The Ironman Weymouth race organisers have told 220 that there are just 100 spots left for their debut Ironman 70.3 race in Weymouth on Sunday 11 September. Advertisement The major race brand have also confirmed the bike course for the new addition to the M-Dot event calendar, with the Cerne Abbas bike stretch pictured above. […]
Whether you’re an elite triathlete aiming to win a 70.3, or just wanting to complete your first triathlon, the age-old rule applies – race results don’t come without putting in the hard work beforehand. However, many of us overlook the fact that training sessions alone aren’t enough to determine performance – choices made about recovery […]
The sun was shining and historic German city of Regensburg was ready to welcome triathletes from all over the world to take on the inaugural Challenge Regensburg. But it would be home athletes, Germans Jan Rafael and Julia Viellehner that would take the victory. Advertisement The race began with the 3.8km swim in Lake Guggenberger See […]
Alistair Brownlee has continued Great Britain’s winning Rio Olympic form by taking the men’s triathlon title here in Rio today. The multiple world and European champ made his move over brother Jonny with 4km left of the run to cement his position as the greatest Olympic-distance athlete in history. Advertisement The fifth Olympic Games triathlon […]
Brit ITU racer Mark Buckingham competed at the Rio Test Event in 2015. Here are his insights into where the Olympic Games races will be won… and lost Advertisement The Swim Start With a beach run in, strong swimmers won’t get away as quickly as usual. But once the race goes round the first buoy, expect […]
Having obliterated the field at the Rio Olympic Games triathlon, the Brownlee brothers pulled off another fine performance in the press conference at the Forte Copacabana as well. Here Yorkshire’s finest open up on the Rio experience, sibling support and the lure of racing Ironman… Advertisement ON ENJOYING IT ALI: The odds are that it won’t […]
It’d taken years of planning, deals, courting, boycotts and, with the implementation of draft-legal racing, a fundamental change to the nature of Olympic-distance elite triathlon. But finally, on 16 September 2000, triathlon’s time in the Olympic Games spotlight had arrived. Advertisement The women were the first off the Sydney Harbour starting pontoon, with hometown girl […]
Bike course carnage, an injured home hero battling the odds and the closest sprint finish imaginable. Hyde Park 2012 may be synonymous with the Brownlees but, as a race, the women’s event was even better. Advertisement Four years on, it’s strange to say that the women’s 2012 Olympic race is something of a lost classic, […]
USA’s Gwen Jorgensen has been crowned Olympic champion here in Rio today after an epic battle with reigning champion Nicola Spirig of Switzerland. There would also be another medal for the British team, with Gloucester’s Vicky Holland outpacing her housemate Non Stanford on the finishing straight. Advertisement The 1.5km swim kicked-off in waves bigger and […]
Gwen Jorgensen today became the first American triathlete to win gold at an Olympic Games. After a flat tyre at London 2012 led to a 38th-place finish, Gwen had clocked up a record 12 out of 12 wins on the ITU circuit, with the 2014 and 2015 ITU World Championship titles both heading to the […]