Articles by Tim Carlson

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White, Snyder win Cap Tex Tri

Nathan White took the lead from James Bales at the 5 mile mark of the run and Sierra Snyder led wire-to-wire on a hot day in Austin to capture the 20th Cap Tex Triathlon.

by Tim Carlson, May 31, 2010

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Challenge Copenhagen promises a Danish treat

Ironman distance events whose courses take over the heart of historic world capitals such as Frankfurt and Zurich are rare. In August, the Challenge organization will debut a full ironman distance race that takes over the elegant streets of Copenhagen

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Greg Bennett racing for the USA

Greg Bennett, one of the most decorated Australian triathletes of all time, plans to race for the USA and is aiming at showing up on the starting line at the London Olympics wearing the red white and blue.

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Andrew Yoder, Laurel Wassner win Columbia Triathlon

Andrew Yoder, still age 20, smoked Tim O’Donnell and the rest of the field at Columbia Triathlon; Laurel Wassner defeated Margaret Shapiro by 20 seconds.

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Stoltz, Bucher prevail at XTERRA Waco

Conrad Stoltz tops Josiah Middaugh by 3:05 and Renate Bucher wins by 2:15 over Shonny Vanlandingham at XTERRA Waco

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Llanos, Morrison win Lanzarote

Eneko Llanos set a race record, but Catriona Morrison made a miracle comeback, overcoming a 35-minute stop to fix a broken chain, to win Ironman Lanzarote by 1:28 over age grouper Louise Collins.

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The return of Hunter Kemper

Hunter Kemper fought off a sacroiliac joint injury and a hernia to make his third Olympic team, capped off with a 7th at Beijing; a recurring SI joint injury left him off the radar for nine months until an Alcatraz win.

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Florida triathlete fights off alligator attack

Doug McCard edged into the waters of Kissimmee’s Lake Mary Jane as he had “thousands of times before,” training for a summer Ironman. When he felt the teeth of an 8-foot long gator chomp on his torso, he started swinging.

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Sudrie, Boman win Half Challenge Barcelona

France’s Sylvain Sudrie did it with a sizzling 1:56:04 bike and Finland’s Tiina Boman aced it on the run to win the Half Challenge Barcelona-Maresme

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O’Donnell, Cave prevail at Florida 70.3

Timothy O’Donnell took his first win of 2010 by 1:21 over Viktor Zyemtsev; Leanda Cave followed Escape From Alcatraz with another win over Amanda Stevens.

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Three Quebec triathletes killed as pickup hits cyclists

Six members of the Saint-Lambert Triathlon Club training for Ironman Lake Placid were hit by a pickup truck on Highway 112 east of Montreal on May 14; three are dead and three were seriously injured

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Jenna Shoemaker rolls forward

Jenna Shoemaker absorbed a big shock this spring when coach Darren Smith let her go; but the 26-year-old showed grit and resilience when she finished a close second at Escape from Alcatraz

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Europeans on top in Seoul

German's Jan Frodeno battled Courtney Atkinson step for step before finally taking the Dextro Energy WCS Seoul event. Switzerland's Daniela Ryf sprinted past Barbara Riveros Diaz, Emma Moffatt and Andrea Hewiitt to win the women's title.