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Aussies take Las Vegas

Craig Alexander grabbed his second 70.3 World Championship title, but this time it happened at the new venue in Las Vegas. Melissa Rollison fulfilled all pre-race hype and expectations and ran away with the women's title.

70.3 Worlds pre race – day 2

Today the Marines Ironman 70.3 World Championships athletes checked in their bikes at T1 between noon and 6pm and we were there to check it out.

Alistair Brownlee superb in Beijing

Alistair Brownlee put on a dominating performance in Beijing and grabbed the 2011 ITU World Championship title. Sven Riederer finished second on the day but third placed Jonathan Brownlee grabbed the runner-up spot in the series.

The British strike early in Beijing

Mathew Sharp from Great Britain won gold at the ITU U23 World Championships In Beijing, China and fellow Brits David McNamee and Tom Bishop earned silver and bronze. American Greg Billington finished fourth.

2011 Interbike preview

I write an Interbike preview every year for members of the bike industry, and this is it.  It's geared to retailers, and it's read by many exhibitors as well. But everybody gets to read it, because, well, this is Slowtwitch.

70.3 Worlds pre race – day 1

The 2011 Marines Ironman 70.3 World Championships are taking place in Las Vegas this year and the race promises to be very exciting. Images by Herbert Krabel.

IM 70.3 Worlds – the contenders

Timothy Carlson picks an Aussie newcomer who can run like the wind to outpace Dibens, Ellis, Morrison and Swallow. With Michael Raelert out, the men's race is wide open.

A Gina Crawford update

Kiwi Pro Gina Crawford had quite a bit going recently but not much evolved around triathlon. Crawford gave birth to a baby boy a couple months ago and her world was shaken by the Christchurch earthquakes.

Vansteelant, Burke win Zofingen

Joerie Vansteelant of Belgium dominated the men’s field and Melanie Burke of New Zealand topped Eva Nystrom of Sweden by 3:47 at the ITU LD Duathlon Worlds at Zofingen

Bennett tops Hy-Vee men

Veteran Greg Bennett ran a canny, well balanced race to outpace Hunter Kemper by 29 seconds and joined his wife Laura, the 2007 winner, as Hy-Vee champions in Des Moines.

Norden takes Hy-Vee

Lisa Norden of Sweden passed Sarah Haskins with a kilometer to go on the run and held off IM world champ Mirinda Carfrae to win the women’s title at the Hy-Vee 5150