Raña took a significant step with his third-fastest ever Ironman-distance winning time at Austria – even more important was his fast Ironman bike split that answered questions about his chances at Kona.

We took a closer look at the custom painted Canyon Aerorad CF SLX of German ITU Pro Anne Haug. We also got to see a trick new integrated stem from Canyon.

The most impactful event on the sport of triathlon in a generation occurred last week. Maybe. (We’ll see.) The ITU announced that the Sprint WC for age group is now draft legal.

The 30th edition of the Challenge Roth is slowly coming to an end but we wanted to share a gallery of today’s racing action. Please enjoy these impressions from Roth.

While Challenge Roth was the marquee race of the weekend, the Weekend Box brings you tales of races in England, Wisconsin, Geneva, Minnesota and Kansas.

Timo Bracht ran down fellow German Nils Frommhold to capture the 2014 Datev Challenge Roth. Mirinda Carfrae earned the women’s title in her first appearance there.

Josiah Middaugh defended his Beaver Creek title while Chantell Widney of Canada held off Emma Garrard at the XTERRA Mountain Championship. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.

Even more images from the 2014 Datev Challenge Roth bike check-in, with many Pros arriving during that segment. But we do not just feature Pros.

On this Saturday 3,500 individual athletes and 650 relays checked in their bikes into T1 at the Europakanal for the 30th anniversary Challenge Roth.

Today was the second edition of the Challenge Women 5k run and walk and around 1,600 women took part and appeared to have a great time.

It is clear that most of us are competitive by nature, but there is a time and place for that. At a carbo loading dinner there is no need to race for the pasta.

We stumbled upon gadgets, bikes, people and more on the Friday before the 30th edition of Challenge Roth. That also means only 2 days to go before the big event.

At the 2014 Challenge Roth we noticed the brand new Cannondale Slice of Danish athlete Michelle Vesterby, and well, it is a difficult bike to overlook.

Shane Niemeyer was a regular customer in prisons, addicted to drugs and suicidal – but triathlon has turned the life of this man around completely.

The expo at the 2014 Datev Challenge Roth opened its door today and about 5,500 athletes started to pick up their packages. Plus the big Erdinger party was tonight.

This year marks the 30th edition of Challenge Roth and we arrived a day earlier this time to check out the action leading up to this popular event.

Tim Don has had some of the greatest days in Olympic distance triathlon – including wins at 2006 ITU Worlds and the 2010 Hy-Vee Elite Cup; now he’s making a splash in 70.3s.

Jamie Whitmore, an XTERRA world champion struck by a rare cancer in 2008 who became a paracyling world champion, won the 2014 ESPY Award last night for Best Female Athlete with a Disability.

The legendary Bob Babbitt hosts his daily Breakfast shows from Challenge Roth again, but he is no longer part of Competitor Group. He is the man of Babbitville.

On perfect blue skies, mild summer day in and around the Boulder reservoir, Helle Frederiksen of Denmark and Matt Chrabot of Colorado Springs won the classic Boulder Peak 5i50 Triathlon.

Scott Sports introduced a Plasma 5 and a Plasma 4 at the UCI headquarters in Aigle, Switzerland today and here is a closer look at the higher-end Plasma 5.

blueseventy wetsuits are 20 years in the making. If today’s tri wetsuit brands stand on the back of QR, it’s with a big assist to this brand as well.

This midsummer Weekend Box is full of U.S. events in California, Colorado, Indiana and Minnesota. We also have off road action in Sweden, Mixed Relay Worlds in Germany and a tribute to a retiring legend.

Alistair Brownlee captured the 2014 World Triathlon Series in Hamburg with a fascinating burst of speed. And Gwen Jorgensen grabbed her 4th World Cup in a row.