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New Triathlete mother, Serena Yang makes an amazing comeback

New mother on the block, Serena Yang made an amazing comeback to Triathlon by winning her age-group at the Perak Triathlon in Lumut recently. “I’m happy with results and my timing, as I had only resumed training for 7 weeks,”…

Tri-Factor World Championship launched in China sold out within 24 hours

Top Asian multi-sport brand TRI-Factor has announced a bigger World Championship event in China Quzhou on 21-22 September 2019. The 11th year edition with 2 new countries across Asia, Vietnam and Indonesia saw a bigger demand of athletes to join…

Sarah True collapses while leading final kilometer of IRONMAN European Championship

As the temperatures soared in Frankfurt, two-time U.S. Olympian Sarah True collapsed in the final kilometer of the IRONMAN European Championship in Germany recently. Germany has been experiencing a record-breaking heatwave which led to the searing high temperatures of 38…

Alistair Brownlee qualifies for IRONMAN World Championships in debut race

Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee has qualified for the Ironman World Championships after winning his debut race at IRONMAN Ireland. However, the swim was cancelled making the event a duathlon as air and water temperatures were too low to start…

Teenager Oscar Coggins wins 2019 Gyeongju ATSC Triathlon Asian Championships to advance Olympic spot

Teenager Oscar Coggins’ win at the 2019 Gyeongju ATSC Triathlon Asian Championships in South Korea has taken him one step closer to the 2020 Olympics. The 19-year-old born in Hong Kong but raised in England, finished the Olympic Distance race…

Singapore Women Triathlon Clubs receive Women For Tri grants from IRONMAN Foundation

Singapore Women’s Triathlon Club and ROCKtri Ladies Triathlon Club in Singapore have been nominated to receive grants of up to USD$2,500 to support women’s engagement initiatives, including bringing first-timers into the sport. Women For Tri, a program of the IRONMAN…

Tri-Factor introduces new multi-sport format at 11th CompressSport Tri-Factor Run Singapore

The 11th Edition of the Compressport TRI-Factor Run saw an increase of newbies taking on the new RunSwim categories where participants will run, swim and finish up with a run segment. Irish Colin O’shea top of the inaugural Long RunSwim…

Super League Triathlon returns to Malta

Super League Triathlon (SLT) returns to Malta in 2019 for another Championship Series event and it’s set to be even bigger and better than before. In what will be the second SLT instalment of the 2019-20 season following on from…

IM 70.3 Wisconsin claims 2 fatalities

A fire department staff and a senior citizen died following an IRONMAN 70.3 Triathlon in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Todd Mahoney, 38, an apparatus engineer with the fire department, and Michael McCulloch, 61, of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, both died during the…

Vega reaps title sponsor of IRONMAN World Championship in Kona

The popular plant-based nutrition brand becomes the title sponsor of triathlon’s pinnacle event. IRONMAN has announced a new partnership with plant-based nutrition brand, Vega, as the title sponsor of the 2019 IRONMAN World Championship, the most iconic one-day endurance event…