At an extraordinary Friday meeting of World Triathlon Corporation’s board of directors, the decision was made to leave in place the anti-doping policy as written.
by Slowman, June 16, 2012
What is certainly destined to become a jewel in the worldwide series Ironman crown, WTC pulls off a great get. The North Shore event traverses a triangle incorporating Kings Beach, Tahoe City and Truckee.
When Will Clarke found out that he won’t be competing at the London Olympic Games he was stunned and disappointed, but now has a new focus. We had a chat with him about the selection process and moving on.
German-based Schwalbe introduces a host of updated and new product for 2012. This includes the latest entry in to the tubeless market, with some very surprising rolling resistance numbers.
World Triathlon Corporation’s infamous anti-doping policy is not entirely set in stone; Armstrong’s Ironman ban not quite a done deal.
Wildfires and the wide wide world of race production has forced a venue change for the HITS Fort Collins race, now to be conducted in Sterling, CO, 94 miles to the east.
It has been reported in that Lance Armstrong “is banned from competing in triathlon,” and that, “USADA suspends Armstrong over doping investigation.” Not so.
Kiwi Cameron Brown finished second at the 2012 Airport Ironman Cairns and today we look closer at his Shimano equipped Avanti Chrono Evo II.
A lot of triathletes are confused and conflicted by today’s action, by USADA, banning Lance Armstrong from racing triathlons. How ought the triathlon enthusiast feel about this? We’ll take a shot at answering that.
After 12 years of attempting to get selected for the Olympic Games, Stuart Hayes has finally made it. After a round of appeals the British Triathlon Federation recently announced that Hayes will indeed join the Brownlee brothers in London.
Have a closer look at the Campagnolo equipped Trek Speed Concept of Aussie Pro Bek Keat of team Trek / K-Swiss at Ironman Cairns.
Triathlon Australia rejects Emma Snowsill’s Olympic selection appeal; the defending gold medalist and greatest clutch Olympic distance triathlete in the sport’s history has been rejected twice by Australian Olympic selectors.
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.
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.
