2-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Ous Mellouli, completed in his first ever triathlon over the weekend at ‘The Day at the Beach’ sprint triathlon in Hermosa Beach, California.  Mellouli (a London Olympic Gold Medalist for Men’s Open Water and a Beijing Gold Medalist in Men’s 1,500 Meter) finished 12th overall and 3rd in the 25-29 Men’s […]

  World’s oldest mountain bike stage race summons adventurers in Australia for More than 80 participants from all over the world are expected to compete in the 19th edition of the International Crocodile Trophy Stage Race with start in Cairns on 19th October. They will race for 900km from Cairns to Cooktown and cover 15,000m […]

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today awarded the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020 to Tokyo, which was chosen over fellow Candidate Cities Istanbul and Madrid after two rounds of voting during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires. Tokyo received 60 votes to Istanbul’s 36 in the final round, with Madrid having been […]

Jorgensen Captures Third ITU World Triathlon Series Title in Stockholm   With three weeks to the Grand Final, Jorgensen reclaims lead in series standings    Stockholm, Sweden–Gwen Jorgensen crushed the competition Saturday at ITU World Triathlon Stockholm, logging her third ITU World Triathlon Series title of the season and reclaiming the lead in the series […]

Reproduced from Yvonne’s official web page (http://www.yvonnevanvlerken.eu) It feels like it’s many weeks ago that I raced Challenge Roth, but when we really count it’s only 3,5 weeks since one of my favorite races. In this time I haven’t found the energy or desire to write a story, so this time the update appears a […]

The International Association of Athletics Federations is delighted to confirm that at the conclusion of the final competition session, 268,548stadium spectators had attended the eight evening sessions at the 14thedition of the IAAF World Championships, Moscow 2013. Adding VIPS, guests, media and athletes seats, the evening audience total is396,548. Aside football, no other Olympic sport can attract that […]

Triathlon Olympic champion Nicola Spirig plans to partake in several competitions over the coming weeks. With this, the 31 year old Olympic champion aims to reacclimatize herself to competitive events. Her long term competitive plans and the associated aims will be defined at a later date. Zurich – One year after her victory at the […]

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 […]

Kasparov Garry who is the Chairman, Kasparov Chess Foundation will give a keynote speeach at Stavros Niarchos Foundation  annual conference (15:00 – 16:00 at Divani Hotel in Vouliagmeni). Garry was Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 1963. Garry Kasparov became the under-18 chess champion of the USSR at the age of 12 and the world under-21 […]

(www.deia.com) Bilbaina triathlete Virginia Berasategui has confessed today that the dispute was doped to Bilbao Triathlon past May 18, she won, and that it was a mistake by apologizing everyone. BILBAO. In an appearance in Bilbao where he has been sheltered by his father, triathlete, between sobs continued, read a statement in which he stated that […]

Gregory Rouault (FRA) ran to an emotional win at the Edmonton ITU Triathlon World Cup for his first-ever gold at a World Cup race in 57:39. “It’s amazing, my first World Cup win. For me, the condition to get onto the WTS was to win a World Cup, it’s so emotional,” Rouault said. “Everybody was cheering […]

Canada scored a huge day in the women’s race, as Emelie Kretz, Ellen Pennock and Kirsten Sweetlandswept the podium for the host country at the 2013 Edmonton ITU Triathlon World Cup. “I’m really happy, especially with everything, the home crowd and on the next World Championship course,” said Kretz, who also secured her first Canadian Naitonal Championship title with […]

Vladimir Isaychev wins Russian Championships in Samara   WorldTour team Katusha reached a great result today in Samara at Russian National Championships. Katusha’s rider Vladimir Isaychev took a very beautiful victory in road race of Russian Champs and became new Russian Champion. The queen’s race of the Championships – road race of 196 km – […]

It was a day of victories and close calls on Sunday with team members bringing home three national titles to make RADIOSHACK LEOPARD TREK the most successful team in today’s championships.  Earning gold medals were Stijn Devolder for Belgium, Robert Kišerlovski  for Croatia and Bob Jungels for Luxembourg.   The wins make the ninth in eleven […]

Before the athletes took centre stage at the European Championships in Alanya, Renato Bertrandi was re-elected as the President of the European Triathlon Union. The Italian has been interim President of the ETU since Eilat last year, but will now serve a full four year term until 2017. Dr Sarah Springman stepped down from the […]

