http://www.trisportnews.com/ Latest new from TriSportNews.com en-gb Copyright 2004 TriSportNews.com admin@trisportnews.com admin@trisportnews.com Mon, 21 May 2007 09:00:00 +0100 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:15:04 +0100 Gyre Technology Modular News Tool v2.0 (+http://www.gyre.co.uk/) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 180 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/04/000511.html Dont miss a beat from the BG Triathlon World Cup series by downloading race highlights automatically to your computer or iPod. You can now subscribe to their podcasts to automatically receive race highlights after every world cup race absolutely free. Watch them on the move or in the gym while your training for your next race. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:44:00 +0100 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/04/000511.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/04/000510.html The 7th staging of the Ashbourne Duathlon takes place on Saturday 28th April at Carsington Water, Derbyshire. The race will be hosting both the age-group & elite British Championships as well as the final event of the National Duathlon Series. The race will start with a mostly off road 12K run around the perimeter of Carsington Water, which can get hilly at points followed by an undulating 40K bike course through Wirksworth and up the infamous Middleton Top. The race finishes with a flat out and back 4K Run. There will be prizes in each 5 year age-groups, first team (top 3) as well as cash prizes to the top 3 elites. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:41:00 +0100 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/04/000510.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/04/000509.html Britain's Leanda Cave and Jonathan Hotchkiss took top 10 finishes at the Ironman 70.3 race in Oceanside, California. The men's race was won by the American World Cup veteran, Andy Potts, who dipped under the four hour mark by one second. Jens Koefoed held off Lewis Elliot for second with Hotchkiss finishing in ninth with a time of 4:10:35. Kate Major won the women's event in 4:26:15, some five minutes ahead of Dede Greisbauer in second. Cave finished in fifth position with Danish athlete, Lisbeth Kristensen, girlfriend of British triathlete Andrew Johns, in seventh. Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:35:00 +0100 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/04/000509.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/04/000508.html Sunday April 1st 2007 saw a record number of athletes in the 10th annual Asics Kingston Breakfast Run. Amongst the 4,500 runners that tackled either the 8.2 mile or 16 mile course was Beverley Turner, cheered on by her husband James Cracknell, who completed the 8.2 mile event in 1hr28m. Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:04:02 +0100 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/04/000508.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000506.html Great Britain's elite triathletes failed to make a top ten places in the opening round of the 2007 ITU BG World Cup series held in Mooloolaba, Australia. The race, which attracted many of the World's leading triathletes, saw wins from the host nation through Emma Snowsill and Brad Kahlefeldt. The leading British performances came from Richard Stannard who placed 17th in the men's race and Andrea Whitcombe who was 16th in the women's race. Helen Tucker was 20th, Leanda Cave 21st, and Stuart Hayes 26th. Michelle Dillon and Liz Blatchford retired. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:54:00 +0100 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000506.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000505.html It was an Aussie sweep of the gold medals at the 2007 Mooloolaba BG Triathlon World Cup today as both 2006 Commonwealth Games champions Emma Snowsill and Brad Kahlefeldt were atop the podium. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:39:24 +0100 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000505.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000504.html After a 14 year career as a professional triathlete, Richard Allen is one of the longest serving and most successful British elite triathletes. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:26:31 +0100 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000504.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000503.html Upcoming star and Leeds Metropolitan University student takes third podium of season with silver in his first multi-sport event of the year at the British Universities Modern Biathlon Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:17:02 +0100 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000503.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000507.html Julie Dibens won the Tagaman and the Pacific Islands Club Double award in Saipan on Saturday. The PIC Double award is given to the woman with the fastest combined XTERRA Saipan Championship and Tagaman triathlon times. The two events are held just seven days apart. Dibens was the first competitor male or female out of the swim, and never looked back. Her combined time of 5:53:04 marks the first time in four years a female has come in under 6-hours in the two races. Jamie Whitmore, last years Double Champ, was 15-minutes back in 2nd place at Tagaman, and also finished in the runner-up spot for the Double. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:56:00 +0100 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000507.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000502.html This past Sunday, Scotlands Bella Comerford kicked off her 2007 medal haul with a bronze at the SpecSavers Ironman South Africa. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:47:43 +0000 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000502.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000500.html Elite Triathlete and former World Champion, Simon Lessing, has donated his 2006 Tri Dubai kit for an online draw, to benefit his chosen charities, Athletes for a Cure and WorldVision. Six kit bundles are available for the winners. Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:48:00 +0000 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000500.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000501.html An Elite wave has been included at the Swindon Duathlon on 1st April as a qualification race for top level U23 and Senior athletes to gain places in the British team for the European and World Championships. Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:50:00 +0000 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000501.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000499.html In a race won by Ricarda Lisk of Germany, Jodie Swallow finished in fourth at the Langebaan ITU African Cup Triathlon in South Africa, marking her return to racing. Swallow led out of the water with Lisk, and settled in to the second bike pack as the leaders broke away. However the Brit posted the second fastest run time, clocking 39:36, to move herself up to fourth and just four seconds off the podium. Lisa Norden of Sweden was second and Juri Ide of Japan was third. Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:14:00 +0000 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000499.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000497.html World University Triathlon Champion, Harry Wiltshire, has just launched his website, packed full of information about his intensive training over the winter period across Europe and the Far East! 2007 will be his first major year of Olympic distance racing as the British Under 23 tests himself against the World's best for the first time. For more information, visit Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:03:00 +0000 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000497.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000498.html Britain's Nick Saunders made his start to the year as he took fifth position behind world class opposition at Ironman New Zealand. Cameron Brown from New Zealand took victory on home turf, and his sixth win on the course. Having moved up from third to first on the run, the New Zealander accelerated away at 38km on the run to win by less than a minute in a time of 8:26:33. Australia's Luke Bell was second with Torbjörn Sindballe of Denmark in third. Saunders finished with a time of 8:57:31, which will hopefully guarantee himself a slot for the Ironman World Championships at Kona, Hawaii. Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:09:00 +0000 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/03/000498.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/02/000495.html Get in and swim this year to support Marie Curie Cancer Care in the worlds largest swimming fundraiser Swimathon 22 and 25 March 2007. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:31:17 +0000 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/02/000495.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/02/000493.html Helen Tucker has made a winning return to international triathlon after an extended lay off from an achilles injury which caused her to miss the majority of last season. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:08:31 +0000 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/02/000493.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/02/000492.html The 2007 ITU Aquathlon World Championships will be held in Ixtapa, Mexico on May 12th. Traditionally the aquathlon world championships are held in conjunction with the triathlon world championships but because of the tight urban setting and scheduling at the 2007 triathlon championships in Hamburg, organisers are unable to host the event. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:54:23 +0000 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/02/000492.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/02/000496.html Following British Triathlons modernisation, the new membership packages for 2007 are now open! From now on members will join their Home Nation Association; either Triathlon England, triathlonscotland or Welsh Triathlon. You can do this by following the link at the bottom of this page, which will re-direct you to the appropriate website. Your Home Nation membership should be chosen based on either your nationality or country of residence. For instance, a Scottish individual living in England could either join triathlonscotland or Triathlon England, but not Welsh Triathlon. If you have any queries, please ring the British Triathlon Federation on 01509 226161. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:24:00 +0000 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/02/000496.html http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/02/000487.html Under 23 British triathlete, Jonathan Pryke, has launched his website with news updates and photos, including information on his training and up and coming races. To find out more about this rising star of British Triathlon go to: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:05:00 +0000 http://www.trisportnews.com/headlines/2007/02/000487.html