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Verzbicas wins Junior Worlds

 American Lukas Verzbicas dedicated his at the ITU Junior World Championships win to teammate Kevin McDowell, ill with Hodgkins lymphoma; fellow American Tony Smoragiewicz took bronze.
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Morales, Jacobs win IM Wisconsin

 Ezequiel Morales of Argentina's 8:45:18 topped Stefan Schmid of Austria by 12 minutes 33 seconds; Jessica Jacobs erased Meredith Kessler's big lead off the bike to win Ironman Wisconsin by 9 minutes 42 seconds.
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70.3 Worlds Vegas race day

 Aussies grabbed the titles in Las Vegas and occupied quite a few of the top ten spots, 8 to be precise. But there was much more going on race day.
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Alistair Brownlee superb in Beijing

 Alistair Brownlee put on a dominating performance in Beijing and grabbed the 2011 ITU World Championship title. Sven Riederer finished second on the day but third placed Jonathan Brownlee grabbed the runner-up spot in the series.
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The British strike early in Beijing

 Mathew Sharp from Great Britain won gold at the ITU U23 World Championships In Beijing, China and fellow Brits David McNamee and Tom Bishop earned silver and bronze. American Greg Billington finished fourth.
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2011 Interbike preview

 I write an Interbike preview every year for members of the bike industry, and this is it.  It's geared to retailers, and it's read by many exhibitors as well. But everybody gets to read it, because, well, this is Slowtwitch.
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70.3 Worlds pre race – day 1

 The 2011 Marines Ironman 70.3 World Championships are taking place in Las Vegas this year and the race promises to be very exciting. Images by Herbert Krabel.
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IM 70.3 Worlds – the contenders

 Timothy Carlson picks an Aussie newcomer who can run like the wind to outpace Dibens, Ellis, Morrison and Swallow. With Michael Raelert out, the men's race is wide open.
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A Gina Crawford update

 Kiwi Pro Gina Crawford had quite a bit going recently but not much evolved around triathlon. Crawford gave birth to a baby boy a couple months ago and her world was shaken by the Christchurch earthquakes.
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Vansteelant, Burke win Zofingen

 Joerie Vansteelant of Belgium dominated the men’s field and Melanie Burke of New Zealand topped Eva Nystrom of Sweden by 3:47 at the ITU LD Duathlon Worlds at Zofingen