Month: December 2023

Who Produced The Top-10 Triathlon Swims Of 2023

Benjamin Eastman

The end is nigh. Of the year, that is: for guidance on when to expect the end of the world, please confer with your local cult leader. Before attention completely turns to 2024 and the blockbuster schedule laid out, it is time to take a look back at some of the highlights of the past year. In this article, we will kick things off with a review of the ten best swims in triathlon this year. Given the disparity between courses and events, what constitutes a best swim is a…

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German Triathlon Union Takes Over WTCS Hamburg From Ironman

Benjamin Eastman

For several years, WTCS Hamburg has been under the purview of the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC, otherwise known as Ironman), a status quo that stood as a relic of a previous relationship between World Triathlon and the WTC. In recent times, though, several WTC-owned WTCS stops have vanished from the schedule. From Stockholm to Gold Coast to Cape Town, to name a few, the WTC had a major presence in the WTCS circuit. Those stops have since disappeared. Indeed today none of Stockholm, Cape Town or Gold Coast are WTCS…

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Running Roundup: What Have Those Triathletes Been Up To?

Benjamin Eastman

For some triathletes, the arrival of winter marks of time of deep training, with racing a distant prospect on the horizon. As the mercury plummets, hours are spent grinding through weeks of immense hard work in preparation for the coming season. However, while international triathlon may not be on the cards, single-sport competition remains very much on the menu. Two international triathletes have recently taken the chance to maintain their race sharpness. Rather than sticking to the realm of triathlon, they entered the cross country sphere. Lisa Tertsch, a previous…

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