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Ironman acquires FulGaz cycling app, setting the stage for new training app

After a long winter of Ironman digital racing, the company has decided to “expand its offerings to the quickly evolving worldwide connected fitness community” through the acquisition of the indoor...

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Ironman California cancelled due to “deteriorating” weather conditions

The much anticipated showdown between Lionel Sanders, Jan Frodeno and Gustav Iden will have to wait for a bit – severe rain storms in Sacramento, California initially caused Ironman to shorten the bike...

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Pallant and Luis top LA Triathlon

While a huge storm forced the cancellation of Ironman California today, in Los Angeles athletes enjoyed some great weather for today’s Los Angeles Triathlon. Great Britain’s Emma Pallant and France’s...

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Will Ironman Florida become a men’s pro race as well?

Triathlon fans were disappointed to miss out on the much-anticipated race between Jan Frodeno, Gustav Iden and Lionel Sanders when officials were forced to cancel Ironman California yesterday. That has...

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Jonathan Brownlee’s 70.3 debut ends with sixth-place finish

With all the excitement around the ill-fated Ironman California race on Sunday, many triathlon fans might have missed Jonathan Brownlee’s Ironman 70.3 debut in Cascais, Portugal. The younger Brownlee...

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Pro men registered for Ironman California invited to Ironman Florida

Earlier today we wondered if Ironman Florida would offer prize money for pro men – now we can confirm that the event will also include a pro men’s field. We can also confirm that Ironman 70.3 world...

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Would you pay $223 a year to be able to ask Lucy Charles-Barclay and Jan...

Yesterday Jan Frodeno and Lucy Charles-Barclay announced that they’re working with a new app  – AnyQuestion. While there’s a promo offer of US$1 for the next week, from then on you’ll fork out...

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The Life of Tri Podcast: “Cyclone Bombs” and patting whale sharks on the back

There’s lots to talk about in this week’s podcast as The Life of Tri Podcast host Phil Wrochna regales TMC editor Kevin Mackinnon with shark tales, explains exactly how much he’d be willing to pay Jan...

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Ironman 70.3 Ohio moves from Delaware to Sandusky

Ironman has moved Ironman 70.3 Ohio from its original venue of Delaware, Ohio to Sandusky, “Ohio’s Water Park Capital.” One of those parks, Cedar Point, used to host the Rev3 Cedar Point triathlon. Set...

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How fast could you do 20 full-distance races? Rait Ratasepp sets new record...

Earlier this year we reported on Estonia’s Rait Ratasepp, who is looking to set a new world record by doing 60-consecutive full-distance races.  As opposed to James Lawrence (the Ironman Cowboy), who...

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Challenge Roth fills in less than a minute

Athletes once again showed just how popular Challenge Roth is – the event sold out in under a minute when registration opened on Monday, Oct. 21. The race will offer another registration window on Dec....

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Photo gallery: Challenged Athletes Foundation raises $3.5 million through...

Since it began in 1994, the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) has raised over US$134 million and has fulfilled over 35,000 funding requests from people with physical challenges in over 70 countries....

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Lucy Charles-Barclay heading to WTCS Abu Dhabi

It’s been quite a year for Great Britain’s Lucy Charles-Barclay, and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon. In a video she posted on YouTube yesterday she announced that she’ll be taking...

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Another Russian triathlete caught using EPO gets 3 year suspension

If this is starting to sound familiar, it is likely because we reported on pretty much exactly the same scenario last week. Last week it was Russia’s Igor Polyanskiy who we announced would get a...

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Are you a typical Zwifter?

During the announcement on a new home screen and an expansion of the Makuri Islands hub-world called Neokyo, Zwift offered up some insights on what people spend their time doing on the platform. Here’s...

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Potter goes two-for-two in South Korea

It’s been a great two-week stretch for Great Britain’s Beth Potter, who took her second straight world cup win today at the World Triathlon Cup Tongyeong, just a week after taking the win at the World...

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She’s back! Paula Findlay takes impressive win at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside

After a tough summer and fall dealing with injuries, Canada’s Paula Findlay made a triumphant return to racing today with a huge win at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside, dominating on the bike and posting solid...

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Big day for Canadians in St. George: Gupta Baltazar wins NCAA qualifier,...

We don’t have too many details as official results still aren’t available, but we do know that it was a big day for Canadian athletes at today’s Americas Triathlon in St. George, Utah with silver medal...

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Sanders and Wurf set to take on Iden in Florida

After the cancellation of Ironman California just over a week ago, the pro athletes registered for that race were given the opportunity to register for Ironman Florida, which means we’ll see both a pro...

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Ironman champion Joe Skipper “lucky to walk away” from crash

Last Wednesday Great Britain’s Joe Skipper, a multiple Ironman champion including a recent win at Ironman Chattanooga, was hit by a van while out training. His bike was destroyed, but luckily enough...

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