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Ironman 70.3 Muskoka is “officially on!”

Some big news for Ontario triathletes arrived today thanks to a Facebook post from the organizers of Ironman 70.3 Muskoka: “We are excited to announce that the 2021 Subaru Ironman 70.3 Muskoka on...

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Triathlon medal contender out of individual race due to positive COVID test

These are the nightmare scenarios athletes dread around the Olympic Games in Tokyo – a positive COVID-19 test means you’re out. Today we learned that Belgium’s Jelle Geens, considered by many to be a...

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Olympic triathlon men’s preview: can Mislawchuk and Sharpe work their magic...

There’s pretty much only one guarantee when it comes to putting together a preview for the first of three triathlon events at the Tokyo Olympic Games – this is not going to be a boring event where a...

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Mes prédictions pour le top 5 masculin et féminin des Jeux Olympiques

Dimanche à 17h30 heure du Québec, aura lieu le triathlon individuel masculin aux Jeux Olympiques et lundi à 17h30 aura lieu la course féminine. On n’a pas eu beaucoup d’occasion de voir les triathlètes...

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Blummenfelt blasts to Olympic gold in Tokyo

The sight of Kristian Blummenfelt throwing up on the finish line after he took the gold medal today said it all. The Norwegian is renowned for his hard training and his ability to push harder then the...

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Three-time Olympian from Ukraine out of Olympics after positive EPO test

Yuliya Yelistratova, who has competed at the Olympics three times for Ukraine, won’t be on the start list in today’s women’s triathlon after a positive test for Erythropoietin (EPO), according to a...

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TMC convenes expert panel to recap the Olympic men’s triathlon

It was certainly an Olympic men’s triathlon that will be remembered for a long time – everything from a false start to a heroic effort by the gold medalist Kristian Blummenfelt to an unnecessary...

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Duffy dominates Olympic triathlon in Tokyo

In 2018 Flora Duffy became the first Bermudan to win a gold medal at those Games. The country had only ever one other medal – a bronze – at the Olympics before today. How’s that for having a whole...

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TMC expert panel looks back at the Olympic women’s triathlon

It was another exciting day of racing in Tokyo as the women hit the water in Tokyo Harbour for the women’s individual race. We convene our expert panel to chat about the women’s race, won by Flora...

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5 Funny and feel-good takaways from the individual races at the Olympics

1. Flora Duffy brings joy to Bermuda Remember when pretty much the entire country lined the course to watch her win the inaugural WTS Bermuda event? When you’re country has a grand total of 60,000...

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Mislawchuk out of mixed team relay

Canadian star Tyler Mislawchuk has withdrawn from the mixed team relay at the Olympics due to “an Achilles injury he sustained during his individual race this week.” Alexis Lepage will replace...

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Prédictions pour le relai aux Jeux Olympiques

Vendredi à 18h20 (heure du Québec) aura lieu le relai mixte aux Jeux Olympiques. On a eu droit à des courses très excitantes pour le triathlon individuel, mais le relai sera certainement encore plus...

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Subaru renews title sponsorship of Canadian Ironman events

Subaru has announced an extension of it’s long-standing sponsorship of Ironman events in Canada. The company first got involved with triathlon races in the early 1990s with the President’s Choice...

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Great Britain takes gold in inaugural Olympic mixed team relay

It seemed like the Olympic triathlon gods decided they wanted to hand out the gold medals in Tokyo to the a bunch of feel-good champions. The individual men’s and women’s events went to deserving...

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Mixed team relay madness – looking back at the exciting Olympic debut

For a while it looked like the Olympic mixed team relay might turn into a runaway, but in the end the race lived up to all expectations as an exciting new addition to the Olympics. Triathlon Magazine...

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Ontario athlete dies during swim at Ironman 70.3 Calgary

A 47-year-old man from Ontario died at today’s Ironman 70.3 Calgary event at Harmony Lake, which is about 30 km outside of Calgary. Cochrane RCMP were called at 7:55 local time after “volunteers with...

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Montreal International Tri gears up for post-Olympic racing

With the two Olympic gold medalists as former winners, the upcoming WTCS Montreal event is gearing up for some exciting racing from August 13 to 15 – both in terms of the potential field as well as a...

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Blummenfelt “wants to win Kona this year”

Well we’ve figured out why Olympic gold medalist Kristian Blummenfelt won’t be competing at WTCS Montreal later this month – that same weekend the Norwegian will be racing at the Ironman European...

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Blummenfelt and Duffy get special invites to Ironman World Championship in Kona

It turns out Kristian Blummenfelt won’t have to go quite as fast at the Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt next week to nail himself a Kona slot – earlier this week we reported that his goal...

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America’s youngest Olympic triathlete Taylor Knibb takes second in 70.3 debut...

Riding the same bike she used in Tokyo where she helped the United States take silver in the mixed team relay (photo above), American Taylor Knibb took second at Ironman 70.3 Boulder, an impressive...

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