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'Tour de France' Suspicious substances found in Tour de France trashcans
July 27th 2009
The French anti-doping chief has told "Le Monde" that substances possibly used for doping were found in the trashcans of some Tour de France teams. He believes two new types of drugs were used at this year's race.
While many commentators praised what they said looked like a doping-free Tour de France, the head of the French anti-doping agency AFLD, Pierre Bordry, said he suspects riders are still using performance-enhancing substances or methods.
Bordry told French daily Le Monde that medicines were found in some of the trashcans of some teams.
"We found several strong medications, including a substance which produces insulin and is normally used for diabetes," he said.
After Sunday's Tour finish without a since positive doping test, headlines were largely positive about a race not tainted by doping substances. Headlines appeared such as "Drugs war is being won" or "Tour chief hails clean race," but Bordry is not convinced.
He said he believes that riders are having autologous blood transfusions and that two new types of doping substances were possibly used in the race, including one that has the same effect as EPO, and another which increases strength and burns fat.
Bordry says methods for detecting the substances could be developed by the fall.
Source : DW-WORLD.DE
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'Tour de France' Final day
Champs-Élysées, Paris
July 26th 2009
Final general classification
1. Alberto Contador Astana in 85:48:35
2. Andy Schleck Team Saxo Bank in 85:52:46 at 04:11
3. Lance Armstrong Astana in 85:53:59 at 05:24
4. Bradley Wiggins Garmin - Slipstream in 85:54:36 at 06:01
5. Frank Schleck Team Saxo Bank in 85:54:39 at 06:04
6. Andréas KlÖden Astana in 85:55:17 at 06:42
7. Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas in 85:56:10 at 07:35
8. Christian Vande Velde Garmin - Slipstream in 86:00:39 at 12:04
9. Roman Kreuziger Liquigas in 86:02:51 at 14:16
10. Christophe Le Mevel Francaise Des Jeux in 86:03:00 at 14:25
11. Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi in 86:03:19 at 14:44
12. Sandy Casar Francaise Des Jeux in 86:05:54 at 17:19
13. Vladimir Karpets Team Katusha in 86:07:09 at 18:34
14. Rinaldo Nocentini Ag2r La Mondiale in 86:09:20 at 20:45
15. Broeck Jurgen Van Den Silence - Lotto in 86:09:25 at 20:50
16. Stephane Goubert Ag2r La Mondiale in 86:11:04 at 22:29
17. Carlos Sastre Cervelo Test Team in 86:14:56 at 26:21
18. Alexandre Botcharov Team Katusha in 86:18:08 at 29:33
19. George Hincapie Team Columbia - Htc in 86:22:02 at 33:27
20. Sylvain Chavanel Quick Step in 86:22:44 at 34:09
More photos here from the final day on the Champs-Élysées, Paris.
Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series Hamburg, Germany
25-26th July 20091.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run
The surprise result in this race was the great performance bythe USA's Jarrod Shoemaker.
It was great to see Alexander Brukhankov get on the podium as he has only recently stepped up from the junior races. Brukhankov really looks to give it 'his all' when he races and this is a well deserved result given how he is prepared to go off the front in the cycle leg.
Emma Moffatt looks to have the womans series won all ready with her 3rd win. Emma Snowsill is out with a surgery for a larbral tear and Vanessa Fernandes has left it pretty late if she wants to come back and take the series.
Elite Men - Official Results
Gold Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) 1:44:06
Silver Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) +0:08
Bronze Alexander Brukhankov (RUS) +0:10
4th Steffen Justus (GER) +0:15
5th Bevan Docherty (NZL) +0:19
6th Maik Petzold (GER) +0:23
7th Kris Gemmell (NZL) +0:23
8th Dmitry Polyansky (RUS) +35
9th Simon Whitfield (CAN) +43
10th Jan Frodeno (GER) +49
Elite Women - Official Results
Gold Emma Moffatt (AUS) 1:56:12
Silver Lisa Norden (SWE) 1:57:06
Bronze Daniela Ryf (SUI) 1:57:39
4th Lauren Groves (CAN) 1:57:58
5th Barbara Riveros Diaz (CHI) 1:58:03
6th Sarah Haskins (USA) 1:58:07
7th Anja Dittmer (GER) 1:58:12
8th Melanie Annaheim (SUI) 1:58:13
9th Irina Abysova (RUS) 1:58:16
10th Kathy Tremblay (CAN) 1:58:20
'Peak to Peak' multisport race.
Queenstown, N.Z.
July 26th, 2009
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DOUGAL ALLAN WINS THE 2009 NORTHFACE PEAK TO PEAK TITLE Talented young multisporter and adventure racer Dougal Allan (Wanaka) put the hammer down in the The North Face Peak to Peak in Queenstown yesterday to win the high profile event, which races from the top of The Remarkables to the top of Coronet Peak, for the second time.
Allan stopped the clock at the finish line at Coronet Peak in 2hrs 19. 13, three minutes ahead of prominent multisporters Gavin Mason (Wanaka) in 2.21.44 and Mike Kelly (Queenstown) who took third in 2.24.16. The 2008 winner Glen Currie, returning to endurance racing after a serious illness, achieved a creditable fourth place.
The event attracted 50 individual competitors and 67 teams and was held in cold but sunny, clear conditions. It began with a 2km ski or snowboard on The Remarkables finishing at the access road, followed by a 17km mountain bike road down the high altitude road to Lake Wakatipu. A 7km paddle to Queenstown Bay led to a 9km run from Queenstown via Arthurs Point to a changeover point near the foot of Coronet Peak for the final 9km cycle ride to the finish.
Allan, who was eighth in the Coast to Coast Longest Day this year, was pleased with his win. Conditions were perfect but skiing for me was definitely the hardest leg. I managed to get away on the run but the Coronet Peak road biking section was interesting as I only had my granny gear' working.
Wanaka physiotherapist Joanne Williams proved to be too strong for the rest of the women's open field, finishing after a solid race, in 2.47.49. She made a fast start on the skiing leg and was among the top contenders to complete this section, putting her in an unassailable position from the outset.
It was a great experience but it was definitely a bit of a grind in places, she said after finishing ahead of Roxburgh athlete Kath Kelly in 2.54.25.
A text book performance was executed by the crack Outside Sports Queenstown team of Geoff Small, Jim Hawkridge, Steve Norton and Adrian Bailey to win the coveted open teams' title. The team, who claimed it had been a long time coming, was given a flying start by New Zealand freestyle guru Geoff Small who blitzed the other skiers on The Remarkables Homeward Bound run to set them up for the lead throughout the race.
Outside Sports clocked 2.06.16 ahead of R & R Sport Queenstown and Outside Sports Wanaka was third in 2.14.25.
'Tour de France' Time Trial 40.5km
Annecy, FranceJuly 23rd 2009
Full photo coverage here or by clicking the image above
Results
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
0:48:31
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank
0:00:03
3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha
0:00:15
4 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
0:00:32
5 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream
0:00:40
6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream
0:00:42
7 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
0:00:43
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel
0:00:45
9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
0:00:53
10 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
0:01:01
Chrissie Wellington sets World record time at Challenge Roth
Roth, GermanyJuly 12th
Chrissie Wellington in action at Roth yesterday. The German television clips only showed her smiling as she 'blew away' the old record by roughly 13 minutes.
It is nice to see she wasn't smiling all the way as I was out there doing the whole thing and it wasn't as easy as the television coverage made it look.
Also in the womans race Scotland's Catriona Morrison put out a really fast time for her first time over this distance to take 3rd place.
Free photo coverage of 'Challenge Roth' here.
Men
1. Michael Goehner (GER) 7:55:53
2. Pete Jacobs (AUS) 8:02:01
3. Richard Ussher (NZL) 8:02:15
4. Normann Stadler (GER) 8:03:43
5. Patrick Vernay (FRA) 8:03:46
6. Olaf Sabatschus (GER) 8:06:01
7, Raynard Tissink (RSA) 8:07:18
8. Swen Sundberg (GER) 8:07:50
9. Luke Dragstra (CAN) 8:13:51
10. Petr Vabrousek (CZE) 8:15:13
Women
1. Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 8:31:569
2. Rebekah Keat (AUS) 8:39:24
3. Catriona Morrison (SCO) 8:48:11
4. Erika Csomor (HUN)8:58:42
5. Belinda Granger (AUS) 9:12:12
In the mens race it was Australia's Pete Jacobs who lead out early putting a decent gap into the field in the swim.
Normann Sadler put the fastest bike split in of the day in just 4hrs and 14mins 42seconds, a time which is just seconds outside the course record. The course record is held by Jurgen Zack who took a few seconds off Thomas Hellreigers best time(but Hellrigers time included the bike transition and was also 400meters longer due to change in the bike/run transition area after his time was set).
Richard Ussher's 3rd place would have surprised a few people, but for those in his home of New Zealand who have watched his transition from long distance multisport to triathlon it is no surprise.
Petr Vabrousek's string of top 10 results in the past years is the most consistant of any triathlete over this distance and is pretty incredible given the high calibre of this field.
There was a relay event run on the same day, and the fastest bike split was 3:59:11 (the overall time for them was 7:04:56 with the other members doing a 0:45:55 swim and a 2:17:11 run!)
Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series Kitzbuhel, Austria.
