Month: July 2021

The dates are confirmed – triathlon’s test events for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held on 1-2 August next “Rio 2016 triathlon test events confirmed for next August”

Following this morning’s news that triathlon’s test events for the Rio 2016 Olympics will take place on 1-2 August next year, 220 columnist Tim Heming “Comment: Rio 2016 test events may throw a spanner in the works for next year’s WTS schedule”

Eton Dorney – known as one of the flattest and fastest triathlon tracks in the UK – has been chosen to host a qualifying event “Eton Sprints named a qualifying event for 2015 ITU Sprint Worlds”

After back-to-back wins on triathlon’s toughest stage, Australia’s Mirinda Carfrae can rightfully claim to be the world’s best long-course triathlete. Advertisement She’s kindly agreed to “Live Q&A with Kona queen Mirinda Carfrae”

Sitting comfortably? This new performance cycling collection from Paul Smith looks superb for the growing ‘cycling chic’ niche, but the prices may give you palpitations. “Paul Smith 531 cycle wear collection – first look”

Australia’s all-conquering Kona queen Mirinda ‘Rinny’ Carfrae believes that she ‘still hasn’t reached her ceiling’ in terms of performance, and plans to keep returning to “Mirinda Carfrae: “You can never have too many world titles””

Like him or loathe him, you can’t query Gordon Ramsay’s appetite for triathlon. He may have been forced to pull out of Kona this year, “Fancy a spot on Team Ramsay at Ironman 70.3 Staffs?”

Resolve was needed in spades for the 25th edition of the Winter BallBuster, with chilly wind and hammering rain battering duathletes on Box Hill in “Gallery: Winter BallBuster 2014”

We were recently reminded by a reader that sometimes acts of kindness by total strangers are the only reason we can finish what we started “Who was your good Samaritan this triathlon season?”

The December 2014 issue of 220 Triathlon went on sale this morning, featuring a 20-page Kona special, 6-month training plan to get you ready for “New issue of 220 Triathlon out now!”