Events

Athletes got the opportunity to try out the swim course and check in their bikes on the eve of the Ironman World Championship 70.3 race. Check out the photos!

Triathlete’s editors have made their fearless picks for the top 10 men and women.

Triathlete.com catches up with Paul Matthews two days before the Ironman World Championship 70.3 race in Las Vegas.

Triathlete.com catches up with Michael Weiss two days before the Ironman World Championship 70.3 race in Las Vegas.

Triathlete.com catches up with Joe Gambles two days before the Ironman World Championship 70.3 race in Las Vegas.

Brownlee's Grand Final dominance earned him the overall world title, with younger brother Jonny coming second and Gomez finishing third.

Triathlete.com catches up with Leanda Cave two days before the Ironman World Championship 70.3 race in Las Vegas. Who does Cave hope will help her push the pace on race day? Find Out.

Triathlete.com catches up with Trek/K-Swiss team member Lesley Paterson two days before the Ironman World Championship 70.3 race in Las Vegas. What's her race strategy going to be? Find out.

The venue change of the Ironman 70.3 world championship from Clearwater, Fla., to the outskirts of Las Vegas has everyone guessing who will rise to the top at this year’s race on Sept. 11.

Sunday’s Superfrog triathlon is normally a unique event because of its ties to naval commando history and its long presence in the sport—this is the 33rd anniversary of the race, originally created to train Navy SEALs and serve as a warm-up to the Ironman World Championship.

Next year's races, scheduled for May 12-13, 2012, will serve as the second of two qualifier events to determine the 2012 U.S. Olympic Men's and Women's Triathlon Team.

The ITU has announced its 2012 ITU World Championship Series schedule and for the first time since 2009 it includes a stop in the United States.

The 2011 ITU elite short-course world champions will be crowned this weekend when the best short-course triathletes in the world race in the Dextro Energy World Championship Series Grand Final in Beijing.

Images of the second running of the Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl Triathlon from Austria.

With the Audi Best Buddies running and cycling fund-raiser to take place at Hearst Castle on September 10, we look back at Triathlete magazine’s report on one of the most star-powered and innovative charity/endurance events in the world.

After five years of complaints and criticism surrounding the Ironman World Championship 70.3 course in Clearwater, Fla., the prestigious mid-distance championship has relocated to Lake Las Vegas.

It was a fast and exciting day at the first-ever non-drafting Hy-Vee Triathlon.

Ronnie Schildknecht and Yvonne Van Vlerken took the victories at the second running of the Challenge Walchsee-Kaiswerwinkl Triathlon in Austria.

Australia's Greg Bennett overtook the entire field at the men's Hy-Vee Triathlon Elite Cup race, cruising into the finish line in 1:49:52 to take home the $151,500 winner’s check.

Thirty top female pros came to Des Moines, Iowa to race the fifth annual Hy-Vee Triathlon on Sunday.

We asked pro triathlete Jenny Fletcher about this weekend’s Hy-Vee race, how she hydrates in the heat and her second career in modeling.

When the pre-race favorites have met earlier in the year it seems a different man has come out on top every time.

Two American Olympic qualifiers and two American Olympic hopefuls highlight the women’s field for this weekend’s Hy-vee Triathlon in Des Moines, Iowa.

The World Triathlon Corporation has offered the final pros slots to the Ironman World Championship after the final weekend of racing, which included two Ironman races.

Ironman Canada was supposed to be hot—both temperature and race wise—and it did not disappoint.

It was humid, windy and already 70 degrees outside when the pros jumped into the Ohio River to start the fifth edition of Ironman Louisville.

Matt Chrabot, a 28-year old ITU racer who lives in Colorado Springs, cinched the men’s title today while Sarah Haskins won the women’s race for the third time.

Ironman Louisville has one of the most unique swim starts of any Ironman. Plus the course passes historic landmarks and offers athletes scenic views of Oldham County.

With pre-registration for the 2012 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon now open, we though we'd look back at this year's pro race and help give you an idea of what it would be like to race in the United Arab Emirates.

It’s one of the sport’s marquee races along the country’s most scenic city skyline, and triathletes show up by the thousands.

Chile's Barbara Riveros Diaz narrowly beat out Australia's Emma Jackson for the ITU Sprint World Championship title. Check out photos of the action.

Stephen Bayliss (GBR) and Amy Marsh (USA) took out the inaugural Challenge Vichy this weekend and in doing so conquered one of the toughest races in Challenge history. Temperatures in the French spa town rose to 43C with high humidity and athletes facing strong head winds on the bike.

Jonathan Brownlee overcame tough competition and grueling conditions to successfully defend his ITU Sprint World Championship title. Check out all of the action with this photo gallery.

Denmark's Rasmus Henning and Great Britain's Chrissie Wellington showed that they are on track with their Kona preparations by leading from start to finish at today's Ironman 70.3 Timberman triathlon in Gilford, N.H.

No wildcard entries will be given for the 2011 Ironman World Championship.

Look back on the last two years of the ITU Team World Championships. The ITU is hoping to have the thrilling event added to the Olympic Games.

The ITU’s Elite Sprint Triathlon World Championships is set to take place this weekend in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a strong contingent of athletes looking to add a world championship to their names.

A photo gallery of one of the most unique 70.3 races in the world.

Athletes gathered on a cool and cloudy morning at Washington’s Lake Stevens, located about 35 miles north of Seattle.

Photos from the second running of the 2011 Challenge Copenhagen triathlon.

Both Australia’s Tim Berkel and Rebekah Keat held up their ends of the title-defending bargain by repeating wins at today’s Challenge Copenhagen.

Australians Pete Jacobs and Belinda Granger took the titles at today's Ironman 70.3 Philippines triathlon.