12th July 20091.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run
Elite Men - Official Results
Gold Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 1:43:13
Silver Javier Gomez (ESP) 1:43:21
Bronze Laurent Vidal (FRA) 1:43:24
4th Maik Petzold (GER) 1:43:36
5th Daniel Unger (GER) 1:43:51
6th Sven Riederer (SUI) 1:44:01
7th William Clarke (GBR) 1:44:05
8th Yulian Malyshev (RUS) 1:44:05
9th Kris Gemmell (NZL) 1:44:11
10th Dmitry Polyansky (RUS) 1:44:13
Elite Women - Official Results
Gold Emma Moffatt (AUS) 1:54:37
Silver Nicola Spirig (SUI) 1:55:11
Bronze Andrea Hewitt (NZL) 1:55:16
4th Kathy Tremblay (CAN) 1:55:20
5th Helen Jenkins (GBR) 1:55:26
6th Yuliya Sapunova (UKR) 1:55:27
7th Kate Allen (AUT) 1:55:28
8th Kate McIlory (NZL) 1:55:31
9th Vendula Frintova (CZE) 1:55:37
10th Lauren Groves (CAN) 1:55:46
Ironman Switzerland
July 12th 2009
Top 10 men
1. Ronnie Schildknecht (SWI) 8:20:00
2. Stefan Riesen (SWI) 8:31:10
3. Torsten Abel (GER) 8:36:38
4. Uwe Kappelhoff (GER) 8:39:18
5. Pieter Helin (BEL) 8:39:55
6. Christophe Bastie (FRA) 8:44:24
7. Patrick Jaberg (SWI) 8:47:51
8. Rafael Wyss (SWI) 8:50:16
9. Ueli Bieler (SWI) 8:50:23
10. Kit Stokes (GBR) 8:50:30
Top 10 women
1. Sibylle Matter (SWI) 9:14:35
2. Monika Lehmann (SWI) 9:25:05
3. Lisbeth Kristensen (DEN) 9:25:37
4. Sarah Schütz (SWI) 9:29:13
5. Donna Phelan (USA) 9:31:30
6. Simone Benz (SWI) 9:32:59
7. Camilla Lindholm (SWE) 9:38:12
8. Silvia Balbach (GER) 9:39:23
9. Irene Kinnegim (NED) 9:41:49
10. Caroline Steffen (SWI) 9:44:38
Ironman Germany
Frankfurt, GermanyJuly 5th
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Men
ATHLETE AGE/DIV SWIM BIKE RUN TOTAL 1 Bracht, Timo 34/MPRO 00:47:45 04:24:51 02:43:06 07:59:15 2 Llanos, Eneko 33/MPRO 00:44:59 04:24:24 02:47:21 08:00:21 3 Mccormack, Chris 35/MPRO 00:47:46 04:24:52 02:46:59 08:03:05 4 Raelert, Andreas 33/MPRO 00:44:56 04:26:38 02:48:10 08:03:29 5 Hecht, Mathias 29/MPRO 00:44:59 04:27:34 02:55:23 08:11:56 6 Al-Sultan, Faris 31/MPRO 00:45:06 04:31:31 02:59:45 08:20:25 7 Vytrisal, Frank 43/MPRO 00:47:57 04:24:44 03:08:33 08:25:20 8 Goerke, Nils 36/MPRO 00:54:31 04:40:58 02:50:17 08:29:39 9 Bozzone, Terenzo 24/MPRO 00:45:01 04:35:50 03:05:19 08:29:40 10 Mühlbauer, Hans 29/MPRO 00:48:41 04:47:20 02:54:56 08:34:28
Women
ATHLETE AGE/DIV SWIM BIKE RUN TOTAL 1 Wallenhorst, Sandra 37/FPRO 00:54:22 04:54:02 03:05:33 08:58:08 2 van Vlerken, Yvonne 31/FPRO 00:56:18 04:52:17 03:09:22 09:02:18 3 Leder, Nicole 38/FPRO 00:51:01 05:07:31 03:02:13 09:05:16 4 Brede, Andrea 33/FPRO 00:50:59 05:02:48 03:15:57 09:13:55 5 Boman, Tiina 32/FPRO 00:54:19 05:10:54 03:24:20 09:34:22 6 Weerd, Mirjam 34/FPRO 00:51:04 05:03:47 03:39:41 09:39:50 7 Streiter, Ute 36/FPRO 01:02:54 05:02:39 03:37:17 09:47:00 8 Funk, Heike 41/FPRO 00:51:08 05:09:26 00:00:00 00:00:00 9 Krebs, Meike 30/FPRO 00:51:11 05:14:12 00:00:00 00:00:00 10 Tiedeken, Iris 43/FPRO 00:55:47 05:41:12 00:00:00 00:00:00 11 Kujala, Wenke 33/FPRO 00:56:55 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00
Ironman Austria
July 5th 2009
Top 10 men
1. Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 8:01:382. James Cunnama (RSA) 8:14:18
3. Stephen Bayliss (GBR) 8:17:06
4. Bernhard Hiebl (AUT) 8:22:08
5. Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 8:26:58
6. Mika Luoto (FIN) 8:28:53
7. Norbert Langbrandtner (AUT) 8:29:37
8. Dejan Patrcevic (CRO) 8:29:45
9. Hannes Hempel (AUT) 8:30:39
10. Daniel Niederreiter (AUT) 8:38:23
Top 5 women
1. Bella Bayliss (GBR) 8:50:132. Sonja Tajsich (GER) 8:59:45
3. Lucie Zelenkova (CZE) 9:07:24
4. Eva Dollinger (AUT) 9:23:17
5. Nicole Woysch (GER) 9:29:37
Ironman France
Nice, France
28th June 2009
S 2.4 mi./ B 112 mi./ R 26.2 mi.
Zamora Perez set a new course record with a quick 2hr 43min 17second marathon.Tine Deckers also set a new course record in the womans race.
Men
1. Marcel Zamora Perez (ESP) 8:30:06
2. Hervé Faure (FRA) at 8:40:55
3. Simon Billeau (FRA) 8:46:30
4. Clemente Alonso-Mc Kernan (ESP) 8:48:58
5. Olivier Marceau (SUI) 8:52:53
6. Bruno Clerbout (FRA) 8:58:02
7. Oscar Galindez (BRA) 9:08:26
8. Hervé Banti (FRA) 9:16:33
8. Benoît Augueux (FRA) 9:17:07
10 France Silc (SLO) 9:17:39
Women
1. Tine Deckers (BEL) 9:30:29
2. Christel Robin (FRA) 9:34:19
3. Martina Dogana (ITA) 9:37:35
4. Abigail Bayley (GBR) 9:47:22
5. Alexandra Louison (FRA) 9:52:28
6. Katya Meyers (USA) 9:58:30
7. Moica Mijovic (SLO) 10:07:07
8. Linda Schuecker (GER) 10:21:29
9. Claudia Johnston (CAN) 10:23:10
10. Yvette Grice (GBR) 10:24:06
Marcel Zamora Perez has won again, that makes 4 'ironman France' victories.
Spectacular photos of the 2008 'ironman France' by clicking here.
Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup27th June 2009
Des Moines, USA
1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run
Elite Men
1. Simon Whitfield (CAN) 1:49:43 -- $200,000
2. Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) 1:49:44 -- $50,000
3. Jan Frodeno (GER) 1:49:44 -- $25,000
4. Kris Gemmell (NZL) 1:49:45 -- $20,000
5. Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) 1:49:47 -- $15,000
6. Javier Gomez (ESP) 1:49:51 -- $12,500
7. Brent McMahon (CAN) 1:50:07 -- $10,000
8. Tim Don (GBR) 1:50:21 -- $9,000
9. Daniel Sapunov (UKR) 1:50:26 -- $8,500
10. R Yamamoto (JPN) 1:50:32 -- $8,000
Story below from Triathlon.org :
Canadian Simon Whitfield's renown sprint finish did not let him down today at the Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup. In what seemed like a replay from the Beijing Olympic Games, four men came into the finish straight together side by side: Whitfield, Germany's Jan Frodeno, who was the man to pip Whitfield in Beijing, Australia's Brad Kahlefeldt and New Zealand's Kris Gemmell. Unlike Beijing however, Whitfield would cross the line first with an elated roar one second ahead of his chasers in a time of 1 hour 49 minutes and 43 seconds, claiming triathlon's top payday. After a photo finish review, the third of the season, it was determined Australia's Brad Kahlefeldt just nipped the tall German at the line for second with Frodeno in third. Gemmell finished fourth.
That was some payback for last year, in a sporting sense, said Whitfield at the finish. I wanted to get one over on Jan [Frodeno] after last year's Olympic Games. I always want to win the races the other guys want to win. First thing I'm doing is buying this amazing toy house for my daughter Pippa. She's been running round the front yard at home and really inspired me."
Sixty-two athletes hit the warm, calm waters together and almost that entire group would exit together. With such a large group forming on the bike it looked to be a runner's race, but with $200,000 on the line the strong cyclists were not content to hand it over without a fight. Once a pace had been set it was attack after attack over the 40 kilometre bike loop keeping the average speed high at over 42km/hr. Led by the 6'5 Matt Reed of the USA, there would be over a dozen attempts to shake things up. None would be successful however until Reed's fourth attempt with three laps remaining. On his wheel was another strong cyclist in Stuart Hayes of Great Britain. These two put almost a minute on the chasers by the second transition.
Their efforts from the bike showed though and the two soon became the chasers as the sport's thoroughbreds took aim. By the end of the first lap there would be only six: Whitfield, Kahlefeldt, Frodeno, Gemmell with Jarrod Shoemaker of the USA and Javier Gomez of Spain.
Elite Women
1. Emma Moffatt (AUS) 1:59:46 -- $200,000
2. Emma Snowsill (AUS) 2:01:19 -- $50,000
3. Lauren Groves (CAN) 2:01:31 -- $25,000
4. Magali di Marco Messmer (SUI) 2:01:48 - $20,000
5. Liz Blatchford (GBR) 2:02:04 - $15,000
6. Andrea Hewitt (NZL) 2:02:26 -- $12,500
7. Lisa Norden (SWE) 2:02:37 -- $10,000
8. Daniela Ryf (SUI) 2:02:59 -- $9,000
9. Sarah Haskins (USA) 2:03:26 -- $8,500
10. Helen Jenkins (GBR) 2:03:45 -- $8,000
Current ITU series points leader Emma Moffatt of Australia continued her dream season with a win today at triathlon's largest payday in a time of 1 hour 59 minutes and 46 seconds. With over $1million USD in prize money up for grabs this weekend it was the Beijing Olympic bronze medallist who powered her way through the Olympic calibre field to claim the $200,000 first place prize in the Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup this morning. In second was the other Aussie Emma, Emma Snowsill, 1 minute 33 seconds behind. And in third, Canada's Lauren Groves another 12 seconds back.
