Can Simon Whitfield repeat? Will Jan Frodeno put down his Olympic sprint hammer? Will Bevan Docherty break out of his runner-up rut? Can Courtney Atkinson ride his hot streak?

If you took an Emma to win, that would be a crafty bet; but this oddsmaker fool had to pick one and it’s Snowy. Daniela, Barbara, Andrea, Helen, two Sarahs and Laura will hotly dispute.

At the recent Rev3 Quassy race, Kelly Williamson finished second to Mirinda Carfrae and is seemingly ready to step it up even more. We had a few words with the Austin, TX transplant who was formerly known as Kelly Handel.

This week we noticed the very cool and interesting HAWK drill drive mobile, a new line of swimwear from the folks at blueseventy and a new t-shirt from Endurance Conspiracy.

The World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) announced a $100,000 contribution to the oil spill relief effort in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday and the first $25,000 will go to the Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans.

The Speed Concept is Trek’s new triathlon superbike. How does it measure up, literally, in terms of geometry? Is this bike long and low, narrow and tall, and is it sufficiently adjustable?

Prior to this year, the major bike brands, in particular those selling more than $150 million a year, were asea in the tri market, because of ambivalence and indecisiveness. Now, they’re focused. But can they compete?

This popular tutorial on descending was first written in 2000 and has been reworked and updated for today.

On Saturday, June 5th while on the way to a wedding in Indianapolis, long time Zipp employee Jim Douglas lost his life when the bridal van he was traveling in was involved in a crash.

The 2nd Annual Rev3 Quassy featured a roller coaster bike ride for participants and real rollers coasters for spectators and family. A photo gallery by Jordan Rapp.

Chris Lieto’s blazing bike trumped Andy Potts’ sizzling run by 24 seconds; Chrissie Wellington’s sizzling talent beat the women’s field by 16:40 at the K-Swiss Kansas 70.3.

Normann Stadler crushes the field on the bike; Rebekah Keat combines second-best bike and a second-best run to edge Tiina Boman at Challenge Kraichgau

Craig Alexander broke Matt Reed’s 2009 course record – and his hopes of a $125,000 Rev3 sweep – as he ran to victory in Middlebury. Mirinda Carfrae erased a 7-minute deficit to out of T2 to repeat, and erase Julie Dibens’ hopes of a $125,000 bonus as well.

Alistair Brownlee ran away from Courtney Atkinson at the ITU Dextro Energy WCS Madrid to take the win; and thus maintains his 2009 perfect streak despite months off due to injury.

Aussie Chris Macca McCormack grabbed the win at the 2010 TriStar111 Germany with its 1k swim, 100k bike and 10k run distances. The women’s title in Worms, Germany went to Swiss Pro Michaela Giger.

Michael Raelert continues to demonstrate that he is King of the 70.3 distance with a dominating win at Switzerland 70.3; Caroline Steffen takes her third 70.3 win of 2010

Maksym Kriat of the Ukraine held off Graham O’Grady of New Zealand and Magali Tisseyre of Quebec, Canada edged Kate Major of Canada to win Mooseman 70.3 titles.

Nicola Spirig of Switzerland outsprinted newcomer Emma Charayron of France and Helen Jenkins of Great Britain to win the sizzling hot round three of the Dextro Energy World Championship Series race in Madrid, Spain.

Timothy DeBoom ran down Matt Lieto and Luke Bell to win the 2010 Rohto Ironman 70.3 Hawaii. Belinda Granger took the women’s title with a very solid performance all day.

Julie Dibens and Joe Gambles get dialed in using Retul’s precision measurement system.
An image gallery by Nick Salazar.

Triathlon’s first generation remember one of their own. Dave Scott, Scott Tinley, Paul Huddle, and many others tell their stories of their generation’s biggest personality.

Irrepressible, talented and universally liked, Marc Surprenant passes at the age of 49. A light that burned bright and hot, he is remembered by the original stars of triathlon, of which he was one.

Ask longtime top triathletes, 8 of 10 will tell you the low hanging improvement fruit is to be plucked in the swim. This Saturday, SoCal-based Slowtwitchers have a chance to improve their open water skills.

Austin’s Capitol of Texas Triathlon is honoring Memorial Day with gallons of sweat. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson