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A 70.3 Mt Tremblant primer

 With the Ironman 70.3 World Championships moving to Mont Tremblant for 2014, our intrepid scout Dev Paul gives folks planning to race there a primer.
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To Live and Thrive in L.A.

 Emma-Kate Lidbury is back on track after a suffering some tough breaks in 2012; she credits purplepatch coach Matt Dixon, swim coach Gerry Rodrigues and a move to Santa Monica
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Getting faster with age

 Kevin Metcalfe has been trying to go sub-50 for a 40k TT for more than 20 years now, and finally at age 52 he stormed to a record breaking 49:29 in the Northern California / Nevada TT Championships.
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Nicholls, Mullan win UK 70.3

 Ritchie Nicholls outran fellow Great Briton Tim Don and Ireland’s Eimear Mullan’s better bike and run trumped Holly Lawrence’s swim to take the men’s and women’s titles at Ironman 70.3 UK
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Raelert, Riveros top Berlin 70.3

 Michael Raelert of Germany is back to his 2009-2010 form with a dominating win: Olympian Barbara Riveros-Diaz of Chile had an equally decisive foray at the middle distance at Ironman 70.3 Berlin.
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Vasiliev, Klamer win Europeans

 Ivan Vasiliev of Russia topped Alessandro Fabian of Italy by 7 seconds and Rachel Klamer of the Netherlands edged Vicky Holland of Great Britain by 2 seconds to take the elite titles at the ETU European Championships.
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Virginia Berasategui tests positive

 Spanish newspapers El Mundo and Marca reported today that Spanish triathlete Virginia Berasategui tested positive during the Bilbao Triathlon held on May 18th 2013. Berasategui won that Half distance event in 4:49:23.
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On the road with Jano Soto

 Jano Soto is a triathlete who lives in Kailua-Kona, but he and his wife are currently on a 4-month European adventure and he will race 70.3 Berlin and Challenge Roth among other things. We checked in with him in Berlin.
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Bike fitting Andy Potts – again

 Andy Potts had been fitted by Mat Steinmetz several years ago, but with quite a few different bikes along the way his setup had drifted. It was time now to get fitted again.
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The fast and smart Sami Inkinen

 Age grouper Sami Inkinen was the fastest age grouper at Ironman 70.3 Eagleman last weekend, but that is not a unique experience for this fast and smart athlete who grew up in Finland. We had a chat with him.
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2013 Challenge Kraichgau

 Boris Stein and Yvonne Van Vlerken are the 2013 Sparkasse Challenge Kraichgau champions and here is a race day gallery that captures the event.