RADIOSHACK LEOPARD TREK has finalized its team for the 100th Tour de France starting on June 29 in Corsica. Andy Schleck, 2010 champion, will lead the squad. Schleck will be supported by eight devoted and experienced riders. The team line-up for the Tour de France (June 29 – July 21) Riders: Jan Bakelants, Laurent Didier, […]

UCI travel has launched attractive package deals in 2013 to enable cycling fans to follow top riders in the World Championships in three disciplines: BMX (Auckland, New Zealand, in July), Mountain Bike and Trials (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, in August) and Road (Tuscany, Italy, in September). Keen followers of cycling will have a choice of tailor-made […]

In cooperation with our partner Red Bull Media House, TV production continues to improve: the number of cameras keeps on growing, special cameras are being used and production techniques have become more sophisticated … These efforts to upgrade the production infrastructure are bearing fruit. That is confirmed by the growing interest shown by major TV channels, […]

Sunday’s Toshiba Windsor Triathlon, round two of the 2013 British Triathlon Super Series saw pre-race favourites Tom Bishop and Emma Pallant live up to that expectation to secure commanding victories and earn themselves British Elite Standard Distance Championship titles in the process. Having shown fine form when winning on his season debut a week previously […]

Fabian Cancellara has won the National Time Trial Championships for the eighth time. On the 38,8 km course around Satigny (near Geneva) he bested Martin Elmiger and Reto Hollenstein (both IAM Cycling). Cancellara took a slow start, coming in 7 seconds slower than Martin Elmiger at the first split time in Dardagny. But then ‘Spartacus’ […]

Public enemy number one Reproduced from Der Spiegel magazine (www.Spiegel.de) As the Greek Ioannis drugs investigators Psarellis was hindered in his work On the day of his greatest triumph Ioannis Psarellis seems strangely dissatisfied. He sits on the terrace of his apartment in the Athens suburb of Palio Faliro. It’s the Wednesday of last week, the day […]

Editorial.These were not really Age Group European Championships. It was a two nations cup (Turkey & Great Britain). Ir’s really very sad to look at the age group results and to notice that in most categories only athletes from GB and Turkey have competed. In 1990s the best European triathletes competed at Elite European Championships. […]

Bilbaina triathlete Virginia Berasategui tested positive for doping control conducted after winning the III Bilbao Triathlon, held on trial May 18. Berasategui received notification Friday morning and decided to ask the counteranalysis, for what you have three business days, as confirmed by his father in conversation with Javier ELMUNDO.es As reported by THE WORLD in its print […]

Rachel Klamer (NED) earned her first European title in a down to the line sprint finish in Alanya, Turkey on Friday. In a five-way battle for three medals, Klamer was the one who bumped up her speed in the final metres to beat out Great Britain’s Vicky Holland by just two seconds. Holland took silver, while Vendula Frintova (CZE) scored […]

Science & The Swimmer Univ. of Miami Computational Models Help McCardel on World-Record Attempt   MIAMI – Since 2004 scientists in the University of Miami (UM) Coastal & Shelf Modeling Group have been running high-resolution computational models of the Florida Straits.  These studies are informative in terms of the circulation and impact the Straits have […]

Editorial : Giannis Psarelis (Email :info@athensjournal.gr & info@triathlonworld.gr) ITU has to reconsider its’ rules & regulations. It’s crazy to be a World Champion in Triathlon without competing in one of three sports. It might be ok to cancel swimming -for security reasons/ weather conditions- in a international meeting but this cannot to be the case […]

Team Sky today gave an update on Bradley Wiggins’ fitness and his prospects for the Tour de France.   Two weeks ago, a worsening chest infection caused his withdrawal from the Giro d’Italia and he returned home for treatment, rest, and further assessment of an ongoing knee condition.   During his period of treatment and […]

Astana Pro Team rider Vincenzo Nibali is the winner of the 2013 Giro d’Italia. Nibali finished safely in the peloton on Sunday’s 197km day from Riese Pio X to Brescia, in the same time as stage winner Mark Cavendish of Great Britain. In the General Classification Nibali accumulated a total time over 20 full stages […]

After a week of terrible weather, race day put up a perfect day for racing and fast times to boot. Although the morning was fresh, the ocean was calm unlike the previous days where there were people surfing out there. With such a star-studded field in both the male and female pro fields, the race […]

