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Month: March 2021
GB’s Olympic Triathlon team announced for Rio
Ahead of this weekend’s ITU World Triathlon Series race in Leeds, the city has been decorated with images of Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, Non Stanford and Vicky Holland. You can’t walk around a corner without seeing a giant Brownlee billboard; tri has already taken over the city. So the setting was apt for the official…
WTS Leeds preview
This Sunday, for the first time ever, the World Triathlon Series will be coming to the city of Leeds. The races are to feature reigning Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee and both reigning world champions Javier Gomez and Gwen Jorgensen. Advertisement The provisional line-up of elite women taking to the start pontoon in Roundhay Park at 1pm…
Bestfest swim week in Mallorca: 3.8km iron-distance race report
Click:electronic parts suppliers As places to train go, the BEST swim centre in Colonia Sant Jordi, Mallorca, is pretty much every swimmer’s dream. Not only does it centre around a 10-lane 50m outdoor pool, but the centre is founded and run by two Olympic swimmers – James Parrack and Matthew O’Connor – so expert knowledge…
Gwen Jorgensen to ride Leeds WTS on new bespoke bike
This weekend two-time ITU Triathlon World Champion Gwen Jorgensen (USA) is to compete at WTS Leeds on her bespoke Specialized Amira Advertisement Her team, in conjunction with Specialized and Columbia Threadneedle Investments, have worked hard to create an iconic bike that features HED Stinger 3 wheels, SRM cranks and Di2 Shimano groupset. The Amira has…
Challenge Venice in pictures
Dirk Waijnarda finished the full distance triathlon (3.8km swim, 180-km cycle and 42km marathon) in a time of 8:09:14, 10 minutes and 10 seconds ahead of second-placed Sergio Marques of Portugal, and Malte Bruns of Germany who was third across the line. Advertisement “This morning’s start was incredible because the backdrop is absolutely unique in…
Dave Scott Launches Ironman Training Camps in Kona
Looking to improve your triathlon performance this summer? Then we could have found just the thing… Six-time Ironman world champ and coaching legend Dave Scott has told 220 that he will be running a series of three triathlon training camps based in Kona, Hawaii. Advertisement The five-day camps will be based at the Four Seasons…
Explosive contractions found to improve muscle strength
The scientists compared short, explosive contractions lasting less than one second with sustained contractions lasting three seconds. They investigated the effect of the different contractions on the participants’ quadriceps muscles located on the front of the thigh. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Advertisement What’s the difference between muscles, tendons and ligaments? One group…
Jorgensen storms to victory at WTS Leeds
The home crowd could only stand and stare today as the 30-year-old from Wisconsin hunted down her fellow ITU athlete prey on the final 10km, to take her 17th WTS victory. The Brit team, which included Non Stanford, Vicky Holland, Jodie Stimpson, Jess Learmonth and Lucy Hall, took bronze, courtesy of Holland, behind Bermudan Flora…
WTS Leeds: Elite women’s quotes
FLORA DUFFY, 2ND (BERMUDA) Advertisement ON… RACING HARD It’s always my tactic to race hard from the start and try and hit the podium. When I came off the bike with a 1:45min lead over Gwen, I thought it was going to be close and that I could maybe do it. But my legs starting…