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Articles by Tim Carlson

Saller tops Under 23 Women

Sophie Saller of Germany ran away from Gillian Backhouse of Australia to grab the gold in the Under 23 Elite Women’s race at the Grand Final; USA’s Erin Jones took the bronze.

Coninx tops Under 23 Men

Dorian Coninx of France unleashed a race-best 31:19 10k to outrun Marc Austin of Great Britain by 14 seconds to win the Under 23 Men’s gold at the Grand Final World Championship at Edmonton.

Jorgensen rules the World

Gwen Jorgensen of the U.S. came back from a 1:09 deficit and 20th place off the bike with a sizzling 33:23 run to win the Grand Final and take the WTS World Championship title by over 1,000 points.

Edmonton by the numbers

Gwen Jorgensen is a prohibitive favorite to take home the women’s world title and slightly less favorable odds point to men's WTS leader Javier Gomez, the Edmonton Grand Final offers numerical permutations galore.

Paula Findlay – a new day

In 2010 and 2011, Paula Findlay of Canada hit the ITU Olympic distance world like lightning before she halted by career-threatening injuries. Recently, she began a promising comeback and will race at Edmonton.

Bennett, Kaye take Chi-Town

In a victory for the ageless, 42-year-old Greg Bennett edged 38-year-old Hunter Kemper and left the rest of the field in their wake while Alicia Kaye won her fourth straight race by a comfortable margin

Reed, Watkinson win Gold Coast

Australian Tim Reed outraced the athlete he coaches, Sam Appleton, to win the rain-shortened Challenge Gold Coast and 22-year-old New Zealander Amelia Watkinson edged veteran Annabel Luxford.

Hyldelund, Ryf win Copenhagen

Danish pro Henrik Hyldelund won it with a dominating 4:16:41 bike split and Brett Sutton-coached Swiss sensation Daniela Ryf used a 4:44:09 bike split to win Ironman Copenhagen

Weekend Box Aug 24 2014

We bring you tales of a rhapsodic Hungarian half, two good runs in Japan, a record for the oldest woman to win an Ironman, a Challenge in Penticton and a UK XTERRA

Brownlee, Groff win Stockholm

Jonathan Brownlee edged his brother Alistair to win the men’s title and Sarah Groff of the U.S. held off Kiwi Andrea Hewitt for a breakthrough win at the Stockholm round of the World Triathlon Series

The Weekend Box Aug 17 2014

This weekend we bring you a great breakthrough in Canada, a duel to the very last drop in Washington state, an Australian double in New England and more.