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Podcast: IRONMAN Champion Matthew Marquardt Talks Drafting Rules, 2025 Results and More

Learn about one of the busiest pros on the IRONMAN circuit in this week's edition of The Slowtwitch Podcast.

by Ben Snider-McGrath, January 15, 2026

Triathlon

A Year in Triathlon: 2025 Long-Distance Triathletes of the Year

Consistency, rather than a world title, decided these awards

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A Year in Triathlon: World Bests That Defined 2025

A look back at some of the notable times and achievements from an exciting year of racing

Triathlon

A Year in Triathlon: The Top-Earning Athletes of 2025

Hayden Wilde and Kate Waugh won the most prize money of the year, but who else topped the list?

Triathlon

Triathlon Community Mourns the Loss of Media Legend Lois Schwartz

A pioneer as a photographer and co-founder of Competitor Magazine passed on Christmas Eve.

Triathlon

A Year in Triathlon: The Biggest Wins of 2025

A lot of athletes had big wins this season

Triathlon

A Year in Triathlon: The Breakout Performances of 2025

From IRONMAN world champions to WTCS titles and more, a lot of new stars burst onto the triathlon scene this year

Triathlon

Opinion: IRONMAN’s Changes to Kona Qualification Are Commendable. They Don’t Go Far Enough.

IRONMAN this morning announced revisions to its Kona qualification system. The brief headline: the performance pools are now split by gender, with men and women receiving their own slots outside...

Triathlon

IRONMAN Revamps Kona Qualification System to Increase Women’s Performance Pool Numbers

Changes will be retroactive which means an additional 76 athletes will receive Kona slots from the first third of the 2026 Kona qualifying cycle.

Triathlon

No Longer the “Other Norwegian,” Can Casper Stornes Overcome the Pressures of His Nice Win to Master Marbella?

After a career-changing win in Nice, the world champ admits he's struggled to "stay hungry"

Triathlon

An Alternative Way Forward for Kona Slots

The current system isn’t perfect – it never was going to be right out of the gate, but the principle behind it has potential to be able to achieve what we want out of a qualification system.

Industry

Insights From the Combined 2025 IM World Championship Bike Counts

A deeper dive into some of the categories we counted at the Kona and Nice bike counts.

Triathlon

Stop the Central Planning: How to Fix Kona Qualification

IRONMAN qualification shoudn't pit men against women, or different age-group competitors against each other. A suggested formula for Kona qualification.