Press Release. Russian team Katusha announces the suspension of the sprinter group coach Erik Zabel after new facts about doping during his cycling career having been revealed in news reports. These revelations refer to Zabel’s career as an active racer from 1996 to 2003 and do not have any connection with team Katusha, whatsoever Katusha […]

The German team won the teams 5 km open water race this morning with undisputable superiority. Thomas Lurz, Christian Reichert and Isabelle Harle set a pace that was unreachable for Greece and Brazil, who finished second and third respectively. The team made up of Thomas Lurz, Christian Reichart and Isabelle Harle was proclaimed winner of […]

Greek Spyridon Gianniotis remains men’s 10km open water world champion in Barcelona 2013 thanks to very good tactics and an impressive comeback in lap 3 of the race. Silver went to German Thomas Peter Lurz, whereas Tunisian Oussama Mellouli, who started as favorite, was third. 46th in the first lap, 23th in the second, 5th […]

EBU Members currently gathered in Malta for the 70th EBU General Assembly today unanimously supported a Declaration expressing their grave concern with the continued “black screens” and silence of Greece’s public broadcaster. The text reads: After the Greek Government took ERT off air on 11 June, the country’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, […]

Anna Haug (GER) gave her home crowd something to cheer about as she powered her way to victory in a thrilling World Tour Series race in Hamburg. With the win, Haug became the first woman since 2008 to win in Hamburg, with it retaining her top spot on the World Triathlon Series leaderboard a The […]

Jonthan Brownlee (GBR) produced a thrilling finish to pip brother Alistair Brownlee (GBR) to claim victory in the World Tour Series in Hamburg. I thought it was going to be Alistair’s day – I thought I’d never beat him. He’s gone into this pretty unprepared but I knew I had to give everything,” Jonny said. He was […]

Open waters Olympic champion has again demonstrated in Barcelona 2013 that he is the best in the world. Last summer the Tunisian became the first swimmer ever to achieve medals both in the pool and in open waters: bronze in 1500m and gold in 10km at London 2012. The 1500m Olympic champion in Beijing 2008 […]

Haley Anderson of the USA won the women’s 5km race outsprinting Brazilian Poliana Okimoto Cintra in the final 100 metres. Anderson timed her stroke cycle perfectly and reached for the touchpad just ahead of the Brazilian who was leading the 42 swimmers for most of the final 1500m. The margin of victory between the swimmers […]

Colorado Springs, Colo. — Eleven U.S. elite triathletes are set to demonstrate their swim, bike and run speed this weekend as the International Triathlon Union World Triathlon Series circuit heads to Hamburg, Germany, for a rare sprint-distance showdown and the 2013 ITU Mixed Relay World Championships.   Elite action begins with the women at 9:50 […]

Aussie Team MEN (21 pool, 3 open water) Matthew ABOOD (26) NSW,Ashley DELANEY (27) VIC, Tommaso D’ORSOGNA (22) WA, Thomas FRASER-HOLMES (21) QLD, Alexander GRAHAM (18) VIC, Jordan HARRISON (17) QLD, Simon HUITENGA (24) WA, Grant IRVINE (22) QLD, Jarrod KILLEY (22) NSW, Mitch LARKIN (19) QLD, Matson LAWSON (20) VIC, James MAGNUSSEN (22) NSW,  […]

USADA announced today that Sloan Teeple of Amarillo, Texas, an athlete in the sports of cycling and triathlon, has tested positive for a prohibited substance and has accepted an 18-month sanction for his violation. Teeple, 42, tested positive for synthetic testosterone as the result of an in-competition urine sample collected March 17, 2013 at the […]