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When you run your way into fifth place at the Hawaii Ironman World Championships, you get to do your post-race interview wherever you want. In Joe Skipper's case, that's the hotel pool behind the finish line.
Eighth-place finisher Magnus Ditlev talks about a frustrating day on the road with a missing special needs bag, a questionable penalty, and what it was like running with Sebastian Kienle.
The top four finishers in the men's race at this year's Ironman World Championships were all Kona rookies, including Kristian Blummenfelt. And if Blummenfelt's predictions are right, Ironman racing will never be the same.
Second-place finisher (and new bike record holder) Sam Laidlow walks us through his Kona debut, including what Gustav Iden said when he made his pass in the final miles.
Gustav Iden may have made his record-setting performance look easy, but it was anything but. The new Ironman World Champion shares insights on the pivotal moments of the race and whether he'll try to pull off the Ironman/70.3 double at St. George this fall.
The faces and sights of a record-breaking 2022 Hawaii Ironman World Championship men's race in photos.
Rookies reigned, records were shattered and conventional wisdom proved not-so-conventional after all. We dig into the future significance of the most competitive Hawaii Ironman World Championships ever.
Norway's Gustav Iden took the win at the 2022 Hawaii Ironman World Championships in his first try on the Big Island and second Ironman ever in a time of 7:40:24.
If yesterday’s race at the Ironman World Championships proved anything, it’s that the women’s pro race is not a sideshow - it’s the main event.
"I gave it all I had."
"This second place means the most out of all of them."
"My mind is pretty blown right now."
A look at a long, hot, and historic day of racing for the women's pro field at the 2022 Hawaii Ironman World Championship.
Chelsea Sodaro, the first female American to break the tape at the Hawaii Ironman World Championship in over a quarter of a century also became the first rookie to win Kona in 15 years.
It's all about testing the warm waters of the Kailua Bay and preparing for two days of upcoming races. We take you there.
"It's been three years. It feels like almost 10 years...but now we're back and finally we can race again...It gives me a lot of motivation to race here because now it feels like almost the Olympic Games," said 2019 Ironman World Champion, Anne Haug.
Abs, legs, luchador masks, and more than a few tushies made their triumphant return to the Big Island with this year's always-epic Underpants Run. Click, scroll, enjoy.
Chugging beer out of pink plastic flamingos, Ponchoman on the ukulele, and the hallowed (drinking) grounds of the Hawaii Ironman World Championships—Huggo’s.
Sam Holness, or “Super Sam,” will be the first known triathlete with autism to compete in the Ironman World Championships in Kona.
Speedy and dirty racing in Europe marks a weekend of non-Hawaii-related race action.
These athletes have all won the coveted Ironman World Championship title—some of them more than once—but what are they doing now?
The news from around the multisport world this week.
Up-and-coming Brit Fenella Langridge is known as much for her Instagram Reels as her many pro wins, but that’s just part of her success.
Do you know how much prize money the pro winners take home? Do you know the percentage of the world who has raced in Kona? How about the largest person to ever finish IMWC? Be illuminated.
Super League travels to France this weekend for the penultimate race in the championship series. Here’s how to watch the livestream for free.
We take a quick flyby video tour of the 2022 Ironman World Championship Kona course.
Our up-to-date breakdown of the top contenders for the podium at this year’s Hawaii Ironman World Championships men’s event.
With the XTERRA World Championship heading to an entirely new continent for the first time in 26 years, featuring one of the strongest elite fields in XTERRA history, you can guarantee all eyes will be on Trentino, Italy this weekend. Here's how to watch the XTERRA World Championship livestream.
Whether you witness a driver hit your training partner or you come across someone who has crashed out on a tight turn, these first aid tips from a paramedic can help you render aid until an ambulance arrives.
We’ve compiled an extensive guide to look at the course, the conditions, and the major players at each point of the women’s race in Kona so viewers know how it could go down.
