Alistair and Jonny Brownlee will be participating in the half-distance relay at Challenge Forte Village on separate teams, and athletes will be able to bid for the remaining four team places through Ebay. Advertisement The highest bidders will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to race and dine with the triathlon Olympic medallists. The auction, starting today…
Read moreChrissie Wellington placed in Ironman’s Hall of Fame
Four-time Ironman World Champion and 220 favourite Chrissie Wellington, will be inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame on October 11, during race week at the 2017 Ironman World Championship triathlon, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Advertisement 220 named Wellington 4th greatest female triathlete of all time and 5th greatest Kona athlete of all time “Chrissie’s accomplishments in the…
Read moreJonny Brownlee takes second behind Blummenfelt at Super League Triathlon
Co-founded by two-time Ironman world champion Chris McCormack, this new series sees the traditional swim, bike and run triathlon turned on its head. In total, there will be five unique race formats, each comprising a 300m swim, 6km bike and 2km run (see link below for each format). In each event, athletes will compete for…
Read moreKatie Zaferes crowned Super League Triathlon queen of Jersey
Super League Triathlon crowned its first queen Katie Zaferes from USA, with fellow American triathlete Summer Cook taking second and Nicola Spirig, from Switzerland, third Advertisement Co-founded by two-time Ironman world champion Chris McCormack, this new series sees the traditional swim, bike and run triathlon turned on its head. In total, there will be five…
Read moreZipp bring humpback-inspired aero to super-deep 858 wheels at Kona
This article was first published by our sister website BikeRadar.com Advertisement Ahead of the Ironman world championships in Hawaii, Zipp has rolled out its latest incarnation of the humpback-whale-inspired aero wheels with the 858 NSW. The deep aero hoops fluctuate in rim depth from 77 to 88mm, and will come in clincher and disc-brake models…
Read moreTim Don out of Kona
Favourite for a top-10 finish, GB’s Tim Don has been forced to retire from this year’s World Ironman Championships just three days before race day. Advertisement Filmed from his hospital bed in Kona, the world’s fastest Ironman (7:40:23 at this year’s Ironman Florianopolis, Brazil) informed his fans via social media that he had a fracture…
Read moreKaren Smyers USA picks: ‘who my money is on for Kona’
One of the triathlon’s greatest athletes and captain of the USA Team for the Collins Cup, Karen Smyers, tell us which USA athletes she thinks will be making the podium at Kona Advertisement The Collins Cup: a new Ryder Cup-style team competition for long distance tri Is the Collins Cup the future of triathlon? …
Read morePatrick Lange takes the 2017 Ironman World Champs title
Click:HU87132 #IMKona @PatrickLange1 pic.twitter.com/UCRSuA0Pp4 — IronmanLIVE.com (@IRONMANLive) October 15, 2017 Germany’s Patrick Lange has won the 2017 Ironman World Championship after a 8:01:40 overall split that smashed the Kona course record. The victory came after the reigning champion Jan Frodeno pulled up on the run due to injury and doggedly hobbled to the line in…
Read moreLucy Charles second behind Daniela Ryf at Ironman World Champs
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Read moreThe 2017 Ironman World Championships in Pictures
For more amazing images by Wagner Araújo check out his website waguinhoa.com.br Advertisement Hi everyone, here’s @wags.photo and I’m taking over 220 Triathlon account during the Kona race week! In this shot I went inside a Lava Tube, a natural conduit formed by flowing lava which moves beneath the hardened surface of a lava…
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