The 8th edition of the Spec-Savers IRONMAN South Africa provided a true test of character today as athletes were faced with trying weather conditions. Spain’s Clemente Alonso-McKernan came out on top after a long battle with Andi Boecherer (GER) and Cyril Viennot (FRA) while Natascha Badmann (SUI) completed her comeback by winning at the place […]
European Championships : 3rd European title for Nicola Spirig
Nicola Spirig won an enthralling and captivating race to become European Champion for a third time. Spirig, who also won in 2009 and 2010, was involved in a titanic tussle with Ainhoa Murua (ESP), who pushed the Swiss athlete all the way before Spirig eventually pulled clear in the last few hundred metres. Defending Champion […]
European Championships : Gomez takes the title for the 3rd time.
Javier Gomez stormed the run and left nothing to chance at the 2012 Eilat ETU Triathlon European Championships to take the European title for the third time in his career. Russia took silver and bronze with powerful performances by Alexander Bryukhankov and Ivan Vasiliev who just beat Tony Moulai(FRA) in a sprint to the line […]
Lance ARMSTRONG sets his sights on Nice
After his 7th place on Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas, Lance Armstrong came in France to assist to the famous cyclist race Paris-Roubaix and support his former Team RadioShack. During his stay in France, Lance Armstrong took the opportunity to go to Nice and refine his preparation for the Ironman France-Nice. After a swim training […]
Bréal’s Silver Cup
Bréal’s Silver Cup The grandson of Marathon winner Spyros Louis, also named Spyros, commented, “Our family has been very proud to have the honour of looking after this important historical sporting trophy for the last 116 years and my grandfather’s achievement of winning the first ever marathon, at the first modern Olympic Games will remain […]
S. Niarchos Foundation has acquired Breal’s Silver Cup.
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation announced today that it has acquired Bréal’s Silver Cup, the first Marathon Winner’s Cup presented to Spyros Louis at the inaugural Modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, in a heated auction held at Christie’s South Kensington. The cup will be shared with the Greek people by being permanently displayed for […]
2012 Ironman Legacy Winners Announced
The Ironman Legacy Program grants loyal Ironman athletes an opportunity to compete in Kona at least once in their lifetime. To be eligible for selection through the Legacy Program, athletes must have completed a minimum of 12 full-distance Ironman-branded races, have never started the Ironman World Championship, have completed at least one Ironman event in […]
European Triathlon Championships Preview.
The 2012 Eilat ETU Triathlon European Championships mark the final Continental Championships with two guaranteed Olympic spots allocated to the countries of the winners. France is hoping to snatch the women’s spot with reigning champion Emmie Charayron and additional strength in Jessica Harrison and Carole Peon, but Nicola Spirig (SUI) will have very different ideas. […]
New Zeeland Olympic Triathlon Team was announced.
It was delight all around as Triathlon New Zealand and the NZOC confirmed the New Zealand team for the London Olympic Games at a function in Auckland on Wednesday afternoon. Dave Currie made the announcement on behalf of the NZOC, confirming Andrea Hewitt, Kate McIlroy, Nicky Samuels, Kris Gemmell, Bevan Docherty and Ryan Sissons in […]
WCS/ Sydney : Erin Densham wins again.
Australia’s Erin Densham proved her incredible World Cup win in Mooloolaba wasn’t just a one-off performance in Sydney, when she blitzed the field in the run again to claim her first ITU World Triathlon Series win and further stake her claim for Olympic selection. In another brilliant run just three weeks after her turn in […]
Triathlon WCS/ Sydney : Steffen Justus achieves biggest win of his carreer
Germany’s Steffen Justus broke through for the biggest win of his ITU career, in an elite men’s ITU World Triathlon Series race that had twists and turns at every corner in Sydney on Saturday. After a two-man breakaway in the bike leg stuck coming into T2, Russia’s Ivan Vasiliev dropped his breakaway partner James Elvery […]
Mackenzie Madison : An Ironman rising star
An exclusive interview to Giannis Psarelis Triathlon World : When did you start sport and triathlon? Mackenzie Madison : I was mostly involved with music and dancing for 9 years. I played piano/ clarinet for 7… I was not involved with anything athletic. It wasn’t that I actually disliked sports, it was that I was […]
Cancellara: “I’ll be back!”
Fabian Cancellara spoke with the press today in the Crossklinik in Basel, Switzerland, where he underwent surgical treatment following his crash in the Tour of Flanders last Sunday. At the start of the press conference, team doctor Andreas Gösele explained to the press how the four-part fracture of Cancellara’s right collarbone (picture above) was treated […]
US Triathlete Wins Trip to London 2012 Olympic Games
Ryan Celestain of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been chosen as the first winner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s “Show Your Best” initiative, a global campaign and video competition to help build involvement with the Olympic Movement among young people and create the next generation of Olympic fans. Celestain, the first of two grand prize winners […]
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