"Wow, it's amazing, it hasn't sunk in at all yet, commented Moffatt at the finish. It's great to put together two great races in six days and to come away with the win, I'm ecstatic. It was good to make the break and get a lead and I was a bit concerned when Andrea [Hewitt] came with me for the first lap. I was just trying to focus on running and not on the money. I don't know what I'm going to do with it, I haven't given it any thought."
Sweltering, windy conditions greeted the 50 starters as they dived into Blue Heron Lake this morning. In typical fashion American swim expert Sara McLarty led out of the water, 37 seconds ahead of the group. Her lead would not last long though with an efficient pack led by last week's Washington D.C. Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship winner Moffatt, New Zealand's Andrea Hewitt, 2008 world champion Helen Jenkins of Great Britain and the American duo of Sarah Haskins and Laura Bennett having closed the gap in the first three laps of eight.
Ironman Coeur D'Alene
21st June 2009
Coeur D'Alene, IDaho
Top 10 men
1. Francisco Pontano (ESP) 8:32:12
2. TJ Tollakson (USA) 8:42:03
3. Maximilian Longree (GER) 8:50:19
4. Justin Henkel (USA) 8:56:08
5. Tuuka Miettinen (FIN) 9:02:49
6. Trevor Wuertele (CAN) 9:03:52
7. Scott Curry (CAN) 9:04:45
8. John Flanagan (USA) 9:05:26
9. Zach Ruble (USA) 9:06:30
10. Andrew Mullenix (CAN) 9:10:58
Top 10 women
1. Tyler Stewart (USA) 9:23:21
2. Kate Major (AUS) 9:32:10
3. Heather Wuertele (CAN) 9:34:24
4. Haley Cooper (USA) 9:51:11
5. Rachel Kiers (CAN) 9:53:43
6. Ann Banke (DEN) 9:54:00
7. Jessica Jacobs (USA) 9:54:58
8. Edith Niederfriniger (ITA) 9:56:44
9. Brooke Keeran (USA) 10:00:51
10. Kelly Liljeblad (USA) 10:08:31
Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series Washington DC, United States.
21st June 20091.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run
Gold Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 1:48:58
Silver Javier Gomez (ESP) 1:49:11 +0:13
Bronze Maik Petzold (GER) 1:49:24 +0:26
4th Andy Potts (USA) 1:49:51 +0:53
5th Hunter Kemper (USA) 1:50:24 +1:26
6th Jan Frodeno (GER) 1:50:32 +1:34
7th Laurent Vidal (FRA) 1:50:36 +1:38
8th Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) 1:50:41 +1:43
9th Steffen Justus (GER) 1:50:52 +1:54
10th Will Clarke (GBR) 1:50:59 +2:01
Gold Emma Moffatt (AUS) 1:59:55
Silver Emma Snowsill (AUS) 2:00:20 +0:25
Bronze Daniela Ryf (SUI) 2:01:01 +1:06
4th Sarah Haskins (USA) 2:01:18 +1:23
5th Helen Jenkins (GBR) 2:01:27 +1:32
6th Andrea Hewitt (NZL) 2:01:44 +1:49
7th Jessica Harrison (FRA) 2:02:05 +2:10
8th Juri Ide (JPN) 2:02:28 +2:33
9th Sarah Groff (USA) 2:02:52 +2:57
10th Lauren Groves (CAN) 2:02:59 +3:04
Japan ironman.
June 20th, 2009
Petr Vabrousek is really clocking up the races and the top 10 places....unreal.
Nicole Klingler from Luxembourg was first.
See full event coverage in photos by clicking here or on the image Of Luke Mckenzie above.
Top 10 pro men
1. Luke McKenzie (AUS) 8:28:31
2. Courtney Ogden (AUS) 8:42:54
3. Petr Vabrousek (CZE) 8:45:59
4. Park Byung Hoon (KOR) 8:49:10
5. Kuniaki Takahama (JAP) 8:51:28
6. Hiroyuki Nishiuchi (JAP) 8:56:59
7. Cameron Watt (AUS) 8:57:54
8. Morimichi Iihoshi (JAP) 9:03:22
9. Masayuki Matsumaru (JAP) 9:04:14
10. Daiki Masuda (JAP) 9:05:17
Top 10 pro women
1. Nicole Klingler (LIE) 9:52:52
2. Nicole Ward (AUS) 9:56:00
3. Megumi Shigaki (JAP) 10:01:07
4. Hiromi Sato (JAP) 10:07:50
5. Hillary Biscay (USA) 10:14:19
6. Kaori Tokai (JAP) 10:31:29
7. Mai Taketomo (JAP) 10:46:18
8. Amanda Balding (AUS) 10:51:55
9. Anne Fallows (GBR) 11:05:59
10. Masako Kawakami (JAP) 11:11:21
Weekend results round up.
June 13/14th, 2009
Ironman 70.3 Boise
Boise, Idaho
Chris Lieto made the current world ironman champion Craig Alexander really work for this win, which tells in the 2 second gap to 2nd.
Canada's Magali Tisseyre took 1st with a dominating performance in the womans event.
Men
1. Craig Alexander (AUS) 3:51:46
2. Chris Lieto (USA) 3:51:48
3. Joe Gambles (AUS) 3:56:24
4. Ben Hoffman (USA) 3:56:32
5. Justin Hurd (USA) 3:57:29
6. Brian Lavelle (USA) 3:58:23
7. Jamie Whyte (NZL) 4:02:58
8. Nicholas Thompson (USA) 4:03:52
9. Michael Simpson (CAN) 4:04:28
10. Christopher Bagg (USA) 4:05:54
Womens1. Magali Tisseyre (CAN) 4:12:29
2. Linsey Corbin (USA) 4:20:58
3. Sam McGlone (CAN) 4:25:10
4. Brooke Davison (USA) 4:26:46
5. Melissa Vandewater (AUS) 4:32:34
6. Janelle Morrison (CAN) 4:35:08
7. Annie Warner (USA) 4:37:45
8. Angela Axmann (GER) 4:38:22
9. Molly Hummel (USA) 4:39:19
10. Emma Garrad (USA) 4:40:42
Ironman 70.3 Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Chrissie Wellington took the win in the women's race despite having to deal with a puncture.
Men
1. Luke Bell (AUS) 3:49:35
2. Timothy O'Donnell (USA) 3:50:44
3. Paul Matthews (AUS)
4. James Cotter (USA) 3:54:05
5. Stephen Hackett (AUS) 3:55:25
6. Brandon Marsh (USA) 3:55:46
7. Simon Thompson (AUS) 3:57:47
8. Andrew Hodges (USA) 3:59:36
9. Patrick Evoe (USA) 4:02:25
10. Tony White (USA) 4:02:57
11. Tim DeBoom (USA) 4:04:32
Womens
1. Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 4:14:52
2. Pip Taylor (AUS) 4:19:42
3. Joanna Lawn (NZL)
4. Amy Marsh (USA) 4:21:38
5. Nina Kraft (GER) 4:23:29
6. Kim Loeffler (USA) 4:28:38
7. Jessica Myers (USA) 4:29:11
8. Marisa Asplund (USA) 4:36:49 * AG F30-34
9. Susan Langley (USA) 4:40:28 * AG F35-39
10. Gabriela Loskotova (CZE) 4:41:56
Eagleman Ironman 70.3
Cambridge, Maryland
Men
1. Terenzo Bozone (NZL) 3:51:11
2. Richie Cunningham (AUS) 3:51:27
3. Michael Lovato (USA) 3:56:50
4. Mike Caiazzo (USA) 3:58:11
5. Paul Fritzsche (USA) 4:01:07
6. Nick Frank () 4:02:05
7. Kevin Lisska (USA) 4:03:01
8. Chris McDonald (AUS) 4:06:07
9. John Kenny (USA) 4:06:07
10. Ryan Bates (USA) 4:10:56
Womens
1. Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 4:16:51
2. Natascha Badmann (SUI) 4:20:24
3. Desiree Ficker (USA) 4:28:13
4. Amanda Stevens (USA) 4:30:53
5. Kelly Handel (USA) 4:31:43
6. Laurel Wassner (USA) 4:33:08
7. Kate Pallardy (USA) 4:33:15
8. Amy Kloner (USA) 4:33:25
9. Lindsey Jerdonek (USA) 4:34:37
10. Anne Basso (USA) 4:36:47
Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon
San Francisco, California
This is one of the more prestigious triathlons to win due to the history of the event that has built up over the years.
Top 5 men
1. Andy Potts (USA)
2. David Thompson (USA)
3. Graham O'Grady (NZL)
4. Brian Fleischmann (USA)
5. Victor Plata (USA)
Top 5 women
1. Mary Beth Ellis (USA)
2. Leanda Cave (GBR)
3. Becky Lavelle (USA)
4. Kelly Couch (USA)
5. Michellie Jones (AUS)
'Challenge Niederbronn-les-Bains'
Niederbronn-les-Bains France
June 7th, 2009
S 1.2 mi/ B 56 mi/ R 13.1 mi.
Men
1. Chris McCormack (AUS) 3:50:48
2. Olivier Marceau (SUI) 3:53:47
3. Raynard Tissink (RSA) 3:56:29
4. James Cunnama (RSA) 3:59:54
5. Maik Twelsiek (GER) 4:00:56
6. Xavier LeFloch (FRA) 4:05:19
7. Damian Favre-Felix (FRA) 4:05:56
8. Damien Landon (FRA) 4:08:37
9. Patrick Bringer (FRA) 4:08:41
10. Thierry Verbinnen (BEL) 4:10:30
15. Ralf Eggert (GER) 4:22:02
Women
1. Rebekah Keat (AUS) 4:27:12
2. Alexandra Louison (FRA) 4:34:37
3. Gina Ferguson (NZL) 4:34:41
4. Lucie Zelenkova (CZE) 4:36:49
5. Nicole Best (GER) 4:46:22
6. Sophie de Groote (BEL) 4:48:16
7. Christine Waitz (GER) 4:49:42
8. Hillary Biscay (USA) 4:52:09
9. Coralie Lemaire (FRA) 4:53:12
10. Dagmar Matthes (GER) 4:55:38
Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series Madrid, Spain
31st May 20091.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run
1. Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 1:51:27
2. Courtney Atkinson (AUS) 1:52:14
3. Javier Gomez (ESP) 1:52:19
4. Maik Petzold (GER) 1:52:32
5. Ivan Vasiliev (RUS) 1:52:39
6. Alexander Brukhankov (RUS) 1:52:45
7. Dimitry Polyansky (RUS) 1:53:08
8. Christian Prochnow (GER) 1:53:17
9. Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) 1:53:18
10. Jan Frodeno (GER) 1:53:19
1. Andrea Hewitt (NZL) 2:05:58
2. Lisa Norden (SWE) 2:05:58
3. Jessica Harrison (FRA) 2:05:59
4. Christiane Pilz (GER) 2:06:02
5. Sarah Haskins (USA) 2:06:04
6. Magali di Marco Messmer (SUI) 2:06:18
7. Samantha Warriner (NZL) 2:06:45
8. Daniela Ryf (SUI) 2:06:52
9. Sarah Groff (USA) 2:07:25
10. Ai Ueda (JPN) 2:07:31
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Click on the above photos to see the event story in photos.
