LATEST TRIATHLON NEWS
September 5, 2024
Are Triathletes Filling a Religion-Sized Hole With Endurance Sports?
I looked up at the sky. A streak of silver flashed across the dark dome. In that glorious moment, I felt at one with the universe. Swimming was no longer just a physical experience, but a spiritual one. It turns out I’m not alone. This phenomenon is documented in a...
September 2, 2024
U.S. Paralympic Triathlon Team Wins 8 Medals to Lead All Countries at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
U.S. Paralympians Grace Norman (Bloomington, Ind.), Hailey Danz (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Chris Hammer (Gilbert, Ariz.) each won gold at the Paralympic Games Paris 2024 on Monday, Sept. 2, leading the U.S. Paralympic Triathlon Team, which won eight medals on a historic day to top the medal count for all...
August 24, 2024
Major triathlon race cancelled on safety grounds after road users fail to obey local closures
Challenge Sandefjord in Norway was cancelled on Saturday on safety grounds as road users failed to obey closures in the town and surrounding area after signs were removed. Pros and Age Groupers from all over Norway and 26 countries around the world had descended on the Scandanavian venue for what...
August 16, 2024
USA Triathlon Cuts Funding to Elite National Team Athletes
USA Triathlon has withdrawn funding for its top-level professional athletes, only providing financial support to these athletes at the final two World Triathlon Championship Series events for 2024. According to sources close to the team, support had originally been planned to run through the six remaining World Cup level events...
August 15, 2024
What a New Study Tells Us About Heart Health for Aging Triathletes
In a world where triathletes, especially long-course triathletes, instinctively know many hours of training are required to race a five, six, or even 15-hour event, when it comes to heart health, scientists are learning that there is a tipping point for hours trained at high intensity—after which the heart benefits...
August 13, 2024
Infographic – Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024
Now underway, the third edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift runs from August 12-18, 2024, and event organiser A.S.O., has released an infographic showcasing the elite women’s race. This year’s Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will be more accessible, with enhanced TV coverage and more than 22 hours...
July 31, 2024
Paris Olympics: Swimmers return to the Seine for the first time in a century
After six years, $1.5 billion, innumerable tests, cascades of protests, political grandstanding, countless prayers and hopes, multiple delays, and a thunderstorm just hours before the start … swimmers are finally in the Seine once again. The competitors in the women’s triathlon at the 2024 Olympics went into the water at...
July 30, 2024
Men’s triathlon race postponed to Wednesday due to Seine pollution levels
Organisers will decide on Wednesday at 4am (0200 GMT) if Paris Olympics' triathlon competitions can go ahead later in the day after the men's event was postponed on Tuesday due to pollution levels in the Seine. France has invested heavily to make the Seine swimmable as a key legacy of...
July 22, 2024
Ironman Announces New Pregnancy and Parenthood Policy for Age-Groupers
Today Ironman changed a policy would now allow athletes entry to the same event for up to two years if a triathlete registered for one of their races and then became pregnant—a response, in part, to an article published by Triathlete in June, Ironman said. The new policy touches more than simply a race registration...
July 19, 2024
ABG Owner Peter Hurley Passes Away
Peter Hurley, the owner of American Bicycle Group (ABG), under which are the brands Quintana Roo, Litespeed and OBED, passed away this morning from a heart attack at the age of 67. He had just finished a run with his wife Lorraine. Peter came to the bike and triathlon industry...