Month: March 2021

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) and Tokyo 2020) have announced the triathlon courses for the Tokyo 2020 individual triathlon, mixed relay and Paratriathlon events.  Advertisement The races will start and finish in Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay, an urban resort with white sandy beaches overlooked by Tokyo’s high-rise waterfront buildings. This area is well-established…

 The race kicks off at 5am in Norway and the broadcast will be hosted by Philip O’Connor and our very own Helen Webster (220 Editor) who will be out on the race course following the race minute by minute. So sit back and enjoy the ride… Advertisement Having trouble watching it? Click here for the…

With an early rainstorm clearing to leave calm, mild conditions it would have been tempting to think the 250 triathletes on the start list for the 2018 Isklar Norseman Xtreme Triathlon were in for a (relatively) kind day in the mountains – well, as kind as it can get at a race we ranked as…

With only two minutes’ gap between the professional men’s and women’s gunstarts, it wasn’t long before Ryf started overtaking the male field on the bike course with a 2:12:27 split. This put her in sixth overall off the bike and more than 17 minutes ahead of the nearest woman. But the Swiss speedster had still…

With the dust barely settled on 2018’s Tour de France, it was triathlon’s turn to take on cycling’s most famous climb in early August at the Time Alpe d’Huez Triathlon, a legendary triathlon that we named 9th best, must-do, triathlon in the world and 9th toughest short-distance tri  in the world. Advertisement Held since 2006, the…

France’s Pierre Le Corre won his first ever European title this afternoon at Strathclyde Park, in Glasgow, with Spaniard Fernando Alarza claiming silver after an astonishing run leg and Belgium’s Marten Van Riel finishing in third place. Advertisement In an afternoon filled with scattered showers, no one was surprised to see Slovakia’s Richard Varga exit…

Seventy-four days into his epic 100+ day swim circumnavigating Great Britain, Ross Edgley is the only man in history to have swum so far, for so long. Speaking to Ross on the west coast of Scotland, we talk jellyfish, tongue loss and a severe case of rhino neck… Advertisement 220: Congratulations on setting a new…

The worldwide event organiser IMG has announced that the Brownlee Brothers will compete in the seventh annual Beijing International Triathlon, set to take place on Sunday 23 September at the Garden Expo Park in the Fengtai District of Beijing, China. Advertisement The double Olympic gold medalist Alistair Brownlee, and Olympic silver and bronze medalist Jonny Brownlee…

Rio Paralympic silver medallist Lauren Steadman has announced that she is to be part of the BBC’s popular programme, Strictly Come Dancing, this autumn. The timing is perfect as the BBC series kicks off with a launch show in September (dates TBC), just after she returns from the ITU World Champs in Gold Coast, Australia,…

The Starman Night Triathlon took place for the second time at the weekend with double the amount of competitors than its 2017 debut. Advertisement Set against the backdrop of the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands, the middle-distance Starman (sharing a name with one of Jeff Bridge’s greatest films/Bowie’s best songs) saw competitors kick off the…