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The 2010 Ironman St. George champion, who finished 13th at the Ironman World Championship last year, has a busy few months ahead of him. He shared with Triathlete.com about his upcoming wedding as well as racing three world championships back-to-back this year.

After 15 years on Maui’s south shore, the iconic off-road race moves from Makena to Kapalua.

Germany's Andreas Raelert has announced he will make the start at Ironman Regensburg this weekend, but don't expect him to win the race.

Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman will be racing the Nautica New York City Triathlon next Sunday, Aug. 7, for the third year in a row. The difference this year is that she’s racing it for a cause.

The Alpe d’Huez Triathlon took place today—on a Wednesday. It didn’t start at the crack of dawn, but rather 9:30 a.m. The official distances were 2.2K swim, 115K bike and 22K run, not your standard long-course race. But that’s how they do it in France.

On August 1, 2011, Tri4Japan will launch an ebay auction to raise funds for those affected by the March tsunami and earthquake.

British Triathlon Federation released a statement made by Harry Wiltshire.

Pro qualifying list for Ironman World Championship 70.3.

If you live in San Diego, next week professional triathlete Lesley Paterson is offering a triathlon camp in which athletes can stay at home and not have to use up any precious vacation days.

The newly minted sub-4:00 miler is making a temporary return to triathlon.

Great Britain's Harry Wiltshire has been suspended for six months for blocking world champ Javier Gomez during the ETU European Championships.

The pros came out in fine form at the second-oldest Ironman in North America.

It was a rainy, chilly day in Frankfurt, Germany (51 degrees) as dozens of top pros gathered for the Frankfurter Sparkasse Ironman European Championships Sunday morning

The second oldest Ironman in North America will take more than 2,500 athletes through Mirror Lake and the Adirondacks with a finish on the Olympic speed skating oval.

The International Triathlon Union's goal to have Team Triathlon included in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games took a significant step forward after the format was added to the 2014 Incheon Asian Games last week.

Those triathletes looking for an epic ride, look no further. Registration is open for the 2011 Sea to Stars cycling expedition on the Kohala Coast, Hawaii on Saturday, August 13, 2011, which is called “the hardest hill climb in the world.”

Monday’s announcement of the new HITS Triathlon race series instantly introduced athletes to 12 new race options starting in December.

The world’s largest iron distance triathlon, Challenge Roth, has sold out in record time since entries opened this week.

Germany's Michael Raelert will not race in this weekend's Ironman European Championships, due to a hip injury that has plagued him on and off throughout the year.

When Australian Melissa Rollison won Muncie 70.3 two weeks ago, we thought, “hmm, interesting.” But when she went 4:09 at Vineman 70.3 to beat a stacked field including Leanda Cave and Mirinda Carfrae we thought, “wait, who the hell is this girl?”

Danish pro Rasmus Henning, a two-time Olympian and the winner of the 2010 Challenge Roth, will now be coached by San Francisco-based Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness. Henning and his coach of 12 years Michael Krüger parted ways amicably.

After her threepeat win at the Life Time Fitness Triathlon in Minneapolis on Saturday, American Sarah Haskins, one of the top ITU racers gunning for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team shares why she likes racing non-drafting races, how things are different in an Olympic-qualifying year and how she’s preparing for racing at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series race in London on Aug. 6.

Emma Moffatt, Snowsill and Jackson put Australia back on the map in a breakthrough race for the country.

Josiah Middaugh and Shonny Vanlandingham lived up to their reputations as great climbers in the thin air of the Rockies by winning the XTERRA Mountain Championship on a beautiful blue sky day at Beaver Creek Resort in Avon, Colo.

WCS Hamburg is marked by a day of breakthroughs, including that of Chris McCormack

The Xterra Mountain Championship takes place this Saturday at Beaver Creek Resort in Avon, the last of six regionals in the Xterra America Tour. Up for grabs: $10,500 in prize money for pros and 41 amateur qualifying spots into October’s Xterra World Championship in Maui.

You can expect the return of some familiar 70.3 series faces for the 2011 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, but don’t count out some Ironman-focused pros who will race this year’s 70.3 worlds in lead up to Kona.

