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Ironman Melbourne Hot Shots

1600 competitors took to the streets of Melbourne for the inaugural Ironman Asia Pacific Championship Melbourne. Australia's Craig Alexander broke the eight-hour barrier for the first time in his career to claim victory.
- How fast was Crowie?
Armstrong's Triathlon 'Debut'

In what was possibly the most anticipated triathlon ‘debut’ (we know it isn’t his first) in the history of the sport Lance Armstrong has shown what an great athlete he is by coming second overall at the Ironman Panama 70.3.
- How fast was Lance?
Pete Jacobs Talks Cycling

Ironman Pete Jacobs provides inspiration to Nic Arney and Kristina Stoney before their 30,000km ride across 6 continents and 36 countries.
- The balancing act
Macca's Olympic Dreams

Can 2 x Ironman World Champion Chris 'Macca' McCormack switch to the shorter Olympic distance triathlon and make the Australian team for London 2012? Banzai caught up with Macca to find out.
- He's determined to....

Luke McKenzie out of Ironman Cairns

May 16, 2012, 4:55 pm First Off the Bike

Luke McKenzie made the announcement today that he was not going to be on the start line for Ironman Cairns next month.He has opted to race the 70.3 race which will be held on the same day.

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London 2012 Olympic Qualifying Update after San Diego

May 16, 2012, 12:21 pm International Triathlon Union

The two-year ITU Olympic Qualification Period is almost at an end after the penultimate race in the city where triathlon was invented. The ITU World Triathlon San Diego held plenty of hopes and dreams, some were realised, some were not. Here is the updated Olympic simulation, which is a guide to what the London field what look like if qualification finished tomorrow, and an early look at the Madrid round of the ITU World Triathlon Series.

Elite Women’s Simulation
As the final automatic...

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Slovakia hosts ITU Level 1 Club & Community Coaching Couse

May 16, 2012, 1:30 am International Triathlon Union

A group of ITU coaches gathered in Slovakia last weekend to take part in an ITU Level 1 Club & Community Coaching Course. A total of 20 coaches from Israel, Slovakia and Croatia attended the course in Hotel Dom Sportu in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava.

The course was organized by ITU Development Coordinator for Europe, Zeljko Bijuk (CRO) and Secretary General of the Slovakian Triathlon Union, Jozef Jurasek (SVK) and included both theoretical and practical sessions.

The ITU Level 1...

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Stoltz and McQuaid aim to defend their titles at ITU Cross Triathlon world titles

May 15, 2012, 3:12 pm International Triathlon Union

Last year was a historic one for Cross Triathlon, after four years of continental championships ITU hosted its first world titles in Extremadura, Spain. Over 400 athletes competed across the elite, junior, age-group and paratriathlon categories in the swim, mountain bike and cross-country run discipline.

This year, the sport takes another step forward as ITU partners with XTERRA for the second edition for the 2012 Shelby County ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships and XTERRA Southeast...

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Winter training

May 15, 2012, 2:32 pm First Off the Bike

Winter is usually associated with the off-season for most triathletes, coinciding with cold and dark days where the prospect of training is a bit of a drag...especially when it is raining on Saturday morning.

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Specialized releases new bike shoe

May 15, 2012, 2:00 pm First Off the Bike

Specialized has released it's new tri bike shoe. The S-Works Trivent hit the world this week with what has to be one of the most innovative designs the tri shoe world has seen.

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The Crank

May 14, 2012, 11:30 am First Off the Bike

This week we talk San Diego and a return to tri's birthplace, 70.3 Mollorca, Macca and tearing it up.

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ITU San Diego - The fall out

May 14, 2012, 9:45 am First Off the Bike

The ITU race in San Diego this weekend was a spectacle, but the race asked as many questions as it answered. With the London Olympics fast approaching, athletes and federations are fast running out of time to qualify and select teams to race for gold. This is what we took from the San Diego weekend.

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ITU San Diego Photo Gallery

May 13, 2012, 7:52 pm First Off the Bike

The ITU race in San Diego this weekend answered some questions but also left a few unanswered as many athletes still find themselves in the Olympic wilderness. ITU lensemen for the day Larry Rosa and Rich Cruse caught some great images.

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Brownlee sends a warning at ITU San Diego

May 13, 2012, 3:26 pm First Off the Bike

Great Britains Jonathan Brownlee kicked off his Olympic season with a dominant performance in San Diego, winning his second ITU World Triathlon Series title ahead of Switzerlands Sven Riederer and South Africas Richard Murray.

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