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A 5i50 St. Louis image gallery

 Greg Billington and Jennifer Spieldenner took the wins at 5i50 St. Louis last weekend and here is an image gallery from the event courtesy of John Lynch.
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XTERRA Switzerland in pics

 Victor Del Corral and Helena Erbenova won the XTERRA Switzerland Championships that was weather forced to be a run-bike-run duathlon.
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Transition pro Andrew Armstrong

 Canadian police officer Andrew Armstrong won the M40-44 age group at Ironman 70.3 Mont Tremblant not really during the swim, bike or run, but in transition. Without the fast transitions he would have been third.
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The Weekend Box Jun 30 2013

 In a new feature called The Weekend Box we now feature a variety of results and other interesting tidbits from the weekend. Covered here are races in Holten, Düsseldorf and Lubbock, plus the unique idea to measure twice and cut once, and more.
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A close call for Meredith Kessler

 US Pro Champion Meredith Kessler was leading Ironman 70.3 Eagleman on the bike when she was struck by an oncoming age group athlete, crashed, was knocked out and sustained head trauma and other injuries.
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A few words with Sam Betten

 Sam Betten is an upcoming young Aussie Pro who is racing 70.3 and 5i50 events. This 25-year old won the ITU Junior Aussie Champs twice but is now committed to non drafting racing and has Las Vegas and Hy-Vee on his mind.
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Full throttle with James Chesson

 James Chesson is a fast age grouper from New Jersey who finished 10th overall at 70.3 Eagleman, and won his age group at Rev3 Williamsburg. His Kona 2013 spot though he had already snagged at Ironman Texas.
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Berasategui confesses to doping

 About a month after testing positive at the 2013 Bilbao Triathlon, Virginia Berasatagui called a press conference today and confessed to having doped recently, and said she will thus forgo pursuing the B sample.
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What We Have Noticed: Easton, WTS, …

 After a little break we again pick up our What We Have Noticed feature with new aero wheels from Easton, a WTS campaign, fabric race numbers from Champion Systems, the Soleus Draft GPS cycling head unit and more.
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Tragedy strikes in Nice

 French newspapers are reporting that a 30-year old British triathlete crashed during the bike segment of the 2013 Ironman France in Nice and died on the way to the hospital.
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On Skype with Dirk Bockel

 Dirk Bockel is currently in Luxembourg and getting ready for the 2013 Challenge Roth. He has been very busy recently and checked in with us.