Introducing the first podium of the #gc2018triathlon:
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Introducing the first podium of the #gc2018triathlon:
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South African Henri Schoeman cruised to Commonwealth Games gold on the Gold Coast, with home hope Jacob Birtwhistle running through for silver and Scotland’s Marc Austin holding on for bronze.
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Congrats to @H_Schoeman for the
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England’s Joe Townsend was crowned the first Commonwealth Games paratriathlon champion having defeated the home favourites on Gold Coast.
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Gold
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Middlesbrough’s Jade Jones-Hall made it paratriathlon double gold for England as she took the Commonwealth title on the Gold Coast.
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Super result by @jade_jones11
Australia’s youth proved too sharp for an experienced England quartet as the home nation finally won the Commonwealth triathlon gold they were craving on the Gold Coast.
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The 2018 ÖTILLÖ swimrun season kicked off with a stunning race and a hard fought battle at the 2nd edition ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series event on the island of Hvar, Croatia. The Mediterranean setting had all the perfect ingredients to make for a spectacular yet very tough swimrun race.
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The 40,4 kilometres long course was a true test, alternating technical trail running with long, challenging stretches of open-water swimming.
THE WINNERS
George Bjälkemo & Pontus Lindberg, Team Garmin (SWE), managed to pull away from the leading pack and cross the finish line as the first team after 5:15:41, almost five minutes ahead of Peter Aronsson & Fredrik Axegård, Team Swimshop.se (SWE).
The very strong Martin Flinta (SWE) & Helena Karaskova Erbenova (CZE) Team Thule Crew finished as first mixed team and 4th overall with the time of 5:34:07.
The first women’s team Fanny Danckwardt & Desirée Andersson (SWE) Team Envol completed an impressive race and finished after 5:53:52 and 13th overall.
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To reward athletes taking on what is considered one of Europe’s most challenging IRONMAN® 70.3® races, IRONMAN has announced that this year’s IRONMAN 70.3 Edinburgh on July 1, 2018 will offer athletes a unique chance to qualify for both 2018 and 2019’s IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships at the same race.
A total of 50 qualifying slots to the 2019 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Nice, France, has been added to the event meaning the race will offer 50 slots each to both the 2018 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa, and the 2019 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Nice, France.
IRONMAN 70.3 Edinburgh will be the last opportunity for athletes in the UK to secure a ticket for South Africa and the very first opportunity in Europe to qualify for the 2019 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Nice, France.
Slots will be rewarded based on performance and athletes who earn their slots will have the option of accepting both, leaving athletes to decide whether to test themselves against the world’s best on the southern tip of Africa, in the south of France or both.
“To become the first race in Europe to offer athletes the chance to qualify for the 2019 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships is a great addition to the race and a huge reward for those who choose to take up the challenge in Edinburgh. IRONMAN 70.3 Edinburgh is a true test for athletes and to be rewarded with the opportunity to go to two World Championships is fitting,” said Richard Pearson, IRONMAN 70.3 Edinburgh Race Director.
IRONMAN 70.3 Edinburgh is widely touted as one of Europe’s most challenging races featuring a course that includes a swim in the Firth of Forth, a bike featuring technical ascents and descents through the Lothians and a run in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park under the gaze of the famous extinct volcano, Arthur’s Seat. While the course is challenging it is also abundant in beauty, taking in some of the very best elements of what makes it a true Scottish adventure.
Following his win in Edinburgh in 2017, German professional athlete, Andreas Raelert said: “It’s such a beautiful race course – really challenging, but this course should honestly be the venue for the next IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship.”
The combination of the challenge, raw beauty along with being a capital city race, makes IRONMAN 70.3 Edinburgh one of the most unique races in Europe.
For athletes travelling from outside of Scotland, Edinburgh is a treasure trove of history, culture and entertainment, having been voted the second best city to visit in the UK in a recent traveller’s poll. The beautiful setting of Holyrood Park, provides the perfect stage for athletes and spectators alike, with the finish line within sight of the imposing Royal residence.
In another first for IRONMAN 70.3 Edinburgh, IRONKIDS Scotland has now been added to the event weekend. In a global first for IRONKIDS, Scotland will see three standalone events taking place across three separate locations along the IRONMAN 70.3 Edinburgh course. Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian will each host an IRONKIDS Scotland event on Friday.
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Victoria de Alistair Brownlee en el Ironman 70.3 de Liuzhou por delante de la leyenda Craig Alexander. El británico comienza a escapar de las lesiones…
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Six months after breaking his neck in a training accident that ruled him out of Kona 2018 Tim Don is not only back on his feet but racing again.