Hewitt was just delighted with her second World Cup victory of her career, especially after a disappointing 39 th after crashing heavily in Korea.
I just love Madrid, I can't believe it! It was so close and came down to the last centimetre, I am just so happy. I knew I had a good result, but to then hear I had won, it is amazing.
With two previous podium finishes on the Madrid course, it is a favoured race for the diminutive Kiwi with the big heart and fast finish.
This course really suits me on all counts. The heat is good for me; the non-wetsuit swim suits me, the hills on the bike are great for my strength and it finishes with a flat run. This is just so good.
Hewitt summed up an amazing finish that saw a group of five begin to sprint 200m out and ended with Hewitt and Norden side by side in the photo.
I started a little early then held back and after a few surges just went for the line in the final 15 metres. My main goal this year is to be highly ranked in the World Champs Series so I am just so stoked to get first.
Ironman Brazil
31st May 2009
Florianopolis, Brazil
Edward Sturla repeated his performance of 2008. Great also to see one of the hardest working ironman atheletes Petr vabrousec coming through for a podium finsish also. Many big name triathletes in the top 10 of the womans race so it does look like a great field for competition to thrive.
Top 10 men
1. Eduardo Sturla (ARG) 8:13:39
2. Reinaldo Colucci (BRA) 8:28:08
3. Petr Vabrousek (CZE) 8:37:18
4. Ezequiel Morales (ARG) 8:39:01
5. Raul Futado (BRA) 8:53:20
6. Lucas Pretto (BRA) 8:56:49
7. Leandro Bonet (ARG) 8:57:37
8. Fabio Carvalho (BRA) 8:59:08
9. Virgilio Castilho (BRA) 9:02:45
10. Ivan Junior (BRA) 9:04:38
Top 10 women
1. Dede Griesbauer (USA) 9:10:15
2. Charlotte Kolters (DEN) 9:18:49
3. Heather Gollnick (USA) 9:31:42
4. Sara Gross (CAN) 9:44:46
5. Ana Borba (BRA) 9:52:29
6. Fernanda Keller (BRA) 9:54:11
7. Maria Omar (ARG) 9:57:52
8. Mariana Ohata (BRA) 10:08:23
9. Arianie Silveira (BRA) 10:09:41
10. Flavia Rocha (BRA) 10:13:04 * AG F35-39
Eduardo Sturla making it a repeat performance of 2008 by taking out the 2009 Brasil ironman.
Click on the above photos for great images of the 2009 Ironman Brasil.
Ironman Hawaii 70.3
May 30th 2009
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Overall men
1. Craig Alexander (AUS) 4:02:52
2. Chris Lieto (Danville CA) 4:05:34
3. Luke McKenzie (AUS) 4:11:58
4. Timothy Marr (Honolulu HI) 4:14:11
5. Jarrod Owen (AUS) 4:17:38
6. Chris Hauth (Mill Valley CA) 4:18:03
7. John Flanagan (Honolulu HI) 4:18:44
8. Lewis Elliott (Phoenix AZ) 4:19:14
9. Tim Reed (AUS) 4:22:16
10. Sami Inkinen (San Francisco CA) 4:23:01
Overall women
1. Belinda Granger (AUS) 4:33:16
2. Samantha McGlone (CAN) 4:38:02
3. Rhae Shaw (Seattle WA) 4:46:08
4. Ellen Hart (Denver CO) 4:50:16
5. Jessica Tranchina (Honolulu HI) 4:56:25
6. Nell Stephenson (Preston WA) 4:57:13
7. Natalie Schaefer (Berkeley CA) 4:58:05
8. Ariane Buser (Orinda CA) 4:59:26
9. Laura Tingle (Louisville CO) 5:00:45
10. Britni Bakk (Pt. Roberts WA) 5:01:26
Results from the weekend
May 24th 2009
Ironman Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Top 10 men
1. Bert Jammaer (BEL) 8:54:03
2. Stephan Vuckovic (GER) 8:57:17
3. Olaf Sabatschus (GER) 8:59:03
4. Gregorio Cáceres Morales (ESP) 9:01:06
5. Stephen Bayliss (GBR) 9:02:15
6. Scott Neyedli (GBR) 9:04:29
7. Ain-Alar Juhanson (EST) 9:05:13
8. Sergio Marques (POR) 9:08:38
9. Joseph Spindler (GER) 9:13:17
10. Chris Brands (NED) 9:16:01
Top 10 women
1. Bella Bayliss (GBR) 9:54:58
2. Rachel Joyce (GBR) 10:15:05
3. Michaela Giger (SWI) 10:15:41
4. Kathrin Paetzold (GER) 10:18:59
5. Hillary Biscay (USA) 10:28:45
6. Irene Kinnegim (NED) 10:32:12
7. Tara Norton (CAN) 10:36:58
8. Joanna Carritt (GBR) 10:45:31 *AG F30-34
9. Nicole Woysch (GER) 10:46:18
10. Catherine Houseaux (FRA) 10:56:35
Ironman 70.3 Austria
St. Poelten, Austria / May 24
Top 10 men
1. Chris McCormack (AUS) 3:54:15
2. Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 3:54:18
3. Massimo Cigana (ITA) 3:56:22
4. Marko Albert (EST) 3:56:26
5. Aaron Farlow (AUS) 3:56:37
6. Dennis Devriendt (BEL) 3:58:06
7. Markus Fachbach (GER) 3:59:02
8. Csaba Kuttor (HUN) 3:59:29
9. Dejan Patrcevic (CRO) 3:59:41
10. Nick Saunders (GBR) 4:00:06
Top 10 women
1. Sandra Wallenhorst (GER) 4:28:46
2. Lucie Zelenkova (CZE) 4:30:03
3. Caroline Steffen (SWI) 4:31:50
4. Eva Dollinger (AUT) 4:32:10
5. Súsanna Skylv (NOR) 4:33:27
6. Erika Csomor (HUN) 4:35:37
7. Tove Wiklund (SWE) 4:37:45
8. Veronika Hauke (AUT) 4:38:11
9. Tara Prowse (AUS) 4:38:56
10. Meike Krebs (GER) 4:40:47
Former pro cyclist and triathlete Steve Larsen collapses during a workout, dies aged 39.
May 20th 2009
Steve Larsen, probably the only professional who competed and won major races as a mountain biker, road biker and triathlete, died Tuesday evening after collapsing during a running workout
"He was doing a track workout and he collapsed. They did CPR immediately and an ambulance arrived quickly, but they weren't able to save him," his friend Michael Nyberg told VeloNews
An autopsy showed that multi-sport athlete Steve Larsen likely did not die of a heart attack, his brother told VeloNews Wednesday.
Mike Larsen said the autopsy ruled out a 'heart attack' and a blood clot. The cause of death may have been viral or related to allergies, he said.
"The last few weeks he had been having serious troubles with his breathing," Mike Larsen said. He said his brother had been seeing a doctor about his breathing troubles and had been unable to finish his workouts.
The above story in copied in part from this article by VeloNews.com
Editor note : The cause of Steve Larsen's death has not been confirmed at this stage. A 'heart attack' is a general term used to describe sudden death due to the blockage of the coronary arteries(heart muscle walls arteries). It is still possible that other diseases affecting the heart can cause sudden 'cardiac arrest' such as mycarditis from a bacterial or viral infection. So be careful and take time out from training and racing if you are having any signs of ill health. Here is another article on this site which is talks about dealing with illness in triathlon training.