The fight between triathletes and locals isn’t going away. But there shouldn’t even be a fight in the first place.
Our up-to-date breakdown of the top contenders for the podium at this year’s Hawaii Ironman World Championships women’s event.
19 year-old Rachel Welsford followed her father's footsteps into triathlon, but now she's blazing her own path - one that takes her to this year's Ironman World Championship.
Ironman is back in Kona, but not everyone is happy about it. A new effort urges visiting triathletes to practice goodwill when visiting the Big Island.
The grueling battle between Dave Scott and Mark Allen at the 1989 Ironman World Championship is one of the most talked-about races of all time. We explain why Iron War still matters.
The two-time Ironman world champion may be a familiar name to most, but few fans outside of Germany know the full story behind Patrick Lange’s rise to the top. Read our complete bio.
A new campaign started by two age-groupers asks: Do you see yourself racing with your competition, or against them – and how does that attitude impact your performance?
"By the time I arrived, she was unconscious and concussed at first," said two-time Ironman World Champion Patrick Lange, who was on the scene. "[We] tried to hold her as stable as possible until [the] ambulance arrived."
The news from around the multisport world this week.
It's going to be an amazing two days of racing in Kona - and you won't want to miss a second! Watch all the action with the Ironman World Championship livestream on October 6 and 8.
Think you know the Ironman World Championship in Kona? Think again. We’ve got a full guide for racers, family, friends, and dedicated fans with expert insight into every detail of the IMWC experience.
After three years, the Ironman World Championship returns to the Big Island with big plans, but a backlog of entries and two days of racing means a host of unique challenges for the organization, the racers, and the Kona community. We take a look inside.
We take a quick look at a busy weekend of pro racing in the U.S. and a weird weekend of racing overseas.
This year's Kona pro qualification period is over, and the list has a mix of former winners and veterans, but also some surprising stats on rookies and first-time Ironman World Championship starters. We've updated our list as of October 5 to reflect a few withdrawals and wild card additions.
Despite flying under the radar for the U.S. Open, Collin Chartier rides and runs through an all-star cast to take home $100,000.
The news from around the multisport world this week.
After Taylor Knibb led for most of the day, Australian Ashleigh Gentle used a speedy run in hot conditions to make the pass in the final miles.
Super League Triathlon were filming the athletes at the beach and captured dramatic footage of the incident.
Charles-Barclay vs. Duffy vs. Knibb, the return of Sanders vs. Long: there's no denying the PTO U.S. Open is full of talent. Thorsten Radde previews the stacked field in Dallas, plus how to watch the free livestream.
The Super League championship series travels to Malibu this weekend. Here’s how to watch the livestream for free.
As a star athlete, Erin Baker lit the triathlon world on fire. As an advocate for equality, she did the same. The multi-time world champion from the ‘80s and ‘90s looks back at her career and the legacy she left behind.
Whether you work in an office or on an ABC television set, convincing your coworker to do their first triathlon is a fine art—triathlete (and TV star) Karla Souza can help.
The Huntsman World Senior Games triathlon is changing the way many multisport athletes approach aging.
The two-time Olympian took two years away from racing and came back stronger than ever.
A bevy of setbacks from injury to personal turmoil to dashed Tokyo Olympic dreams hasn't slowed Spivey down; it's only made her stronger.
Free gear, training camps, and an "idealized pro experience" - but for age-group triathletes. What exactly comes with a slot in the Zwift Academy, and how does the whole deal work?
Though COVID isn’t going anywhere soon, the newer variants may have fewer long-term effects for something all athletes care deeply about: our hearts.
With Kona less than 30 days away and a brief respite in the World Triathlon Championship Series, you’d think pro triathlon racing would chill for a moment. Instead, just about every corner of the globe saw some swim-bike-run action. Brad Culp recaps it all.
The news from around the multisport world this week.
The Super League championship series continues with a thrilling Enduro in Munich. Here’s how to watch the livestream for free.
