Francisco Pontano won the 2009 Ford Ironman Coeur D’Alene with a very balanced swim, bike and run. Tyler Stewart won her first Ironman title as she rocked to a win in the women’s race in a time of 9:23:21.

Emma Moffatt overcame an American bike breakaway and topped fellow Emma and training partner Snowsill with a race-best run 34:24 run to win the Dextro Energy ITU World Championship triathlon in Washington, DC.

Great Britain’s 21-year-old phenom Alistair Brownlee won his second straight Dextro Energy World Championship Series triathlon in Washington DC Sunday thanks to a five-man bike breakaway and a sixth-best run.

Luke McKenzie took a commanding win at the 2009 Ironman Japan in a time of 8:28:31. The women’s race was won by Nicole Klingler in a time of 9:52:52.

On a sweltering hot day in the heart of Arkansas, Americans Josiah Middaugh and Shonny Vanlandingham grabbed the XTERRA South Central Cup titles and held off previous winners Dan Hugo and Melanie McQuaid.

Last minute tizzy over a false rumor that mistakenly tabbed DC a duathlon and other thoughts of contenders in this elite field contending for glory in Washington D.C.

The field is just this side of Olympic quality in an off-Olympic year. Pretty much everyone will be here with the exceptions of the up and coming Russian men, a still recovering from injury Olympic silver medalist Vanessa Fernandes and Kiwi Kris Gemmell.

Olympic-style triathlon’s first big iconic stage was Sydney in 2000 with the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge as powerful backdrops to thrilling duels. Sunday, the third round of the 2009 ITU World Championship series opens with the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial as scenery. Can DC match Sydney’s thrills?

An inside look at a classic duel between perhaps the best cyclist and the arguably the best runner at the Ironman 70.3 distance. When it was all over in Boise, Alexander beat Lieto by 2 seconds after an amazing sprint.

The Lugano is the top of the line bike from Javelin. But did you know you can get it made custom? Not just custom paint, but custom geometry? Yes, you can, as a matter of fact.

After the Austrian doping stories involving Irondoc Dr. Andreas Zoubek, pro triathlete Lisa Hütthaler, and road pro Bernhard Kohl, we now have the former road pro turned triathlete Hannes Hempel in the not so desirable limelight.

The second Ironman Kansas 70.3 featured surprisingly tough hills, and dominant wins by Chrissie Wellington and Luke Bell – and a Wizard of Oz finish line.

Third of a four-part oral history how Xterra legend Jamie Whitmore is fighting back from cancer and making choices to maintain the maximum physical freedom and maximum ability to share her talents with the world.

Timo Bracht and Normann Stadler are now team mates under the umbrella of the Commerzbank team, and so are all the other athletes who previously competed in green colors for the Dresdner Kleinwort team.

We stumbled upon lightweight running shoes from Adidas, Normann Stadler’s recently born son, energy bars from Bonk Breakers and new sun glasses from Smith Optics.

Second of a four-part series on how one of Xterra’s greatest stars was struck down in her prime by a devastating cancer and battled back to survive, rebuild her life with an unquenchable spirit and transcend the limits of her disease

Conrad Stoltz grabbed the win at the 2009 XTERRA Atlantic Cup despite a huge cut in his foot, and Melanie McQuaid kept her 2009 winning streak alive as she took the women’s race.

20-year old Philip Graves won the 2009 Ironman 70.3 UK with a great swim, ride and run and showed that he isn’t just a gifted road racer. Catriona Morrison held off Julie Dibens and Bella Bayliss enroute to her win.

You can’t buy love. But can you buy a maillot jaune? Last year Bjarne Riis squeezed the industry, appealing to companies poised to pay for victory. Specialized anted up. How is that turning out?

Bell turns a 1:10 deficit into a 1:09 margin of victory with a final surge on the run to top Tim O’Donnell at Kansas Ironman 70.3; Chrissie Wellington shows she’s mastered the CO2 canister and then topped Pip Taylor by 4:50 at Lawrence.

Andy Potts became a 3 time champion with his win at the 2009 Escape from Alcatraz triathlon in San Francisco. Mary Beth Ellis held off defending champion Leanda Cave on her way to the women’s title.

A dominating performance by Terenzo Bozzone gave him the win at the 2009 Ironman 70.3 Eagleman in Cambridge, MD. Mirinda Carfrae ran down Natascha Badmann to take the women’s title.

Former 70.3 World Champion Craig Alexander took a very narrow 2 second victory over Chris Lieto at the Ironman 70.3 Boise this afternoon. In the women’s race Magali Tisseyre crossed the line more than 8 minutes ahead of runner-up Linsey Corbin.

First of a four-part series on how one of Xterra’s greatest stars was struck down in her prime by a devastating cancer and battled back to survive, rebuild her life with an unquenchable spirit and transcend the limits of her disease.