Top 10 men
1. Ruben Ruzafa (ESP) 2:37:36
2. Michael Weiss (AUT) 2:38:10
3. Brent McMahon (CAN) 2:40:56
4. Mike Vine (CAN) 2:41:37
5. Olivier Marceau (FRA) 2:42:01
6. Eneko Llanos (ESP) 2:42:49
7. Josiah Middaugh (USA) 2:42:56
8. Dan Hugo (RSA) 2:43:28
9. Brian Smith (USA) 2:43:47
10. Chris Legh (AUS) 2:45:20
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Top 10 women
1. Julie Dibens (GBR) 3:03:57
2. Danelle Kabush (CAN) 3:04:56
3. Shonny Vanlandingham (USA) 3:10:46
4. Renata Bucher (SWI) 3:11:06
5. Christine Jeffrey (CAN) 3:11:50
6. Jennifer Smith (NZL) 3:15:59
7. Jenny Tobin (USA) 3:16:08
8. Carina Wasle (AUT) 3:17:31
9. Sara Tarkington (USA) 3:19:16
10. Lesley Paterson (GBR) 3:19:53
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Huatulco BG Triathlon World Cup.
Mexico.
October 26th 2008
The times were not fast as you can see below. Race temperatures of over 33 degrees and 98% humidity was enough to slow all the athletes down. New Zealand made it a rare double act by claiming 1st in both the mens and womans race in Mexico today.oe
Samantha Warriner's win in Mexico confirmed her place on top of the ITU World cup series for 2008, and with it the $40,000 prize.
Javier Gomez didn't race but still claimed the mens ITU World cup series for 2008 and the $40,000 bonus that goes with it. Bevan Docherty was not too far behind and claimed 2nd overall for his years pefofrmances in ITU.
Elite Women - Unofficial Results
Gold – Samantha Warriner (NZL) 2:14:02
Silver – Sarah Groff (USA) 2:14:45
Bronze – Andrea Whitcombe (GBR) 2:15:02
4 – Jodie Swallow (GBR) 2:15:17
5 – Lisa Norden (SWE) 2:17:23
6 – Andrea Hewitt (NZL) 2:17:58
7 – Vendula Frintova (CZE) 2:18:54
8 – Jillian Petersen (USA) 2:22:21
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Elite Men - Unofficial Results
Gold – Kris Gemmell (NZL) 2:03:23
Silver – Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) 2:03:32
Bronze – Laurent Vidal (FRA) 2:04:22
4 – Thomas Springer (GER) 2:04:40
5 – Leonardo Chacon (CRC) 2:04:47
6 – Francisco Serrano (MEX) 2:05:15
7 – Michael Raelert (GER) 2:05:22
8 – Crisanto Grajales (MEX) 2:05:32
9 – Matt Chrabot (USA) 2:05:50
10 – Tony Moulai (FRA) 2:06:21
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Canterbury Loses A Cherished Triathlete.
New Zealand
October 14th 2008
Sadly we farewell strong triathlete, coach, mentor, double world champion silver medallist and friend, Chris McAteer.
Am always in a state of shock when hearing of such passing. My feelings go out to all those close to him. I spoke briefly with Chris on a couple of occasions and it was always an honour. He raced in a same age group but was at a different(higher) level.
The photo below was the last time I saw him and he was helping out as always.
And here is a link to his local tri club where you can read more:
www.canterburytriclub.co.nz
lronman World championships
Kona, Hawaii.
October 11th 2008
Top 10 men
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1st, 8:17:45, Craig Alexander, AUS 51:43, 1:41, 4:37:19, 2:04, 2:45:01
2nd, 8:20:50, Eneko Llanos Burguera, ESP 51:39 1:48 4:33:27 2:10 2:51:49
3rd, 8:21:23, Rutger Beke, BEL 54:44 1:50 4:34:45 2:16 2:47:49
4th, 8:21:46, Ronnie Schildknecht, SWI 54:56 1:58 4:34:26 2:08 2:48:20
5th, 8:26:17, Cameron Brown, NZL 51:50 2:04 4:36:47 1:59 2:53:39
6th, 8:30:23, Patrick Vernay, NCL 51:58 1:52 4:42:49 2:06 2:51:40
7th, 8:33:50, Andy Potts, USA 48:38 1:50 4:46:00 2:51 2:54:31
8th, 8:34:02, Mathias Hecht, SWI 51:42 1:46 4:36:55 2:28 3:01:13
9th, 8:34:47, Michael Lovato, USA 52:58 1:52 4:45:21 2:27 2:52:12
10th, 8:36:53, Eduardo Sturla, ARG
Germany's Timo Bracht was disqualified for failing to take his penalty for drafting.
