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2012 Photo of the Year - Week Two: San Diego
11/11/12 - In our second instalment of the photo competition, we head to the U.S. where the second ITU World Triathlon Series took place beachside in San Diego. Huge crowds lined the streets to cheer on the elites... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Games: Women’s Pontoon Draw
02/08/12 - The official pontoon draw for the women’s triathlon competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games has taken place, with leading women favouring the start from the left side of the pontoon for the swim in... |
Full StoryThe London 2012 Olympic Games course preview
30/07/12 - It always plays a part in deciding the podium in any triathlon race, and the course for the triathlon event at the London 2012 Olympic Games is an interesting one, with a long one-lap 1.5km swim, a... |
Full StoryU.S. Olympic Committee confirms U.S. Triathlon team for London 2012
11/07/12 - With less than three weeks until the Olympic Games kick off in London, the 2012 U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team has officially been announced by the U.S. Olympic Committee. While the qualified athletes were... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Qualifying Update after San Diego
16/05/12 - The two-year ITU Olympic Qualification Period is almost at an end after the penultimate race in the city where triathlon was invented. The ITU World Triathlon San Diego held plenty of hopes and dreams,... |
Full StoryHelen Jenkins dominates as triathlon returns to San Diego
11/05/12 - Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins continued her brilliant start to 2012 with a dominating run to crush the field in San Diego, in a race that had a huge impact on London Olympic qualification. After an... |
Full StoryAustralia’s Erin Densham dominates season opening ITU Mooloolaba World Cup
25/03/12 - Australia’s Erin Densham put in one of the most impressive performances of her career, leading the swim and then crushing the field with a stellar run to win her second career ITU World Cup in... |
Full StoryWorld’s best women provide an inside look at London with Oakley
07/08/11 - Hundreds of fans got an inside look at London’s Olympic course when five of the world’s top female triathletes sat down for a Q&A session at the Oakley O-Lab at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World... |
Full StoryMeet the world’s best female triathletes at the London Oakley Ladies Day
04/08/11 - Are you an age-grouper after some tips, or just a fan hoping to rub shoulders with some of the best female triathletes in the world? Then come on down to the Oakley O-lab in Hyde Park for a Ladies Day... |
Full StoryOlympic selection on the line in London next weekend
29/07/11 - While it’s still 12 months until the triathlon competitions at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the start lists for both the men’s and women’s gold medal races could become a little clearer after the... |
Full StoryUSA Triathlon’s Elite Athletes of the Year
31/01/11 - As the top Americans in the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series rankings, Laura Bennett and Matt Chrabot were named USA Triathlon’s Olympic/ITU Athletes of the Year, selected by the... |
Full StoryBennett, Shoemaker Crowned USAT Elite National Champs
28/09/10 - Olympians Laura Bennett and Jarrod Shoemaker took home top honours at the USA Triathlon Elite National Championship on Saturday, 25 September, topping a field of over 100 of the best triathletes in the... |
Full StoryIn Profile: Laura Bennett (USA)
17/06/09 - Home support in Washington, DC at this Sunday’s Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series race will be cheering on an array of US stars. We spoke to Laura Bennett, one of the country’s most... |
Full StoryWashington, DC - Women’s Preview
15/06/09 - The world’s top triathletes will take to the streets of Washington DC for round three of the Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series. Exciting action is assured in the women’s race... |
Full StorySnowsill Golden in Beijng
18/08/08 - Australias Emma Snowsill lived up to all the pre-race hype to win the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games womens triathlon gold medal with a blistering run leg in the scorching heat at the Ming Tomb Reservoir... |
Full StoryBeijing Spotlight: Team USA
13/08/08 - Team USA was in Beijing for a few days, long enough to check out their surroundings, and march in the opening ceremonies. The team left Beijing for a week-long training camp in Jeju, South Korea but will... |
Full StorySnowsill cashes in big Hy-Vee win
22/06/08 - After last years disappointing DNF in Des Moines, Australian Emma Snowsill roared back this season, convincingly winning todays Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon World Cup, the seventh stop of the BG Triathlon World... |
Full StoryOlympic Odyssey: Team Bennett
07/05/08 - Former World Number one Chris Hill takes us to Beijing through the athletes eyes They race for different countries but husband and wife team Greg and Laura Bennett have one goal: to bring back two golds... |
Full StorySnowsill repeats in Mooloolaba
31/03/08 - The bid for history was again derailed by three-time world champion Emma Snowsill who today won the BG Triathlon World Cup season opener in Mooloolaba. In the first head-to-head battle between Snowsill... |
Full StoryPotts, Bennett earn USAT Awards
