Events

Temperate weather conditions and curious and enthusiastic local crowds greeted athletes racing Saturday's inaugural Challenge Taiwan.

American Meredith Kessler chats about her new approach toward the 2013 Ironman World Championship and her love of St. George.

Greg and Laura Bennett will make the start at Saturday's Ironman 70.3 St. George.

Kelly Williamson admits that she's not feeling great about her form, but is excited to test her legs on the tough course.

Leanda Cave (GBR) chats about her season so far, the St. George course and her goals for the race on Saturday.

Sebastian Kienle talks about his decision to race St. George and if he'll duplicate the all-out strategy that gave him the world title.

Nine of the top pros gathered in St. George's Town Square on Friday ahead of the Ironman 70.3 U.S. Pro Championship.

On the eve of the inaugural Challenge Taiwan--the Challenge Family's first race in Asia--Holly Bennett sat down with managing director Michael Dhulst.

Holly Bennett spent the day today with Challenge Family CEO Felix Walchshoefer, exploring the Challenge Taiwan bike course by scooter.

With the 70.3 and Ironman World Champs months away, several pros have chosen to make this the priority race for the front half of 2013.

Pro athletes will be competing in the Olympic-distance race for their share of a $50,000 prize purse.

Here's a look at the scenic and unique sights that competitors will enjoy this weekend.

Javier Gomez chats with Javier Gomez about the Brownlee brothers, the highlights of his career and his future plans in the sport.

The southern Utah community will host half the distance, but will see twice the excitement as the site of the 70.3. U.S. Pro Championship.

Meredith Kessler is no stranger to the winds, heat and climbing in St. George, Utah, as she returns for the fourth year in a row.

Athletes and media gathered for a press conference made especially lively by an entertaining emcee and translator.

Jan Frodeno (GER) and Alicia Kaye (CAN) earned the victories at the 30th anniversary of the St. Anthony’s Triathlon by turning in well-rounded races St. Petersburg, Fla.

USAT has high hopes for intense, compact race format.

On Sunday Alistair Brownlee will run a 10K, but this time he won’t be swimming or biking first. And, for a change, he probably won’t win.

After a day of qualifying, the top finishers (and those who met the pre-qualification standard) battled it out in the A Finals of the Fearless Pro Triathlon.

On the heels of a seventh-place finish at the ITU World Triathlon San Diego, American Sarah Groff won the Fearless Pro super sprint triathlon.

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Chris McCormack’s first Escape from Alcatraz victory rang in a new era of Aussie dominance in triathlon.

After a fourth-place finish at the Olympic Games last August, American Sarah Groff started approaching her career with a new outlook.

Great Britain's Alistair Brownlee destroyed the ITU WTS San Diego field on Saturday, running a 29:30 10K to earn the victory.

Gwen Jorgensen ran her way through the field to become the first American to win an ITU World Triathlon Series race in San Diego on Friday

Olympic athletes will be racing Fearless Pro’s unique racing format for a share in the $20,000 prize purse.

Sarah Groff pushed the pace through much of the bike and the early miles of the run, but eventually "blew up" and finished seventh.

Ready to take her performance to the next level, the Olympian has made some changes that—so far—are really paying off.

In addition to the professionals, nearly 50 paratriathletes and more than 1,800 age groupers took on the ITU World Triathlon Series course.

Javier Gomez exited the water with the leaders at ITU WTS San Diego and stayed up front on the bike, but he struggled on the run and finished eighth.

South Africa's Richard Murray was the only athlete to turn in back-to-back podium performances at the ITU WTS San Diego races.

Matt Chrabot finished 14th at the ITU World Triathlon Series race and was the first American across the line.

A new book led Tim DeBoom to reevaluate how “tough” the Hawaii Ironman really is.

Great Britain's Non Stanford has been touted as the future of the sport and she backed that up on Friday.

Gwen Jorgensen became the first-ever American woman to win at an International Triathlon Union World Triathlon Series event.

The race saw ideal conditions, allowing for a solid day of racing, highlighted by a men’s sprint finish and surprise female standout performance.

Alistair Brownlee turned in a dominant performance despite what he said was not an ideal lead-up to the race.

Olympic gold medalist Alistair Brownlee posted a 29:30 10K run split to earn his 13th ITU World Triathlon Series victory.

Gwen Jorgensen made history at the 2013 ITU WTS San Diego race on Friday, becoming the first American female to win in the series.

Gwen Jorgensen took the first-ever ITU World Triathlon Series win for an American female in an exciting finish.

The older Brownlee brother will race Javier Gomez on Saturday; track meet next week.

Almost 200 people showed up in San Diego on Thursday to celebrate the triathlon careers of Jim MacLaren, Missy LeStrange and Julie Moss.

Five steps to following the world’s fastest triathletes this weekend in San Diego.