8:23:04 Bracht, Timo Eberbach GER 52:25 1:37 4:35:25 2:30 2:51:0
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1st, 9:06:23, Chrissie Wellington, GBR 56:20 2:06 5:08:16 1:59 2:57:44
2nd, 9:21:20, Yvonne Van Vlerken, AUT 1:06:49 1:50 5:05:34 2:42 3:04:27
3rd, 9:22:52, Sandra Wallenhorst, GER 1:03:21 2:33 5:14:57 3:28 2:58:36
4th, 9:24:49, Erika Csomor, HUN 59:09 2:19 5:18:12 2:06 3:03:05
5th, 9:28:51, Linsey Corbin, USA 1:00:35 2:22 5:14:33 2:07 3:09:16
6th, 9:29:15, Virginia Berasategui, ESP 58:50 2:10 5:22:17 2:12 3:03:48
7th, 9:34:08, Bella Comerford, SWI 59:02 2:27 5:21:46 2:25 3:08:31
8th, 9:36:53, Gina Ferguson, NZL 54:45 2:15 5:26:29 2:07 3:11:19
9th, 9:37:06, Gina Kehr, USA 54:45 2:00 5:21:46 4:02 3:14:36
10th, 9:39:53, Dede Griesbauer, USA 54:52 2:06 5:20:52 2:48 3:19:17
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Jennifer Lopez completes a triathlon
Septermber 27th 2008
Well this story made the front cover of the paper I was reading in Brisbane a few weeks ago and now it is on the front cover of many prominant womans magazines around the world.
Jennifer Lopez(J'Lo) completes a triathlon and it is the biggest promotion for triathlon this year.
Write about it here as it links in with my beliefs that triathlon and its individual disciplines are ideal training for the average healthy person.
Triathlon as a way to get back in shape after pregnancy as is 'the story' in the media of J'Lo is just great.
There are many other celebreties competing/completing triathlons but this is the most media attention I have seen.
Lorient BG Triathlon World Cup
Septermber 27th 2008
Thrilling the French crowds with a victory on home soil, France's Cedric Fleureton took home the gold in today's Lorient BG Triathlon World Cup. Fleureton's winning time of 1 hour 49 minutes 53 seconds was the result of a well-executed game plan by the French team which rendered two French medals.
Gold – Cedric Fleureton (FRA) 1:49:53
Silver – Tony Moulai (FRA) 1:51:01
Bronze – Ivan Rana (ESP) 1:51:10
4 – Steffen Justus (GER) 1:51:18
5 – Laurent Vidal (FRA) 1:51:24
6 – Oliver Freeman (GBR) 1:51:30
7 – Clarke Ellice (NZL) 1:51:54
8 – Dmitry Polyansky (RUS) 1:51:58
9 – Nils Frommhold (GER) 1:51:59
10 – Jonathan Zipf (GER) 1:51:59
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Gold – Lisa Norden (SWE) 2:02:05
Silver – Samantha Warriner (NZL) 2:02:39
Bronze – Jessica Harrison (FRA) 2:02:44
4 – Sarah Groff (USA) 2:02:52
5 – Elizabeth May (LUX) 2:02:53
6 – Anja Dittmer (GER) 2:02:59
7 – Magali Di marco (SUI) 2:03:03
8 – Nicola Spirig (SUI) 2:03:10
9 – Andrea Hewitt (NZL) 2:03:15
10 – Andrea Whitcombe (GBR) 2:03:50
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The above story was duplicated in part from the triathlon.org site
Duathlon World Championships
Septermber 27th 2008
Paul Amey won his third ITU Duathlon World Championship on a day marred by controversy in Rimini, Italy today. Belgian Rob Woestenborghs was first across the line but after his own teammate lodged a protest, Woestenborghs was later disqualified by race officials thereby giving the world championship title to Amey.
The controversial men's race opened with a pair of Portuguese men, Sergio Silva and Lino Barruncho, taking the early lead. But the main players, Amey, Woestenborghs and Belgians Bart Aernouts and Jurgen Dereere trailed by just seven seconds. The drama began early in the 40-kilometer bike segment as all six men were in the lead pack. According to Dereere, his Belgian teammate Woestenborghs was cycling dangerously. Eventually Amey, Aernouts and Woestenborghs broke away and went on to post the three fastest bike splits of the day by almost two full minutes. That lead was enough for all three to secure the podium with Woestenborghs crossing the line first, Amey second and Aernouts in third.
However, after the race, Dereere filed a protest with race officials against Woestenborghs for his aggressive riding. Officials said it was a tough call but ultimately disqualified both men for what was deemed "unsportsmanlike and dangerous behaviour on the first lap of the bike segment which risked the safety of the competitors around them".
With the disqualification, Amey was crowned world champion for the third time in his career, successfully defending last year's title. But the bitter sweetness of the occasion was not lost on him.
