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Articles by Tim Carlson

Bracht, Bremer tops at Busso

Timo Bracht passed Clayton Fettell with 10k to go and Michelle Bremer took the lead in the first 40k of the bike to win the men’s and women’s titles at Ironman Western Australia.

2011 Ultraman Day Three

Buoyed and buffeted by gale force side- and tailwinds halfway through the Day 3 double marathon, Alexandre Ribeiro won his 5th Ultraman title and Amber Monforte her second straight. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

2011 Ultraman Day Two

The second day of Ultraman is a 171.4-mile bike from Volcanoes National Park to Hawi via Hilo, Waimea and an ascent and a windswept descent of the Kohalas. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

Cigana, Vodickova take Laguna Phuket

Massimo Cigana smashed the bike to top Alberto Cassadei by 4:05 and Radka Vodickova of the Czech Republic outran Belinda Granger of Australia to win the Laguna Phuket Triathlon.

2011 Ultraman Day One

Ultraman starts with a 10 kilometer swim from Kailua pier to Keauhou, and finishes with a 90-mile bike to Volcanoes National Monument. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.

Ribeiro, Monforte win Ultraman

When Jonas Colting dropped out with a leg injury, Alexandre Ribeiro outpaced Michael Coughlin on the Day 3 double marathon for his 5th Ultraman title; defending women's champ Amber Monforte won her second title wire-to-wire by a wide margin

Colting, Monforte top Ultraman Day 2

On a day of wild winds over the Kohala Mountain pass, Jonas Colting held on to a dwindling men's lead and Amber Monforte charged to 5th overall --with a 2-hour 18-minute women's race margin.

Colting, Monforte lead Ultraman Day 1

Jonas Colting of Sweden led Canada's Michael Coughlin and women's race record holder Amber Monforte of Reno, Nevada led Alice Robb of Australia on Day 1 of the 27th Ultraman World Championship,

Q&A with the IM Arizona champs

Eneko Llanos and Leanda Cave talk about what their wins at Ford Ironman Arizona meant to them: Llanos broke 8 hours, Cave won her first Ironman, broke 9 hours and ran sub-3 hours.

2011 Ironman Arizona

Amidst the cacti, Eneko Llanos set a race record, broke 8 hours and outdueled duathlon king Paul Amey; Leanda Cave and Linsey Corbin went 1-2 while smashing the 9 hour barrier. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.

Record for Llanos – First for Cave

Spaniard Eneko Llanos had a superb race in Tempe, Arizona and broke the North American Ironman record in a time of 7:59:38. Brit Leanda Cave took the women's race and finally added an Ironman title to her impressive resume.

Emma-Kate’s on the rise

Emma-Kate Lidbury of Oxford, England had a breakthrough year in 2011 with wins at 70.3 races in Mallorca, UK, and Augusta. Her introduction to the sport came on a 2005 assignment for the Oxford Mail and Times - and she's still a working journalist!