Articles by Tim Carlson

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Schildknecht takes 9th IM Swiss

Ronnie Schildknecht won his 9th Ironman Switzerland title and Daniela Ryf validated her Kona entry with an impressive 8:51:50 victory.

by Tim Carlson, July 24, 2016

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Heather Jackson takes Placid

Heather Jackson smashed Heather Wurtele’s course record on her way to a 35:18 margin of victory at Ironman Lake Placid.

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Andy Potts rules Whistler

Potts’ race-best swim and by-far race-best bike split gave him plenty of cushion to fight off Pedro Gomes’s race-best run and take the win at Ironman Canada.

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Amberger, Spieldenner at Calgary

Josh Amberger of Australia crushed the men’s field and Jennifer Spieldenner edged Rachel McBride at the finish to win Ironman 70.3 Calgary

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Haskins, Dye win NYC Triathlon

Sarah Haskins edged Helle Frederiksen on the run and Cameron Dye outpaced Ben Collins on the bike to win the New York City Triathlon

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Wurtele, Collington top Iceland

Heather Wurtele’s swift bike leg outmatched Radka Vodickova’s better swim and run; Kevin Collington edged Giulio Molinari to win Challenge Iceland.

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Chrabot, Barnett win Racine 44.5

Matt Chrabot and Lauren Barnett won Ironman 70.3 Racine, which canceled swim and cut the bike to 31.4 miles due to severe weather conditions.

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Kotsegarov, Gossage win IM UK

Kirill Kotsegarov of Estonia outran Markus Thomschke of Germany and Lucy Gossage of Great Britain smashed the women's field at Ironman UK.

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U.S. wins ITU Mixed Relay Worlds

The U.S. relay team dominated the ITU Mixed Relay World Championship, earning a 29-seconds margin of victory over Australia and Germany

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Mario Mola tops Hamburg men

Mario Mola and fellow Spaniard Fernando Alarza finished 1-2 while Richard Murray was DQ’d for making an unsportsmanlike gesture.

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Zaferes takes her first WTS win

Katie Zaferes proved herself worthy of her selection for the U.S. Olympic Triathlon team with her first WTS victory at Hamburg, and Gwen Jorgensen took 3rd.

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Josiah Middaugh and Julie Baker prevail at XTERRA Beaver Creek

Josiah Middaugh of Vail, Colorado and Julie Baker of Sonora, California won the pro titles at XTERRA Beaver Creek.

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Javier Gomez out of Olympics

2012 Olympic silver medalist and 5-time ITU Olympic distance World Champion Javier Gomez broke his left elbow in a cycling accident and is out of the Olympics.