Mathias Hecht won his first ever Ironman by 1:43 over Maik Twelsiek of Germany; Heather Wurtele of Canada repeats as early leader Jodie Swallow of Great Britain DNFs with foot injury.
by Tim Carlson, May 7, 2011
Tim Berkel took the win at 70.3 Busselton just 6 days after finishing second to Joe Gambles at 70.3 Port Macquarie. Jo Lawn had won the women’s race in Port Macquarie and added another fine win to her impressive resume.
The bike segment at Wildflower is quite tough and slowtwitch shooter Timothy Carlson captured images of the Pros out on course.
Imagine a famous athlete accused of drugs: Howard Jacobs was probably that athlete’s lawyer. We’ve heard from USADA’s CEO, and WTC’s anti-doping director. Here’s a look from a different vantage point.
Jesse Thomas surprised quite a few folks with his recent win at the 2011 Avia Wildflower triathlon and to some degree he also surprised himself. Slowtwitch had a few words with the fast running triathlete.
Imagine the surprise when the general mailbox of a brand contains an email from the UCI with the note that one of their products is illegal. That happened to Bont Cycling and we had a few words with their CEO Steven Nemeth.
What’s the drug testing at Ironman all about? We interviewed the director of its anti-doping program, Kate Mittelstadt.
2007 ITU World Champion Daniel Unger just concluded his training camp in Cervia, Italy and is now ready for the World Cup race in Mexico.
We recently visited Rafael Hoffleit in Germany to look closer at his bikes and understand a bit more about this designer whose bikes are hand crafted in Germany.
Joe Maloy, the 2009 USAT Age Group Champion, is quickly making his name known in triathlon circles. He already has three top 10 finishes this year on the Continental Cup circuit and is quickly ascending the ITU Points List.
Travis Tygart is America’s top cop in the fight against performance enhancing drugs. He’s USADA’s CEO, formerly its general counsel. I asked him questions about its drug testing program for age-group triathletes.
This is the latest on the topic of policies, practices and WADA list updates for 2011.
Dark horse Jesse Thomas shocked the field and Leanda Cave finished 5 seconds off Julie Dibens’ course record. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson
Jordan Rapp built up his Specialized Shiv just before the 2011 Avia Wildlower Triathlon and we had a closer look at his setup. As a bonus, Jordan also did a video walk-through.
Filip Ospaly is moving up – 3rd at Toyota Cup Miami to 1st here at St. Anthony’s – and Matt Reed seems to have finally raced himself back into shape. Meanwhile Sarah Haskins continues to cruise to wins.
We’re going to talk this week about performance enhancing drugs for age group athletes. What’s legal, what’s ethical, testing, TUEs, everything you’ll need to know regardless of your age or ability.
Joe Gambles dipped under 4 hours to best a strong field at 70.3 Port Macquarie. Jo Lawn flew over from NZ to steal a win from the Aussies on their home turf.
Catriona Morrison has evidently figured out St. Croix, besting Angela Naeth and Mirinda Carfae for her third win in this Caribbean island. Maksym Kriat runs to his biggest career victory.
Aussies Pete Jacobs and Caroline Steffen took their first wins at the Ironman distance at IM Australia. Jacobs, as usual, led from the gun, and Steffen survived two flat tires.
Jesse Thomas, a 2002 Stanford steeplechaser in his first year as a triathlon pro, shocked the men’s field; after two runner-up finishes, Leanda Cave finally wins Wildflower — by 7 seconds over Mary Beth Ellis
The ITU debuted a new world championship, called Cross Tri, and familiar offroad triathlete faces took men’s and women’s titles. The race was in Spain, but North Americans dominated the top spots.
Spanish Long Distance Champion Eva Ledesma and Danish speedster Rasmus Henning took the titles in the inaugural Playitas Challenge Fuerteventura.
We had the opportunity to spend a day with Olympic Champion Jan Frodeno, and now share a gallery of our day with him in Saarbruecken, Germany.
Late in 2010, Samantha Warriner had surgery to correct super ventricular tachycardia. Just three months later, she won Ironman New Zealand. The much-decorated triathlete recounts her incredible journey.
Enjoy this closer look at the Cannondale Slice High Modulus of Austrian Pro Michael Weiss, with quite a few pics and lots of details.
