Nearly half a century after Tom Simpson took Great Britain’s only previous gold medal in the World Championships Men’s Road Race, Mark Cavendish repeated the feat with a stunning sprint win in Denmark. Great Britain had done much of the work to keep the bunch together during the 266 kilometre race, and Cavendish finished it […]

ITU Press Release. The world’s fastest elite duathletes turned out to represent their countries once more before heading home in the mixed elite relay at the 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships. Newly crowned Duathlon world champion Katie Hewison (GBR) got her team out to a head start in the sprint race, completing the 2km […]

Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY — Six days after celebrating his 40th birthday, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will be back on the bike competing in the XTERRA USA championship at Snowbasin Ski Resort in Utah. Armstrong confirmed Thursday he will compete Sept. 24 on the XTERRA course that covers a 1-mile swim, […]

Helle Frederiksen on HF Triathlon : I am very proud to announce the launch of my newly founded triathlon coaching company – HF Triathlon. The company has been in production for the past 9 months and to now finally unveil it to the public is a very proud moment for me. I have established the […]

UCI Press Release. Tony Martin of Germany confirmed that he is now the best time trialist in the Men Elite category by winning the rainbow jersey at the UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen. Martin won time trials at the Tour de France and the Vuelta Espana this season and was expected to challenge Fabian […]

Press Release from www.ironman.com. Five world champions: Sylvain Sudrie (FRA), Julien Loy (FRA), Olivier Marceau (SUI), Erika Csomor (HUN) and Jodie Swallow (GBR) will be on the starting line this weekend at Ironman 70.3 Pays d’Aix. The all-star field no-doubt provide lots of great race action at the inaugural event. Sylvain Sudrie (FRA), who has […]

Petr Vabrousek (CZE) and Yvette Grice (GBR) have taken out the inaugural titles at Challenge Henley-on-Thames at the weekend. The men’s race started off looking like the battle was going to be between Aaron Farlow (AUS) and Stephen Bayliss (GBR), who was first out of the water, with Lothar Leder (GER) retiring early on the […]

Press Release from the official web site of the AbuDhabiTriathlonTeam. Faris Al-Sultan provides his race machine to collect money for the starving in East Africa. On the internet platform ebay the bike will be auctioned in a few days. In cooperation with the Munich Merkur Faris tries to get as much money as possible for […]

WADA supported the decision of the IAAF to sanction Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou when they missed three out-of-competition tests in 2004. The sanctions were upheld on appeal. Now WADA is aware of the decision of the Greek appeal court to clear the pair of perjury charges, and it would appear the criminal […]

ITU Press Release. Portugal made pre-race headlines in the triathlon world with Vanessa Fernandes’s comeback but post-race focus will be centered around Joao Silva after he broke through for his first ever victory in the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series. Amidst the intense heat in Yokohama, Silva didn’t wilt but instead rose to […]

One of the triathletes that we will follow closely on their road to 2012 Olympics Games is the four times danish champion Helle Frederiksen. Sha has just arrived in Yokohama in order to compete at  the first round of the 2012 Triathlon World Championships. Enjoy her report :  “Hhhhhmmmmm Beijing…to be honest I have already […]

The Lisboa Triathlon is a unique event in the Half Distance Triathlons. With a race Venue located in the heart of Lisboa and the Lisboa International Airport just 3 Kilometers away, it is a race with very easy access from all major airport’s. Parque das Nações is the race Venue, the newest part of town […]

As you read the 5th issue of our magazine we are preparing the 6th issue of our digital magazine. At this 6th issue we will present the best, in our opinion, coaches in the world. Michelle was an elite triathlete and has won the Triathlon European Championships in 2001. She was 6th at the 2004 […]

Australian native Greg Bennett blew past American Benjamin Collins on the run leg and fought back a challenge from former Olympian Hunter Kemper to win the Hy-Vee 5150 men’s Elite Cup race Sunday. “This is truly the greatest race in the world and the best competition in the world,” said Bennett, who races as an […]

It might still technically be 2011, but the 2012 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series kicks off in Yokohama this weekend. The Yokohama round was originally scheduled for May, but postponed after the devastating earthquake that hit the region. But thanks to the work of the ITU, local organising committee and Japan Triathlon Federation, […]

At the second edition of the half distance triathlon Signa Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl on Sunday Swiss pro triathlete Ronnie Schildknecht never let the victory slip out of his hands after the bike split. He even didn’t let Timo Bracht from Germany get close and kept his lead all the way to the finish. Schildknecht crossed the […]

This weekend, the last races before the Ironman Hawaii went very well for the Commerzbank athletes Timo Bracht and Mathias Hecht. Timo Bracht finished second over the half distance at Challenge Walchsee behind Ronnie Schildknecht from Switzerland in 3:51:51 hours. The Swiss Mathias Hecht became third at Triathlon de Gérardmer and passed the finish line […]