Back-to-back wins give Jorgensen lead in ITU World Triathlon Series standings   Yokohama, Japan — Just three weeks after a historic win in San Diego, Gwen Jorgensen raced her way to another gold medal Saturday at the International Triathlon Union World Triathlon Yokohama, earning the lead in the ITU World Triathlon Series standings. Jorgensen (St. […]

Olympic bronze medallist, Jonathan Brownlee, starts his ITU World Triathlon Series campaign this Saturday in Japan. Jonathan missed the first two races of the Series with an ankle injury, but will line-up against Olympic silver medallist, Javier Gomez and current world number one, Joao Silva. Jodie Stimpson will also hope to make an impact on […]

British juniors will be in action this weekend as a squad of 13 athletes compete in the 2013 Vierzon ETU Triathlon Junior European Cup on Sunday 12 May. In the women’s race, Kate Curran, Megan McDonald and Florie McLeish will all be in action. Both Kate and Megan are part of the Sport England funded Triathlon England Talent Squad with […]

Gwen Jorgensen Honored as USOC’s April Athlete of the Month   Jorgensen made history at the 2013 Omegawave World Triathlon San Diego   COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) honored triathlete Gwen Jorgensen as its female Athlete of the Month for April following a gold-medal performance at the 2013 Omegawave World Triathlon […]

Katusha’s rider Luca Paolini was able to hold his pink jersey after today’s hard, long and rainy 4th stage of Giro d’Italia. The stage from Policastro to Serra San Bruno of 246 km was characterized by cold weather, rain and two climbs, the last one Croce Ferrata with just 7 km to the finish line. […]

Variety and depth have been the catch words of the ITU World Triathlon Series so far this season with five different athletes on the podium in just two events. You can expect a few more new faces to emerge as the eight-race series visits Yokohama in Japan this weekend. Joao Silva, who is the only […]

In response to media reporting of an internal memo about Lance Armstrong’s 1999 Tour de France corticosteroid test results, the UCI has published a comprehensive briefing document on its website. This document, which provides all the facts and circumstances  surrounding the results, adds to the briefing papers provided to the media at the UCI press conference […]

ASICS America is pleased to announce the addition of Olympic Triathlete, Gwen Jorgensen, to its roster of elite athletes. Renowned for being one of the world’s leading high performance footwear and apparel brands, ASICS will support Jorgensen as she continues her career as one of the fiercest female triathletes of her generation. The relationship was […]

Today Joaquim Rodriguez and the Team Trainer Sebastian Weber took a session of training in the wind Tunnel of Silverstone (England), where Mercedes Amg Petronas Formula One team usually do their test. It started 8am and finished at 1pm. (England time). “We worked mostly on positioning new handlebar setup and some tests with different setup […]

Team Sky today confirmed their line-up for the Giro d’Italia, with Sir Bradley Wiggins heading up a strong nine-man team.   Starting in Naples, the first Grand Tour of the season is staged from Saturday 4 to Sunday 26 May with 21 stages in the contest for the famous maglia rosa, the pink winner’s jersey. […]

  Mount Rainier Duathlon to host distance run-bike-run event COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — More than 200 multisport athletes will race for national titles and Team USA spots Sunday at the USA Triathlon Long Course Duathlon National Championship, held in conjunction with the Mount Rainier Duathlon in Enumclaw, Wash.   All competitors will complete a 8.2-kilometer […]

The road to Barcelona and Montreal starts at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre next Friday 26 April, 10 days from now, when 571 swimmers will compete for selection at the 2013 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships in Adelaide. Incorporating selection trials for the FINA World Championships in Barcelona (July 26 to Aug 4) and IPC World […]

Yesterday, the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) announced the outcomes of the Australian government’s new investment model for Australian high performance sport.  The decisions were made following Winning Edge performance case submissions from 53 Australian National Sporting Organisations. Triathlon Australia submitted  a comprehensive performance case based on our history of achieving podium places at benchmark events […]

“The investment in sports we are announcing today reflects the robust approach we have adopted under Australia’s Winning Edge 2012-2022 the high performance game plan for moving Australian sport from world class to world best,” Wylie said. “The Winning Edge sets high targets for Australia to be a top five nation at the Olympics and Paralympics, top […]

The British Triathlon Championships Liverpool boasts record entry numbers after only one month of opening with over 1,500 people signing up to date. In addition to the individual competition, British Triathlon is encouraging local businesses, clubs and friends to come together for the triathlon team relay event.  All four team members will need to complete […]