The U.S. national triathlon team got in some swim practice in preparation for the weekend's Omegawave ITU World Triathlon Series San Diego races.

A few exciting story lines to watch for at this weekend's Southern California event.

Judging by our weekend spent observing the up-and-comers in our sport, we think it’s safe to say the future of triathlon looks bright.

USAT’s national events director shares tips to dominate the course.

Look back on an exciting weekend of collegiate action from Tempe, Ariz.

Switzerland’s Ronnie Schildknecht and the United States’ Jessie Donavan earned the Ironman victories in Port Elizabeth.

Despite a lack of prize money at the Leadman Marquee Tempe event, a few professional athletes chose to toe the line and test their early-season fitness.

Three-time defending champion University of Colorado added another team title to their collection Saturday.

Unseasonably stormy weather and pounding surf over the past few days in Vietnam threatened the swim portion of Sunday’s inaugural Laguna Lang Co Triathlon.

The mixed team relay rounded out a weekend of fast racing and hot temps at USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship in Tempe, Ariz.

Arizona's Ben Kanute and CU's Michelle Mehnert earned the victories at Saturday's USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship.

Olympic silver medalist Lisa Norden once again proved her versatility with today’s win at Challenge Fuerteventura.

Michelle Mehnert stayed near the front of the race the entire day to take her first USAT Collegiate National Championship.

Ben Kanute proved his versatility, taking the title less than 24 hours after beating out a tough field in the draft-legal sprint race.

Arizona's Ben Kanute and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs' Erin Jones won the draft-legal collegiate national championships.

The USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship kicked off with the inaugural draft-legal race in Tempe, Ariz.

The World Cup circuit heads to Asia for the second stop of the series in familiar Ishigaki, Japan.

USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals, the inaugural Leadman Tri Epic 125 Tempe and the Marquee Triathlon will all take place.

A look at five of the teams expected to contend for the titles at Saturday’s USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships.

Spain's Javier Gomez continued his domination of the 2013 season by earning the victory at the opening race for the ITU World Triathlon Series.

Germany's Anne Haug turned in an impressive performance to repeat in Auckland.

Ben Collins (USA) and Helle Fredriksen (DEN) earned the victories at Sunday's Nautica South Beach Triathlon.

Australia's Richie Cunningham and Great Britain's Emma-Kate Lidbury took the wins at the 2013 Ironman 70.3 Texas triathlon in Galveston, Texas.

The United States’ Ben Collins and Denmark’s Helle Frederiksen earned the victories at the first race of the 2013 Life Time Tri Series.

After taking the Grand Final win in Auckland last year, Haug opened the WTS season with another victory on the tough course.

Gomez held off his fellow countryman Mario Mola on the run.

Canadian Trevor Wurtele didn't have the race he hoped for in Oceanside, but he found a way to reflect on the Oceanside race in a creative way.

It marked the end of the World Triathlon Series last year, with a thrilling Grand Final punctuating an incredible season, but this year Auckland is just the start.

After getting a health problem diagnosed and treated, American Matt Chrabot sprinted his way to a second-place finish in Mooloolaba.

Check out the second photo gallery of our Ironman 70.3 California race coverage.

Official Ironman events have an undeniable appeal, but several other series host equally rewarding races.

What has been for years the richest prize purse in the sport of triathlon has been cut down to $500,000.

The Olympic-distance (1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K run) race will offer a prize purse of $25,000.

This month's Omegawave World Triathlon San Diego will be televised live in the United States on Universal Sports Network on April 19-20.

American Jesse Thomas was overtaken by eventual race winner Andy Potts just before the Ironman 70.3 California finish chute.

Scotland's Lesley Paterson, who has said she prefers to race in off-road triathlon, chats about the mental toughness it took to run her way to third at Ironman 70.3 California on Saturday.

Canadian Heather Wurtele, who in the past has been known as a strong cyclist, proved to be on of the top runners on Saturday in Oceanside.

Germany's Andi Boecherer talks about starting the run at Saturday's Ironman 70.3 California in the top spot.

Andy Potts and Heather Jackson took the victories Saturday at Ironman 70.3 California against stacked fields.

Whether it was intentional or not, the fact that Andy Potts exited the swim with athletes right on his heels proved to work to his advantage.

American Andy Potts chats about his fifth Ironman 70.3 California victory.

2013 Ironman 70.3 California winner Heather Jackson chats about her new race approach now that she has confidence in her run.

Potts narrowly outpaced Thomas to take his fifth Oceanside title, while Jackson gets the win after finishing second at this race twice.

Recap Saturday's Oceanside race with photos, video interviews, analysis and more from the Triathlete.com team.

American Tim O'Donnell reflects on his 70.3 San Juan race, talks a little bit about his competition and gives advice for dealing with cold water.

Potts chats about how he's feeling, his race strategy and what makes the Oceanside course unique.