29/01/08 - USA Triathlon announced the recipients of its annual elite athlete awards for 2007 as selected by the USAT Athlete Advisory Council. Highlighting the list are Olympic/ITU Triathletes of the Year Andy... |
Full Story2007 Review: Hamburg World Champs
18/12/07 - The 19th edition of the ITU’s flagship event, the Hamburg BG Triathlon World Championships were held from August 30th to September 2nd and were a massive success. More than 600,000 enthusiastic fans... |
Full StoryErtel wins 1st World Cup in Cancun
04/11/07 - Reigning Pan Am Games gold medalist Julie Ertel of the United States has won her first career world cup today in Cancun, highlighting a gold-bronze finish for the Americans. Frances Carole Peon... |
Full StoryGomez, Fernandes dominate Olympic test event
18/09/07 - Less than one year to go until the Beijing Olympics and the new world champion Vanessa Fernandes has made a serious name for herself with a convincing win at the Beijing BG Triathlon World Cup with a time... |
Full StoryFernandes wins Olympic test event
15/09/07 - Less than one year to go until the Beijing Olympics and the new world champion Vanessa Fernandes has made a serious name for herself with a convincing win at todays Beijing BG Triathlon World Cup with a... |
Full StoryFernandes is crowned world champ
01/09/07 - Vanessa Fernandes has done it. The Portuguese superstar won her elusive world title today at the 2007 Hamburg BG Triathlon World Championships. It was not only her first elite world championship but... |
Full StoryRich wins for Bennett, Henning in Des Moines
19/06/07 - Local favourite Laura Bennett of the United States won the 2007 Des Moines BG Triathlon World Cup, taking home a record US$200,000 in prize money and another US$65,000 plus in prizes, including a new... |
Full StoryBennett Grabs Gold in Des Moines
17/06/07 - Local favourite Laura Bennett of the United States has just won the 2007 Des Moines BG Triathlon World Cup, taking home a record US$200,000 in prize money and another US$65,000 plus in prizes, including a... |
Full StoryFernandes and Gomez WC Champions!
13/11/06 - With the conclusion of the 2006 BG Triathlon World Cup series yesterday in New Plymouth, New Zealand the official final world cup standings have been decided. Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal and Javier... |
Full StoryRina rocks New Zealand!!
11/11/06 - Rina Hill of Australia has just won the final leg of the 2006 BG Triathlon World Cup on a tough day in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Hills time of 2:03:18 was only 6 seconds faster then Anja Dittmer of... |
Full StoryFernandes equals world cup record!!
24/09/06 - Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal has just won the 2006 Beijing BG Triathlon World Cup in a time of 2:01:34 on a preview of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games course. Fernandes bested current world champion Emma... |
Full StoryFabulous Fernandes takes Hamburg!
10/09/06 - Under sunny skies in downtown Hamburg, Germany, world number one ranked Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal was able to beat out a stellar international womens field for her eleventh straight triathlon world... |
Full StoryFernandes wins in Aqaba!
10/03/06 - Fernandes wins the ITU Aqaba World Cup (10 March 2006) For immediate release JORDAN, Aqaba Twenty-eight women dived into the picturesque calm waters of the Gulf of Aqaba today for the second... |
Full StoryLuxford takes 2006 World Cup opener
03/03/06 - Annabel Luxford (AUS) has won the first ITU World Cup of the 2006 season in a time of 1:59:36 with Joelle Franzmann (GER) taking her first ever silver at a World Cup finishing 12 seconds behind. Laura... |
Full StoryFernandes wins final world cup!!
12/11/05 - The only thing more brilliant than the sunshine in New Plymouth was the performance put on by the top triathletes in the world as they closed off the best year of World Cup Triathlon racing. Click here... |
Full StorySnowsill wins world championships!!
11/09/05 - A blistering solo run set up Emma Snowsill’s second world championship swin in three years in Gamagori Japan today. Battling intense heat, high humidity and a technically difficult course, Snowsill made... |
Full StoryPotts and snowsill win in Edmonton.
23/07/05 - The wind came blustering into Edmonton but it did not slow down the ITU World Cup competitors. The sun tried hard to poke out from behind the clouds all day and by the end of the men’s race the sun was... |
Full StoryBennett & Williams win in Bay Islands
20/03/05 - AUSTRALIA EARNS GOLD AT THE PORT ROYAL BAY ISLANDS TRIATHLON New Course Record by Greg Bennett Roatan, Bay Islands Australian Triathlete Greg Bennett, sets a new record for the very difficult course of... |
Full StoryTriathlon’s ‘fastest couple’ offer locals a helping hand
09/03/05 - By Greg Hopkins Bermuda Triathlon Association got more than they bargained for when they invited top Australian professional triathlete Greg Bennett to be the guest speaker at their annual awards dinner... |
Full StoryPress Release - 2003 ITU Queenstown World Triathlon Championships - Elite Women
07/12/03 - ITU Media: 7 December 2003 Emma Snowsill is the 2003 Triathlon World Champion Queenstown, New Zealand: For immediate Release: It was a stunningly beautiful day in Queenstown as the elite women’s... |
Full StoryPress Release - 2003 ITU Edmonton World Cup
13/07/03 - Lindquist and Whitfield Win in Edmonton 13 July 2003: Edmonton Canada, For Immediate Release: Barb Lindquist (USA) has won the women’s event, with Sheila Taormina (USA) second and Laura Reback... |
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