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Gold - Paul Amey (GBR) 01:48:00
Silver - Bart Aernouts (BEL) 01:48:07
Bronze - Sergio Silva (POR) 01:48:36
4 - Sergey Yakovlev (RUS) 01:48:52
5 - Brand Du Plessis (RSA) 01:48:56
6 - Lino Barruncho (POR) 01:49:05
7 - Marek Jaskolka (POL) 01:49:09
8 - Alessio Picco (ITA) 01:49:11
9 - Yohann Vincent (FRA) 01:49:18
10 - Kris Coddens (BEL) 01:49:35
DQ - Rob Woestenborghs (BEL)
DQ - Jurgen Dereere (BEL)
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Gold - Vanessa Fernandes (POR) 02:00:51
Silver - Catriona Morrison (GBR) 02:02:29
Bronze - Ana Burgos (ESP) 02:04:27
4 - Alexandra Louison (FRA) 02:04:51
5 - Laura Giordano (ITA) 02:05:09
6 - Radka Vodickova (CZE) 02:05:16
7 - Ewa Dederko (POL) 02:05:35
8 - Eva Janssen (NED) 02:05:42
9 - Ruth Van der Meijden (NED) 02:05:52
10 - Beatriz Jimenez Tome (ESP) 02:05:59
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The above story was duplicated in part from the triathlon.org site
Dr John Hellemans retires from coaching.
Septermber 7th 2008
Below is coach John Hellemans being interviewed after last years ITU World cup in Austria with two of the athletes he coached. It was a good day with 1st and 3rd podium spots to the above woman.
He has also coached many other athletes to world cup podiums including more recently Chris Gemmell who unfortunately cut his foot 2 weeks before Beijing.
But he is probably most well known for coaching Erin Baker during the time when she conquered Kona with times that are still fast by todays standard. He published a triathlon book soon after and I obtained a copy of this in the early 1990's which become one of my main training aids.
He trained to be a medical Doctor in his home of Netherlands and practised sports medicine in New Zealand(N.Z) where he was the countries first high performance coach for the olympic triathlon in Sydney 2000.
The results at Sydney didn't match the expectations of the N.Z team at the first olympics. But I believe all the knowledge from that experience helped tremendously for N.Z to get the Gold and Silver in triathlon at Athens four years later.
My own personal experience of his coaching was as part of the New Zealand age group team before the 2003 World Championships and in 2007 before an iron-distance race. His knowledge and attention to detail was impressive but I especially liked it that he also trained alongside the athletes on the bike many times.
However John was not only a top performing coach but is also a top performing athlete with many age group world titles over the olympic distance triathlon. Am sure he would have competed at the elite level as he recorded times in the low 1hr 50mins, but triathlon was only beginning as a sport 30 years ago.
Olympic distance was his speciality but he did do one iron-distance race a couple of years ago and a sub 10 hr time at the age of 52 years old.
While on the training camp last year he mentioned that he would be writing another triathlon training book so I contacted him this week about it. It come up when I asked him about the one year government scholarship he had just completed at Otago University focusing on putting triathlon training knowledge together.
Anyway 'yes' was his answer to writing a new version of that triathlon book published some 20 years ago, which was great to hear as it will be very useful.
Ironman Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
September 7. 2008
Ford Ironman Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
August 31, 2008
Ironman U.K 2008
Sherbourne Castle, Dorset, England,
Septermber 7th 2008
Here is the link to the full event coverage of IMUK in photos.
Top 10 men
1. Stephen Bayliss (GBR) 8:53:57
2. Scott Neyedli (GBR) 9:04:30
3. Andreas Di Bernardo (AUT) 9:08:25
4. Spencer Smith (GBR) 9:13:34
5. Nick Saunders (GBR) 9:18:25
6. Toby Radcliffe (GBR) 9:30:36 7. Kai Söderdahl (FIN) 9:32:16
8. Dave Rost (NED) 9:34:38
9. Rune Skovmand (NOR) 9:41:08
10. Jan Kovalovsky (CZE) 9:41:34
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Stephen Bayliss
IMUK photos by Michael and Karen Shead.
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Top 10 women
1. Bella Comerford (GBR) 9:49:07
2. Heike Funk (GER) 10:24:41
3. Susanne Buckenlei (GER) 10:28:42
4. Yvette Grice (GBR) 10:35:08
5. Monika Stadlmann(AUT) 10:35:27
6. Alice Hector (GBR) at 10:41:29 7. Irene Kinnegin (NED) 10:43:09
8. Lucy Gossage (GBR) 10:44:53
9. Abigail Bayley (GBR) 11:03:05
10. Kathy Cook (GBR) 11:05:15
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Singapore 'Aviva' Ironman 70.3
Septermber 7th 2008
Simon Thompson and Terenzo Bozzone had a close fought battle in the mens race(photo left).
