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American ITU athletes Jarrod Shoemaker and Matt Chrabot headline Inside Triathlon’s preview of the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Ivan Vasiliev's sixth place will go far in Russia's bid to secure three Olympic country spots.

Densham's win puts the Australian Olympic selectors in a pickle.

There are more than podium spots up for grabs in Sydney this Saturday.

The men’s ITU circuit has been top-heavy over the past three years with Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee and Javier Gomez dominating.

The women’s circuit is the Wild Wild West in that any woman can win on any given day.

The two-time Olympic medalist has taken some risks in training as he attempts to catch up to the sport’s leaders.

The two-time ITU world champion is in the midst of his London buildup.

Can a non-Ironman-branded, non-World Triathlon Corporation-owned triathlon become a viable world championship event?

Atkinson talks Olympics, the non-drafting circuit and Chris McCormack.

The boys talk pressure, injury and potential gold in London.

The event features one of its deepest fields in history.

Will it be London or Kona for Chris McCormack in 2012? We caught up with the two-time Ironman world champ to find out where he stands.

Inside Triathlon magazine traveled to Rev3’s inaugural event in Costa Rica.

Get the inside scoop on how Endurance Live Triathletes of the Year Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington conquered Kona.

This past fall America got a visit from an iconoclastic Australian triathlon coach, Darren Smith, and Inside Triathlon was there.

Want to race well in the heat? The pioneering work of the Hawaii Ironman doctors can help you.

Photos of Greg and Laura Bennett, who are featured on the March/April cover of Inside Triathlon.

High performance training tips reign supreme in the March/April issue.

The Clermont Challenge offers elite, age-group and youth draft-legal events.

The tiny Chilean star has no plans to immediately move to another coach.

Get a look at Tim O’Donnell’s and Luke McKenzie’s Ironman Hawaii cycling power data.

South Africa’s Conrad “the Caveman” Stoltz, a four-time Xterra world champ, is fitter and faster than ever.

Go behind the scenes of the March/April Inside Triathlon cover shoot with Greg and Laura Bennett.

Bevan Docherty hopes to come away from 2012 with the only medal that will complete his collection.

A look inside three-time Ironman world champion Craig Alexander’s now famous heat experiments.

"... It seems to me in triathlon you ‘ride for show and you run for dough.'"

Wolfe is an Assistant U.S. Attorney by trade and an ultrarunner by choice who earned a national championship in his first ever winter tri.

A look at a recent competition ban.

Inside Triathlon's trip across the pond reveals Britain’s greatest threat to triathlon.

Go inside the lives of the Brownlee brothers, who are favored to take the top two spots at this summer's Olympic games.

There’s one Olympic spot left for the women and at most three spots left for the men. So how exactly will the other spots be filled?

The (Deeply Determined, Exceptionally Sensitive, Sometimes Insecure and Downright Huge) Heart of a Champion

Chrissie Wellington let the Inside Triathlon staff dress her up like the Queen of Ironman, a title she deserves given her Ironman, iron-distance and Kona world records.

How to travel to and around Flagstaff, Ariz.

Inside Triathlon magazine is renowned for its stunning photography. Here are a few of our favorite photos from 2011.

Our favorite 2011 Inside Triathlon column from two-time Ironman world champ Tim DeBoom.

Inside Triathlon magazine offered four detailed bike reviews over the past year.

A detailed review of the Scott Plasma Premium.

McCormack orchestrated the decisive Kona 2010 breakaway aboard this Specialized Shiv.

A detailed review of the 2011 Felt DA.

A review of the Cervélo P4.

Looking to improve your triathlon performance in 2012? Look no further than Inside Triathlon magazine’s January/February issue.

The ITU’s postponement of its Yokohama race led athletes to question its safety.

Inside Triathlon magazine traveled to England to get an idea of what makes the Brownlee brothers so fast.

Inside Triathlon magazine contributing editor Matt Fitzgerald got to wondering why so many elite triathletes have recently taken their bikes off the roads and started to ride inside. Here's a photo gallery featuring the most famous indoor rider of them all, Andy Potts.

What is the Zone Diet all about? Between Monday, November 20 to January 28, right through the holiday season, we put the Zone Diet to the test and explore the value, challenges and benefits of following the Zone protocol.

Inside Triathlon magazine has used several online polls to compile a list of your favorite races. Now we’d like you to pick the winner, which will be displayed as our “Readers Choice” in our upcoming TriGuide.

Inside Triathlon is asking you to vote for your favorite race for the upcoming "TriGuide". Get a look at a few of the finalists with this photo gallery.

Which short course stars would you like to see move up to Ironman?

In the November issue of Inside Triathlon, T.J. Murphy writes about Dr. Barry Sears, creator of the Zone Diet, a dietary protocol prescribing 40% carbohydrates, 30% fat and 30% protein that was first practiced by high-performance triathletes like Mike Pigg and Mark Allen.

