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Three months after a failed surgery and three days after the arrival of a new baby, the recently-crowned Ironman Coeur d’Alene champ proved he knows how to roll with the punches.

Plus, how a road bike may have helped Ashleigh Gentle avoid a run battle with Emma Pallant-Browne at 70.3 Andorra, and Leon Chevalier engineers a near-perfect race at Les Sables.

We round up all of the most important triathlon news of the month, plus a hot take on what we can learn about safety from two very different races in June.

Maybe you didn't expect Ben Kanute to pull off a 7:37:01 in only his second attempt at the full Iron distance. But the newly-crowned "Fastest American" and his coach, Jim Vance, absolutely did.

We watched hours of pro triathlon YouTube - yes, even the stuff where Sam Long howls at the moon - to help you, the viewer, find something to stream for your next trainer ride.

Game recognize game as Chrissie Wellington celebrates Daniela Ryf's record-breaking performance at Challenge Roth.

Plus, tri gets a stage at Olympic Esports Week, bringing it one step closer to potential inclusion in future Games.

Mark Allen recalls how he fell in love with France during the inaugural 1982 Nice International Triathlon.

History was made in Germany as Daniela Ryf and Magnus Ditlev clocked the fastest times ever recorded in an iron-distance race.

Get smiling - Michelle Vesterby returns to the race course this weekend! Here's how to watch all the action on the 70.3 Elsinore livestream this Sunday, June 18.

Our basic biology can steer us toward bad habits and compulsive behavior. Overcoming these pitfalls requires effort and discipline.

In this exclusive first look at the Ironman World Championship course in Nice, Triathlete shares maps and details on the course for athletes and fans.

Insider information on the Nice course, getting the stamp of approval from legends like Mark Allen, and whether the two-location format is here to stay - the RDs of the World Championship event in Nice tell all.

Cam Wurf finally punched his ticket to Nice, but if last weekend's performances are any indication, he's going to face a lot of competition (looking at you, Braden Currie).

With a world-record course and a world-class pro field, the stage is set for a big (maybe even record-breaking?) day at Challenge Roth. Trirating expert Thorsten Radde analyzes the super-deep men's and women's fields for the big show in Germany.

Winners of the Defender Service Awards save bears, train service dogs, feed people in need, and more. Meet last year’s honorees—and learn how to enter the 2023 contest now!

After leaving an abusive relationship, age-grouper Veronika Merchant is using triathlon to teach her son - and the world - what it means to endure.

Three countries, one epic race. Here's how to watch all the action on the 70.3 Luxembourg livestream this Sunday, June 18.

What we saw during Taylor Knibb's comeback victory at 70.3 Boulder is just the tip of the iceberg. With her coach, Ian O'Brien, the Olympian and reigning 70.3 World Champion shares how she used an injury rehab period to take her riding to a (scarily fast) new level.

2022 Sam Long would barely recognize 2023 Sam Long - and that's by design. The American speaks candidly about the decision to self-coach, overhauling his training plan and bike fit, and balancing world championship races with a baby on the way.

With nine big races to choose from (including Escape from Alcatraz and a Challenge family triple-header) there was no shortage of triathlon news coming out of the pro ranks last weekend.

Using a “five kingdoms” approach that sounds right out of Game of Thrones, the British pipeline to Olympic and Paralympic development aims to build triathlon superstars for generations to come.

A drone expert explains why this so-called simple solution isn’t so simple.

A Colorado classic you won't want to miss - watch the free livestream for Ironman 70.3 Boulder this Saturday, June 10.

Lenders like Klarna, Affirm, and Afterpay are making it easier than ever to finance even the smallest of online purchases. Here’s why you should think twice.

It’s been a few years since the first gravel-specific triathlon debuted. Is this niche-within-a-niche-sport still growing?

We spoke to a pro triathlete who was feet away from the tragic accident at the 2023 Ironman Hamburg, look at the race response that followed, and try to measure how it could have happened.