There were a lot of the current crop of top professional athletes lined up for this event.
Some of them like Bryan Rhodes and Belinda Granger were likely to have some fatigue from their wins at Ironman Canada 2 weeks prior.
In the mens race the times look super fast and it is the first time I have seen Peter Robertson lining up in a longer triathlon, so it will be interesting to see if the 3 time world champion over the standard(olympic) distance will be doing more of these events.
Event page in photos of this event here: Ironman Singapore 70.3
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Top 10 men
1. Simon Thompson (AUS) 3:55:40
2. Terenzo Bozzone (NZL) 3:55:55
3. Pete Jacobs (AUS) 3:57:47
4. Peter Robertson (AUS) 4:03:33
5. Cameron Watt (AUS) 4:03:45
6. Luke McKenzie (AUS) 4:05:17
7. Bryan Rhodes (NZL) 4:08:45
8. Tim Berkel (AUS) 4:09:06
9. Uwe Widmann (GER) 4:12:46
10. Peter Loveridge (AUS) 4:14:06
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Top 5 women
1. Rebekah Keat (AUS) 4:25:43
2. Gina Ferguson (NZL) 4:29:46
3. Alison Fitch (AUS) 4:31:45
4. Belinda Granger (AUS) 4:34:11
5. Naomi Imaizumi (JAP) 4:35:12
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Rebecca Keat(left) and Alison Fitch(right).
Rebecca Keat will be one to watch in Kona on October 11th.
Gina Ferguson placed 2nd and also looks to be getting stronger as Kona approaches.
She went sub 9 hours in Roth a few months back.
Photos on the 'news page' of Singapore 70.3 by Lester A. Arcega.
Monaco Ironman 70.3
Monaco.
Septermber 7th 2008.
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Monaco 70.3 is tough course with some big climbs in it. Interesting to see Chris McCormack(6th) using it as a build-up for defending his Ironman World Champion crown.
Word from France is that Macca suffered 2 crashes last weekend on the bike. Not the best build up for Kona which is only 5 weeks away?
There were many crashes in the race. It had rained the night before, and some on race day morning, plus there were many newly re-surfaced roads which were very slippery. Most crashes were on the hairpin bends, therefore not at high speed.
Nicola Spirig showed she had recovered well from her Olympic 6th placing in Beijing only 3 weeks earlier.
Top 10 men
1. Andreas Raelert (GER) 4:10:10
2. Michi Weiss (AUT) 4:14:12
3. Sebastian Kienle (GER) 4:14:48
4. Marcel Zamora Perez (ESP) 4:19:20
5. Mikel Elgezabal Fernandez (ESP) 4:20:11
6. Chris McCormack (AUS) 4:20:43
7. Andrea D'Aquino (ITA) 04:20:52
8. Nicolas Lebrun (FRA) 4:21:51
9. Reto Hug (SUI) 4:22:40
10. Massimo Cigana (ITA) 4:23:15
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Top 10 women
1. Nicola Spirig (SUI) 4:37:12
2. Catriona Morrison (GBR) 4:41:12
3. Virginia Berasategui (ESP) 4:44:25
4. Christel Robin (FRA) 4:46:57
5. Alexandra Louison (FRA) 4:47:23
6. Kathrin Paetzold (GER) 4:51:04
7. Caroline Steffen (SUI) 4:52:41
8. Isabelle Ferrer (FRA) 4:54:25
9. Michelle Lee (GBR) 5:01:20
10. Melanie Hohenester (GER) 5:02:30
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Chris McCormack at right(yellow cap, #2). Note he is not wearing swim goggles; the water was crystal clear and people who swim in the sea regularly would not be hindered by swimming without goggles.
He(Macca) says that growing up in Australia in the ocean surfing and swimming he never wore goggles
Defending champion from last last year Alexandra Louison flying through the transition.
And here are some great photos which show the course from last years Monaco 70.3
ITU Long Distance World Championship
August 31st 2008
Almere, Netherlands;
Swim 4k/ Bike 120k/ Run 30k
At left is Frenchman Julien Loy becoming the 2008 long distance ITU World Champion.
Most notable was Chrissie Wellington's dominating performance in the womans race. Outclassing the rest of the womans field by over 17 minutes at a world championships is pretty special. It certainly bodes well for a repeat performance in Kona in 6 weeks.
