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2012 Maui pre race

 All the tribes of triathlon come together to tackle a grueling off road test on Maui. The XTERRA World Championship also draws hundreds of passionate amateurs. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson
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Three men aiming at Maui title

 Sebastian Kienle leads a talented bunch of ITU and Ironman invaders while XTERRA veterans Conrad Stoltz and Josiah Middaugh are among the off road veterans defending their grip on the men's crown at the XTERRA World Championship.
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Gomez wins GF, Brownlee WTS

 Javier Gomez won a furious duel with Jonathan Brownlee to win the ITU Grand Final as Brownlee's runner-up sewed up the World Triathlon Series points championship on a rainy day in Auckland.
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Haug takes GF, Norden WTS Series

 Anne Haug of Germany made up 35 seconds with a solo bridge on the bike and a huge surge the last 2k of the run to win the ITU WTS Grand Final; Lisa Norden of Sweden finished 4th in the GF and won the season-long World Triathlon Series title.
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Royle, Stanford take U23 Grand Final

 Australian Aaron Royle edged Fernando Alarza of Spain and Non Stanford of Great Britain outran Sarissa DeVries of the Netherlands to win the ITU U23 Grand Final crowns in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Kona 2012 – race gallery 3

 As the men and women began the run, superstars enjoying substantial leads. By the end, Marino Vanhoenacker's 8-minute lead led to a DNF, Leanda Cave erased Caroline Steffen's 3-minute advantage. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.
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Kona 2012 – race gallery 2

 It was a race of surprises that began with a slower than usual swim, an irritating side winds on the road to Hawi that worked like body punches on the top contenders. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.
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Jacobs, Cave on top in Kona

 Pete Jacobs keeps the Aussie men's Kona win streak alive as Macca DNFs and Crowie falters; Leanda Cave blew away Caroline Steffen in the final two miles to win the sport's most precious prize, after having won the 70.3 crown recently.
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Sebastian Kienle talks strategy

 Sebastian Kienle is the only serious Kona contender under 30 - and he seems to be cut in the mold of previous German uberbikers like Zack, Hellriegel and Stadler. But the 70.3 World champ has a more conservative approach.
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2012 Kona Underwear Run

 Now in its 15th year, the Kona Underpants Run is bigger than ever. The idea was to make fun of insensitive Euros who paraded around Kona streets and offended locals by wearing Speedos. Crazy, eh?
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2012 Kona parade & kids race

 Formal Ironman World Championship festivities kicked off Tuesday afternoon with the kids' race and a low-key parade which recalls the Olympic opening ceremonies on Kona streets. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.
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2012 Kona Women’s Favorites

 Timothy Carlson agrees to eat crow and bow down to anyone whose favorite women's contender at Ironman Hawaii was ignored here and proves his fatally flawed and pusillanimous powers of triathletic prognostication dead wrong.