Beijing Olympian Sarah Haskins won the Pan American Championships in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, over the weekend for the American women, adding yet another title to her impressive resume.

In our November/December issue, Inside Triathlon magazine snagged exclusive access to the American Olympic hopefuls who raced in the first Olympic trials event, in London in August, and we reveal details of those athletes’ lives, journeys, successes, failures and future goals.

American Olympic hopeful Manny Huerta earned silver at the Pan Am Games triathlon in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, over the weekend, marking one of the greatest accomplishments of his career thus far.

The following story about dark horse Ironman World Championships contender Leanda Cave was printed in the September/October issue of Inside Triathlon magazine. She ended up finishing third in the October race.

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.

Late last month three-time Olympian Hunter Kemper won his seventh national championship—a feat he accomplished in 1 hour, 48 minutes and 24 seconds at the USA Triathlon Elite National Championships in Buffalo, N.Y. His seventh career national title put him ahead of legendary triathlete Scott Molina for most U.S. national championships, and it ties Karen Smyers for most ever by an American.

Inside Triathlon editor-in-chief Courtney Baird interviewed reigning Ironman world champion Chris McCormack of Australia throughout the season.

Perhaps the biggest news heading into the event is that former world No. 1 and the 2008 Olympic silver medalist, Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal, is on the start list.

McCormack finished up the 2011 ITU World Championship season on Saturday with 31st place in the Grand Final in Beijing, and he was kind enough to answer some questions about the race and his 2011 season for Inside Triathlon editor-in-chief Courtney Baird.

Craig Alexander chats about his second 70.3 world championship title.

Hewitt's notorious sprint earns her the Grand Final title, while Groff's 10th place finish secures her the overall World Championship Series bronze.

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

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.

Mirinda Carfrae’s 2010 win in Kona was no fluke. It was a result that was carefully and methodically crafted by her fierce yet under-the-radar coach.

Go behind the scenes of the cover shoot for the Sept./Oct. issue of Inside Triathlon, featuring Chrissie Wellington. The video also features training tips from the three-time Ironman world champion herself.

Go behind the scenes of Inside Triathlon's cover shoot with Chrissie Wellington with this time-lapse video from photo editor Nils Nilsen.

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.

No magazine has ever published an in-depth profile of three-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington, one where a writer uses long interviews with Wellington and her friends and family to paint a picture of who Wellington is outside of sport.

With Jorgensen and Groff qualifying, there’s one Olympic spot left for the women and at most three spots left for the men. So how exactly will the other spots be filled?

Sarah Groff, who qualified for the Olympics this past weekend by placing seventh at the ITU’s Dextro Energy World Championship Series in London, took part in the U.S. Olympic Committee’s 12 for '12 Media Teleconference Series today.

Inside Triathlon editor-in-chief Courtney Baird chatted with McCormack about how he plans to overcome the injury and what he thinks about the Brownlee brothers' domination of ITU racing.

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.

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.

Besides finding a conscientious doctor who is used to working with athletes, triathletes should be concerned with finding a health practitioner who understands the intricacies of cholesterol, thyroid hormones and iron.

Given that Canada’s Paula Findlay has been the only real consistent figure on the podium over the last season and a half, predicting the medalists for the women at the 2012 London Olympic triathlon is an extremely difficult task.

How do we feel about the ranking system?

The man they call Macca still has work to do if he's going to qualify for Australia's 2012 London Olympic team.

A short list of some of the potential medal contenders for 2012—and those who could upset the status quo.

Canada’s Simon Whitfield has a gold medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics and a silver from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Olympic gold and silver medalist Simon Whitfield is triathlon’s greatest Olympian—and he’s currently in pursuit of his third Olympic medal and fourth Olympic berth.

On Sunday, Sarah Groff of Hanover, N.H., became the first American woman to ever podium at an ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series event by coming in third at the series’ race in Kitzbühel, Austria.

Enjoy the following gallery of Tim O’Donnell, which features some outtakes from our photo shoot with him in Tucson, Ariz.

Chris McCormack weighs in on his race in Kitzbühel and what's ahead as he goes for the Olympics.

Inside Triathlon magazine’s July/August issue features an exclusive profile of Tim O’Donnell, who recently made his Ironman debut with an 8:09:50 runner-up finish at Ironman Texas, behind Spain’s Eneko Llanos.

In the past several years, indoor riding has become a bona fide trend at the elite level of the sport, and that trend has begun to trickle down into the age group ranks.

ITU racer Matt Chrabot talks about why he never trains through a race.

Inside Triathlon magazine announces its picks for the 10 greatest female iron-distance triathletes of all time.

T.J. Murphy, went to visit Corbin in her home in Montana. The following is the story that came out of that visit—including an in-depth look at how she overhauled her training regimen.

Hard science, heat labs and custom gear helped one pro finally win a five-year battle against the heat and humidity of Kona.