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Raelert, Dibens dominate Wildflower

Michael Raelert and Julie Dibens, 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Champions, continued their domination of the distance with record and near record performances at Wildflower.

2010 Wildflower Odds

Timothy Carlson sez: Michael Raelert slight edge over Eneko Llanos, Rasmus Henning; Julie Dibens over Virginia Berasategui, Samantha McGlone, Lesley Paterson at Wildflower long course.

The coming of Heather Jackson

Heather Jackson joined the newly formed Trek / K-Swiss team this year but this young Pro is still relatively unknown. We had a few words with her after her 2:15:17 bike split at the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans.

Niwata over Blatchford in Ishigaki

Three-time Olympian Kiyomi Niwata of Japan outran Liz Blatchford of Great Britain to take an 11-second margin of victory at the Ishigaki ITU World Cup. Japan's Tomoko Sakimoto rounded out the podium.

Meshcheryakov on top

Valentin Meshcheryakov of Russia outsprinted Japan’s Yuichi Hosoda to win the Ishigaki ITU World Cup and earn his first podium finish. Early leader Clayton Fettell from Australia fell to 5th on the run.

Dye, Haskins take St. Anthony’s

Cameron Dye beat out a stellar field to take the win at the 2010 St. Anthony's Triathlon in St. Petersburg, Florida. Sarah Haskins led from start to finish and grabbed the women's title.

Bozzone, McGlone take Texas 70.3

Terenzo Bozzone took down Chris Lieto’s lead at mile 11 and held off Timothy O’Donnell’s charge by 29 seconds to win the Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas. Samantha McGlone took the women's title.

Tissink, Tajsich tops in South Africa

South Africa’s Raynard Tissink ran past Switzerland’s Mathias Hecht for another home country Ironman victory; Sonia Tajsich of Germany overcame Caroline Steffen’s lead with race-best bike and run.

Chris Stehula – try, try again

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again seems to be the motto of Collegiate National Champion Chris Stehula. The tall Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo student actually has been attempting for quite a while to take this title.