The retired lightweight American fighter dishes on why he’s giving tri a try, talks about the brutality of MMA workouts, and compares his old fight training against his new tri training.
It’s Super League Championship season, and our columnist quickly tackles the important things like SLT teams and kits, as well as some very exciting rivalries played out in super-sprint time.
With 10k of open water swimming and 65k of overland running over 24 islands, the OTILLO Swimrun World Championship delivered on its promise of epic racing in the Stockholm Archipelago.
A firsthand account from an Olympic Trials swimmer and former pro triathlete on one of the most brutal multisport events—the One Water Race.
The news from around the multisport world this week.
The Super League championship series will kick off this weekend in London. Here’s how to watch the livestream for free.
World Triathlon Cup racing might not ring a bell, but it's produced some of the biggest names in tri.
Contrary to what you may believe, tri referees aren’t eagle-eyed on any one infraction, hungrily waiting to penalize an athlete. Instead, they’re more interested in keeping the race fair and safe.
In an emotional announcement, Reilly says he will be hanging up his mic at the end of 2022. We spoke with the Voice of Ironman only hours after his statement about why and what's next.
“I want [my daughter] to see what it looks like to pour yourself into your dreams, and that being passionate about your career and being a good mom are not mutually exclusive.”
“People reached out to us about how they wished they could train for endurance events like triathlons, but didn't feel like they belonged in that arena.”
The first World Cup on Norwegian soil plays host to two exciting battles, Emma Pallant-Browne adds another win to her resume in Austria, and more.
The news from around the multisport world this week.
The family of Lauren Davis desperately sought answers after she was fatally struck by a driver while biking to work in New York City in 2016. At every step, the criminal-justice system let them down, raising the question of what justice should look like for victims of traffic violence.
Should super-fast amateurs with sponsors be forced to “upgrade” to pro status? What keeps someone in the elite age-group ranks?
A new study specifically looks at the relationship between iron-distance athletes and the air quality of the area they compete in. The results are not exactly what you’d expect.
Bog triathlon, 226-mile races, and triathlon juggling—you might not recognize the events, but you’ve got to respect the effort.
You're gonna need a lot of stuff for your destination race. Pro Dede Griesbauer shares how to fit it all into one suitcase.
What do you get when you comb through mountains of triathlon data? An evidence-based strategy to keep triathletes safer than ever before.
In Triathlon Land, public urination is normal and no one blinks twice when you shove a banana down the front of your shirt. In the real world? Not so much. Our etiquette guide from humor columnist Adam Hill can help.
A packed weekend of racing that included 36 of the world’s best competing in the second annual Collins Cup, while Alistair Brownlee and Lucy Charles-Barclay made triumphant returns.
The news from around the multisport world this week.
From Daniela Ryf's dominating performance to the no-holds-barred duel of Lionel Sanders and Sam Long, there was no shortage of thrills at the 2022 Collins Cup.
The matches for the upcoming Collins Cup are set—we’ve picked the five most interesting ones and analyzed how they could play out.
The record-breaking Kat Matthews has taken the triathlon world by storm with her physical mastery, honed by years as an Army physiotherapist. But her real strength - and biggest muscle - might just be her brain.
The first Olympic-distance world championships not only produced fast and furious racing by legendary figures of the sport, it also laid the foundation for triathlon’s unique gender equity.
With so much talent in Slovakia this weekend, our expert breaks down the most dangerous triathletes on each team and analyzes the ways captains could play their hands.
Penalties, course records, masochistic gearing - Sam Long has had an unforgettable European tour where not everything has gone to plan. So how did he turn things around to break a Jan Frodeno course record?
Harkening back to the "simpler times" of 1978 triathlon, this unique event has no carbon-fiber bikes, no aid stations, and no entry fees - but plenty of heart, camaraderie, and Speedos.
Taylor Knibb will no longer be racing at the 2022 edition of the Collins Cup. Check out who will represent Team USA, Team Europe, and Team International in Slovakia this weekend.