David Walsh, the journalist who spent 13 years pursuing the truth about Lance Armstrong, will speak in Glasgow later this month about his role in unmasking the global sporting icon as a serial drugs cheat Walsh will speak at Glasgow Science Centre on the evening of Tuesday 23rd April before taking part in a Q&A session […]

Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee hadn’t raced an ITU event since the London 2012 Olympic Games, but the Gold medallist showed nothing had changed when he led from start to finish in his 13th ITU World Triathlon Series win in San Diego on Saturday in a performance that was simply breathtaking in it’s complete dominance over a quality […]

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Matt Chrabot finished as the top American and 14th overall to earn his second career USA Triathlon Elite National Championships title Saturday at the Omegawave World Triathlon San Diego at Mission Beach.   Chrabot (Virginia Beach, Va.) logged a time of 1 hour, 49 minutes, 23 seconds on the 1,500-meter swim, […]

Gwen Jorgensen ran her way into the history books in San Diego on Friday, becoming the first U.S woman to win an ITU World Triathlon Series race on the back of a scintillating final leg. After leaving T2 just over a minute down on the leaders of Emma Moffatt and the Sarah Groff, Jorgensen smashed out a 33 minute […]

Olympian also picks up first career USA Triathlon Elite National Championships victory   SAN DIEGO, Calif. — United States Olympian Gwen Jorgensen grabbed the lead in the final mile of the run to claim the first victory for an American woman in International Triathlon Union World Triathlon Series history Friday at the Omegawave World Triathlon […]

Sport is littered with great rivalries, match ups that can transcend the code, battles that can promote the sport and its personalities to a world beyond the dedicated and often tragic sports fan. Think of McEnroe and you think of Connors. Say Alain Prost and you must mention Ayrton Senna, consider Ali and how can […]

Monaco – Further to yesterday’s initial reaction by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) concerning the horrific events that occurred at this year’s Boston Marathon – click here – IAAF President Lamine Diack has this morning issued the following statement: “Our association mourns the loss of those killed in Boston, and offers its condolences […]

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) extends its deepest sympathies to all those who were affected by Monday’s tragic events. Those who lost their lives and were injured are in our thoughts and prayers. It is a sad day for the City of Boston, for the running community, and for all those who […]

Triathlon New Zealand has appointed highly respected international coach Jon Brown to the role of High Performance Coach within the Tri NZ HP Programme.   In addition to Brown, Tri NZ High Performance Director Graeme Maw has also confirmed the appointment of Christchurch’s Tim Brazier as Talent Development Coach and that Rob Creasy will continue […]

Edinburgh Leisure is seeking to extend their triathlon programme and a range of introductory opportunities for school aged children.   Coaches are required to help extend the triathlon provision across Edinburgh. Coaches would deliver fun, safe and progressive triathlon sessions taking into account individual and group needs and assist in the design/planning of sessions.   […]

DJO Global/Compex is proud to announce a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Jordan Rapp. “Rappstar” came into triathlon from a background that included rowing at Princeton University. He is a five-time Ironman Champion, a three-time Half Ironman champion, Leadman Epic Series winner and a former ITU World Long Course Champion. He has raised $160,000 for World […]

Triathlon Australia Hall of Fame. Brad Beven 2013 Hall of Fame Inductee We are delighted to announce that Brad Beven will join Greg Welch, Miles Stewart, Michellie Jones and last year’s inductees Jackie Gallagher, Loretta Harrop and Emma Carney as the seventh inductee into the Triathlon Australia’s Hall of Fame. Nicknamed “Croc” because he would […]

Katie Hewison and Jodie Stimpson continue their winter preparations in Australia by taking part in the Devonport OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Championships on Saturday. Ahead of the international triathlon season getting fully underway in New Zealand in early April, the British duo has been training in Australia since early January.   Katie Hewison, former ITU […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon announced today that Kris Swarthout of Minneapolis, Minn., has been selected as the Team USA coach for age-group athletes competing at the 2013 ITU World Championships in London. For the third time in the last four years, Swarthout will lead approximately 600 of the nation’s top age-groupers as they represent […]

The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today agreed on the 25 sports it will propose to the 125th IOC Session for approval as the core sports for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. The 25 sports are: athletics, rowing, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, hockey, judo, […]

Replace the + by the code to leave your country (for example the number if you are calling from Great Britain would be 00 800 8884 8884) The International Cycling Union (UCI) today officially launched its 24-hour confidential anti-doping helpline for professional riders. The free helpline, which will take calls in English and French, is […]