The head-on collision occurred between a motorcycle carrying a race photographer and an Ironman Hamburg participant.

Sam Long is not the first pro triathlete to seek—and gain—success on his own.

May 2023 had one of the busiest pro calendars in a long time. We take a look at the underlying drama and PTO world rankings that go well below the surface.

We round up all of the most important triathlon news of the month, plus give one big hot take on one big, burning topic: triathlon broadcasts.

With Project Podium as his training group and Ben Hoffman as his guide, the young tri phenom is set to become paratriathlon's next big thing.

Things are changing for a group once focused on helping all pros. How does it play (or not play) with others? Contributor Tim Heming looks at an organization in transition.

The story of how an unassuming one-mile section of red dirt road outside of Boulder, Colorado, has become the proving grounds of legends.

The father-son duo of Dick and Rick Hoyt conquered over 1,100 endurance events worldwide, including 247 triathlons.

We look at the big tri picture after a huge weekend of seven major pro events.

Plus, Sebastian Kienle "loses it" during Challenge St. Polten.

Can Jackie Hering defend her title in Tennessee? Not if Paula Findlay, Skye Moench, or Rach McBride have anything to say about it. Watch it all play out on the free livestream for 70.3 Chattanooga this Sunday, May 21.

The team of doctors who helped Natalie Brogan beat breast cancer are going the extra mile (70.3 of them, actually).

The only triathlete to ever successfully defend an Olympic title decided to have a crack at XTERRA in Staffordshire’s Weston Park in the U.K. last weekend. Turns out he's pretty good at off-road triathlon, too.

Also, the second stop of the World Triathlon Paratri Series heads to Japan.

Jeanni Metzler took 18 months away from professional racing after a debilitating battle with anxiety and depression—and the key to her recovery came from the most unexpected of places.

Chrissie Wellington has long moved on from triathlon. But the 4-time Ironman World Champion says these days, she’s achieving even more.

Sam Long, Lionel Sanders, Jackson Laundry, and Tim O'Donnell are back at it this weekend. Here's how to watch all the action on the 70.3 Gulf Coast Livestream this Saturday, May 13.

Warning: these 12 swim-bike-run vacations will give you a serious case of wanderlust.

From anti-drafting to anti-doping and Olympians to underdogs, last weekend's races in Ibiza and St. George had a few takeaways for fans of triathlon.

It was an action-packed weekend of racing around the globe. Columnist Brad Culp recaps the racing in St. George, Ibiza, and Port Macquarie.

We take a close look at the top pros heading to St. George, Utah, this weekend to battle for $100k in prize money.

In a packed event with three Olympic gold medalists and some first-ever matchups in the men's race, and all of the top-10 ranked athletes in the women's race, we break down the 2023 PTO European Open.

We round up all of the most important news in our sport this month and give one big hot take on one big, burning topic.

In an exclusive interview with Triathlete, the coach of disgraced U.S. triathlete Collin Chartier speaks out on their coaching relationship, the surprisingly quiet doping investigation, Chartier's training data, and more.

Multisport hasn't been immune to the specter of drug use in its ranks. We take a look at the sport's dark past.

An out-of-competition test by Ironman in February of this year detected the presence of erythropoietin (EPO) in a sample collected from 2022 U.S. Open Triathlon winner Collin Chartier.

Last weekend we had top-tier professional racing from Texas to Taiwan and Peru to the Canary Islands. Here’s who broke the banners and made the bucks at the biggest races from the past two days.

The traditional home of the Ironman World Championships takes place in one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems. Could splitting the event actually help reduce triathlon's impact on the island of Hawai'i?

Plus: What should we make of the PTO-Ironman face-off next month?

New Esports Triathlon World Champions were crowned, a 15 year-old triathlete took home a nice paycheck, and Gustav Iden got a penalty before the race even started. Brad Culp recaps the Super League Arena Games finale in London.

With training and racing as her muse, artist Cynthia Wells paints to portray the beauty in the sport.

