Think you’ve got what it takes to race the ‘world’s toughest triathlon’? Organisers of Triathlon X have today announced a new course and location for what’s billed as being the world’s toughest extreme triathlon. Advertisement This year’s event started from Wasdale and saw 133 competitors take on the iron-distance race, which included steeper ascents than…
The next generation of triathletes arrived at Eton Dorney in Buckinghamshire last weekend for the SuperTri Children’s, Youth and Junior Triathlon, with around 1,200 youngsters taking part. Advertisement The races kicked off on a sunny day with the LittleLife Scootathlon for children aged 4-8. It began with an anti-clockwise scoot around the 390m course, before…
A record-breaking 6,000 participants made the trip to Tenby, Pembrokeshire for the Long Course Weekend (4-5 July), a slightly different format of triathlon which challenges people to different swim, bike and run distances across the weekend. Advertisement >>> Gallery: Long Course Weekend 2014 In brief, athletes can choose to swim 1.2 or 2.4 miles on…
With Challenge Roth just around the corner, we take a look at the top athletes racing in Bavaria this Sunday (12 July). Advertisement Odds-on favourite in the men’s race is defending champ Timo Bracht (GER), who is skipping Kona this year and says Roth will be his A-race for 2015. >>> Bracht and Carfrae take…
There were plenty of strong performances from Britain’s elites at the ETU European Championships in Geneva, with Lucy Hall and Tom Bishop placing fifth in their respective races, while Ben Dijkstra claimed bronze in his junior men’s race. Advertisement Commonwealth champ Jodie Stimpson finally returned to competition after an achilles injury, and was perfectly placed…
Britain’s age-groupers put in some incredible performances at the ETU European Champs in Geneva to walk away with nearly 50 medals between them, including 12 golds. Advertisement Britain’s medal winners in full were as follows: Women – Kayleigh Adams (F16-19 sprint): silver– Alice Jenkins (F20-24): silver– Hannah Johnston (F20-24): silver– Imogen Simmonds (F20-24 sprint): silver– Hannah…
Darren Jenkins and Bethan Fowler took the titles after a tough day’s racing at The Bastion iron-distance triathlon at Hever Castle on Sunday (12 July). Advertisement >>> Gallery: The Bastion 2014 Australian Jenkins produced a race-best 3hr 15min marathon – 20mins faster than any other competitor – to haul in long-time leader Karl Alexander on…
More than 200 competitors descended on Devon for the first ever Croyde Ocean Triathlon last Saturday, with the organisers hoping to raise £10,000 for charity. The new Olympic-distance triathlon put seasoned triathletes and first timers through their paces. Advertisement The new course, which was designed by professional cyclist Chris Green, took competitors from Putsborough Sands…
Details are confirmed for the 2016 World Triathlon Series, with governing body the ITU revealing that WTS Yokohama will offer the last chance to score Olympic Qualification Points for Rio 2016. Advertisement The 2016 series will stop in nine cities across five continents, with six races featuring Olympic distance races, and three events offering sprints….
Challenge Roth began well for the British with Harry Wiltshire leading out of the opening 3.8km swim in 47:24mins. Advertisement Despite banging shoulders with Henry Beck of Germany, the former Olympic-distance athlete from Leeds led the field into the first transition of the German long-distance event famed for its fast course and fanatic crowds. >>>…