Daniela Ryf wins Challenge Roth

    After Jan Frodeno’s heroics in the men’s event, Daniela Ryf came within touching distance of the women’s Iron record at the 2016 edition of Challenge Roth, with her 8:22:04 finish time just four minutes slower than Chrissie Wellington’s 2011 epic time. Advertisement The women’s race, like the men’s, was similarly dominated by a reigning Ironman…

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      Lucy Charles and Seb Kienle to race Challenge Roth

      The Challenge Roth organisers have announced that the 35th anniversary of the classic race will boast a world-class field on 1 July, headed by 2014 Ironman world champ, Sebastian Kienle, and Britain’s new long-distance superstar, Lucy Charles. Advertisement Kienle, 33, last raced in Roth (which we voted as our greatest triathlon in the world here) in…

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        Why Clinton went for the kill

        Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE’s strategy at the last debate was to finish off Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands…

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          Noam Chomsky’s Green New Deal

          This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Several books on the Green New Deal have been released in the past year or two, but none boasts a more illustrious set of authors than Climate Crisis and the Green New Deal, out Tuesday from Robert…

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