Some more results from the weekend
May 17th 2009
Ironman 70.3 Florida
Disney World, Florida
S 1.2 mi/ B 56 mi/ R 13.1 mi
Results
Overall men
1. Dirk Bockel (LUX) 3:54:40
2. Luke Bell (AUS) 3:54:43
3. Santiago Ascenco (BRA) 3:56:25
4. Paul Amey (GBR) 3:57:19
5. Alessandro Degasperi (USA) 3:58:43
6. Torsten Abel (GER) 4:00:03
7. Brandon Marsh (USA) 4:00:12
8. Andrew Hodges (USA) 4:01:04
9. Daniel Bretscher (USA) 4:02:27
10. Tim Berkel (AUS) 4:03:57
Overall women
1. Leanda Cave (GBR) 4:15:47
2. Joanna Lawn (NZL) 4:24:00
3. Magali Tisseyre (CAN) 4:24:23
4. Amy Marsh (USA) 4:27:24
5. Nina Kraft (GER) 4:29:04
6. Lisa Bentley (CAN) 4:30:55
7. Brooke Davison (USA) 4:33:35
8. Kathleen Pallardy (USA) 4:36:55 * W 18-24
9. Terra Castro (USA) 4:39:17
10. Erin O'Hara (NZL) 4:42:40
Columbia Triathlon
Ellicott City, USA
1.5km swim / 40km bike / 10km run
Top 5 men
1. Terenzo Bozzone (NZL) 1:52:45
2. Andrew Yoder (USA) 1:52:55
3. Richie Cunningham (AUS) 1:56:01
4. Chris Foster (USA) 1:56:13
5. Michael Lovato (USA) 1:58:50
Top 6 women
1. Rebeccah Wassner (USA) 2:07:25
2. Becky Shapiro (USA) 2:10:22
3. Laurel Wassner (USA) 2:11:49
4. Kelley Handel (USA) 2:12:45
5. Amanda Lovato (USA) 2:14:11
6. Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 2:18:40
2009 Avia Wildflower Triathlon
May 9th, 2009
1st ANDY POTTS 33 COLORADO SPRINGS, USA5 llllllllllllllll0 3:59:41
2nd ENEKO LLANOS 33 VITORIA-GASTEIZ, NA, Spain5lll0l 4:03:04
3rd REINALDO COLUCCI 24 DESCALVADO- SP, Brazil5llll l04:03:34
4th JORDAN RAPP 29 SCARBOROUGH, USA 4 klklllllllllllllllllllllll4:04:155th JOE GAMBLES 27 BOULDER, USA, 5llllllllllllllyllllllllllllllllll 04:05:09
6th LUKE BELL 30, AUSTRALIA, llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll6 04:06:48
7th CHRIS LIETO 37 DANVILLE, USA 7 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll04:07:46
8th TERENZO BOZZONE 24 AUCKLAND, NZ lllllllllllllllllllllkll8 04:09:54
9th BEN HOFFMAN 26 DURANGO, USA lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll9 04:12:14
10th ROMAIN GUILLAUME 24 MONTMOROT, USA 1llllllllllllll0 04:13:24
Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series Tongyeong, Korea
May 2nd 20091.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run
Womens results
1 Snowsill Emma AUS 02:02:42 00:19:47 00:01:01 01:07:43 00:00:26 00:33:45 2 Moffatt Emma AUS 02:02:51 00:19:15 00:00:54 01:08:19 00:00:24 00:34:01 3 Ide Juri JPN 02:03:31 00:19:49 00:00:58 01:07:43 00:00:24 00:34:37 4 Tremblay Kathy CAN 02:03:32 00:19:53 00:00:51 01:07:43 00:00:26 00:34:37 5 Sweetland Kirsten CAN 02:03:40 00:19:36 00:00:56 01:07:55 00:00:29 00:34:43 6 Niwata Kiyomi JPN 02:03:57 00:20:15 00:00:53 01:07:24 00:00:24 00:35:01 7 Di marco Messmer Magali SUI 02:04:08 00:19:52 00:00:54 01:07:43 00:00:26 00:35:11 8 Warriner Samantha NZL 02:04:25 00:20:18 00:00:54 01:07:16 00:00:26 00:35:32 9 Frintova Vendula CZE 02:04:26 00:20:15 00:00:58 01:07:16 00:00:29 00:35:30 10 Groves Lauren CAN 02:04:27 00:20:16 00:00:58 01:07:17 00:00:24 00:35:32
Moffatt and Snowsill lead all the way in the run. Click on the photo above to go to the Korea event photo page.
Mens results
The ITU organisers couldn't have asked for a better race to begin with. It was spectacular to watch as there were 2 bike break groups of 2 athletes 'off the front' at the end of the cycle. One of these 4 athletes managed to hold on and take 3rd.
It is pretty well known amongst all the athletes who can run the fastest should all the yclists come in as one group. The bike being only 40kms is actually very short and to go 'off the front' with a couple of others isn't that big of a risk. Well it was super and can't wait to see more of this series and also to get the photos up on this website.
Position Last Name First Name Country Total Time SWIM T1 BIKE T2 RUN 1 Docherty Bevan NZL 01:50:25 00:18:36 00:00:48 01:00:18 00:00:24 00:30:20 2 Kahlefeldt Brad AUS 01:50:25 00:18:28 00:00:53 01:00:18 00:00:22 00:30:24 3 Polyansky Dmitry RUS 01:50:29 00:18:13 00:00:53 00:59:58 00:00:24 00:31:01 4 Gemmell Kris NZL 01:50:39 00:18:26 00:00:46 01:00:23 00:00:22 00:30:41 5 Justus Steffen GER 01:50:42 00:18:42 00:00:51 01:00:05 00:00:26 00:30:37 6 Shoemaker Jarrod USA 01:50:45 00:18:11 00:00:56 01:00:39 00:00:24 00:30:36 7 Brukhankov Alexander RUS 01:50:46 00:18:09 00:00:51 01:00:04 00:00:26 00:31:17 8 Vidal Laurent FRA 01:50:46 00:18:18 00:00:49 01:00:28 00:00:22 00:30:48 9 Don Tim GBR 01:50:59 00:18:21 00:00:53 01:00:28 00:00:26 00:30:53 10 Atkinson Courtney AUS 01:51:06 00:18:09 00:01:01 01:00:29 00:00:22 00:31:04
A courageous solo break on the last lap of the bike worked for Polyansky who took 3rd in this top field.
Full event coverage of the mens event can be linked to by clicking here or on the photos above.
I do like this bit from Triathlon.org :
It's all a blur, when it comes down to those sort of situations, admitted Docherty. It's just mind over body. I couldn't really feel my legs but they wanted to go forward. Brad got a bit of a lead on me and I came back and inched in front and we both just went for the line. It was a case of just cross your fingers and go for it!
Deep down I know I have a pretty good sprint. That was my game plan going into the Olympic Games but unfortunately it didn't quite go my way. This time it paid off but that Olympic gold medal is going to haunt me and until I achieve that I'm not going to stop.
Editor note : Bevan Docherty got silver at Athens olympics and bronze at Beijing olympics.
Also here is a bit from Bevan Docherty's and Chris Gemmel's race report :
As we hit transition 2, I found myself mid pack and had to work extra hard over the first 1km to claw my way back to the front, running through the first 1km in a blistering pace of 2:40 min/km!
And the link to the above race report.
Ishigaki ITU Triathlon World Cup
April 26th 20091.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run
Leading men during the run.
Elite Men - Unofficial Results
Gold Courtney Atkinson (AUS) 1:48:24
Silver Ivan Vasiliev (RUS) 1:49:01 +:37
Bronze Denis Vasiliev (RUS) 1:49:23 +:59
4th Vladamir Turbaevskiy (RUS) 1:49:41 +1:17
5th James Seear (AUS) 1:49:46 +1:22
6th Hirokatsu Tayama (JPN) 1:50:13 +1:49
7th Sebastian Rank (GER) 1:51:34 +3:10
8th Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) 1:51:50 +3:26
9th Kyle Jones (CAN) 1:51:59 +3:35
10th Yohann Vincent (FRA) 1:52:03 +3:39
Elite Women - official Results
Gold Juri Ide (JPN) 2:03:33
Silver Kathy Tremblay (CAN) 2:03:38 +:05
Bronze Kiyomi Niwata (JPN) 2:03:54 +:21
4th Ainhoa Murua (ESP) 2:04:16 +:43
5th Lauren Groves (CAN) 2:04:51 +1:18
6th Olga Dmitrieva (RUS) 2:05:22 +1:49
7th Melanie Annaheim (SUI) 2:05:28 +1:55
8th Nicky Samuels (NZL) 2:05:39 +2:06
9th Ai Ueda (JPN) 2:05:46 +2:13
10th Misato Takagi (JPN) 2:06:12 +2:39
Leading women during the run. Both photos above by Satoshi Takasaki.
For more go to www.Triathlon.org
Ironman China
Hainan Island, China
April 18th 2009
Men
1. Rasmus Henning 8:53:20
2. Patrick Wallimann 9:22:46
3. Mike Schifferle 9:28:49
4. Jozsef Major 9:38:52
5. Byung Hoon Park 9:57:10
6. Shigenobu Ikegata 9:59:55
7. Patrick Evoe 10:03:38
8. Assad Attamimi 10:06:24
9. Yoshiaki Teramoto 10:09:15
10. Petr Vabrousek 10:12:06
Woman
1. Charlotte Paul 9:48:14
2. Edith Niederfriniger 10:01:39
3. Tereza Macel 10:13:43
4. Donna Phelan 10:25:15
5. Kim Loeffler 10:29:53
6. Hillary Biscay 10:39:14
7. Lidia Rekas 10:50:13
8. Yvette Grice 11:05:43
9. Jocelyn Sui-Yee Wong 11:08:10
10. Megumi Kobayashi 11:14:26
Xterra New Zealand
Rotarua , N.Z.
April 18th 2009
XTERRA New Zealand annually hosts more than 2,000 athletes in what is considered the world's largest single day XTERRA off-road triathlon festival with competitors choosing from walking, running, mountain biking as well as the individual and team XTERRA events.
Pro Men
1st Richard Ussher 00:14:0 01102:03:33
2nd Scott Thorne00:14l200 ll5502:04:04
3rd Mark 'Cabin' Leishman0:ll502:08:47
4th Tim Wilding00:14:2l14ll5502:09:30
5th Terenzo Bozzone00:14:4l 502:09:45
6th James Kennedy00:14:2:l ll502:14:45
7th Cam Durno00:14:2001ll:l502:16:41
Richard Ussher earlier this year.
Xterra was on a mountain bike.
Pro Women
1st Nicola Leary00:14:205502:26:07
2nd Susie Wood00:14:l2:5502:28:25
3rd Annika Smail00:14:2:5502:28:49
4th Nina Pedersen00:l1l2:5502:33:02
5th Catherine Dunn00:1 l:5502:34:04
6th Eloise Fry00:14:2lll2:5502:40:59
Easter Friday 'Lake Hayes' triathlon
Lake Hayes, Queenstown, N.Z.
April 10th 2009
Click here or on any of the photos below to go see the full event covered in photos.
Todays event still runs over the same swim and bike terrain as the 2003 ITU World Championships held here. This triathlon started back in 1983 and the original organiser(Tom Pyde), was still helping run it today.
You don't get closer than this to the start line action. Trying out the underwater camera cover bought in Cairns last year.
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Some more results from the weekend
April 5th 2009
Wow there are plenty of the big names amongst these results. Plenty of the great ITU triathletes stepping up for the first time I have noted including Brent McMahon and Olivier Marceau. it looks like you really have to be on form to win these races.
