Articles by Tim Carlson

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2013 XTERRA at Beaver Creek

Josiah Middaugh of Vail dominated on his home course, Shonny Vanlandingham won for the 4th time in 5 years at age 44 at this jewel of the Rockies and Julie Dibens enjoyed her first triathlon in two years.

by Tim Carlson, July 21, 2013

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Boulder DA does not file charges against driver in July 4 accident.

The Boulder County District Attorney did not press charges against the driver in accident that injured triathlete Richie Cunningham; investigation indicated driver stopped to avoid a car, not vent rage against cyclists.

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2013 Boulder Peak

Timothy O’Donnell won his 4th Boulder Peak title while Olympic silver medalist Lisa Norden won another non-drafting race in the place where the tri-stars can sleep in their own beds. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

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The Weekend Box Jul 14 2013

Featured here are 70.3 Vineman, ITU Cross Triathlon Worlds, 70.3 Muncie, Minneapolis LTF, Palamos World Cup, a Peter Henning nomination and a new Challenge event.

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2013 XTERRA France

Nico Lebrun of France and Helena Erbenova of the Czech Republic won the challenging course at XTERRA France; Photo Gallery by Dave Nicholas.

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Stimpson supreme at Kitzbühel

Jodie Stimpson joined Alistair Brownlee in giving the British a monopoly on gold medals on the fiendishly steep hills of the Kitzbühel WTS course; surprisingly, Stimpson had the bigger margin of victory.

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Alistair Brownlee tops Kitzbühel

Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee made the brutal climbs of Kitzbühel look easy, completing the maximum 22.3 percent section on the bike and a similarly steep run in 55:24 with a 36 seconds margin over Mario Mola.

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Cunningham injured in Boulder crash termed ‘road rage’ incident

Top pro Richie Cunningham was injured on July 4 north of Boulder after he crashed his bike trying to avoid a pickup truck which he said purposely slammed on the brakes in front of him in an act of road rage.

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Challenge terminates contract with Danish triathlons

The Challenge Family said its event licensee in Denmark, YWC Sports, breached a contract when it sold its company to Ironman, but the nature of the breach hasn't been disclosed.

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Raelert, Csomor conquer Austria

Andreas Raelert posted a 5th-fastest-ever Ironman Austria finish of 7:59:51 to top runner-up Maik Twelsiek by 11:45; Erika Csomor won her second title in a women’s 10th-fastest-ever IM Austria time of 8:59:31.

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Ironman takes over Copenhagen

Ironman announced today that it acquired privately held YWC Copenhagen, which organizes Danish triathlons; Ironman thus takes licensing rights of the Copenhagen and Aarhus events from Challenge.

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Rouault, Kretz win in Edmonton

Gregory Rouault of France edged Kyle Jones of Canada in the men’s race and Amelie Kretz led a 1-2-3-4 Canadian sweep of the women’s race at the Edmonton ITU sprint distance World Cup Sunday in Alberta.

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Limkemann, Williamson at Williamsburg

Super swimmer Eric Limkemann added a superb bike split and a good run to soundly beat Richie Cunningham and Kelly Williamson overcame a 9 minute deficit off the bike with a sizzling run to win Rev3 Williamsburg.