Ironman Brazil

Sweden’s Jesper Svensson and Canada's Kirsty Jahn earned breakthrough wins at Sunday's Ironman South American Championship.

Athletes competed for 75 coveted spots to the 2016 Ironman World Championship.

Canada’s Brent McMahon and the United States’ Liz Lyles were stellar at Sunday's Ironman South American Championships in Brazil.

McMahon and Lyles earned the Ironman South American Championship titles, $30,000 winning paychecks and automatic Kona starting spots.

The race, in Florianópolis on the island of Santa Catarina, also offers a $150,000 professional prize purse that pays 10 deep.

Brazil's Igor Amorelli and Canada's Sara Gross earned big wins at Sunday's Ironman Brazil Florianópolis.

Igor Amorelli became the first Brazilian athlete to take the title, while Sara Gross had a breakout performance to take her first full win.

Tim O’Donnell narrowly missed the elusive eight-hour mark, finishing in a course record time of 8:01:31.

Morales took another Ironman title in Brazil on Sunday thanks to a fast run.

Ironman Brazil 2012 opens for general registration on June 6th just after midnight Brazilian time (11:01 PM June 5th Eastern Standard Time in the US). We expect the race to sell out the day it opens.

In this Weekend Wrap Up, we bring you details from the Ironman Brazil event as well as the Capitol of Texas Triathlon in Austin, TX.