2016 ITU world champ, Spaniard Mario Mola, has retained his Gold Coast crown after a sprint finish that saw off rivals Fernando Alarza, Javier Gomez Noya, and Richard Murray. Advertisement The sprint distance race came down to the final 5km run, with Mola locked in a battle with fellow Spanish athletes Alarza and Gomez, and South African Murray. But in the…
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Marathon running may cause short-term kidney injury
Scientists from Yale University have found the physical stress of running a marathon can cause short-term kidney injury. Advertisement They analysed the blood and urine of a small group of participants in the 2015 Hartford Marathon before and after the 26.2-mile event. In particular they examined a variety of markers of kidney injury, including serum…
Wellington and Stadler announced as Team Europe’s captains for The Collins Cup
Inspired by golf’s Ryder Cup, The Collins Cup features teams of professional triathletes from the USA, Europe and the rest of the World (the ‘Internationals’) competing to determine which region dominates the sport of triathlon. Advertisement Each team will consist of 12 professional triathletes, six men and six women. The Collins Cup: a new Ryder…
Ironman legend Chrissie Wellington to race London Marathon
This weekend four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington will be racing the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon for Epilepsy Society and Cancer Research UK. Advertisement “I decided to run because it takes me a full circle to the place where my passion for endurance sports was born – London Marathon 2002 – and to be a…
Brownlee and Pallant set new course records in Gran Canaria
Ali Brownlee has made a successful entry into middle-distance racing by winning Gloria Challenge Mogán Gran Canaria and setting a new course record. Advertisement Wearing the red colours of the Bahrain Endurance Team, he extended the gap from David Giardini and Pieter Heemeryck on the bike and won the pro men’s race after a strong…
220 Triathlon Awards 2017 winners announced
2016 was a year to remember, from Rio to THAT race in Mexico. We saw the Iron-distance world record broken, the British Iron-distance record slashed, new races launched and revolutionary bikes released… Advertisement But which were best? We asked you to vote for your favourites in 21 categories and you responded in your thousands. So without any…
Front crawl: how to improve your arm recovery technique
Your arm recovery adds a great deal to the momentum and rhythm of your stroke, and drills that train you to position your elbows and hands correctly will improve your arm recovery and maximise your forward propulsion, in some cases drastically reducing swim times. Advertisement Arm recovery is often overlooked by athletes trying to refine…
Brownlees to launch new tri centre in Leeds
The Brownlee Centre sits alongside a new 1 mile (1.6km) cycle circuit – one of the longest in the country – at the University’s Bodington Playing Fields in north Leeds. Advertisement It will also be a new National Elite Training Centre for Triathlon. The UK’s first purpose-built triathlon training base, it will combine a strength…
Challenge launches new event in Davos, Switzerland
Challenge Family have announced a new event in Switzerland, the Challenge Davos Festival. Taking place September16-17 it will include a middle-distance triathlon, as well as a range of shorter distance events that form part of the national Swiss Tri Circuit. Advertisement The festival also features a 12 km time trial, The Flüela Challenge, that athletes…
Tough enough to race the Monster Triathlon?
Are you tough enough to race the Monster Triathlon, a 550-mile event in September that sees teams and individuals swim, cycle and run from Loch Ness to London? Advertisement Open to the general public for the first time, participants will complete a 5km swim in Loch Ness, cycle 100 miles a day for five days,…