In what was a gun-to-tape effort, Spain’s Sara Perez Sala took the biggest win of her career to date on Sunday, winning the fifth edition of The Championship at the x-bionic sphere in Samorin, Slovakia. In tandem with defending champion Lucy Buckingham, they built a great lead through the swim and bike – before Emma … Read more
It started with an average swim for Gustav Iden at The Championship in Samorin on Sunday, and it almost finished with a flat tire in T1. Despite all of that, the Norwegian superstar duly bounced back from his St George disappointment with a sublime run performance to top the podium in Slovakia. Very, very impressive… … Read more
Lydia Dant continued an incredible run of success for British women at IRONMAN Lanzarote on Saturday on her very first start at the distance, while there was also a maiden win for Belgium’s Kenneth Vandendriessche. Dant, winner of the Outlaw Half Nottingham last June, made her mark in stunning style by surging clear on the … Read more
147 runners turned out for the John Hartnett 10k in Ballyhooly on Fri 20th May 2022 Top 3 men & women… 1 196 Hennesy Pat Male West waterford 00:32:47 00:32:462 200 Herlihy Michael Male North Cork 00:33:37 00:33:363 138 Longan John Male st. Finbarr’s AC 00:35:49 00:35:4712 158 Gaffney Breda Female Mallow ac 00:38:45 00:38:4514 … Read more
Reversing their positions from last weekend in Singapore, Great Britain’s Alex Yee came out on top after a fantastic battle on the run today at World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama. That completed a British double in Japan after Georgia Taylor Brown’s success earlier in the day. Swim: Les Bleus lead the way Starting three hours … Read more
It had been 10 years since a European women had won a World Triathlon Championship Series race in Yokohama, but Great Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown ended that statistic today in Japan. Navigating the wet roads and crashes, the Olympic gold and silver medallist controlled the run to top the podium and now lead the Maurice Lacroix … Read more
It wasn’t the traditional October in Kona, but the delayed 2021 IRONMAN World Championship in St George, Utah on Saturday delivered some great racing and challenging courses. The Pro races of course saw your new IRONMAN World Champions in Kristian Blummenfelt and Daniela Ryf. Every IRONMAN World Championship also features plenty of exceptional amateur athletes … Read more
If you’ve covered Kona for a long time, race week can feel a little bit like Groundhog Day (cue up grizzled tri-journalist grumblings at a bar on Ali’i): You go to palm tree-lined condos to photograph pro bikes , you have meetings at the same three restaurants in town, you see a lot of the … Read more
Daniela Ryf is still good at triathlon – the Swiss superstar silenced any doubters with an emphatic victory to claim her fifth IRONMAN World Championship title in St George on Saturday. The ‘Angry Bird’ had seen her aura of invincibility slip just a little after a disappointing second half of 2021, followed by a comprehensive … Read more
Kristian Blummenfelt added the IRONMAN World Championship title to his Olympic and WTCS crowns with a brilliant display to win the delayed 2021 event in St George on Saturday. The 28-year-old Norwegian superstar was a doubt to even make the start line until very late in the week as he battled to overcome ilness. Indeed … Read more