Month: March 2021

Triathlon leads world sports on equality, says Tim Heming

The top 100 names on Forbes’ list of highest-paid athletes – topped by boxer Floyd Mayweather – banked a cumulative £3.8billion over the past 12 months. You cannot filter by ‘gender’, but even if you could, there’d be no need. There’s not a women on it. For the first time since it launched six years…

By EveAim March 13, 2021 Off

Jan Frodeno pulls out of Kona

The double Ironman World Champion and newly-crowned Ironman 70.3 World Champ, Jan Frodeno, has announced on Instagram that he has pulled out of Kona due to a stress fracture. Advertisement       View this post on Instagram Certainly not how I hoped this season would end. A stress fracture in my hip (SI joint)-…

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Registration for 2019’s Wildflower Tri is open now

Registrations for the legendary triathlon and festival weekend, the Wildflower Experience 2019, are open now. The event returned in 2018 after the drought in Northern California ended, and the organisers hope the race will reach its original peak numbers in 2019. Advertisement The Wildflower Experience weekend boasts a full line-up of triathlon race distances, several run…

By EveAim March 13, 2021 Off

Ali Brownlee ready for Beijing Tri

Alistair Brownlee has plenty of history with the Chinese capital of Beijing. He made his breakout elite performance in the city at the 2008 Olympics, where the 20-year-old Yorkshireman bravely took the race to the established field before finishing in 12th as the highest Brit. Advertisement He also secured the 2011 ITU World Triathlon Series…

By EveAim March 13, 2021 Off