This year’s Challenge Wanaka has attracted its strongest-ever pro field of 27 athletes who’ll be racing next month (22 February), with Britain’s Joel Jameson among them. Advertisement Jameson, whose career highlights include victory at the Outlaw (2011) and bronze at Challenge Henley (2013), will be facing competition from defending champion Dylan McNeice (NZL), Jose Jeuland […]
Redefining ‘brave’, Travel Channel presenter Rob Bell is planning to run seven marathons in seven days across all seven of the world’s continents, starting in Antarctica today (January 19th). Advertisement “I’ve done endurance events before, but nothing like this,” says Bell, who is doing the challenge with five friends. “The running itself will of course […]
The International Triathlon Union plans to combine four World Championship races into the biggest multisport festival yet – and they are looking for a host city. Advertisement Bidding is now open to host the 2017 ITU Multisport World Championship Festival, an inaugural 10-day event featuring World Championship events in Duathlon, Aquathlon, Cross Triathlon and Long […]
Henley is back on the triathlon map with the launch of the Henley Highwayman, an inaugural multisport event happening on June 5 to 7. Organisers touted a brand new format in which competitors can mix and match distances according to their abilities – and promised there will be no road closures this time around. Advertisement […]
Want to race with reigning world champ Sebastian Kienle? Book a ticket to Cannes, southern France. Advertisement The Kona 2014 winner, who also has two Ironman 70.3 world titles under his belt, is headed to the Cannes International Triathlon on April 19, 2015. Joining Kienle in Cannes are Jan Frodeno, who bagged the men’s tri […]
The inaugural Challenge Dubai triathlon on February 27 will be a star-studded affair, at least as far as pro competitors are concerned, and Spain’s Javier Gomez is the latest to join the party. Advertisement The competition just heated up even further @challenge_dubai on 27 Feb with the addition of @Jgomeznoya to the field! #WeAreTriathlon! — […]
British long-course pro Tom Lowe has retired from triathlon, saying that the drive to be the best he can be and comply with a strict training regime has “started to peter out”. Advertisement “To be a successful athlete you need to be committed in both mind and body,” he writes on his blog. “The day […]
Former SmackDown Live Women’s Champion, Carmella, has taken a major shot at Mandy Rose on social media following their incident at Money In The Bank. Carmella appeared to be injured during the Money In The Bank ladder match after an altercation with Rose and was taken to the back for a large portion of the […]
WWE has officially announced that Rey Mysterio will return to Monday Night Raw next week in Austin, Texas to relinquish the WWE United States Championship. Mysterio won the title from Samoa Joe in controversial fashion at Money in the Bank, and suffered a partially torn shoulder during a post-match beatdown. The two veteran stars were in the […]
Michael Nee, Vice President of Oriental Wrestling Entertainment, recently spoke with the South China Morning Post about the promotion’s futile attempts to receive visas. While T-Hawk, Cima & El Lindaman all got to show the world why their some of the top talent in Japan, the Double or Nothing event was originally supposed to be a coming out party for […]