Ironman 70.3 New Orleans
Top 10 men
1. Brent McMahon (CAN) 3:52:08
2. Chris McCormack (AUS) 3:54:33
3. Tim O'Donnell (USA) 3:55:08
4. Luc Van Lierde (BEL) 3:57:18
5. Ben Hoffman (USA) 3:57:52
6. Brandon Marsh (USA) 4:00:13
7. Brian Fleischmann (USA) 4:00:55
8. Dennis Devriendt (BEL) 4:03:03
9. Justin Park (USA) 4:03:41
10. Herve Faure (FRA) 4:04:13
Top 10 women
1. Natascha Badmann (SWI) 4:17:50
2. Catriona Morrison (GBR) 4:18:43
3. Joanna Zeiger (USA) 4:22:25
4. Caitlin Snow (USA) 4:22:51
5. Nina Kraft (GER) 4:23:17
6. Magali Tisseyre (CAN) 4:24:40
7. Linsey Corbin (USA) 4:26:28
8. Kate Major (AUS) 4:28:02
9. Lisa Bentley (CAN) 4:28:57
10. Jessica Myers (USA) 4:31:34
Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa
Top 10 men
1. Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 8:17:33 *
2. Michael Goehner (GER) 8:32:02
3. Petr Vabrousek (CZE) 8:36:08
4. Stephen Bayliss (GBR) 8:47:27
5. Andreas Venhorst (GER) 8:51:52
6. James Cunnama (RSA) 8:55:24
7. Raimo Raudsepp (EST) 8:57:19
8. Olivier Marceau (FRA) 8:59:09
9. Sebastian Pedraza (ITA) 9:03:19
10. Lawrence Van Lingen (RSA) 9:17:16
Top 10 women
1. Lucie Zelenkova (CZE) 9:16:32 *
2. Sonja Tajsich (GER) 9:27:59
3. Rachel Joyce (GBR) 9:37:00
4. Jacqui Gordon (USA) 9:46:26
5. Caroline Koll (RSA) 10:08:35
6. Anne-Marie Dupont (BEL) 10:13:40
7. Helen Buley (RSA) 10:21:37
8. Kathryn Cronje (RSA) 10:25:37
9. Celeste Swart (RSA) 10:31:03
10. Marisa Ferraris (RSA) 10:39:00
* course record
Ironman Australia
Port McQuarie, Australia
April 5th 2009
Firstly it was disapointing was hearing the most winningest triathlete of all times Michellie Jones had to pull out the night before with a cold. Michellie was the last woman to hold the ironman world champion crown before chrissie come on the scene.
The mens race was great in that the top men were still running in close proximity to each other in the last 10kms of the marathon.
Men
1st Patrick Vernay (New Caledonia)...... 8:24:55
2nd Pete Jacobs.................................... 8:29:07
3rd Tim Berkel ...................................... 8:31:47
4th Jimmy Johnsen ................................ 8:33:45
5th Maik Twelsiek .................................8:34:13
6th Timothy Deboom..............................8:39:47
7th Simon Thompson..............................8:42:21
8th Matt Matt ........................................8:50:59
9th Chris Dmitrieff .................................8:53:06
10th. Mitchell Anderson ........................8:56:21
Women
1st Chrissie Wellington .................. 8:57:10
2nd Rebekah Keat ........................ 9:21:33
3rd Caroline Steffen ...................... 9:38:44
4th Kelly Jarrett ............................ 9:38:52
5th Abigail Bayley ........................ 10:01:27
6th Leanne Southwell ................... 10:03:44
7th Sarah Pollett .......................... 10:04:23
8th Kirsten Molloy ...................... 10:08:09
9th Alison Coyle ......................... 10:12:49
10th Jodie Scott ...........................10:13:05
Photos below by and Andrew Sawatske of 'Hi Tide Photography'
The top two woman and the top 3 men at the finish area. More great photos of the whole event by clicking on the images above.
ITU Continental Cup
New Plymouth, New Zealand
April 5th 2009
Bevan Docherty and Kirsten Sweetland are looking strong. Chris Gemmel crashed out on a corner at 60k/hr but is apparently just a bit bruised. Clark Ellice is doin well to be onl 10secs back considering he is quite a big guy. Shane Reed was in 8th and only 1min 23sec back so he will improve.
Andreas Raelert from Germany took 3rd today and is an amazing athlete especially since winning ironman Arizona at the end of November 2008 in 8hr 14min 16secs.
Elite Men
1 Bevan Docherty NZL 1:51:33
2 Clark Ellice NZL 1:51:43
3 Andreas Raelert GER 1:51:50
4 Claude Eksteen RSA 1:52:01
5 Michael Raelert GER 1:52:16
Elite Women
1 Kirsten Sweetland CAN 2:02:22
2 Nicky Samuels NZL 2:03:50
3 Kiyomi Niwata l JPN 2:04:37
4 Andrea Hewitt NZL 2:05:54
5` Misato Takagi l JPN 2:06:39
California 70.3
U.S.A.
April 5th 2009
Matt Reed did well to overcome a rough start in the swim to beat the 2007 world champion over this distance Andy Potts.
The womans race looks like a close battle, but am sure Sam Warriner would have lead it if it wasn't for a Stingray incident the day before.
More and more ITU athletes stepping up to the 1/2 ironman distance. Five of the woman are clearly recogniseable as performing at the top of ITU recently. And the top 2 men are from the top of the ITU also.
Pro men
1. Matty Reed (USA) 3:51:50
2. Andy Potts (USA) 3:53:36
3. Ronnie Schildknecht (SWI) 3:54:14
4. Richie Cunningham (GBR) 3:54:38
5. Joe Gambles (AUS) 3:56:27
6. Luke Bell (AUS) 3:58:01
7. William Clarke (GBR) 4:00:41
8. Sylvain Sudrie (FRA) 4:01:07
9. Michael Lovato (USA) 4:03:25
10. Jozsef Mayor (HUN) 4:03:38
Pro women
1. Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 4:25:02
2. Sarah Groff (USA) 4:25:23
3. Leanda Cave (GBR) 4:25:43
4. Erika Csomor (HUN) 4:28:31
5. Tine Deckers (BEL) 4:31:12
6. Lisa Mensink (CAN) 4:32:17
7. Sam Warriner (NZL) 4:32:57
8. Dede Griesbauer (USA) 4:32:58
9. Mary-Beth Ellis (USA) 4:33:53
10. Kim Loeffler (USA) 4:37:08
2009 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup
Australia
March 29th 2009
Gold - Courtney Atkinson (AUS) 1:52:05
Silver - Kris Gemmell (NZL) 1:52:16
Bronze - Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) 1:52:50
4th - David Hauss (FRA) 1:53:24
5th - Laurent Vidal (FRA) 1:53:30
6th - Dan Wilson (AUS) 1:53:35
7th - Andreas Raelert (GER) 1:53:40
8th - Gareth Halversen (AUS) 1:53:49
9th - Matt Chrabot (USA) 1:54:02
10th - James Seear (AUS) 1:54:16
Gold - Kirsten Sweetland (CAN) 2:02:00
Silver - Emma Moffatt (AUS) 2:02:55
Bronze - Daniela Ryf (SUI) 2:03:03
4th - Nicky Samuels (NZL) 2:04:19
5th - Felicity Abram (AUS) 2:05:28
6th - Julian Petersen (USA) 2:05:33
7th - Annabel Luxford (AUS) 2:05:53
8th - Debbie Tanner (NZL) 2:06:24
9th - Liz Blatchford (GBR) 2:06:36
10th - Misato Takagi (JPN) 2:06:46
More doping issues for the Austrian athletes
Austria
March 28th 2009
Austrian pro ITU triathlete Lisa Hütthaler admitted this week to the Austrian daily Kurier that she had been doping(EPO use).
Even with what is written below the creator of this site feels some sympathy to Hütthaler and hopes that something useful comes out of it all.
Above and below is a photo of Lisa Hütthaler from the ITU world cup race in New Zealand in March 2008.
These photos turned up on a camera card uploaded last week, which was great because thought they were lost in my last computer crash. Because the sports of triathlon/cycling need to clean up there act up with regard to doping, the above image was my screensaver since finding the original photos. The above photo stood out to me because was very surprised when taking it, as she dropped the water bottle over her shoulder with little ragard for anyone who may have been behind(haven't seen this before in many races watched).
My personal view however is that some team managers/leaders who are willing to break the rules are creating the situation.
Also at the the N.Z 2008 world cup race, she crashed into her Austrian teammate(2004 gold medalist and Hutthaler's competition to make the '08 team), on the bike. Other people in the bike pack said it looked intentional. Hutthaler was unscathed, but her teammate needed 30 stitches in her face. I have heard the above from several sources but didn't see it happen so not sure it is true.
In a stunning 2 page interview, Hütthaler talked about the doping, some of the people behind the network and her reasons for talking now.
"I have made this decision because I miss the sport very much. And because I am sick of all the lies," said Hütthaler when asked about her reasons to come clean now. "I can't change what has already happened. But I can help out to that it gets better some time. It is not easy. I am afraid and am considering moving to another country."Currently Hütthaler is awaiting criminal charges as she stands accused of attempting to bribe a lab employee of the lab who tested her B sample. Now she has come clean about her doping and also fingered Irondoc Alex Zoubek and Stefan Matschiner, the former manager of Austrian road pro Bernhard Kohl as suppliers.
Also Austrian Kohl, who finished third in the 2008 'Tour de France', testified at NADA after he had tested positive and admitted he had used the drug.
The hearing was held behind closed doors, and it was not immediately clear whether Kohl had revealed how he got the performance-enhancing drug.
"I've made my statement, and I've been honest," Kohl said, without elaborating. "If it's appreciated (by NADA), it will be a good sign for the sport."
Above from Austrian Times and 'SlowTwitch'.
Lance Armstrong comes of his bike and fractures his collarbone
Spain
March 24th 2009
Am picking he will still be at this years 'Tour de France', but it may hinder his build up.
Singapore 70.3
Singapore
March 22nd 2009
This image is copyrighted to Richard Seow. To see this event fully covered in photos/story click here or the photo.
