Challenge Venice in pictures
Dirk Waijnarda finished the full distance triathlon (3.8km swim, 180-km cycle and 42km marathon) in a time of 8:09:14, 10 minutes and 10 seconds ahead of second-placed Sergio Marques of…
Dave Scott Launches Ironman Training Camps in Kona
Looking to improve your triathlon performance this summer? Then we could have found just the thing… Six-time Ironman world champ and coaching legend Dave Scott has told 220 that he…
Explosive contractions found to improve muscle strength
The scientists compared short, explosive contractions lasting less than one second with sustained contractions lasting three seconds. They investigated the effect of the different contractions on the participants’ quadriceps muscles…
Jorgensen storms to victory at WTS Leeds
The home crowd could only stand and stare today as the 30-year-old from Wisconsin hunted down her fellow ITU athlete prey on the final 10km, to take her 17th WTS…
WTS Leeds: Elite women’s quotes
FLORA DUFFY, 2ND (BERMUDA) Advertisement ON… RACING HARD It’s always my tactic to race hard from the start and try and hit the podium. When I came off the bike…
Ali Brownlee triumphs at WTS Leeds
The Yorkshire setting. A buoyant and bumper home crowd. A one-two finish. Things couldn’t have been scripted much better for the Brownlee brothers at the inaugural ITU World Triathlon Series…
WTS Leeds: Elite men’s quotes
JONNY BROWNLEE, GBR, 2ND Advertisement ON RACING IN LEEDS… Basically it was incredible. The support is better than anything else in the world. It’s a good, honest triathlon course. We…
Lucy Gossage takes 70.3 Staffs
The second edition of Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire on Sunday dawned still and calm, with the surface of Chasewater reservoir resembling a mirror. Advertisement Over 2,000 athletes set off in conditions…
Allen and Slack win Eastbourne Tri
True to predictions, it was the Australian professional Ben Allen who took the first ever 32Gi Eastbourne Triathlon title in a time of 1:09:17. Allen was joined on the top…
World Triathlon Leeds: organisational issues blight age-group event
On first impressions and via the television coverage, the Leeds ITU World Triathlon event appeared to be a great advert for British Triathlon and the city of Leeds. However countless…
Race preview: ÖtillÖ hosts first UK race in the Scilly Isles this weekend
Swimrun has definitely crossed the waters from Sweden to become the new multisport craze – and this weekend sees founding brand ÖtillÖ (Swedish for ‘island to island’) host its new…
Swiss lakeside city to host 2019 ITU World Series Final
“It is a pleasure to announce that Lausanne, the “Olympic Capital”, has been awarded the World Championships in 2019,” said ITU President and IOC Member Marisol Casado. “The 2019 season…