Canada's Melanie McQuaid is taking the challenge to a unique level by competing in two very difficult races: the XTERRA Mountain Championships in Colorado on Saturday (July 16) and the Vineman Ironman 70.3 triathlon in California on Sunday (July 17).

The ITU’s premier Dextro Energy World Championship Series could see some shakeups in its rankings this weekend, as some of the biggest names in the sport are choosing to sit Hamburg out.

Two-time Ironman world champion Normann Stadler underwent heart surgery on July 4 in Heidelberg, Germany, according to a press release from Team Commerzbank.

Next weekend’s Avia Vineman Ironman 70.3 race has a stellar lineup of pros—with world champions among them.

A participant passed away while competing in Sunday's Challenge Roth Triathlon in Roth, Germany.

Third place finisher at the 2010 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, Magali Tisseyre, cinched her fourth 70.3 win while dentist and pro triathlete, David Kahn, took the men’s title, despite having added the race to his schedule only a few weeks ago.

Swiss athletes Ronnie Schildknecht and Karin Thürig turned in fast marathons to take the victories at their home race of Ironman Switzerland.

Since Roth, Germany, started hosting iron-distance events in 1988, both male and female pros have broken eight hours nine times on Roth’s course. Make that ten; both Andreas Raelert and Chrissie Wellington set new world records today, at 7:41:33 and 8:18:13 respectively.

Germany's Andreas Raelert made his Challenge Roth debut by breaking the world record for fastest iron-distance race. His time of 7:41:33 came thanks to a 46:18 swim, a 4:11:43 bike and a 2:40:52 run.

Americans Ben Hoffman and Melissa Rollison took the titles at today’s Ironman 70.3 Muncie race in Muncie, Ind.

Americans Matt Reed and Sarah Haskins win in Minneapolis for the third year in a row.

CNN Fit Nation 6 Pack team member Kas Seerla joins Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his show to talk about the challenges of tackling open-water swimming.

Chris McCormack appeared on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” last month to discuss the notion of pushing the body to the limits with Dr. Oz. In the interview, host Bob Ley asks Macca about the mindset of “if you’re not injured, you’re not training hard enough.”

A memorial 5K is taking place in Tempe, Ariz. on Saturday, Dec. 10. All proceeds will benefit the Sally Meyerhoff Foundation—an organization dedicated to providing shoes and clothing for the less fortunate.

"The world’s largest iron-distance triathlon” is celebrating its 10th anniversary this weekend. Challenge Roth will take place on July 10th, 2011 with over 3,300 athletes and 600 relay teams from 61 countries.

Set your DVRs to record these Ironman events this month.

With the recent additions of Ironman Mont-Tremblant and Ironman U.S. Championship (aka IMNYC) to the northeast area, rumors have been circulating that the close-by Ironman Lake Placid may cease to exist after 2012.

Rasmus Petraeus pulled off a small upset at the inaugural KMD Challenge Aarhus today.

Belgium’s Marino Vanhoenacker crushed the record for fastest Ironman by going 7:56:58 at today’s Ironman Austria triathlon.

Lukas Verzbicas to compete in the Junior World Championships in honor of his good friend, elite triathlete Kevin McDowell, who is battling Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Flying to a triathlon next month? Good news: In celebration of the 2011 Tour de France, all bike fees will be waived on JetBlue flights for the month of July.

Almost halfway through the Series, professional triathletes Alicia Kaye (USA) and Andy Potts (USA) are the current points leaders.

Was Harry Wiltshire working to deter Javier Gomez's race in order to benefit his British teammates, Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee?

More than 1,000 competitors will take part in the event.

Tomorrow’s Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon, an Olympic-distance race in the Life Time Fitness Series, features the strongest pro field in the race’s seven-year history.

Nothing could keep Alistair Brownlee (GBR) from retaining the European Championship, not even technical difficulties.

Emmie Charayron (FRA) once again reigned supreme as a European champion, this time in the women's elite division at the 2011 ETU European Triathlon Championships.

The Philadelphia Insurance is adding extra safety measures after an athlete drowned at last year's event.

Today at the offices of Philadelphia Insurance, the 100 company employees who are racing the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon this weekend were treated to a lunchtime panel Q&A with pros Andy Potts and Tyler Butterfield, and challenged athletes Willie Stewart and Scout Bassett.