Miguel “Big Mig” Indurain will join the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Madrid. “Triathlon is a formidable and spectacular sport and I am delighted to be one of the guests at the Casa de Campo in Madrid for this impressive day of world championship action,” said the five-time Tour de France winner.
Indurain will race under the Laureus team. It will be for the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation which is also the official charity partner of the International Triathlon Union.
Indurain adds, “It is great to be able to watch so many great athletes and to meet the triathletes from the Laureus team who will be taking part. I know they all will enjoy a wonderful and challenging day, and more importantly they will do so much good by raising funds for the vital work that Laureus does.”
Indurain hopes that his previous experience as a trialist will be…
Daniela Ryf of Switzerland, pulled off an upset by sprinting to win the Dextro Energy Tiathlon ITU World Championship in Seoul, Korea over the world’s number one Barbara Riveros Diaz of Chile and reigning world champion Emma Moffatt of Australia. Moffatt appeared to be winning the race until the chase pack caught up with her, turning the last two kilometers final stretch into a heart pounding battle with Ryf out on the lead. The runner up, Riveros Diaz is still rank number one in the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series.
A two lap swim in the Han River started off the race. Hayley Peirsol of USA took the early lead but could not keep a solo break away as she did in the past. Peirsol was out of the water first with Sarah Haskins (USA) and Kerry Lang a few seconds behind. Forty seconds behind was the chase…
Javier Gomez of Spain will begin his 2010 season by competing at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Seoul. Due to a minor hip injury, the Spaniard had to sit out the Mooloolaba World Cup and the Series opener in Sydney.
Gomez explains that he went to several doctors in Brisbane and Noosa to consult what he had. However, it was not conclusive. “It looks like it was a problem in the piriformis muscle. I missed a few weeks of training, especially run training, so my fitness will not be the best for Seoul.”
Gomez’s coach thinks that Seoul would be good to test his form. “I have no high expectations for race day and would just like to go out and enjoy the race. We are already thinking of Madrid. I want to be fit and ready to try to win there. After seven months without racing, it’s going to…
Barbara Riveros Diaz of Chile won round one of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Sydney. Riveros Diaz clocked in at 2:04:19, seconds ahead Kiwi Andrea Hewitt and Emma Moffatt of Australia.
Riveros Diaz shared that she was slightly nervous at the final lap since a sprint finish is not one she is very good at, “I’m usually not very good at a sprint finish, but today it all worked out very well.”
The race began at the Farm Cove, Sydney Harbour and leading the pack were Americans Laura Bennett, Sarah Haskins and Sara Groff. The Americans led the transition from the swim to the bikes. Not far behind was Moffatt who surprised everyone with her strong swimming. The rest of the forty-seven triathletes followed, stringing out into a long line.
Moffatt commented on her form, “I was a bit surprised that my swim went so well. It was good…
The opener for the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series was won by Bevan Docherty of New Zealand. With a time of 1:51:27, this is the second time he began the world championship season by winning.
Docherty shares that he didn’t expect it to be that difficult although way into the final lap, he pushed himself to win in front of the Sydney Opera house.
“I always enjoy the sprint finishes, but it was nice to have a little room to be able to celebrate the win a bit,” said Docherty.
Following Docherty’s victorious finish was Alexander Brukhankov of Russia (second) and David Hauss of France (third).
The triathlon began at Farm Cove, Sydney Harbor. Leading the fifty-seven men was Brukhankov and Frederic Belaubre but they didn’t make the break on the first 750 meters. Dmitry Polyansky was first to the water with the rest not far behind him.
James Seear who…
The opening race at the Dextro Energy Triathlon this Sunday will not have Olympian Courtney Atkinson in the roster of the men’s team for Australia. He was forced to step down from the competition due to his slow recovery from a virus.
On his website, Atkinson wrote the reasons for his pull out. “My recovery from the Mooloolaba World Cup wasn’t as good as expected and I had some unexpected complications ongoing from the illness I was carrying. It is a long season with 10-15 races planned over the next 5 months so this is a small hickup in a big year. I am so close to being 100% that it is such a hard decision not to race our home World Championship Race, but I think it is the right decision considering my aim is to Win the World Championship and 90% of that racing will be in Europe in…
Sydney, Australia was chosen as the place where the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series will be launched. So, the best triathletes shall once again be found in the Sydney harbor where the triathlon’s first Olympic Games were held. The transition area at the foot at the Sydney Opera House, the 1500-meter swim in Farm Cove and 40-kilometer bike leg and 10-kilmeter run in Macquarie Street, and the Cahill Expressway, (just overlooking Circular Quay) creates a perfect setup for the triathlon.
The men and women’s categories will be on April 11 with the men’s race starting at 7:00 am while the women’s race will begin at 9:45 am.
The Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge and the city skyline make the ideal backdrop for the upcoming events. Sydney had been many times chosen as the place where globally important events were held: the 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Rugby World Cup…
