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The end of Team Commerzbank

 Commerzbank, the main sponsor of the very successful Commerzbank Triathlon Team announced that they would not extend the sponsorship past 2011 and would focus on soccer instead.
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John Carson’s swan song

 After an accident in 2009 John Carson was destined to be wheelchair bound but he was determined to walk again. He has since finished Ironman Lake Placid, the Boston Marathon and Ironman Coeur D'Alene, but that one was his swan song of sorts.
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Doug MacLean – stepping up

 Boulder, CO based amateur Doug MacLean was the top age grouper at Ironman Coeur D'Alene and managed to break into the top 10 overall. Moving forward though he'll be starting with a Pro card and much tougher competition.
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When Harry Met Javi

 ITU racing is compelling, the athletes are superb, it's good, hard, clinical, scrubbed, white bread, racing. Until this past weekend, when it finally, happily, developed an edge.
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What We Have Noticed: Cervelo …

 We stumbled upon the new Cervelo S5 aero road bike, the Zerod Vanguard wetsuit, the Leg Lube shaving gel, the Headsweats visibility hat, the Butterfinger Buzz bar and funky cufflinks from Gotham Smith.
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Ron Smith

 Even on his next-to-last day, none of us would have been surprised to see him swing his feet out over the side of his hospital bed, stand up, shake out the kinks and stride off down the hall, with his bare ass hanging out of his gown, trailing tubes and wires and shedding cancer cells like fleas.
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A chat with Liz Blatchford

 Liz Blatchford took a convincing win at the recent 5i50 Liverpool Triathlon and was quite happy with her performance there. She also raced the Rev3 Quassy but still has aspirations to make the British Olympic team.
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Triathlon’s Doctor Phil reflects

 Philip Skiba is a cancer survivor, ex-volleyball player, enthusiastic runner and Clydesdale triathlete, osteopathic physician, author of triathlon training books and software who’s coached world champs Joanna Zeiger and Catriona Morrison.
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Records fall in Idaho

 Craig Alexander came, saw and conquered the 2011 Ironman Coeur D'Alene in course record time but had a tough battle with Maik Twelsiek all day. Julie Dibens took the women's title in record time despite a bit of a struggle at the end.
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A 2011 Philly Tri gallery

 Andy Potts and Rebeccah Wassner won the 7th running of the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon and here is a gallery from that day in the City of Brotherly Love in 2011.
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Van Lierde, Felt in France

 2011 Abu Dhabi Triathlon champion Frederik Van Lierde added an Ironman title to his resume with a superb performance at Ironman France. German Pro Silvia Felt also won her first Ironman title in Nice.
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Potts, Wassner prevail in Philly

 Andy Potts continues to win, Rebeccah Wassner ascends to the podium's top step, each against strong fields at the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon. Potts and Alicia Kaye will sit atop the Toyota Cup standings.