Triathlon fans in Eilat will get more than they bargained for this weekend with both a European Cup and the U23 European Championships taking place in the southern Israeli city. Following the cancellation of the U23 European Championships in Poland in the summer the LOC and Israeli Triathlon Association stepped into the breach and have […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Winners of six of a possible 12 triathlon medals over the past two Pan American Games, the United States will look to continue that success Sunday at the 2011 Pan American Games triathlon in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Six Americans are scheduled to be in action: Sarah Haskins (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Gwen […]

The XTERRA Switzerland Championship was the last of five races in the 2011 XTERRA European Tour where pros counted their best four scores.  Olivier Marceau won the XTERRA Euro Tour title for the first time since he won back-to-back titles in 2004-2005.  For Lorblanchet, it’s her second straight European Tour championship and she’s now won […]

The Associated Press. KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP)—Lance Armstrong will compete in the XTERRA Worlds off-road triathlon. “XTERRA World Champs next wknd. I’m in! Looking fwd to racing,” the seven-time Tour de France winner tweeted Sunday, a week before the swimming, cycling and running competition in Maui. Last month in Colorado, Armstrong was fifth in the XTERRA […]

From the official web site of Marino’s team. For me it started with the perfect swim, Potts was in front like expected and I was in the top 10 of the pack. Once onto the bike I immediately put pressure on the pack but everything came back together after 10 km, huge group of about […]

IOC Press Release.Maintaining a tradition rooted in ancient Greece, the United Nations General Assembly today called on nations around the world to observe an Olympic Truce for the 2012 London Games. The UN Truce resolution, entitled “Building a better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”, also urged nations to support the International Olympic Committee […]

Providing athletes with the opportunity to GIVE-BACK to their community The True Sport Give-Back School Visits Program provides athletes with the opportunity to GIVE-BACK to their community by not only making guest appearances in schools but by also sharing their own personal sport experiences – or True Sport Story – with children and youth in […]

So as you may have already read I recently announced Club La Santa, Europe’s leading sports resort, as my new sponsors for 2011/2012 beyond. So what does this mean? Of course I am not going to go into the specifics, as is the case with any sponsorship agreement, but I am happy to tell you […]

IOC Press Release. The 5th International Athletes’ Forum ended in Colorado Springs with a series of strong recommendations for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to take action in a number of areas affecting athletes. In the presence of the IOC President Jacques Rogge, eight separate working groups made a series of recommendations. Athletes’ representatives reported […]

South Korea plays host to the 2011 Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup this Saturday, the seventh stop of the 2011 world cup series. The small port city on the southern tip of the Korean peninsula has held numerous ITU events since 2003 including the first ever Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in 2009. […]

Craig Alexander became an Ironman legend today – he’s now one of four men on the planet who have won this race at least three times. He adds his name to a list that includes Dave Scott, Mark Allen and Peter Reid. “The race today was near perfect,” he said at today’s presser. “It’s what […]

Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington put on an incredible show here at the Ford Ironman World Championship today. Alexander set a new course record, while Wellington claimed her fourth title despite a number of injuries she sustained in a bike crash less than two weeks ago. (Photos by Larry Rosa.) For the first time in […]

ITU Press Release. The European Triathlon Union (ETU) and the International Triathlon Union hosted a Level 2 Competitive Coaching Course in Pula, Croatia from 29th September to 3rd October 2011. The course took place in Pula, Croatia just 100m from the Lungomare on the Adriatic coast. 19 coaches from 9 Europeans NFs gathered in Pula […]

Every year there is a date that all triathlete are waiting around the world. It’s the big day in Kona. The best triathletes around the world will be present at this annual meeting in order to go after the crown. Andreas Realert, Graig Alexander and Marino Vanhoenacker are the big favorites. But there are many […]

  Answer to the following questions and win AbuDhabi branded swim caps, branded bennies and autographs from the Team athletes : When was the year that Faris Al Sultan won the Ironman World Championships? What is the date that the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon will be held in 2012? Please send your answers to the […]

From the website of the Abu Dhabi Triathlon Team. With a 5th and a 6th place Rachel has already shown how to race well. However, she can feel the pressure, if only her own, that comes with marching towards the podium. She has proved already that she can win tough races like the Ironman Lanzarote. […]

From the AbuDhabi Triathlon Team web-site. For the 12th time already Faris has set foot on the magical island in the Pacific. He is full of excitement and optimistic expectations, which doesn’t come as a surprise as this place as well as the race have changed his life a lot. With his victory in 2005 […]

WTC Press Release. Two-time Ford Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander might have “only” finished fourth here last year, but he will certainly be amongst the favorites on Saturday. Fresh off an impressive win at the Marine Corps Ironman World Championship 70.3 (pictured – photo courtesy ASI) just over three weeks ago, Alexander, as always, arrives […]

The ITU Triathlon World Cup series resumes this weekend and returns to Mexico for the second time in 2011, with the always sunny Huatulco hosting the sixth cup this year. This holiday hotspot has been a World Cup event since 2008. In its first year, Kiwis swept the podium thanks to Kris Gemmell and Samantha […]

Stephane Poulat and Jeanne Collonge won today’s Ironman 70.3 France Pays d’Aix event. The inaugural race had almost 1,200 competitors, with 1, 189 finishing the scenic (but challenging) course. French triathlon fans were treated to two hours of live television coverage of the race, which made it all-too-appropriate that the overall champions were from France. […]

ITU Press Release. Andrea Hewitt soared to her second consecutive victory in the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series today in Yokohama.  After a virtuoso performance at last weekend’s Grand Final in Beijing, Hewitt followed that up with another to stunning display for her third career WCS win and second in as many weeks. […]

FINA Press Release. Richard Weinberger of Canada stunned a field of world champions to win the London 10km Marathon Swimming International – Test Event for the Olympic Games – by a margin of more than 26 seconds. Weinberger hasn’t even qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games yet. His victory today is a confidence builder, but […]

Το μεγάλο φαβορί ο Andreas Raelert γύρισε τον αστράγαλό του σε μία από τις τελευταίες προπονήσεις του στο τρέξιμο και έτσι έτρεξε απλά και μόνο για την επικύρωση της θέσης του στην Κόνα. Είχε δηλώσει εδώ και πολλές μέρες ότι θα αφιέρωνε την συμμετοχή σε φιλανθρωπικούς οργανισμούς και για κάθε αθλητή που θα τον περνούσε […]

PRESS RELEASE Following the decision of the ETU Executive that the European Region is not affiliated in any shape or form to the International Triathlon Union , officers of the following National Triathlon Federations met in Paris 2, 3 December 2000. Denmark France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland. The assembled officers who represent […]

Now that the weekend’s events in Paris have been ratified by the ITU and the IOC, the BTA have issued the following press release. Politics, don’t you just love it… The British Triathlon Association today welcomed the formation of the Triathlon Council in Europe in Paris last weekend (2-3 December 2000) by the National Triathlon […]