Can Gustav Iden survive the "Group of Death"? Will Gina Sereno and Chase McQueen pull off a couples' championship? Tune in to the blockbuster finale of the Super League Arena Games Series this weekend to find out.

As it almost always does, Oceanside lived up to the hype as the biggest race of the spring.

If Saturday's race was any indication, we're in for an amazing season of professional triathlon.

The biggest triathlon stories to make waves this month.

Greg Durso shares how a post-paralysis Ironman led him on a career journey to inspire and empower thousands of others with disabilities to pursue their recreational dreams.

In an exclusive interview, we caught up with Kat Matthews in Boulder, Colorado to find out about her post-collision rehabilitation, big sponsorship changes, and why racing in SoCal is more than just a stopover on her planned return to the pinnacle of the sport.

While triathlete moms relish in recent maternity leave and pregnancy clauses, they say more can be done.

WTCS world champion Leo Bergere is plotting a smash-and-grab win at 70.3 Oceanside before returning to the day job of his Olympic quest.

The unofficial start to the North American professional triathlon season isn’t until next weekend at 70.3 Oceanside, but there was still plenty of action on the other side of the globe. Brad Culp recaps the New Plymouth World Cup, Hell of the West, and 70.3s in Geelong and Davao.

Stingrays, seal bites, and bears - oh, my! We look back on six times animal encounters wreaked havoc during triathlon races.

Fifteen-time US XTERRA champion Josiah Middaugh is a bona fide legend of off-road racing. His teenage son, Sullivan, has now decided it’s time to grab the torch - no matter how hot it is.

Ukrainian triathlete Vitalii Vorontsov used to want to compete at the international level to prove his strength to himself. Now, it’s for the eyes of the world.

Columnist Brad Culp recaps a weekend of racing that included Anne Haug’s 1:16 run split at Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote, back-to-back wins from Lucy Byram, and a dominant performance from Team USA in paratri.

When members of the Penticton Triathlon Club learned their town's oldest triathlon was at risk of extinction, they rolled up their sleeves to save their beloved local race.

Though the heyday of women’s-only events may have come and gone, there’s a resurgence of female events on the horizon. But why?

The "run until" trend on TikTok is a new take on the fartlek - and it might just be the workout refresh you need.

The latest in the Gustav Iden Shoe Saga exonerates the On CloudTRI1 shoes used in Abu Dhabi - but opens up even more questions.

From 1974 to today, these races shaped the sport of triathlon.

"But what if smartwatches are getting too smart? How much do we want them to know? How much do we want them to tell us? What if we don’t do what they say?"

You think you know who owns Ironman, the PTO, or even your local race, but you have no idea. Tim Heming reports on how the money flows through swim-bike-run.

Columnist Brad Culp recaps what you couldn’t watch at Clash Miami, and what you probably didn’t watch at round two of the Super League Arena Games in Switzerland.

Winning Super League Arena Games events, launching NASA spacecraft—all in a day's work for up-and-coming pro Gina Sereno.

Hockey, rowing, and...water polo? These triathlon pros dominated other sports for years before turning to swim-bike-run.

Our young sport has a long record of women at the top.

Despite her big goals for the 2021 race season, Melissa Rudolph didn't cross a single finish line. But her story isn't over yet - not even close.

It's only March and already controversy reigns supreme in the world of pro triathlon with an equipment protest at WTS Abu Dhabi, an after-the-fact DQ and podium shake up at Ironman South Africa, and a relatively drama-free day of racing at Ironman New Zealand.

Triathlete’s guide to all of this year’s most exciting races—and how to stream them.

The mastermind coach of the current reigning Ironman world and Olympic champions covers topics that range from personal tragedy to doping, and lifts the lid on why the Norwegians are just so damn good.

Full schedule of 13 races, including the world championships, announced. Catch the full free 70.3 livestreams on Outside Watch.

The high stakes and high drama of the Baker/Newby-Fraser rivalry led to record-breaking performances.

The biggest triathlon stories to make waves this month.