Conditions were wet, slippy and cold for the WTS final in Rotterdam, the first time the Dutch city had featured on the WTS calendar. Advertisement WTS leader Spaniard Mario Mola was the man to beat, and had to finish in the top 5 to defend his 2016 title – on paper a straightforward task but…
Month: March 2021
Duffy defends title in dominant style
With maximum points from five wins reigning world champ Flora Duffy from Bermuda had to finish in the top 7 to defend her title, and looking at her 2017 results it was difficult to see her not achieving this. Advertisement Fresh from her first-ever WTS podium finish in Stockholm Brit Jess Learmonth led the swim…
Don’t miss an opportunity to race with the Brownlees
Alistair and Jonny Brownlee will be participating in the half-distance relay at Challenge Forte Village on separate teams, and athletes will be able to bid for the remaining four team places through Ebay. Advertisement The highest bidders will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to race and dine with the triathlon Olympic medallists. The auction, starting today…
Chrissie Wellington placed in Ironman’s Hall of Fame
Four-time Ironman World Champion and 220 favourite Chrissie Wellington, will be inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame on October 11, during race week at the 2017 Ironman World Championship triathlon, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Advertisement 220 named Wellington 4th greatest female triathlete of all time and 5th greatest Kona athlete of all time “Chrissie’s accomplishments in the…
Jonny Brownlee takes second behind Blummenfelt at Super League Triathlon
Co-founded by two-time Ironman world champion Chris McCormack, this new series sees the traditional swim, bike and run triathlon turned on its head. In total, there will be five unique race formats, each comprising a 300m swim, 6km bike and 2km run (see link below for each format). In each event, athletes will compete for…
Katie Zaferes crowned Super League Triathlon queen of Jersey
Super League Triathlon crowned its first queen Katie Zaferes from USA, with fellow American triathlete Summer Cook taking second and Nicola Spirig, from Switzerland, third Advertisement Co-founded by two-time Ironman world champion Chris McCormack, this new series sees the traditional swim, bike and run triathlon turned on its head. In total, there will be five…
Zipp bring humpback-inspired aero to super-deep 858 wheels at Kona
This article was first published by our sister website BikeRadar.com Advertisement Ahead of the Ironman world championships in Hawaii, Zipp has rolled out its latest incarnation of the humpback-whale-inspired aero wheels with the 858 NSW. The deep aero hoops fluctuate in rim depth from 77 to 88mm, and will come in clincher and disc-brake models…
Tim Don out of Kona
Favourite for a top-10 finish, GB’s Tim Don has been forced to retire from this year’s World Ironman Championships just three days before race day. Advertisement Filmed from his hospital bed in Kona, the world’s fastest Ironman (7:40:23 at this year’s Ironman Florianopolis, Brazil) informed his fans via social media that he had a fracture…
Karen Smyers USA picks: ‘who my money is on for Kona’
One of the triathlon’s greatest athletes and captain of the USA Team for the Collins Cup, Karen Smyers, tell us which USA athletes she thinks will be making the podium at Kona Advertisement The Collins Cup: a new Ryder Cup-style team competition for long distance tri Is the Collins Cup the future of triathlon? …
Patrick Lange takes the 2017 Ironman World Champs title
#IMKona @PatrickLange1 pic.twitter.com/UCRSuA0Pp4 — IronmanLIVE.com (@IRONMANLive) October 15, 2017 Germany’s Patrick Lange has won the 2017 Ironman World Championship after a 8:01:40 overall split that smashed the Kona course record. The victory came after the reigning champion Jan Frodeno pulled up on the run due to injury and doggedly hobbled to the line in 9:15:44….