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Zaferes talks about Rio selection

The third slot on the 2016 U.S. women’s Olympic triathlon team was awarded to the obvious choice - Katie Zaferes. She talked to us about the process.

by Tim Carlson, May 26, 2016

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Luis Alvarez suffers retinal damage after summiting Everest

Luis Alvarez, who has finished more than 120 Ironman events, summited Mt. Everest this weekend but suffered retinal damage and had to be helped on the descent.

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Jackson, Kienle take Chattanooga

Heather Jackson dominated the women's field and Sebastian Kienle dueled with Sam Appleton before pulling away on the run to win Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga

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Böcherer, Philipp win St. Polten

Andi Böcherer’s race-best bike trumped Ruedi Wild’s race-best run and Laura Philipp took the lead at km 16 of the run to win Ironman 70.3 St. Pölten.

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Bilham, Nilsson win Barcelona

Emma Bilham of Switzerland out biked Emma Pallant of Great Britain and Patrik Nilsson of Sweden outran Maurice Clavel of Germany to win Ironman 70.3 Barcelona.

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Thomas, Holst tops at Lanzarote

Jesse Thomas unleashed a race-fastest run, upsetting Kona champ Jan Frodeno while Denmark’s Tine Holst won it on the bike at IM Lanzarote.

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Middaugh, Snyder prevail at XTERRA Oak Mountain Alabama

Josiah Middaugh of Vail, Colorado and Suzie Snyder of Reno, Nevada won the elite titles at XTERRA Oak Mountain in Shelby County, Alabama.

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200 triathletes switch out of North Carolina Ironman events

In response to the controversy over North Carolina House Bill 2, Ironman offered registrants the option of switching to other 2016 Ironman races.

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Spencer Smith to coach Ghana

Three-time ITU World Champion Spencer Smith has signed on to be coach of the Ghana Triathlon Federation starting this week.

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Middaugh, Paterson top Tahiti

Reigning XTERRA World Champion Josiah Middaugh and 2-time XTERRA World Champion Lesley Paterson win XTERRA Tahiti.

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Mario Mola takes Yokohama

Mario Mola of Spain earned his third WTS victory of 2016 and Crisanto Grajales of Mexico and Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway finished 2-3 at Yokohama.

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Lange, Gajer win Ironman Texas

Patrick Lange's race-best 2:40:01 marathon ran away from the men's field and Julia Gajer's superior swim trumped Jodie Robertson's better run to win Ironman Texas.

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Jorgensen dominates Yokohama

Gwen Jorgensen dominated, Ashleigh Gentle took 2nd and probably an Aussie Olympic slot, and Katie Zaferes likely earned the final U.S. women's Olympic slot at WTS Yokohama.