Former ITU Pro David Dellow recently won the 2012 Ironman Cairns with quite a bit of panache and late last year he took the win in Noosa, showing that he is fast and dangerous at all distances.
by Herbert Krabel, June 11, 2012
Andreas Raelert held off a very strong field to win the 2012 ETU Challenge Kraichgau European Half Distance Championships. Julia Gajer, who had recently won Austria 70.3, took the women’s title in course record time of 4:20:09.
Conrad Stoltz of South Africa and Melanie McQuaid of Canada won the men’s and women’s titles at the XTERRA East Championship in Richmond Sunday and both Stoltz and McQuaid seem to really enjoy this event.
Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander took the win at the 2012 EnduraFit Ironman 70.3 EagleMan in a superb time of 3:44:57. Meredith Kessler stormed to a convincing win in Cambridge, MD in 4:12:40.
Clayton Fettell topped Paul Ambrose by 2:34 and Rachel Joyce dominated the women’s field by 22:40 to win the men’s and women’s overall titles at Ironman 70.3 Kansas.
Ruedi Wild of Switzerland topped Josh Amberger of Australia by 32 seconds and Daniela Ryf of Switzerland edged Liz Blatchford of Great Britain to win Klagenfurt 5i50.
Andy Potts won his 5th and Leanda Cave won her 4th as they earned the Escape From Alcatraz men’s and women’s overall titles Sunday in San Francisco.
The British Triathlon Federation picked Stuart Hayes and Lucy Hall to serve in Olympic domestique roles in support of the Brownlees and Helen Jenkins; Will Clarke and Tim Don, Liz Blatchford and Jodie Stimpson are left off.
Brutal cold temps and wet weather forced cutting bike to 15 miles; Callum Millward and Matt Reed finished in the first tie in Ironman history and Jodie Swallow dominated the women’s field at Boise 29.3.
Hunter Kemper is on the 2012 US Olympic team in London and here is a closer look at his Orbea Orca race bike from the ITU San Diego WTS event.
Class is in session, so bring your books. We take an in-depth look at the bearings on your bicycle. How do they work? How do we make them faster? What should you buy? For this and much more, read on.
Representing a small island with a green history in triathlon, Gavin Noble talked with slowtwitch about representing his country in London this summer and competing solo at the world’s most competitive triathlon series.
Aussie Luke McKenzie was the runner-up at the Urban Hotels Group Ironman 70.3 Cairns and we take a closer look at his race ready 2012 Scott Plasma 3.
Austin, Texas amateur triathlete Joe Thorne had the second fastest run last year at Ironman Hawaii. Now he is trying to add a top rank swim and bike to compete with the best in the world.
David Dellow and Carrie Lester were the champions of the 2012 Ironman Airport Cairns, and we have a few images from that beautiful race venue.
Today we take a closer look at the Cervelo P4 race bike of the 2012 Ironman Cairns champion David Dellow of team Alaska Milk team TBB Philippines.
Richie Cunningham and Mirinda Carfrae stormed to the titles at the 2012 Revolution3 Quassy Triathlon and here is gallery from that day.
Emma Moffatt, Erin Densham, Emma Jackson are in — defending Olympic champion Emma Snowsill is off the 2012 Australian Olympic Triathlon team; Courtney Atkinson, Brendan Sexton join Brad Kahlefeldt on the men’s squad.
Australian Clayton Fettell combined a race-best swim and bike with a 4th-best run to dominate the men’s field; Canadian Magali Tisseyre topped Mary Beth Ellis by 2:31 to win Ironman 70.3 Mooseman in New Hampshire
Michael Raelert led virtually wire-to-wire, dominating in Europe on a weekend when Ironman’s star athletes were hard at work in races around the world. Nicola Spirig won here a week after winning WTS Madrid.
Richie Cunningham ran away from his challengers. Mirinda Carfrae ran up to, and past, hers. The end result were big paydays in the $125,000 race at the Rev3Tri held at the Quassy Amusement Park in Connecticut.
David Dellow’s race–best run propelled him past Cameron Brown to his first Ironman victory; Carrie Lester out dueled Belinda Harper to take her second IM win at Cairns Airport Ironman Cairns
Ironman World Championship runner-up Pete Jacobs crushes the men’s field by 12:10 and Sarah Crowley tops Michelle Wu by 6:33 at Urban Hotel Group Ironman 70.3 Cairns
Lukas Verzbicas won his first professional triathlon and Laura Bennett won her second event after qualifying for the London Olympics at the ITU Pan American Cup on a blazing hot day in Dallas.
