A conversation with Stuart Hayes

After 12 years of attempting to get selected for the Olympic Games, Stuart Hayes has finally made it. After a round of appeals the British Triathlon Federation recently announced that Hayes will indeed join the Brownlee brothers in London.

Stoltz, McQuaid win XTERRA East

Conrad Stoltz of South Africa and Melanie McQuaid of Canada won the men’s and women’s titles at the XTERRA East Championship in Richmond Sunday and both Stoltz and McQuaid seem to really enjoy this event.

Raelert, Gajer take Kraichgau

Andreas Raelert held off a very strong field to win the 2012 ETU Challenge Kraichgau European Half Distance Championships. Julia Gajer, who had recently won Austria 70.3, took the women's title in course record time of 4:20:09.

The dangerous David Dellow

Former ITU Pro David Dellow recently won the 2012 Ironman Cairns with quite a bit of panache and late last year he took the win in Noosa, showing that he is fast and dangerous at all distances.

Snowsill’s Olympic appeal denied

Triathlon Australia rejects Emma Snowsill’s Olympic selection appeal; the defending gold medalist and greatest clutch Olympic distance triathlete in the sport’s history has been rejected twice by Australian Olympic selectors.

Potts, Cave tops at Alcatraz

Andy Potts won his 5th and Leanda Cave won her 4th as they earned the Escape From Alcatraz men’s and women’s overall titles Sunday in San Francisco.

Wild, Ryf win Klagenfurt 5i50

Ruedi Wild of Switzerland topped Josh Amberger of Australia by 32 seconds and Daniela Ryf of Switzerland edged Liz Blatchford of Great Britain to win Klagenfurt 5i50.

Alexander, Kessler rule EagleMan

Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander took the win at the 2012 EnduraFit Ironman 70.3 EagleMan in a superb time of 3:44:57. Meredith Kessler stormed to a convincing win in Cambridge, MD in 4:12:40.

Icy Boise 70.3 theatrics

Brutal cold temps and wet weather forced cutting bike to 15 miles; Callum Millward and Matt Reed finished in the first tie in Ironman history and Jodie Swallow dominated the women's field at Boise 29.3.

Brits opt for domestiques

The British Triathlon Federation picked Stuart Hayes and Lucy Hall to serve in Olympic domestique roles in support of the Brownlees and Helen Jenkins; Will Clarke and Tim Don, Liz Blatchford and Jodie Stimpson are left off.

Olympics bound Gavin Noble

Representing a small island with a green history in triathlon, Gavin Noble talked with slowtwitch about representing his country in London this summer and competing solo at the world's most competitive triathlon series.