Elite Men
1. Julien Loy (FRA) 5:43:22
2. Francois Chabaud (FRA) 5:45:36
3. Martin Jensen (DEN) 5:46:59
4. Sebastien Berlier (FRA) 5:48:24
5. Jonas Colting (SWE) 5:49:35
6. Stephane Bignet (FRA) 5:50:34
7. Jimmy Johnsen (DEN) 5:51:57
8. Kevin Lisska (USA) 5:58:29
9. Paul Ambrose (GBR) 5:59:43
10. Huib Rost (NED) 6:02:32
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Elite Women
1. Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 6:12:44
2. Charlotte Kolters (DEN) 6:30:15
3. Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 6:31:56
4. Lucie Zelenkova (CZE) 6:34:00
5. Ingrid Van Lubek (NED) 6:40:33
6. Tiina Boman (FIN) 6:41:27
7. Joan Blassfoss (DEN) 6:42:17
8. Ana Lidia Borba (BRA) 6:44:48
9. Tine Deckers (BEL) 6:44:56
10. Martina Dogana (ITA) 6:49:00
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This 'start line' photo of the elite men in Almere was taken by Alex Verweij.
Some of the 500+ competitors at this years event.
This image works quite well as my current laptop screen background.
Ironman Roth 2008
Roth, Germany, July 13th 2008
A notable performance was that of Yvonne Van Vlerken who set a new world record for the the ironman distance (womans). The previous record was in the low 8:50's and held by Paula Newby-Fraser.
1. Patrick Vernay (FRA) 8:09:34
2. Pete Jacobs (AUS) 8:12:53
3. Torbjorn Sindballe (DEN) 8:15:59
4. Chris McDonald (AUS) 8:20:59
5. Francois Chabaud (FRA) 8:23:44
6. Thomas Hellriegel (GER) 8:25:19
7. Markus Forster (GER) 8:29:19
8. Swen Sundberg (GER) 8:30:47
9. Stephan Vuckoviv (GER) 8:31:33
10. Marc Pschebizin (GER) 8:34:55
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1. Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 8:45:48
2. Erika Csomor (HUN) 8:47:05
3. Gina Ferguson (NZL) 8:57:18
4. Belinda Granger (AUS) 8:58:08
5. Rebekah Keat (AUS) 9:02:34
6. Hillary Biscay (USA) 9:24:19
7. Leanda Cave (GBR) 9:28:03
8. Dagmar Matthes (GER) 9:30:14
9. Eva Novakova (CZE) 9:38:35
10. Melanie Hohenester (GER) 9:40:49
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Photos from 'Quelle Challenge Roth'.
Ironman European Championships 2008
Frankfurt, Germany,
July 6th 2008
Click here for full photo coverage of this event.
Chris McCormack and Chrissie Wellington prove their dominance with new mens and womans course records.
Top 10 men
1. Chris McCormack (AUS) 7:59:55
2. Eneko Llanos (ESP) 8:00:49
3. Timo Bracht (GER) 8:04:16
4. Cam Brown (NZL) 8:08:29
5. Hektor Llanos (ESP) 8:11:36
6. Jan Raphael (GER) 8:12:57
7. Andreas Böcherer (GER) 8:13:33
8. Markus Fachbach (GER) 8:19:29
9. Uwe Widmann (GER) 8:20:23
10. Michael Göhner (GER) 8:22:51
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Top 10 women
1. Chrissie Wellington(GBR) 8:51:24
2. Nicole Leder (GER) 9:17:26
3. Wenke Kujala (GER) 9:24:54
4. Meike Krebs (GER) 9:30:47
5. Imke Schiersch (GER) 9:36:15
6. Iris Tiedeken (GER) 9:37:43
7. Ina Reinders (GER) 9:39:10
8. Joanna Carritt (GBR) 9:43:19
9. Simone Aumann (GER) 9:48:09
10. Linda Schücker (GER) 9:52:50
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Photo cortesy of Thomas Becker.
ITU World Cup, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
22nd June 2008
2008 Ironman Japan 2008
22nd June 2008
Luke McKenzie from Australia has won 2008 Ironman Japan in a course record time of 8:29:1.1
Naomi Imaizumi (JAP) repeated in her home country as the winner in the women's race.
Top 10 men
1. Luke McKenzie (AUS) 8:29:11
2. Mitchell Anderson (AUS) 8:38:34
3. Hans Muehlbauer (GER) 8:39:48
4. Hayato Kawahara (JAP) 8:48:00
5. Han SeokJoo (KOR) 8:50:49
6. Daiki Masuda (JAP) 8:51:26
7. Masayuki Matsumaru (JAP) 8:52:53
8. Shingo Tani (JAP) 8:57:11
9. Takuya Shibata (JAP) 8:58:32
10. Hiroyuki Nishiuchi (JAP) 8:59:32
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Naomi Imaizumi.
