Month: May 2021

Not content with moving location up to Derby to fit more people in, the Jenson Button Trust Triathlon will be offering a £7,000 prize purse this year, with a grand each on the table for the male and female winner. Advertisement The remaining £9,000 will be shared out down to 10th place, split evenly between…

South Africa’s Stuart Marais and Bermuda’s Flora Duffy won the 12th annual Xterra South Africa Champs last weekend, grinding out convincing wins in cold and blustery conditions that sent athletes scrambling for the neoprene early on Sunday. Advertisement There was drama before the race got underway with news that four-time Xterra world champion Conrad Stoltz…

With just days to go until this year’s 220 Triathlon Show at Sandown Park in Surrey, we take a look at one of the event’s key area – the Zoggs Swim Zone… Advertisement The Zoggs Swim Zone will provide everything you need to improve your swimming from goggles to wetsuits, pool buoys to the latest…

Just six months after retiring from professional cycling, Britain’s Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley claimed gold at long-distance triathlon Challenge Philippines last weekend despite some hot and challenging conditions. Advertisement Just thought you should know @PooleyEmma is still kicking ass on a bike. With that swim & run stuff on either side. pic.twitter.com/SNAwj21vZV — Kathryn…

SenseCore, a maker of wearable sports technology based in Zürich, has formed a new multisport squad comprised of seven talented elite and amateur athletes, including six Brits and one Aussie. Advertisement The SenseCore Racing Team, which has been assembled to cover all triathlon distances from short course racing to iron distance racing as well as…

With a million dollars up for grabs, Spain’s Javier Gomez has revealed that he wants to race all three races in the Challenge Triple Crown this year, in addition to defending his WTS title – but not the 70.3 Worlds.  Advertisement Speaking to 220 from the Canary Islands where he’s been training for this weekend’s…

Javier Gomez and Michael Raelert haven’t raced one another for over five years and Germany’s Challenge Bahrain champion couldn’t even recall the last set-to, a non-drafting race in 2009 in Los Angeles where the four-time ITU world champion came out on top. Click Here: new zealand kiwis jersey Advertisement The rare head-to-head of the two…

From Tim Heming in Dubai Advertisement All things equal come Friday morning and Jodie Swallow will once again be the hunted – emerging first woman from the water as a pack of the world’s best triathletes try to bike and run her down. It’s been that way for years. Swallow’s swimming prowess is virtue of…

It’s impossible to dismiss the $300,000 prize purse and promise of further riches from events in Oman and Bahrain that has attracted over 100 of the world’s best triathletes to Challenge Dubai. Advertisement But an additional appeal has been the altering of a technical ruling that is the ongoing cause off much angst to many…

Will Clarke tackles his first race in the Middle East tomorrow confident that under new coach Mark Pearce he’s in his best shape for years. Advertisement The Leicestershire triathlete joins a host of the world’s best non-drafting racers as well as a strong British contingent of Fraser Cartmell, Daniel Halksworth, David McNamee, Ritchie Nicholls and Joe…