The new 2018 course will combine elements of the old, traditional course with the new course introduced in 2017, and is now  just one-lap with only 160 metres of elevation, instead of the 330 metres in 2017. Will this see a return to fast times and another long-course record attempt from Daniela Ryf?  Advertisement Büchenbach remains, the canal returns As previously, the new course heads from Transition Zone 2 to the Roth Canal, through the industrial area before branching off south to the first turn around at Eckersmühlen lock. From there it heads back to Roth industrial area and continues north to the Leerstetten lock (turning point 2), then along…

Olympic champ Alistair Brownlee has announced he is kicking off his season by racing Ironman Dubai 70.3 this Friday. Last year Ali marked his move to Ironman 70.3 racing by winning the Ironman 70.3 North American Pro Championship in St. George in dominating style and qualified for the70.3 worlds. Advertisement Unfortunately surgery on his hip meant he was unable to race the worlds last year but after a winter of training it seems he’s back and ready to race… what will the season hold for him?  Advertisement Fellow Brits Will Clarke and Mark Buckingham are also on the start list and flying the flag for GB   About to board the…

Registration is now open for 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’s capital. Advertisement Last year’s 2,000 race slots for the Olympic- and sprint-distance races sold out within a week. To register, visit www.BeijingInternationalTriathlon.com.  The 2017 champions, Henri Schoeman (pictured) and Paula Findlay, will lead a field of elite pros as they compete for the $100,000 prize purse. The Beijing International Triathlon is now part of the Escape Triathlon Series, serving as a qualifier race for the world-renowned Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon. The Olympic-distance course will showcase the cultural attractions in Fengtai, including a 1.5km…

He’s back! Ali Brownlee from Great Britain has put last year’s hip problems behind him and has set down his intent for the season with a masterclass at Ironman 70.3 Dubai today. Advertisement In 2016, he hinted at what he was capable of with two wins at middle-distance racing (including an emphatic win at 70.3 St. George) before hip surgery curtailed his hopes of lifting the Ironman 70.3 World champ title. Could 2018 be his year? The signs are there that he could. Conditions in the United Arab Emirates were good, sunny and warm but not blustery like previous years. Leading men are out of the water – @AliBrownleetri leads the…

From February 23 – 25, the UK’s largest triathlon show, Triathlon Show: London will return to London’s ExCeL for 2018. The show caters for swimmers, cyclists, runners and triathletes with 100’s of exhibitors, whilst providing visitors the opportunity to take part in swim coaching sessions, to test the latest bikes or to take part in a 10km run, as well as  the best information on nutrition, training and events. British triathlete and four time World Ironman Champion Chrissie Wellington will be headlining the performance theatre on Saturday. Advertisement 7 reasons to visit the Triathlon Show: London 2018                           And of this…

Are you a Zwifter? Do you want to become a Zwift national champion? Zwift are to host the first Zwift Nationals Championships event on Saturday February 24, 2018, when Zwifters from the top 15 nations worldwide will compete to earn the right to wear their national jersey in Zwift for a year. Advertisement Each national championship will include men’s and women’s individual races, which will take place on the Watopia Volcano Climb Course. The men’s will complete three laps of the 14.2 mile circuit, taking in a total of 2,007ft of climbing, while the women’s will take place over two laps of the same course, totalling 1,338ft of climbing. The…

Top 5 men to watch   Mario Mola Advertisement Starts favourite having emerged from the shadow of five-time winner and countryman Javier Gomez to win the past two ITU world titles. Last year’s success was aided by a four-race mid-season winning streak that started on Gold Coast, so the Spaniard will relish the return to Queensland for this season Grand Final.   Jonny Brownlee Losing a sprint finish in London in 2013 and overheating in Cozumel in 2016  means Brownlee still has just one individual WTS title (2012), despite being one of the most consistent triathletes in the world. Last year was mediocre by his exceptional standards. Struggling for form and…

Sri Lanka’s capital city of Colombo played host to a new Ironman 70.3 event yesterday, with 63 countries represented in total across the age-group field.  Advertisement The race took place at Galle Face Green urban park in Colombo’s port area, with closed road bike and run courses along the harbour away from the hustle and bustle of downtown Colombo. With the water a balmy 27c, a non-wetsuit swim kicked proceedings off at 6.15am in the Indian Ocean, with a three lap bike course that was windy in places but pan flat. The two-lap run course was similarly flat but exposed, heading along the harbour and back before finishing at Galle…

 British Olympic medallists Jonathan Brownlee and Vicky Holland are part of a stellar field, which include defending ITU world champions, Mario Mola (ESP) and Flora Duffy (BER), racing Abu Dhabi tomorrow.  Advertisement The lineup features nine of last year’s top ten world ranked women, and eight of the top ten men, and names to look out for are Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt, and Spaniard Fernando Alarza in the men’s, and Aussie Ashleigh Gentle, Brits Non Stanford and Jess Learmonth and Americans Katie Zaferes and Kirsten Kasper, not to mention last year’s winner Kiwi Andrea Hewitt, in the women’s.  Jonathan Brownlee is targeting Series success this year as well as using this first race to help prepare him for the Commonwealth…

Professor Greg Whyte is to join Elivar Sports Nutrition as their nutrition expert. Elivar Sports Nutrition develops sports nutrition exclusively for 35-55 year olds   Advertisement A physical activity expert and world-renowned sports scientist, Professor Greg Whyte OBE is a former Olympian in modern pentathlon and a World and European Championship medalist. Well-known for his involvement in Comic Relief for well over a decade, training and coaching unlikely heroes such as David Walliams and Davina McCall, and more recently Jo Brand and Radio1 DJ Greg James, to achieve the near impossible. As a result of his work, Greg has helped to raise over £37 million for charity. 
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