Vincent Luis will look to see off his training partners to collect his first ITU world title in Lausanne on Saturday. Advertisement The French triathlete decided to skip the Tokyo Olympic test event a fortnight ago to prepare thoroughly and requires no worse than a fifth place finish to lift the trophy. The omens are…
Month: November 2020
Vincent Luis wins ITU world title in Lausanne
Vincent Luis’ decision to miss the Tokyo test event to focus on the Grand final was vindicated today as he lifted the 2019 series’ winner’s trophy after a textbook race in the Swiss town of Lausanne. Advertisement It was Luis’ title to lose heading into the final round of the 2019 World Triathlon Series, after…
Katie Zaferes crowned 2019 ITU world champion
Click:Ceiling Fan America’s Katie Zaferes rocked up in Lausanne battled-scarred after hitting a crash barrier in the Tokyo test event just two weeks earlier. But the 30-year-old American was in a powerful position heading into the Grand Final, needing a 12thplace finish or better to take her first world title. Advertisement Her title chase started…
Time to play Nice: Ryf v Charles-Barclay part 1
Lucy Charles-Barclay will try to finally turn the tables on a dominant Daniela Ryf by winning a first Ironman 70.3 world title – and put down a marker for the Ironman World Championship next month in Hawaii. Advertisement The London triathlete has arrived on the Cote d’Azur fit and healthy after an unbeaten season that…
Brownlee faces stiff test to win 70.3 world title
Alistair Brownlee will start in Nice on Sunday knowing that he needs to be on top of his game if he’s to become the first British male to win the Ironman 70.3 world title. Advertisement Simon Lessing, Andrew Johns, Tim Don twice, and Brownlee make up a ‘who’s who’ of British tri talent to have…
Ryf wins fifth 70.3 world title, Lawrence takes silver
Switzerland’s Daniela Ryf claimed a fifth Ironman 70.3 title in six years, beating Britain’s Holly Lawrence into second, with Lucy Charles-Barclay having to settle for fifth after receiving a 5min drafting penalty on the bike. Advertisement Ryf, 32, who has also won the past four Ironman world titles in Hawaii, used the descent from the…
Brownlee runner-up to Iden in Ironman 70.3 World Championship
Norway’s Gustav Iden thwarted the dream of Britain’s Alistair Brownlee to win a first Ironman 70.3 world title in Nice. Advertisement Yorkshire’s two-time Olympian, 31, had prioritised the race after finishing runner-up to Jan Frodeno last year in South Africa. But while he was in the leading trio coming off the bike, he proved no…
Age-group triathlon: does the system need a shake up?
Representative age-group racing should be celebrated as a great triathlon success story – at its best when those new to the sport realise they have a talent for swim, bike and run and find a route to sporting achievement. With the categories topping out with the 85-89-year-old age-group in last year’s ITU world champs on…
How does the Olympics impact the World Triathlon Series’ multi-race format?
Is it time for the World Triathlon Series to return to a one-off race for the world title? The question has been often posited since the International Triathlon Union first introduced the multi-race series in 2009 that demands triathletes accrue points throughout the season before lining up for an upweighted Grand Final. Advertisement The sport’s…
PTO announce intent to buy Ironman
Why has the PTO made the decision to try and buy Ironman? Ever since Providence Capital Partners first saddled WTC with $200 million debt and prepared for their exit sale, the business has been starved of investment. When WSG acquired WTC it burdened the operation with additional debt, thus restricting any ability of the dedicated…