One week after Gwen Jorgensen (USA) qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games, the rising American star backed it up with her first World Cup win at the 2011 Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup.

Over 2,400 athletes from 54 countries gathered this morning in Wiesbaden, Germany (on the Rhine River close to Frankfurt) to test themselves on the one-loop swim course, hilly one-loop bike course and three-loop run through the city.

A photo gallery of the pre-race activities leading up to the Challenge Copenhagen Triathlon.

This Sunday, defending champion Melanie McQuaid, last year’s runner-up Tyler Stewart and podium finishers Paul Ambrose (2nd) and Luke Bell (3rd) return to Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens outside Seattle, Washington, to vie for the title.

Athletes will be using this opportunity to pick up last-minute points to compete at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Lake Las Vegas on Sept. 11th and for the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona on Oct. 8th.

USA Triathlon’s 2010 Rookie of the Year is on her way to the 2012 London Olympics thanks to a second-place finish at the 2011 ITU World Championship Series race in London.

Germany's Michael Raelert has announced he will not compete in the 2011 Ironman World Championship race due to an injury that has plagued him throughout the season.

With the season in full swing, we asked several top pros how they feel about the Kona Pro Rankings systen now.

Team USA left London with mixed feelings of excitement and disappointment. When all was said and done two athletes, Gwen Jorgensen and Sarah Groff, punched their tickets to the 2012 London Olympics. Check out these racing photos of Team USA.

Images of a rainy day at the 2011 Nautica New York City Triathlon.

With temperatures reaching into the 90s, athletes had anything but easy conditions in today’s Ironman 70.3 Boulder, where fiery performances in both the men’s and women’s professional races made for a powerful show.

It was a competitive day at the Ironman 70.3 Boulder triathlon, with two strong cyclists coming out on top. Check out the photos.

Intermittent rain showers and 90 percent humidity did little to slow down the professional field in today’s Nautica New York City Triathlon, with Rebeccah Wassner three-peating in her home town and Seattle resident Ben Collins winning here for the first time.

German Markus Fachbach turned in a well-rounded day to take the men's title, while American Mary Beth Ellis won her second Ironman in four weeks thanks to an impressive run.

Great Britain's Alistair Brownlee won the London edition of the ITU’s Dextro Energy World Championship Series today with his brother Jonathan coming in third to thrill their home crowd.

Photos of the men's race from the ITU World Championship Series in London, England.

Two-time Ironman world champion Tim DeBoom of the United States took the win at the always tough Norseman Xtreme Triathlon in Eidfjord, Norway.

Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins won the London edition of the ITU’s Dextro Energy World Championship Series today, with Americans Gwen Jorgensen and Sarah Groff taking two automatic Olympic qualifying spots for the USA by placing second and seventh, respectively.

Great Britain's Helen Jenkins thrills in front of her home crowd, while Americans Gwen Jorgensen and Sarah Groff turned in impressive performances to earn Olympic spots.

It’s the calm before the storm in what should be the most spectacular two days of short-course racing this year at the ITU’s Dextro Energy World Championship Series race in London.

The world's fastest triathletes gathered in London for a pre-ITU World Championship Series race briefing. Although it's a serious weekend, today gave athletes the opportunity to reconnect with friends.

This is the race that all ITU athletes and fans have been waiting for all year—the best triathletes in the world will be peaked and ready to race their best at the ITU’s Dextro Energy World Championship Series race in London this weekend as they chase Olympic spots and points for the overall world championship title.

The World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) has offered 41 pro men and 27 pro women the opportunity to register for the 2011 Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii based on their placement in the Kona Pro Rankings.

Photos from the oldest full-distance independent triathlon in the continental United States, the Full Vineman Triathlon.

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American Timothy O’Donnell and Canadian Tenille Hoogland win Ironman 70.3 Calgary.

Top professionals will be toeing the starting line as they vie for a place at the 2011 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Las Vegas. The race also offers 40 qualifying age-grouper spots for the 70.3 world championship.

One of the toughest triathlons in the world was made even tougher with soggy conditions.

Triathlete.com caught up with Al-Sultan about winning in Frankfurt, his training leading up to the Ironman World Championship and, of course, his trademark Speedo.

It was reported that Ironman Lake Placid may be in danger of extinction. The Lake Placid News wants to hear from those who want to keep the venue, just as a “precautionary step.”

WTC has announced that the run course for Ironman St. George will change as of 2012. The previous run course was known as one of the most difficult Ironman marathons in the world.

A photo gallery of the inaugural Twin Cities Tri presented by Optum Health

The Frankfurter Sparkasse Ironman European Championship takes place this weekend in Frankfurt, Germany and is considered the second most important full Ironman distance event—after the world championship in Kailua-Kona, of course.

It was an all-Emma, and all-Aussie, podium in the women's race at the ITU World Championship Series - Hamburg. Photo: Delly Carr/Triathlon.org

Check out photos from an exciting ITU World Championship Series race in Hamburg, Germany.

For athletes looking for an autumn/race getaway, these seven events will offer you scenic courses for those last triathlons before heading into the off season.

The 21st annual Vineman 70.3 featured a $50,000 prize purse with $8,500 of the cash going to both the first place man and woman.

Andy Potts and Melissa Rollison took victories on one of the most beautiful courses in the world at Vineman Ironman 70.3. See photos of the race.

The 2010 Ironman Canada winner calls the Vineman 70.3 “a true hometown race!” because she’s able to pick up her packet the day before the race yet still sleep in her own bed the night before.

A combination of factors come into play to make the Challenge Roth triathlon the race where iron-distance records are broken.

Nine of the United States' top triathletes have earned the right to compete for a spot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team next month at the International Triathlon Union World Championship Series event in London on Aug. 6-7.