Men
1st Craig Alexander(Crowie) ---- 3hr 47min 23sec
2nd Chris McCormack(Macca)---- 3hr 50min 41sec
3rd Simon Thompson ------------ 3hr 54min 27sec
4th Peter Jacobs ------------------3hr 56min 15sec
5th Reinaldo Colocci--------------3hr 58min 24sec
This image is copyrighted to Richard Seow. To see this event fully covered in photos/story click here or the photo.
Woman
1st Jodie Swallow ---------------4hr 19min 10sec
2nd Andrea Hewitt --------------4hr 30min 24sec
3rd Tereza Macel ----------------4hr 30min 41sec
4th Lucie Zelenkova ------------4hr 40min 38sec
5th Kate Major ------------------4hr 44min 29sec
Contact Tri Series final, N.Z. National Championships
Wellington, New Zealand
March 14th 2009
Standard Distance -1.5km swim , 40km bike, 10km run
Below are the results from Wellington, however the overall N.Z tri series for 2009 went to Wellington's Martin van Barneveld and Nikki Samuels (Wanaka based).
Bevan Docherty #1 above looked to have a lightning fast transition ........ full event photo coverage here.
Elite Men
1st Bevan Docherty (Taupo) 1:52:59,
2nd Clark Ellice (New Plymouth) 1:53:19,
3rd Graham O'Grady (Hamilton) 1:53:26
1:45.720 3 02:18:11.000 24.32 01:07.000 13 01:22:17.110 06:17
12 TERENZO BOZZONE 24 AUCKLAND, NA, NZ 8 04:09:54.030 5 23:13.860 19:22 01:30.340 . . 23 01:24:52.660 06:29
66 BEN HOFFMAN 26 DURANGO, CO 9 04:12:14.680 35 24:42.820 20:36 01:42.310 12 02:23:29.640 23.42 00:53.830 10 01:21:26.080 06:13
64 ROMAIN GUILLAUME 24 MONTMOROT, NA 10 04:13:24
Debbie Tanner about to take out the N.Z national champs ........ full event photo coverage here.
Elite Women
1st Debbie Tanner (Auckland) 2:04:54,
2nd Nikki Samuels (Wanaka) 2:05:07,
3 Kate McIlroy (Wgtn) 2:08:33
U23 Men
1st Tony Dodds (Wanaka) 1:53:49,
2nd Ryan Sissons (Auckland) 1:53:54,
3rd Jos Hoetjes (Christchurch) 1:54:09
U23 Women
1st Rebecca Spence (Auckland) 2:06:06,2nd Jackie Seebold (Auckland) 2:09:58
Photos of ironman N.Z and subscription page
Taupo, New Zealand
March 10th 2009
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Am going to give the subscription idea a go. I like to pay the photographers who take the photos as it is quite a bit of work to take them. All the stuff on the password protected area will from people I paid. So if you like this site then i hope you support it somehow.
It is $5 USD for a 2 year sub or if you buy any clothing you will get a 2 year sub. Minimum clothing purchase is $38 USD for free postage and packing.
And there will be a few new articles on it soon also including a great one on 'anti-inflammatory use in endurance sports' by a friend with a pharmacy and sports medicine degree.
Ironman New Zealand
Taupo, New Zealand
March 7th 2009
Cameron Brown sets a new course record with a 2hr 43min 10sec run and that was after stopping and high fiving people for the last 3kms. He is a true legend in ironman and is one of only 2 people in history to make it 8 ironman titles. Every year a few big names come to Taupo and give it everything to take this race but they always come up short.
Men
1st Cameron Brown ............8:18:04...................N.Z
2nd Terenzo Bozzone..........8:25:36...................N.Z
3rd Dirk Bockel...................8:27:11...................LUX
4th Jan Raphael.................8:32:31...................GER
5th Richard Ussher.............8:35:55...................N.Z
6th Stephen Bayliss............8:38:28..................U.K
7th Mike Neill......................8:44:49.................CAN
8th Shingo Tani..................9:00:13.................JPN
9th Bevan McKinnon............9:01:13.................N.Z
10th Marc Pschebizen..........9:03:01.................GER
Gina Ferguson(photo below),takes first. And with the win the IMNZ crown that Joanna lawn has held for the past 6 years.
Woman
1st Gina Ferguson.............. 9:18:26.........................N.Z2nd Joanna Lawn ............... 9:23:07........................N.Z
3rd Charlotte Paul.............. 9:30:24........................AUS
4th Lisbeth Kristensen.........9:32:50........................DEN
5th Bella Bayliss.................9:41:03........................SCO
6th Emi Shiono.................. 9:54:16........................JPN
7th Nicole Ward................. 9:56:03.......................AUS
8th Britta Martin................ 9:56:17........................NZ
9th Jenny Gowans...............9:57:57.......................NZ
10th Bridget Fry................. 9:58:12........................NZ
2009 Gold Coast OTF Triathlon Oceania Championships
Gold Coast, Australia
March 2nd 2009
1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run
Official Results
NOTE : Oceania Champion is the first triathlete to cross the line from N.Z and Australia
Elite Men
Gold - Brad Kahlefeldt AUS 1:50:13 *Oceania Champion
Silver - Courtney Atkinson AUS 1:50:25
Bronze - Dan Wilson AUS 1:50:51
4th - Clark Ellice NZL 1:51:35
5th - Ryan Sissons- NZL 1:51:41
Elite Women
Gold - Kiyomi Niwata JPN 2:00:45
Silver - Daniela Ryf SUI 2:01:13
Bronze - Barbara Riveros CHI 2:01:15
4th - Sarah Crowley AUS 2:02:04 *Oceania Champion
5th - Misato Takagi JPN 2:02:23
Granger sets a new record at Ironman Malaysia
Langkawi, Malaysia
28th Feb 2009
Belinda Granger
MEN:
1st hhLuke Mckenzie linell in 8:26:48.
2nd hhBryan Rhodes line lllin 8:32:52
3rd hhBrian Fuller line illlllllln 8:38:06
4th hhHiroyuki Nishiuchi linin 8:48:235thhh Petr Vabrousek lline in 8:50:48
6th hhPatrick Evoe linejjjjjjin 8:52:15
7th hhElmar Schuberth line in 8:55:24
WOMAN:
1st hhBelinda Granger lile in 9:36:40
2nd hhNicole Leder linejnl in 9:36:40
3rdhh Maki Nishiuchi linhll in 9:57:13
4th hhDonna Phelan linhe in 10:03:185th hhChristine Waitz linl in 10:05:32
6th hhUte Streiter (#43)lllat 10:12:51
7th h Yasuko Miyazaki (#l38 10:17:05
Kris Gemmell and Andrea Hewitt win Contact Cup
Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand
21st Feb 2009
Elite Men
1 Kris Gemmellllllllllllllll llN.Z ll lll48:26
2 Laurent Vidal lllllllllllll France 48:29
3 Ryan Sissons lllllllllllll NZ 48:35
4 Martin Van Barneveld llNZ ll 48:48
5 Ben Pattle llllllllllllllllll NZ ll 49:01
Elite Women
1 Andrea Hewitt N.Z llllll 53:15
2 Sam Warriner N.Z llllllllllllllll 53:39
3 Kate Roberts South Africa 53:58
4 Kate McIlroy N.Z lllllllllllllll 54:08
5 Debbie Tanner N.Z llllllllllll 54:09
The good weather proved a sign of racing to come with the women's Contact Cup race a duel between the world class athletes and some aspiring Kiwis. On the bike a group formed that included Hewitt, Warriner, Lisa Norden (Sweden), Kate Roberts (South Africa), Rebecca Spence (Auckland) and Kate McIlroy (Wellington).
But confusion at the transition from bike to run saw Warriner, Norden and Spence ride too far, emerging on the main course before turning and retracing their steps some 200m to the transition area.
By now Hewitt, Tanner and others had cleared out, but Warriner showed her great determination by quickly gathering in most of the field to trail Hewitt, who lead at the halfway point in the run by 20 seconds. It proved enough, Warriner's amazing effort was good for second but over a short 4.65km she was never going to regain the lost ground on Hewitt with the Christchurch athlete delighted with her first race of the season. Wow, that was great. I enjoyed the course and the crowd and am thrilled to win. This was my first race of the year so I wasn't sure how I was going to go but I felt great, especially on the run where I felt really strong.
Story from Triathlon.org.nz , where you can alsoread more about this series.
Record field for 25th anniversary IMNZ
Taupo, New Zealand
18th Feb 2009
Click the above image of Terenzo Bozzone
for a preview of the 2009 Ironman N.Z.
'Coast to Coast' 2009
World multisport championship,
Christchurch, N.Z.
14th Feb 2009
Mens one day results:
1st Gordon Walker
2nd Trevor Voyce
3rd Luke Chapman
4th Luke Vaughan5th Marcel Hagener
Gordon Walker takes out the 'coast to coast in convincing style with a deacent 30 minute buffer back to 2nd place.
Luke Chapman was just over 2 minutes ahead with a few kms left in Christchurch when he was given the wrong direction by a peron working at an intersection. In the end he was 1 1/2 mins back from 2nd place.
Gordon Walker crossing the line in 1st.
Womans one day results:
1st Emily Miazga
2nd Jill Westenra
3rd Elina Usher
4th Fleur Pausey
5th Fleur Lattimore
Emily Miazga taking out the womans race as she did in 2008. Must be those Em's power cookies, she makes and sells?!
And here is a link to the 'Coast to Coast' one day results with all the times.
Link to all the the 2009 'Coast to Coast' results.
