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Junior Men’s Race Wrap
South Africa’s Wian Sullwald‘s solid all-round performance in dismal conditions helped him win the 2012 ITU Triathlon Junior World Championship, and add another highlight in a history making day in Auckland.
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Alistair Brownlee storms to Olympic Gold at London 2012
London, Great Britain (7 August 2012) - The men’s triathlon competition was a day of many firsts for the Olympic sport. For the first time ever, Great Britain took home not one, but two medals when Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee finished first and third, respectively. Javier Gomez also claimed Spain’s first medal in the sport when he posted the second fastest time of the day.Alistair scorched the 10km run course with a mind-bending 29:07 run split to cruise to Olympic gold.
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USA’s Gwen Jorgensen and Lukas Verzbicas defy the favourites to win ITU Triathlon World Cup in Banyoles
Banyoles, Spain (17 June 2012) – USA’s Gwen Jorgensen and Lukas Verzbicas both left it until the last lap of the run to make their move and claim the 2012 ITU Triathlon World Cup Banyoles title. Jorgensen surged past Australia’s Erin Densham to take gold and in the men’s race a young Verzbicas won his first ever ITU World Cup in his World Cup debut. This also marks the first time since 26 September 1992 that the U.S. has swept gold at an ITU World Cup.
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Lesley Paterson (GBR), Conrad Stoltz (RSA) claim 2012 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships in Shelby County
Shelby County, Alabama, USA (19 May 2012) – Great Britain’s Lesley Paterson and South Africa’s Conrad Stoltz were crowned 2012 ITU Cross Triathlon World Champions at the Shelby County ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships & XTERRA Southeast Championship in Alabama this weekend.
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2012 MIDLANDS ULTRA TRIATHLON SERIES
Sunday 7th October 2012 – Midmar Dam
Entries for the 2nd Midlands UTRA Triathlon have been launched with the exciting new addition of a canoe ½ ironman distance race. The second event of the prestigious Midlands ULTRA Tri – Series takes place on the 7th of October 2012. This exciting ½ iron man and sprint distance event is staged at the beautiful setting of Midmar Dam deep in the heart of the KZN Midlands and attracts over 800 competitors to each event annually.
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Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins continued her brilliant start to 2012 with a dominating run to crush the field in San Diego, in a race that had a huge impact on London Olympic qualification. After an eight-women bike breakaway put 2 minutes and 30 seconds on the first chase group coming out of T2, Jenkins and Australia’s Erin Densham went to the lead into the first lap of the 10km run.
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Flora Duffy (BER), Simon De Cuyper (BEL) beat the heat to claim first career ITU Triathlon World Cup wins in Huatulco
Huatulco, Mexico (6 May 2012) – Bermuda’s Flora Duffy (BER) and Belgium’s Simon De Cuyper (BEL) earned their first ITU World Cup victories in hot and humid conditions in Huatulco on Sunday. In the women’s race, Duffy used a brilliant first run lap to set up her win over silver medallist Pamela Oliveira (BRA) and bronze medallist Claudia Rivas (MEX). In the men’s race, an incredible third-lap run surge led De Cuyper to the win ahead of Ryan Sissons (NZL) and Danylo Sapunov (UKR).
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Rasmus Henning’s book “PRO Chasing the Dream” is now available in English as an E-book on Amazon through http://www.prochasingthedream.com/ .
It is a tale of victory and defeat, living the life of a pro athlete, conquering the world of triathlon as well as the serious doubts and concerns of big setbacks. The book is Rasmus Henning’s journal from Ironman Hawaii 2010 to Ironman Hawaii 2011.
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David Hauss (FRA), Kathy Tremblay (CAN) claim debut ITU World Cup wins in Ishigaki Ishigaki, Japan (22 April 2012) – Canada’s Kathy Tremblay and France’s David Hauss both claimed breakthrough ITU World Cup wins in Japan on Sunday.
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