HAMBURG, GERMANY – In Mixed Relay’s first event since the announcement to be included as an official Olympic sport for the Tokyo 2020 Programme, Australia put forth a fierce come from behind finish to claim its first-ever World Championship title with a team of Charlotte McShane, Matthew Hauser, Ashleigh Gentle and Jacob Birtwhistle. [Read more…]
New Long Course Weekend Mallorca event
Mallorca – A new event known as the Long Course Weekend is to be held on the island from the 3rd to 5th of November 2017. [Read more…]
Duffy, Brownlee winners at ITU Leeds
ITU LEEDS, ENGLAND – On a day where the streets were lined with thousands of spectators to watch the world’s fastest triathletes compete, Bermuda’s Flora Duffy and Great Britain’s own Alistair Brownlee claimed victory at the 2017 Columbia Threadneedle World Triathlon Leeds. [Read more…]
Sissons, Taylor-Brown first World Cup wins at ITU Madrid
MADRID, SPAIN – It was a day of firsts in the Spanish capital for the 2017 ITU Madrid World Cup, with both Ryan Sissons (NZL) and Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) winning their first ever World Cup. Also first on the podium were Taylor Spivey (USA) and Chelsea Burns (USA), as well as Raphael Montoya (FRA) while his compatriot Simon Viein grabbed in Madrid his second world cup top three finishes. [Read more…]
Mola, Duffy reign at WTS Yokohama
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN – For the second year in a row, Spaniard Mario Mola claimed victory at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon – WTS Yokohama. On the women’s field, last year’s WTS champion Flora Duffy (BER) returned to the 2017 season with a victory. [Read more…]
Hauser, Stanford first wins at Chengdu World Cup
CHENGDU, CHINA – To conclude the season’s first semifinal/finals race format of the season, Australia’s Matthew Hauser and Great Britain’s Non Stanford earned first-time career World Cup wins at the 2017 Chengdu ITU Triathlon World Cup on Sunday. [Read more…]
Hewitt, Mola take 2017 ITU Gold Coast titles
GOLD COAST, Australia – The second stop of the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series saw the pace speed up in Australia for two fast and furious sprints, and it was Mario Mola (ESP) and Andrea Hewitt (NZL) who collected wins on the Gold Coast on Saturday. [Read more…]
Murray, Zafares defend New Plymouth ITU World Cup titles
NEW PLYMOUTH ITU, NEW ZEALAND – The South African and American dominance in New Plymouth continued today, a three-peat for Richard Murray, his third consecutive win, and Katie Zafares scored her second following a win in 2014. [Read more…]
Two triathletes for Anti-Doping Rule Violations
ITU has today announced it has imposed a 10-month ban on both Hao Miao (CHN) and Liwei Sun (CHN). Both athletes committed anti-doping rule violations at an in-competition doping control test at the 2016 Weihai ITU Long Distance Triathlon Series Event for the use of Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). [Read more…]
ITU, Ironman partnership
IRONMAN and INTERNATIONAL TRIATHLON UNION, ITU, agree to historic partnership to further develop the Sport of Triathlon [Read more…]