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Top 10 women
1. Naomi Imaizumi (JAP) 9:33:59
2. Bree Wee (USA) 9:37:12
3. Sarah Pollett (AUS) 9:54:30
4. Saki Kubota (JAP) 10:10:47
5. Simone Hakenberg (NED) 10:30:45
6. Anne Martin (AUS) 10:37:05
7. Megumi Kobayashi (JAP) 10:37:28
8. Sachi Kojima (JAP) 10:38:18
9. Elizabeth Gordon (AUS) 10:38:43
10. Margit Messinger-Walek (AUT)10:41:36
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Luke McKenzie taking out the Japan Ironman.
Ironman France 2008
22nd June 2008
Marcel Zamora Perez (ESP) won the 2008 Ironman France thanks in part to a super 2:45:21 run split.
Martina Dogana (ITA) set a new course record and was a clear winner.
1. Marcel Zamora Perez(ESP) 8:34:04
2. Hervé Faure (FRA) 8:41:55
3. Patrick Bringer (FRA) 8:45:15
4. José Jeuland (FRA) 8:53:34
5. Rutger Beke (BEL) 8:55:11
6. Mike Aigroz (SUI) 8:56:43
7. Jozsef Major (HUN) 8:57:45
8. Damien Landon (FRA) 9:10:56
9. Jef Van Roosbroek (BEL)9:12:34
10. Xavier Le Floch (FRA) at 9:12:49
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1. Martina Dogana (ITA) 9:35:29
2. Katja Schumacher (GER) 10:00:59
3. Alexandra Louison (FRA) 10:03:46
4. Alexandra Schwalbe(GER) 10:16:17
5. Michaela Schneck (GER) 10:23:31
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Ironman Coeur D'Alene 2008
22nd June 2008
2008 Ironman 70.3 UK, Wimbleball, UK
15th June 2008
Click here for photo coverage of this.
Top 10 men
1. Fraser Cartmell (GBR) 4:17:39
2. Stephen Bayliss (GBR) 4:17:52
3. Luke Bell (AUS) 4:24:38
4. Nick Saunders (GBR) 4:29:00
5. Joel Jameson (GBR) 4:30:11
6. James Gilfilan (GBR) 4:32:59
7. Tuukka Miettinen (FIN) 4:34:40
8. Scott Neyedli (GBR) 4:36:16
9. Kit Stokes (GBR) 4:40:34
10. Doug Hall (GBR) 4:46:31
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Fraser Cartmell.
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Top 10 women
1. Bella Comerford (GBR) 4:49:44
2. Julie Dibens (GBR) 4:54:59
3. Sara Sig Moeller (DEN) 5:07:03
4. Katharina Baldinger (AUT) 5:11:52
5. Lindsay Smith (GBR) 5:13:08
6. Natalie Creswick (GBR) 5:18:33
7. Rachel Joyce (GBR) 5:19:01
8. Claire Brazier (GBR) 5:26:09
9. Kay Hack (IRE) 5:36:03
10. Libby Cameron (GBR) 5:40:08
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ITU World Championships
8th June 2008.
Eagleman 70.3 triathlon
8th June 2008, U.S.A.
8th June 2008
Hawaii 70.3 triathlon.
May 31st 2008.
Ironman Brazil.
Florianopolis Island, Brazil
May 25th 2008.
Great photo coverage of the Brazil Ironman here.
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SWIM |
BIKE |
RUN |
TOTAL
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| 1 |
EDUARDO STURLA |
59:12 |
4:27:00 |
2:58:00 |
8:28:24
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| 2 |
OLAF SABATSCHUS |
59:08 |
4:38:16 |
2:55:45 |
8:38:56
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| 3 |
BENJAMIN SANSON |
50:52 |
4:27:53 |
3:17:44 |
8:41:32
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| 4 |
PETR VABROUSEK |
1::2:15 |
4:46:55 |
8:53:57 |
8:53:57
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| 5 |
RAUL FURTADO |
59:15 |
4:29:52 |
3:21:17 |
8:55:01 |
| 6 |
EZEQUIEL MORALES |
59:12 |
4:53:13 |
2:59:07 |
8:55:53 |
| 7 |
IVAN JUNIOR |
58:59 |
4:42:02 |
3:13:01 |
8:58:54 |
| 8 |
FABIO CARVALHO |
55:04 |
4:53:39 |
3:08:34 |
9:02:51 |
| 9 |
SEBASTION PEDRAZA |
59:13 |
4:51:22 |
3:05:31 |
9:05:17 |
| 10 |
LUCAS PRETTO |
54:44 |
5:01:01 |
3:07:54 |
9:09:14 |
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Pro Female Athletes
|
ATHLETE |
SWIM |
BIKE |
RUN |
TOTAL
|
| 1 |
FERNANDA KELLER
|
? |
? |
? |
9:42:50 |
| 2 |
HILLARY BISCAY |
59:10 |
5:12:53 |
3:38:08 |
9:56:08
|
| 3 |
LADISLAVA CISAROVSKA
|
1:07:46 |
5:24:27 |
10:06:10 |
10:06:10 |
| 4 |
CAMILLA LINDHOLM |
1:21:38 |
5:16:35 |
10:14:01 |
10:14:01 |
| 5 |
HARSANYI ZSUZSANNA |
1:12:49 |
5:27:25 |
3:32:16 |
10:18:04 |
| 6 |
MARIA OMAR |
1:07:32 |
5:31:33 |
3:33:40 |
10:19:55 |
| 7 |
RITA CORREIA |
1:09:00 |
5:27:38 |
3:54:46 |
10:40:43 |
| 8 |
FLORENCIA GIUSTI |
1:16:44 |
5:41:30 |
3:51:42 |
10:59:14 |
| 9 |
ROSALIA CASTRO |
1:16:58 |
5:48:06 |
3:56:01 |
11:07:03 |
| 10 |
VALERIA ROSATI |
1:16:34 |
? |
4:11:48 |
11:16:37 |
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'Challenge France'.
