Olympic woes – reports say organizing committee president will resign
Reuters and other news organizations are reporting that Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee, will resign tomorrow over sexist remarks he made earlier this month....
View ArticleFrodeno, Sanders, Charles-Barclay, Haug and Findlay highlight stacked...
Two of the biggest names in long-distance racing – Jan Frodeno and Lucy Charles-Barclay – are now confirmed for the inaugural Challenge Miami race next month – March 12 to 14. That means the field now...
View ArticleThe 4 up and down emotional stages of February triathlon training in Canada
February is typically the cruelest month for triathletes here in Canada. The height of winter isn’t exactly the best time to be swimming, biking and running. This year February seems even tougher than...
View ArticleOlympic officials release new athlete rulebook for Tokyo 2021
When the Olympics were postponed last year, there was a collective optimism around the world that by the time summer 2021 arrived, the COVID-19 pandemic would be well behind us. That, of course, is not...
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