Some results from the weekend
8th Feb 2009
2009 Snap Geelong Ironman 70.3
Geelong, Australia
S 1.9k/ B 90k/ R 21.1 k
Pro men1. Craig Alexander (AUS) 3:50:51
2. David Dellow (AUS) 3:53:02
3. Luke Bell (AUS) 3:53:52
4. Joe Gambles (AUS) 3:56:13
5 Matty White (AUS) 3:57:23
6. Jimmy Johnsen (DEN) 3:57:44
7. Tyler Butterfield (BER) 3:58:33
8. Luke McKenzie (AUS) 3:58:38
Pro women
1. Samantha Warriner (NZL) 4:14:33
2. Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 4:15:25
3. Rebekah Keat (AUS) 4:17:35
4. Kate Major (AUS)4:23:48
5. Pip Taylor (AUS) 4:25:56
6. Kate Bevilaqua (AUS) 4:28:11
7. Tara Prowse (AUS) 4:28:48
8. Amelia Pearson (AUS) 4:29:34
Contact Tri Series Kinloch,
Taupo, New Zealand
750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run
Elite Men
1 Bevan Docherty 1:01:00
2 Tony Dodds 1:01:40
3 Clark Ellice 1:01:51
4 Graham O'Grady 1:02:16
5 Martin van Barneveld 1:02:53
U23 Elite Men
1 Tony Dodds 1:01:40
2 Ben Christophers 1:04:23
3 William Curtayne 1:05:02
Elite Women
1 Nicky Samuels 1:12:53
2 Liz May 1:14:09
3 Rebecca Spence kkkkk 1:14:50
4 Debbie Tanner 1:16:05
5 Jacqui Seebold 1:16:22
Record field for 25th anniversary IMNZ
Taupo, New Zealand
6th Feb 2009
Entries have closed at a record 1495, which exceeds the previous best marks of 1480 in 2006 and 1425 in 2004.The field includes 860 New Zealanders a record in itself and shows the outstanding development of this event and the sport in New Zealand over the past 25 years.
In 1985 just 68 Kiwis were on the start line!
Photo of the 2008 IMNZ swim.
Southland Summer Challenge
Gore, Southland, New Zealand
January 31st 2009
1/2 iron-distance triathlon
1st Richard Usher - 4:00:48, 1hr 15min 1/2 marathon
2nd Chris Bisley - 4:17:50
3rd Matt King - 4:25:38
Richard Usher
1st Jodi Currie -5:30:03 (not bad after doing the 'Challenge wanaka' two weekends before).
2nd Ange Burnett - 6:09:48
There was a good field at this event. There was also duathlons of different lengths, multisports which included a kayak section and a 1/4 iron-distance triathlon. Did the 1/4 iron-distance triathlon and it was a good course and there were good prizes for all the events............... highly recommend it. Also was pretty special to have the likes of Richard Usher and Luke Dragstra racing today. Luke pulled out during the bike and don't blame him as it is not easy to recover from going hard at 'Challenge Wanaka' 2 weekends ago.
Richard Usher will be one to watch in taupo this year. And from the quick chat I had with him, Kona sounds like a goal. he could have gone last year as a pro but chose not to.
Full results here: check out the 1/4 ironman!?
Some 'Ironman 70.3' series results from last weekend
Chile & South Africa
January 18th 2009
Ironman 70.3 South Africa
Top 5 men
1. Raynard Tissink (RSA) 4:02:04
2. Fraser Cartmell (GBR) 4:04:07
3. Konstantin Bachor (GER) 4:04:50
4. Tim Don (GBR) 4:12:50
5. Kent Horner (RSA) 4:14:31
Top 5 women
1. Lucie Zelenkova (CZE) 4:46:40
2. Heleen bij de Vaate (NED) 4:57:00
3. Claire Kinsley (RSA) 4:59:26
4. Mariska Kramer-Postma (NED) 5:02:18
5. Diana Riesler (GER) 5:08:54
Ironman 70.3 Pucon, Chile
Top 5 men
1. Oscar Galindez (ARG) 3:57:26
2. Reinaldo Colucci (BRA)
3. Daniel Fontana (ITA)
4. Andrea D'Aquino (ITA)
5. Eduardo Sturla (ARG)
Top 3 women
1. Heather Gollnick (USA) 4:28:48
2. Linsey Corbin (USA)
3. Amanda Stevens (USA)
The news item at the top of my list!
Southland, New Zealand
January 21st 2009
The latest on Richard Usher and why he wasn't on the start line at 'Challenge Wanaka'
Southland has been my home for 6 months of the year for the last 2 years. Was thinking about entering our local 1/2 iron-distance event before reading this, so now will have to take my camera as well.
N.Z Triathlon 'Training Camps'
New Zealand
2009, 2010.........................
They are put on here as links for people from N.Z and all over the world.
Well there is the 'Epic Camp' in January/February to begin with Gordo, John Newsom and Scott Molina etc.... I checked it out and it is one of the best in the world.
There has been a Wanaka training camp in November held for the last 2 years; will post more on this if it continues. I did one and the knowledge was invaluable, and the group training was super.
Cameron Brown also runs training camps. He is one of the best in the world. Six times N.Z.ironman champion. Also top 3 in Kona a few times.
And there is some of the best group training an training camps which are advertised at times in the 'Canterbury Triathlon Club' website. They are a great group and there are contacts available on the site. If you are in this area then you can go along with them for training rides etc; from my experience.
And if you want to be a professional triathlete then the 'Tour of Southland' is a good stepping stone. Four professional triathletes have used it as a build-up that I know of including Chris Gemmel, and it is held in November each year.
Links to the 'Tour of Southland' website via my event pages:
Final day 'Tour of Southland'
Day 3 'Tour of Southland'
'Challenge Wanaka'
Wanaka, New Zealand
January 17th 2009
Click on any of the photos below to go to the 2009 'Challenge Wanaka' event covered in photos.
Chris MacDonald above in action today.
Haven't had time to sort through all the photos. Will have full photo event pages up in the next couple of days. I was doing it but had my sister and cousin photographing it.
Results
MEN
1st Chris McDonald (AUS) 8.37.41 (57.12/4.45.34/2.51.33)
2nd Keegan Williams (NZL) 8.44.08 (54.41/4.55.04/2.50.41)
3rd Petr Vabrousek (CZE) 8.44.38 (57.09/4.55.42/2.48.25)
4th Justin Daerr (USA) 8:47:47
5th Marc Pschebizin (GER) 8:53:36 5
6th Luke Dragstra (CAN) 8:58:26
7th Axel Reiser (GER) 9:02:33
8th Justin Granger (AUS) 9:19:16
WOMEN
1st Gina Ferguson (NZL) 9.28.27 (54.34/5.14.28/3.15.19)
2nd Merryn Johnston (NZL) 10.03.56
3rd Hillary Biscay (USA) 10.16.39
For full results go to the 'Challenge Wanaka' website by clicking here
And some inspiration from the race:
This 73 year old guy on the left(Garth) did the race today in just under 17 1/2 hrs.
The cut-off was 17 1/2 hours and the conditions got a bit more windy as the day went on, so those people out on the course longer did a harder race in that respect.
The 230 years of 'life experience' team on the right completed it in just under 15hours.
A link to several jobs in triathlon media!
Triathlon World, January 11th 2009
ITU Seeks Communications Manager
Editor - Triathlon Magazine Launch - Bath, England
The above triathlon magazine were also looking for a technical editor a month ago or so. Considered it myself but like to keep this site as a hobby/enjoyment plus it will cost me 1000 quid to get a work visa for England.
NZ long distance Triathlon champs
Tauranga, January 10th 2009
Taupos Duncan Milne has won the mens title for the first time, holding off eight-time champion Cameron Brown who recovered from more than 6 minutes lost late on the bike leg because of a puncture, to be only 27 seconds behind the winner in second place.
Samantha Warriner has smashed the race record on the way to victory in the 20th anniversary of the Port of Tauranga half ironman.
Warriner clocked 4 hours, 10 minutes and 47 seconds for the two kilometre swim, 90 kilometre bike ride and 21 kilometre run, breaking the 13-year-old record by two and a half minutes. She finished 8 minutes ahead of two-time winner Joanna Lawn.
Provisional results
20 th Port of Tauranga Half Ironman (2km swim 90km bike 21km run)
Men:
1st, Duncan Milne (Taupo) 3:56.55 (26.20 swim 2:06,46 bike, 1:21.44 run)
2nd, Cameron Brown (Auckland) 3:57.22 (25.13, 2:15.07, 1:15.01)
3rd, James Bowstead (Waiuku) 3:58.14 (26.17, 2:06.14, 1:23.35)
4th, Blair Jordan (Tauranga) 3:58.27 (25.14, 2:09.38, 1:21.32)
5th, Jamie Whyte (Invercargill) 3:58.59 (26.22, 2:06.07, 1:24.18)
6th, Liam Scopes (Auckland) 4:00.55 (26.06, 2:15.26, 1:17.24)
7th, Bevan McKinnon (Auckland) 4:01.16 (26.15, 2:06.53, 1:25.52)
8th, Brodie Madgwick (Auckland) 4:05.48 (26.42, 2:16.54, 1:20.02)
9th, Paul Westwood (Rotorua) 4:06.02 (30.22, 2:13.18, 1:20.19)
10th, Glen Gore (South Africa) 4:09.25 (25.10, 2:20.27, 1:20.60)
Kieron Doe led for the first have of the bike but was caught by the group. Apparantly he was ill so not good for defending a title like this.
Women:
1st, Samantha Warriner (Whangarei) 4:10.47 (26.07, 2:17.16, 1:25.25)
2nd, Joanna Lawn (Auckland) 4:18.47 (26.19, 2:23.18, 1:26.47)
3rd, Michelle Simpson (Auckland) 4:31.46 (30.21, 2:20.40, 1:38.13)
4th, Abigail Bayley (Australia) 4:33.18 (29.51, 2:26.32, 1:34.24)
5th, Celia Kuch (Auckland) 4:35.30 (30.29, 2:22.18, 1:38.57) 5.
NZ long distance Triathlon champs tomorow
Tauranga, January 9th 2009
Cameron Brown will be there and going for his 9th victory. His running streak of wins was stopped in 2005 by Australian Craig Alexander.
In the womans race world ITU series winner Samantha Warriner will battle it out with Joanna Lawn.
Here is a link to a good story on Kieron Doe who will be looking to defend his title there tomorow.
Results will be posted here as soon as i get them also. It is NZ's largest triathlon with a field of 1200 starters.
Below are some links to older 'News' and 'Event photo pages'.
Tauranga, January 9th 2008
Choose your news from the drop down box(above photo).
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