Niederbronn-Les Bains, France.
May 24th-26th 2008.
|
Men
- François Chabaud (Fra) 3 :51 :47
- Rutger Beke (Bel) 3 :58 :10
- Patrick Bringer (Fra) 4 :00 :10
- Maik Twelsiek (Ger) 4 :00 :28
- Luke Dragstra (Can) 4 :04 :34
- Pedro Gomes (Por) 4 :05 :07
- Markus Forster (Ger) 4 :13 :18
- Sergio Marques (Por) 4 :13 :35
- Marc Pschebizin (Ger) 4 :13 :17
- Dominique Duchene (Fra) 4 :14 :44
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Woman
- Belinda Granger (Aus) 4 :35 :05
- Lucie Zelenkova (Tch) 4 :35 :10
- Nina Eggert (Ger) 4 :37 :27
- Monica Feuersinger (Ger) 4 :40 :0
- Dagmar Matthes (Ger) 4 :44 :26
- Nicole Best (Ger) 4 :46 :44
- Coralie Lemaire (Fra) 4 :50 :05
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Official website: Challenge France Triathlon
Madrid ITU World Cup Triathlon
25th May 2008.
Elite Men – Official Results
Gold – Javier Gomez (ESP) 1:56:25
Silver – Ivan Vasiliev (RUS) 1:56:44
Bronze – Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 1:56:53
4th – Tim Don (GBR) 1:57:04
5th – Christian Prochnow (GER) 1:57:13
6th – Will Clarke (GBR) 1:57:15
7th – Maik Petzold (GER) 1:57:23
8th – Laurent Vidal (FRA) 1:57:39
9th – Steffen Justus (GER) 1:57:41
10th – Matt Reed (USA) 1:58:09
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Elite Women – Official Results
Gold – Vanessa Fernandes (POR) 2:04:46
Silver – Helen Tucker (GBR) 2:05:49
Bronze – Daniela Ryf (SUI) 2:06:10
4th – Hollie Avil (GBR) 2:06:19
5th – Lisa Norden (SWE) 2:07:35
6th – Elizabeth May (LUX) 2:08:00
7th – Christiane Pilz (GER) 2:08:05
8th – Carole Peon (FRA) 2:08:19
9th – Eva Dollinger (AUT) 2:08:19
10th – Emma Davis (IRL) 2:08:45
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Austria 70.3 triathlon
May 24th 2008.
Men
1. Massimo Cigana, 3:56:12
2. Björn Andersson, 3:56:52
3. Michael Göhner, 3:57:11
4. Dennis Devriendt, 3:58:54
5. Alun Woodward, 4:00:26
6. Jimmy Johnsen, 4:01:01
7. Markus Fachbach, 4:01:59
8. Dejan Patrcevic, 4:02:18
9. Francisco Pontano, 4:02:39
10. Florian Stelzle, 4:02:56
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Photos from the days action.
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Woman
1. Yvonne Van-Vlerken, 4:22:43
2. Erika Csomor, 4:25:52
3. Sandra Wallenhorst, 4:26:25
4. Veronika Hauke, 4:26:25
5. Joan Bláfoss, 4:35:07
6. Reka Brassay, 4:35:57
7. Edith Niederfriniger, 4:41:03
8. Eva Novakova, 4:41:43
9. Ute Streiter, 4:51:06
10. Nicole Woysch, 5:00:14
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Ironman Lanzarote
Canary Islands, Spain
23rd May 2008.
Thankyou to Evan for providing these 3 images from Ironman Lanzarote 2008.
