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Farlow, Moeller take Ironman UK

Aaron Farlow of Australia blasted the course and run records; Kristin Moeller of Germany also set a new course record of 9:19:04 in winning Ironman UK

Ironman Champ Mathias Hecht

Mathias Hecht has been on the podium quite often the last few years but an Ironman title has eluded him until this year's Ironman St. George. This whole season actually is looking quite good for the outgoing Swiss Pro.

ITU suspends Wiltshire 6 months

ITU hits British triathlete Harry Wiltshire with a 6 months suspension for “unsportsmanlike and unsafe conduct” during the swim at the European Championships

ITU’s Secty General on Wiltshire

Loreen Barnett, Secretary General of the ITU, sat with Slowtwitch to answer questions about the suspension of Harry Wiltshire, the place of team tactics in triathlon, and the ITU's posture toward race comportment.

Introducing Nicole Kelleher

Nicole Kelleher is a professional triathlete who until recently was in medical school. She has won 2009 collegiate nationals, finished 3rd at 2010 Pro Nationals and now sits 6th in the 5150 series & 3rd in the Lifetime Fitness series.

Aernouts, Goos take Antwerp 70.3

Belgian men and women went 1-2 at Antwerp Ironman 70.3 – Defending champ Bart Aernouts bested Axel Zeebroek by 2:48 and Sofie Goos edged Sophie De Groote for her third straight Antwerp win

Al-Sultan, Steffen take Frankfurt

Faris Al-Sultan stormed to a dominating win at the Frankfurter Sparkasse European Ironman Championship ahead of Jan Raphael and Michael Göhner. Caroline Steffen took the women's title with a course record bike split of 4:51:07

Tollakson, Wurtele win IM Lake Placid

TJ Tollakson came within 10 seconds of Steve Larsen’s 10-year-old bike record on his way to an 8-minute winning margin over Ben Hoffman: Wurtele dominated the women’s s field at IM Lake Placid

Once a Runner…

Melissa Rollison was a world class runner who went through some painful disappointments; this year the 28-year-old Australian burst upon the triathlon scene like a happy comet.