This Sunday the fourth leg of the WTS takes place in Leeds and all British hopes will be on the Brownlees in men’s elite race, hoping they can repeat last year’s success of a one-two. Advertisement This year Ali Brownlee has been focusing on the longer 70.3 distances and Jonny has had a disappointing start…
Month: March 2021
Mixed relays confirmed for next Olympics
The ITU have announced that the triathlon mixed relays have been included on the programme for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee announced that this new event joined a selection of other new events, including basketball 3×3, archery mixed team event, 4×400 mixed relays in athletics, BMX freestyle park, Madison in cycling,…
Flora Duffy storms WTS Leeds
Click:全国楼凤论坛 There can be no doubt WTS Leeds belonged to Flora Duffy from Bermuda. Heading into the fourth leg of the World Triathlon Series in Leeds, fresh from her win in Yokohama she would be the one to beat, but no-one could guess how much she would dominate the race. Advertisement Britain’s Jess Learmonth took…
Brownlees completely rule WTS Leeds
It’s WTS Leeds and 80,000 spectators are out lining the streets hoping to see the Brownlee brothers in winning form in their home city. But could they deliver again on home turf? Without Spaniards Mario Mola and Javier Gomez in the mix their main opposition came from current series leader Fernando Alarza, also from Spain. Advertisement…
Team orders should be a non-starter
There are few more divisive issues in triathlon, but it’s time for ‘team orders’ – or ‘team delivery’ (as British Triathlon prefers to term it) – to be jettisoned. Why? Because while the role of the pilot (formerly domestique) may on occasion prove helpful, it’s more often ineffective, confusing and even detrimental to performance. …
Times smashed at the second ÖtillÖ Swimrun Isles of Scilly
Team 220 Triathlon are on the Isles of Scilly this weekend, where yesterday the full distance ÖtillÖ race took place in scorching conditions. Advertisement This is the second running of the British version of the Swedish race series, which this year saw saw 200 participants in teams of two compete, with athletes attending from 17…
New book captures the epic Tour de France battle of 1989
The 1989 Tour de France is arguably the greatest Tour de France ever. It saw American rider Greg LeMond overturn a 50-second deficit to France’s Laurent Fignon on the final stage on the Champs Élysées to snatch the title by a mere eight seconds. Advertisement After three weeks and more than 2,000 miles in the…
Ironman Austria: Jan Frodeno takes thumping victory, Eva Wutti narrowly wins women’s race
There was talk of an Ironman record and potentially the overall Iron-distance world best falling at Ironman Austria today; however, it wasn’t to be for world champion Jan Frodeno, who still went sub-8hrs and was streaks ahead of the chasing group despite only having resumed full training two weeks ago due to a virus. Advertisement…
Ryf to go for Iron record at Roth
She’s coming back! Thrilled to welcome @chrissiesmiles back to #challengeroth. Will she witness her record fall? @danielaryf #triathlon pic.twitter.com/gnRKLjiUUc — Challenge Roth (@ChallengeRoth1) 23 June 2017 On July 9 Ironman World Champion Daniela Ryf will be racing Challenge Roth in Germany with one goal in mind; breaking Chrissie Wellington’s Iron-distance world record of 8:18:13, which…
Inaugural Collins Cup 2018 to be hosted at Challenge Roth
The Professional Triathletes Organisation, Challenge Family and Challenge Roth have today announced that the inaugural Collins Cup will be hosted at Challenge Roth on 1 July 2018 and will be the highlight of the weekend celebrations at the legendary race. Advertisement In order to accommodate a live global media broadcast, the first Collins Cup match is…