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Team Triathlon keeps gaining momentum as a total of eight teams competed in Ecuador.

Members of the British Army competed in a 24 hour triathlon to raise money for charities.

A new study finds that triathlons and other endurance sports could cause damage to the heart.

The ITU World Championship Series will be known as the ITU World Triathlon Series starting in 2012.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has announced it has imposed a two year ban on Dmitriy Smurov.

The January issue is packed with the most comprehensive Kona coverage anywhere.

The organizers at Ironman Lanzarote have slated Nov. 10, 2012 as the date for the 70.3 race.

Four-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington explains her decision to boycott the 2011 SPOTY Awards.

Michael Weiss maintains his innocence, but will not appeal a two-year doping suspension.

Dibens was very candid about her future in triathlon in a recent blog post.

Wellington has called on others to boycott the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.

On IM Talk’s latest podcast Andrew Messick announced a new age group ranking system for 2102.

Xterra World Champion Michael Weiss will receive a two-year ban for a 2005 doping incident.

A message on Twitter led to Kris Gemmell putting up his hand to caddy.

Jonas Colting and Amber Monforte carried their leads from the first day at the Ultraman World Championships through to the end of the second day of competition.

Matt Dixon is hosting a five-day winter training camp this February in Kona to give age-group athletes access to his distinct approach to multisport training.

Several of the sport's top Ironman stars are set to race at this weekend's Ironman Arizona triathlon in Tempe, Ariz. Eight of the athletes gathered at Tempe Town Lake for Friday's Pro Panel.

New Zealand's Bevan Docherty says 2012 will be his last shot at Olympic gold.

Thanks to a race date six weeks after the Ironman World Championship, Ironman Arizona will welcome one of the toughest pro fields of any Ironman this year.

Applications for the MarkAllenOnline team are due in mid-January.

Great Britain's Leanda Cave will look to continue her late-season success this weekend at Ironman Arizona in Tempe.

Australia's Nick North competes in triathlons despite being diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Upon retirement, the former Major League outfielder known for playing “with his hair on fire” got instantly hooked on triathlons. His sights are now set on Ironman.

The 2011 ITU World Cup series hits its final destination this Sunday in New Zealand.

Outside of the 18-20 training hours he logs each week Logan Franks is a full-time student, still active in the Marine Reserves, and works a part time job about 20 hours a week.

According to USA Triathlon, 7 to 17 year olds now make up 25% of all triathletes in the country.

Cruiserman, an event taking place the week before Ironman Arizona, is a test of humor, not endurance.

World No 17 Kate McIlroy has withdrawn from Sunday's ITU World Cup triathlon race in Auckland because of a toe injury.

David Brown of The Washington Post explains why he believes athletes have been dying in the swim portion of races.

Today in St. Kitts & Nevis, the 70 member Commonwealth Games Associations present voted in favor of including the Mixed Relay event at the Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly.

Rumor is that reigning junior triathlon world champion Lukas Verzbicas may be leaving the University of Oregon track team for a chance to return to competing in triathlons.

High school students from Western Jamaica will learn more about swimming, biking and running this weekend.

The Castle Triathlon series take place in England, France and Ireland.

The late season ITU World Cup event is drawing a star-studded lineup.

Three-time Ironman world champion Peter Reid has been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In this interview with the Vancouver Sun, Reid looks back on his time training as a triathlete in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Three-time Ironman world champion Peter Reid will be inducted into Canada's Sprots Hall of Fame tonight in Calgary.

Registration for next year's Noosa Triathlon sent the event's website into temporary meltdown yesterday with the sheer number of entrants trying to snag one of the 4000 individual spots.

Ashley Wood and Patrick Lenaghan won Sunday's Marin County Triathlon in San Rafael, Calif.

The ITU is continuing its push to establish the triathlon team mixed relay as a staple at key events like the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics.

Matt Reed dominated the field and emerged the winner of the 2011 Amica 19.7 Phoenix sprint triathlon this morning under picture perfect skies at Wildhorse Pass, Chandler, Ariz.

France’s Carole Peon overcame brutal conditions on a challenging course to seize her first ITU World Cup title in a thrilling finish in Guatape, Colombia today.

The inspirational story of brothers and triathletes Conner Green and Cayden Long will be featured on the next edition of ESPN's "E:60," which is slated to air Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. Eastern.

Ironman Florida boosts Panama City Beach's economy during a time that would otherwise be considered the area's off-season.

The bog snorkeling triathlon is made up of running, bog snorkeling and mountain biking.

The penultimate round of the 2011 ITU World Cup series heads to Colombia this weekend, the first time the country has hosted a World Cup since 1992.

St. Anthony’s race officials have permanently moved the open-water swim portion of the race to an area of Tampa Bay north of North Shore Pool in St. Petersburg.

At roughly triple the Olympic distance, the ITU Long Distance World Championships are the survival of the fittest.

Check out these exclusive photos from Lance Armstrong’s first triathlon in over 20 years, the Xterra USA Championships.

Panasonic's Evolta Robots finished the Ironman World Championship course on Sunday, Oct. 30 after nearly a week of work.

Life Time Fitness has announced that the Leadman Epic 250 will return to Las Vegas, Nev. in 2012, and the series will expand into Bend, Ore.