Pro Male Athletes
|
|
TOTAL |
| 1 |
Bert Jammaer |
08:59:37
|
| 2 |
Teemu Toivanen |
09:08:15
|
| 3 |
Ain-Alar Juhanson |
09:08:36
|
| 4 |
Frederic Kohl |
09:09:49 |
| 5 |
Gregorio Cáceres Morales |
09:11:31 |
| 6 |
Markus Ressler |
09:12:29 |
| 7 |
Martin Matula |
09:12:54 |
| 8 |
Dirk Van Gossum |
09:17:07 |
| 9 |
Teemu Lemmettyla |
09:18:51 |
| 10 |
Alex Taubert |
09:20:52 |
|
Pro Female Athletes
|
|
TOTAL |
| 1 |
Bella Comerford |
10:02:27
|
| 2 |
Heleen bij de Vaate |
10:12:07
|
| 3 |
Tara Norton |
10:13:16
|
| 4 |
Charlotte Kolters |
10:16:30 |
| 5 |
Virginia Berasategui Luna |
10:22:33 |
| 6 |
Paolina Allan |
10:28:06 |
| 7 |
Sofie Goos |
10:30:40 |
| 8 |
Heidi Jesberger |
10:42:09 |
| 9 |
Emily Finanger |
10:49:25 |
| 10 |
Ann Banke |
10:56:55 |
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Ready for a start in The Canary islands.
Florida 70.3
May 18th 2008.
2008 European Triathlon Championships.
May 10th 2008.
France's Frederic Balaubre makes it 3 titles and Portugal's Vanessa Fernandes makes it 5 titles at the European stanadrd distance triathlon.
See full results and photos at the link below or by clicking on the images above:
European ETU Triathlon Championships, Lisbon, Portugal
St Croix Ironman 70.3 Triathlon, U.S.A
May 5th 2008.
Richards Bay ITU World Cup Triathlon
4th May 2008.
Gold – Unger, Daniel (GER) 1:52:49
Silver – Reed, Matt (USA) 1:52:50
Bronze – DeVilliers, Hendrik (RSA) 1:52:50
4 - Kyle Jones(CAN) 1:53: 00
5 - Laurent Vidal (FRA) 1:53:05
6 - Reinaldo Colucci (BRA) 1:53:17
7 - Dmitry Polyansky (RUS) 1:53:30
8 - Sander Berk (NED) 1:53:31
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Gold - Murray, Carolyn (CAN) 2:03:32 Silver - Abram, Felicity (AUS) 2:03:35
Bronze - Di marco, Magali (SUI) 2:03:41
4 - Tremblay, Kathy (CAN) 02:03:51
5 - Lisk, Ricarda (GER) 02:04:11
6 - Samuels, Nicky (NZL) 02:04:20
7 - Haiboeck, Tania (AUT) 02:04:24
8 - Lorblanchet, Marion (FRA) 02:04:28 |
Triathlon 'WildFlower' Triathlon USA
3rd May 2008
Ironman China, Haikou, Hainan
20th April 2008
2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run
A very tough course and hot waether on the day from all accounts.
Men
1. Olaf Sabatschus (GER) 8:52:14
2. Byung Hoon Park (KOR) 9:13:15
3. Timothy Marr (USA) 9:14:17
4. Chris McDonald (AUS) 9:24:17
5. Justin Hurd (USA) 9:26:35
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NOTE: photo of Belinda Granger taken in N.Z.
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Women
1. Belinda Granger (AUS) 10:08:37
2. Donna Phelan (CAN) 10:37:11
3. Abigail Bayley (GBR) 10:43:11
4. Belinda Harrison (AUS) 10:48:24
5. Brigitte Niederberger (SUI) 11:07:41
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South Korea ITU World Cup
13th April 2008
Gold – Tim Don (GBR) 1:38:14
Silver – Bevan Docherty (NZL) 1:38:22
Bronze – Jan Frodeno (GER) 1:38:23
4 – Reto Hug (SUI) 1:38:32
5 – Rasmus Henning (DEN) 1:38:35
6 – Paul Tichelaar (CAN) 1:38:40
7 – Marek Jaskolka (POL) 1:38:43
8 – Ivan Sysoev (RUS) 1:38:46
9 – Sven Riederer (SUI) 1:38:46
10 – Yulian Malyshev (RUS) 1:38:54
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Gold – Samantha Warriner (NZL)1:49:49
Silver – Hollie Avil (GBR) 1:49:59
Bronze – Vendula Frintova (CZE)1:50:21
4 – Ai Ueda (JPN) 1:50:46
5 – Kirsten Sweetland (CAN) 1:51:06
6 – Olga Zausaylova (RUS) 1:51:19
7 – Irina Abysova (RUS) 1:51:22
8 – Nicola Spirig (SUI) 1:51:25
9 – Lisa Mensink (NED) 1:51:27
10 – Emma Davis (IRL) 1:51:30 |
New Plymouth ITU World Cup 2008
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