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Important update from Tim
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This weekend’s Challenge Mogan Gran Canaria is the 2018 race season starter for many athletes on Saturday (220 included), with the reigning Ironman world champion, Patrick Lange, the big name on the start list.
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We caught up with the German tri star – who shot to prominence in 2016 when he won Ironman Texas and broke the Kona run course record in Hawaii, before smashing the overall Kona course record in 2017 – to hear why he nearly retired in 2015, the secrets of his run success and his key advice for middle-distance athletes.
ON… STARTING HIS SEASON IN GRAN CANARIA
This year can’t be much better than 2017 for me; it was an amazing and surprising adventure. But I’ve only done four Ironmans in my life overall, so I’ve lots to learn and there’s still room for improvement. I’m happy to kick-off my season at Challenge Gran Canaria and are looking forward to racing some of the best athletes in the world. It’s an awesome course that’s technical and should be super fun.
ON… KONA CHANGING HIS LIFE
I was fortunate enough to finish third in 2016 in Hawaii and that was a big shift in my life, so it was good to have this buffer between third and first in 2017. I don’t think I had the set-up in 2016 to handle first place in Kona. And now there a lot of appointments and commitments, so it’s been a further change in my life. But it’s a great one and something that I enjoy.
ON… NEARLY QUITTING TRI
I came close to retirement in 2015 as I was really struggling. I lost a major sponsor and I wasn’t so sure whether I should go back to working full-time as a physio or go to long-distance triathlon. I’ve always wanted to do the Ironman and, after the end of 2015, I started being coached by Faris Al Sultan. I got into Ironman Texas, and won it, and it’s gone from there.
ON… ONLY RACING FOUR IRONMANS
A lot of things have gone into my quick Ironman progress. I stopped working full-time as a physio, my private life changed, I moved house and I started working more with my club. And yet at the back of my mind, I was always thinking about Ironman. But I wanted to wait until I felt ready for it. And it took Faris to say, ‘Okay, let’s do this’. And after a winter training with him, I had the feeling that I was ready to go. After Texas, I got the chance to start working with Canyon who set my bike up in the fastest and most stable way. The whole package changed a lot.
ON… THE IRONMAN VIRUS
I’m always been into sports. I raced mountain biking from 12-16 and then went to tri. My first coach had raced Kona six times and he had plenty of stories from Hawaii. It was that which set the Ironman virus in me. I did a lot of drafting and Olympic-distance stuff but I knew the longer distances suited me early on.
ON… THE ORIGINS OF HIS RUN SPEED
My parents weren’t runners so I’m not sure it’s genetics, but I’ve been working with a run technique coach for five years now to improve my running style. I put plenty of time in working with him on my technique. There are a lot of Ironman athletes with the engine to run sub-2:40 in Hawaii, but they don’t have the engine or the chassis to handle it. The technique isn’t good enough to hold that speed.
ON… THE GERMAN M-DOT HERITAGE
The German greats of triathlon were a huge inspiration for me. I’ve raced against Normann Stadler, Faris, Timo Bracht… And you know if you wanted to beat them you had to up your game. There’s stacked competition in Germany in all the races, and if you wanted to win you knew you had to be fast. Each athlete there is inspired by Thomas Hellriegel, Stadler and Faris, and they put the sport of Ironman on the next level in Germany. And now I’m benefiting from the huge experience of Faris, and he’s seen everything in the sport.
ON… JAVIER GOMEZ IN IRONMAN
We’re all very interested to seeing how Javier Gomez performs at Ironman Cairns. A 2:30hr marathon for him is certainly possible. We’ll see how fast he can be but there have been really fast Olympic athletes who have found Kona a different beast.
ON… GOING SUB-8HRS IN HAWAII
My race season starts here in Gran Canaria, then it’s 70.3 in Kraichgau before the European Ironman Championships in Frankfurt. After that I’ll altitude train in St. Moritz and head to Texas and train there in the build-up to Hawaii, which I’ve done for the past two seasons. I like to keep things the same before Kona. And I want to win again in Hawaii, whether it’s 8:15 or 7:58. Breaking the sub-8hr barrier would be pretty cool, and that record will fall in the next few years. If I’m the guy who’s on it enough to break it, then I’ll be happy. But most important is to win the race.
ON… HIS KEY 70.3 RACING ADVICE
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The main thing people forget these days is to have fun. I see a lot of angry faces on the start line! Too focussed and too stressed out. Everyone can be too much into their Garmins and ignoring their body’s advice. It’s a pleasure to compete in middle-distance triathlon and, while you need to focus and race well, it should be about having fun and that’s easy to forget.
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