Kristin Möller won her 2nd Ironman of her carrier in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Just a few weeks ago she got her first title in the English Bolton. The British Island seems to be a good place for Kristin. Actually that is not a big surprise. Most of the races there are tough concerning the course as […]

Alexander, who won the his first world championship in 2006 when he won the inaugural Ironman World Championship 70.3, dominated the run portion of today’s race, but it was an impressive bike ride that set him up for his win. After super-swimmer Potts (the 2008 70.3 world champ) led out of the water, it was […]

ITU Press Release. Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins cemented her status as one of the ITU’s elite after capturing her second ITU World Championship in Beijing on Sunday. Heading into the Grand Final, Jenkins only needed to make the podium to clinch her second ITU World Championship and her second-placed finish behind New Zealand’s Andrea Hewitt […]

Alistair Brownlee has firmly stamped himself as the man to beat at the London 2012 Olympic Games, after capturing his second ITU World Championship title in stunning style on the last Olympic triathlon course in Beijing. In yet another dominating performance, Brownlee also kept his perfect Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Grand Final record […]

Triathlon World will follow very closely the preparation of 4-5 elite athletes on their way to 2012 Olympic Games. Helle Frederiksen is the first triathlete we have chosen as she also a sport scientist. Helle is a professional triathlete: media friendly, has organize and runs smoothly her big fan club (you could also follow her […]

ITU Press Release. Great Britain got off to a stellar start in Beijing and that was showcased in a spectacular gold-silver-bronze sweep in today’s men’s ITU Triathlon Under23 World Championships. Matthew Sharp claimed his first world title with an impressive performance on a hot and windy day in Beijing.  His British teammates David McNamee and […]

ITU Press Release – At its 24th annual Congress, the International Triathlon Union (ITU) today unveiled the dates and host cities for the 2012 ITU Triathlon World Championship Series. Wrapped around the London 2012 Olympic Games, the world’s top triathletes will battle for the ITU World Championship titles in an 8-city global series staged on four […]

Competition at the Beijing Grand Final kicked off today with the Aquathlon.  After a few hundred age-groupers christened the course, the elite, U23 and junior men and women began the ITU Aquathlon World Championships, consisting of a 2.5km run, 1km swim and ending with another 2.5km run. Elite Men review British veteran Richard Stannard stormed […]

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) celebrated the beginning of a new era in Lausanne with the opening of a new office in the Olympic capital.  Just prior to the Lausanne round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series, which included the ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championships and the ITU Team Triathlon World Championships, […]

As we make the necessary changes at our website – and that’s the reason why the fifth issue of our magazine is a little bit delayed-  we are preparing the sixth issue of our magazine that will “published” in November. More Triathlon stars and their coaches will reveal their training secrets and will allow us […]

The 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series started in Sydney, before heading to Madrid, Kitzbühel, Hamburg, London and Lausanne. Now after six brilliant rounds, that included three wins for Alistair Brownlee, one for Jonathan Brownlee, a stellar Sydney season opener from Javier Gomez and a first series win for Brad Kahlefeldt, the individual […]

Official Press release from ironman.com. Despite the tough conditions and a shortened swim course, the communities of Galway, Salthill and Connemara embraced the new Ironman event in Ireland today, which was won by Dr. Lucy Gossage and Mike Aigroz. Photos courtesy FinisherPix. Aigroz won in convincing fashion, getting to the line well ahead of Slovakia’s […]

Official Press Release from the organisers. There was a big surprise in the exciting TriStar111 Monaco: Johannes Moldan from Germany took the victory, followed by the Italian Rodolphe Von Berg in the streets of Monaco in a tough and vibrant race. Both maintained a beautiful duel in the bike segment. They were racing wheel by […]

South African’s Erhard Wolfaardt and Carlyn Fischer became the first triathlon gold medallists in All Africa Games history, as the sport made its debut to a thrilled crowed in Maputo, Mozambique today. The All Africa Games is a major continental multi-sport event, officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee, held every four years and this […]

Press Release from the official Abu Dhabhi Triathlon Team. After few appointments at the big bike fair Eurobike Faris continued his trip to the Vosges. As last year he will do the middle distance in Geradmer. His main opponents will be from France. The titleholder Sylvain Sudrie is strong not just only on this distance […]

Press Release from the official site of Commerzbank Triathlon Team : Four weeks of Las Playitas started on August 3rd and will end on August 31st. I divided them in two blocks of two weeks: The first two weeks I was with my wife Elke, my daughter Jirte, my coach Rik Valcke & his family […]