ITU World championship series

Look back on the 2011 ITU World Championship Series race from Sydney, Australia. The race was won by Javier Gomez and Paula Findlay.

The ITU World Championship Series will be known as the ITU World Triathlon Series starting in 2012.

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.

The swim start of an ITU race produces some of the most breathtaking photos in the sport.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

The ITU’s premier Dextro Energy World Championship Series could see some shakeups in its rankings this weekend, as some of the biggest names in the sport are choosing to sit Hamburg out.

Bob Babbitt catches up with 2008 Olympian Jarrod Shoemaker before he takes off for the first ITU World Championship Series race in Sydney, Australia.

It is the first race of 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series and all of the world's best have come out to play.

Australia's Olympic triathlon gold medalist Emma Snowsill is back home to start her 2011 competition season after a four-month base training camp in Stellenbosch, near Cape Town in South Africa.

London's Hyde Park will be the setting for one of the best "free" shows in an Olympic sport this year with signs, a day before Olympic tickets go on sale, that the world's top triathletes will be in the Park on August 6 and 7 to go head-to-head in the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship, London, presented by Tata Steel.

Courtney Atkinson wants to prove he is a genuine contender for the ITU World Championship Series after ending 2010 a long way from his best.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has named the 20 athletes that will start out the 2011 ITU World Championship Series (WCS) as gold group athletes. The list does not include any American triathletes.

One of Great Britain's top ITU triathletes has announced his retirement from the sport after deciding to concentrate on his studies rather than compete for a place at the 2012 London Olympics.

The International Triathlon Union today announced the addition of Auckland, New Zealand to its 2011 ITU Triathlon World Cup season.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today released its 2011 schedule for the ITU Triathlon World Cup Series. In addition to $400,000 USD in prize money, athletes will compete for ranking points for the 2011 World Championship and 2012 Olympic Games qualifying points.

South Africa’s James Cunnama continued his successful 2010 season, while Switzerland’s Nicola Spirig showcased her ITU speed to take the women’s Ironman 70.3 Austin title.

The ITU today announced its 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series schedule. The cities and dates closely parallel those of the 2010 schedule, and once again does not include any North American cities.

Snowsill runs away with the Grand Final win, as Moffatt finishes as the runner-up to secure her second consecutive ITU World Championship.

Great Britian's Alistair Brownlee found himself back on top at an ITU World Championship Series race, while Spain's Javier Gomez finished second to take the World Championship title.

Frodeno, Moffatt lead ITU World Rankings heading into this weekend's Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Grand Final.

USA Triathlon recently gave several journalists a peak into Laura Bennett’s and Jarrod Shoemaker’s preparations for the ITU World Championship Series Grand Final in Budapest, Hungary.

The highly-anticipated announcement of the selection process for the triathlon team for the 2012 London Olympics took place today.

Inside Triathlon’s Courtney Baird caught up with American Olympic hopeful Matt Chrabot as he prepares for the ITU World Championship Series Grand Final in Budapest.

According to a New Zealand newspaper, Bevan Docherty has decided not to race in the ITU World Championship Series Grand Final in Budapest, Hungary.

See images of the second-to-last race in the ITU World Championship Series.

Canadian Paula Findlay wins her second consecutive World Championship Series race with another brilliant run.

Frodeno, Moffatt head into the second-to-last race of season as the leaders of world rankings.

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