Ironman 70.3 world champ Melissa Rollison beat out Olympic-distance stars this weekend at the Noosa Triathlon, and says that an Olympic bid may be in her future.

Auckland will host an ITU World Cup event on Nov. 27 and will follow that with the ITU World Championship Series Championship race in October of 2012.

A sold out field will compete in the Beach2Battleship Triathlon on Saturday in Wilmington, N.C.

Panasonic's Evolta robot is getting support from around the Big Island as he takes on the 140.6-mile Ironman World Championship course.

Five-time Ironman winner Luke McKenzie of Australia is now being coached by Siri Lindley. Lindley currently coaches several top professionals, including 2011 Ironman World Championship podium finishers Mirinda Carfrae and Leanda Cave.

Heart patient Martin Harman will compete for Great Britain in the European Triathlon Championships in Israel next year.

Iron Girl and the Syracuse Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and Onondaga County Parks have reached an agreement that will keep the race in Central New York for three more years.

Texas triathlete David Salvette will compete in the Katy Triathlon at Firethorne for the 19th year in a row this weekend.

See photos of one of the most beautiful and difficult off-road courses in the world with this gallery from the 2011 Xterra World Championships in Maui.

Several hundred people participated in the San Diego Triathlon Challenge in La Jolla on Sunday, raising almost $1.2 million to benefit the Challenged Athletes Foundation.

Australian triathlon star Emma Snowsill will not race in Australia's biggest triathlon at Noosa this weekend.

Three robots will spend the week working to complete the 140.6 miles of the Hawaii Ironman course in Kona.

The 5150 Clearwater race, which was slated to take place on the same weekend the Ironman World Championship 70.3 has in the past, has been cancelled leaving the city without a way to replace the dollars generated by the 70.3 race.

Michael Weiss and Lesley Paterson took their first-ever world titles at the 2011 Xterra World Championship in Maui. See photos from the day. Check back tomorrow for part two of our gallery.

More than 1300 athletes have signed up for a chance at 500 places on the start line of the 10th anniversary edition of the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon in Eidfjord, Norway, in August of 2012.

One doctor found a way to make use of the heavy piece of metal.

Weiss and Paterson both earned their first Xterra world champion titles today, complementing solid swim and bike efforts with a fast run to secure the wins in the most competitive pro fields ever assembled.

Check out Aaron Hersh's author page.

Check out Aaron Hersh's author page.

Check out Aaron Hersh's author page.

According to USA Triathlon, this past year 2,500 collegiate level student-athletes lined up to race triathlon.

Marine Bryan Cox has completed several triathlons, with his next big test coming at this weekend's Soma Triathlon in Tempe, Ariz.

The 18th annual Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) San Diego Triathlon Challenge is taking place this weekend and newly-crowned Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington will be a part of the festivities. Learn more about the event and Chrissie Wellington's participation from CAF co-founder Bob Babbitt.

Three-time Olympian Hunter Kemper continues to undergo medical evaluations after he suffered a broken elbow on Oct. 9 at the 2011 USA Triathlon Elite Race Series Finals in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

This Sunday, three-time Xterra world champion Melanie McQuaid hopes to regain the title she most recently held in 2006. Melanie talked to us about recent game changing switch-ups to the pro women’s field, her strategy for the swim (it involves much bodysurfing practice), and how age-group competitors should attack the new course.

We caught up with the reigning Xterra world champion, who offered his insight on the new Maui course, going up against an Olympic champion and a cycling icon on Sunday—and 12-foot long poisonous snakes back home in South Africa.

The Challenge Series has announced that this year's running of the Challenge Cape Town Triathlon has been cancelled.

The 5150 Clearwater Triathlon, which had been slated to be the 5150 series finale, has been canceled for 2011.

In his first triathlon in more than two decades, Lance Armstrong finished fifth at September’s Xterra National Championship in a stacked field of international pro talent. This Sunday, he’ll race his second Xterra—the 2011 world championship on a brand new Maui course.

Laura Bennett recently became a national champion for the third time in her career. She’s also one of America’s best ever ITU racers, having been on the podium at a world championship four times and fourth at the 2008 Olympics. She answered a few questions for Inside Triathlon editor-in-chief Courtney Baird as she prepares to qualify for her second Olympics.

The Norseman Xtreme Triathlon, held annually in Norway, will feature two different days of racing this year. Registration for the event is open for one week, starting today.

Xterra reps describe the new racecourse as “a tropical roller-coaster ride through pineapple fields and forests.” Sound fun? Check out photos of the course.

A committee will look for ways to prevent triathlon deaths in the future.

The United States' Hunter Kemper's broken elbow will keep him out of the 2011 Pan American Games.

Dedicate yourself to Ironman and you can race at Kona. That was the message that came out of the recent IM Talk podcast with WTC CEO Andrew Messick.

Rev3 has added another new race to its 2012 schedule. The Rev3 Florida Triathlon will take place at the end of October in Sarasota, Fla.

More and more executives are "going from the boardroom to their bike or pool, instead of the golf course."

Wellington concealed the extent of her injuries resulting from a bike crash leading up to the Ironman World Championship.