Sunday’s debut edition of IRONMAN 70.3 Swansea saw an expected victory for the PTO’s currently world ranked #4, Katrina Matthews. The IRONMAN World Championship silver medallist was returning to racing action after that memorable weekend in Germany at the Sub8 Project. While the win never really felt in doubt from my perspective – despite Ruth … Read more
Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee roared back to winning ways in Swansea with an emphatic victory in the men’s race, ending a frustrating injury-blighted spell – and exactly 10 years to the day since his memorable London 2012 triumph. He was unwell when he finished fourth on his return to action at IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside … Read more
In the first-ever Ironman 70.3 Swansea, two-time Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee and Ironman World Champs runner-up Kat Matthews trounced the competition to take inaugural race honors. Brownlee came into the event as clear race favourite despite a sub-par start to 2022. Up until this first race victory, his best finish had been fourth at Ironman … Read more
Elite paratriathlon progress took another step forward in the UK on Saturday, courtesy of some exciting racing at the Volvo 2022 World Triathlon Para Series Swansea. Hosted in glorious sunshine in Swansea Marina, the event – which has already been confirmed for 2023 and 2024 – welcomed all of the medallists from the PTVI event … Read more
Sunny Swansea welcomed some of the world’s best paratriathletes for a day of intense racing in Britain’s first-ever World Triathlon paratriathlon event. With six medal events and eleven paratri classifications, it’s no wonder that the British para-athletes reigned supreme in today’s sprint-distance triathlon. With appearances from copious Paralympians, Welsh crowds were especially eager to cheer … Read more
Katie Crowhurst starts in Swansea on Saturday less than a week after becoming Commonwealth champion. Having completed her first event only last year, 18-year-old Crowhurst is set for her seventh paratriathlon race at the Volvo 2022 World Triathlon Para Series Swansea this weekend. Surprise gold Crowhurst was a surprise gold medal winner of the women’s … Read more
The city of Swansea in South Wales will be the primary focus of Elite triathlon in the UK this coming weekend, taking over the mantle so brilliant delivered by Sutton Park and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games a week ago. We’ve already previewed the Volvo World Triathlon Para Series Swansea, which will take center stage … Read more
Two-time Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee is set to race this coming weekend’s first-ever Welsh Ironman 70.3 Swansea. The four-time half-Ironman champion will be hoping to finally kickstart his 2022 racing season, having had a troubled seven months to date. Chasing the four-time world and European champion on Sunday 7 August will be the 2021 Ironman … Read more
Hot on the heels of the fantastic paratriathlon events at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday, there’s a new landmark in the development of the para side the sport in the UK this coming Saturday, 6 August 2022. The Volvo World Triathlon Para Series Swansea Britain’s first ever, standalone, World Triathlon Para Series event. The World … Read more