News4Tri

News4Tri

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I post the triathlon news stories that you won't read about in the other main sports news. I'm particularly interested in how the sport is developing across the world. I'm not a triathlete now, but I was for 20+ years. Raced in the UK, USA, Germany etc.

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And i'm here. If you are interested in the type of triathlon news that the main news doesn't cover, that's my thing. I use a perl script to scrape results from Google News. Read through them daily, post interesting stuff that's not in the mainstream reporting. ironman, T100, Challenge, duathlon

So am catching up with the World Triathlon Cup and it is still pouring with rain and cold. Here is a first though, race leader Marta Kropko from Hungry is doing the whole race in her swim googles

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The women are up in about 2:45am US Mountain Time, or 6hrs time.

Apparently Kropko got permission to wear the swim googles as she is a contact lens wearer and was afraid with all the rain on the road she would have problems on the bike. She gave what is possibly the best post race interview, esp. given the race conditions, enjoy!

The women are up in about 2:45am US Mountain Time, or 6hrs time.

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Well it's a World Triathlon Cup live in China where the conditions are terrible - were and cold ... Next year is Olympic selection and to get selected you need to qualify for the races .. lots of top contenders racing

The women are setting up on transition. #1 is Gwen Jorgensen , who lives less than 2-miles from me, but I'm still heading to bed and will watch the race over breakfast. Conditions are still very wet but it seems to have brightened up a bit. Fingers crossed...

Max Struder from Switzerland wins, coached by Brett Sutton - who just continues to bash out champions. I might be wrong I'm pretty sure Zhuang in 2nd is also a Sutton athlete... And gets a first ever podium in a World Triathlon Cup.

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Well it's a World Triathlon Cup live in China where the conditions are terrible - were and cold ... Next year is Olympic selection and to get selected you need to qualify for the races .. lots of top contenders racing

Well it's a World Triathlon Cup live in China where the conditions are terrible - were and cold ... Next year is Olympic selection and to get selected you need to qualify for the races .. lots of top contenders racing

It's an interesting read. How many years before we read How Abu Dhabi reshaped triathlon - Who got the money and where it went. How World Triathlon and T100 were brought together and we end up with T50. Manchester city, Liv Golf, what next?

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What a race. The women's pro race at ironman Kona has delivered again. It's not great sport, no parent watches this and says I want my kid to do ironman Taylor Knibb wins 2026!

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IRONMAN World Champs Kona 1 Taylor Knibb USA 8:36:29 2 Laura Philipp GER +3:06 3 Julie Derron SUI +9:56 4 Kat Matthews GBR +13:08 5 Imogen Simmonds SUI +15:15 K226 Triathlon www.k226.com Events Calendar www.k226.com/events/event...

Just over an hour before the Kona Ironman World Championships start. I'm watching the cycling its way more interesting than a parade of triathletes for 5-hours. I'll check-in just to see what the coverage is like and watch the run, especially the women. bigislandnow.com/2026/10/09/1...

bigislandnow.com110 elite triathletes compete for Ironman World Championship and Pro Series title in Kona | Big Island NowDefending World Champion Solveig Løvseth of Norway heads up the elite women's field, while German Patrick Lange, a three-time World Champion, is a sentimental favorite on the men's side.

May 14th, 1986. This never happened despite construction scheduled for 6-weeks later. I live here now. I wonder how many of the 21 velodrome tracks in the USA are still open?

Again, totally me 12-years ago I led one of the biggest bike shop rides, we were featured in Bicycle Magazine multiple times, sometimes we'd get more than 100+ people. Now mostly I won't risk riding on the road, especially alone.

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I don't do politics much and so I missed this from 2024. Mitch McConells sister in-law, drives drunk dies in pond in Texas in her Tesla. A billionaire... Tells us everything we need to know about the rich. bsky.app/profile/elot...

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Mitch McConnell's sister-in-law drown when her Tesla went into a pond, and the electronics shorted out. The electric door handles stopped working, and she didn't know about the hidden manual latch. www.businessinsider.com/angela-chao-...

Don't know how the cycling community viewed the UCI Mixed Time Trial, if there is a sport for the ages it's the triathlon mixed relays, todays world championships U23 Triathlon relays were epically good even if they were predictably won by France Included a bike crash while not riding their bikes

Beaugrand (FRwins the final and the series crown with a perfect 5250 points. George taylor-brown (GB) 2nd and Kate Waugh (GB) 3rd

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They are out on the run and Beuragrand is leaving the lead group of 8 behind

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The women's triathlon world championship finale is underway, Tilley Anema is out front on the bike followed by a pack of 14 containing most of the favorites

The women's triathlon world championship finale is underway, Tilley Anema is out front on the bike followed by a pack of 14 containing most of the favorites

Any coverage about triathlon at LA2028 needs to remember that Trump is still scheduled to be USA president then. He is becoming ever more erratic but is very unlikely to be deposed by then I went out to Venice Beach last summer to look at the course options and decided to abandon any plan to attend

nbclosangeles.comHere's a first look at the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics triathlon courseThe loop course in the Venice Beach area will take competitors through beachfront neighborhoods before they reach a finish line with scenic Pacific Ocean views.

Here's hoping that the US has ended it's stupid war with Iran by then... Otherwise who knows? The WTCS race in Dubai was cancelled because of the war with Iran.