Karl is a Gold Coast based father of 3, a keen home improver and an age group triathlete who races on the M5 Acadamies triathlon team. ‘A good life balance is incredibly important’.
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IRONMAN announced today the addition of three new IRONMAN 70.3 triathlons to take place in China in 2017. Continuing the expansion of race offerings in China, the new events include IRONMAN 70.3 Liuzhou (April 1, 2017), IRONMAN 70.3 Qujing (May 28, 2017), and IRONMAN 70.3 Chongqing (September 24, 20
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Karen Barrow competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the 3000-metre individual pursuit and finished fourth in the 24-kilometre women’s points race. Now she’s an age-group triathlete based in Melbourne, competing in the local Gatorade Series in a bid to work her way up the ranks. We caught up with
Daniela Ryf (SUI) has taken out the top title at her first Challenge Roth with the third fastest women's time ever achieved over triathlon's long distance. The current world champion dominated from start to finish, taking the win in 8:22:04 and achieving the third best time ever on the l
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Jan Frodeno finishes in 7:35:39, breaking the world record by six minutes. Frodeno's time of 7:35:39 undercut Andreas Raelert's former record of 7:41:33 by almost six minutes on the same course. Frodeno announced six months ago that he had Raelert's record in his sights at DATEV Ch
The young Australian took the win here last year, to his own surprise. "I have been looking forward to coming back to defend my title," said Appleton. "I feel like I am getting race fit at the right time and I am looking forward to drawing out that race fitness on the course this w
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As the very best of the world's off-road athletes prepare to #GetDirtyDownUnder at the ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships, the Snowy Mountains are putting final preparations in place to shine on the world stage, with locals preparing to be part of the international explosion of culture, c
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Triathlon Australia has announced its National Calendar of events for the 2016-2017 season, unveiling that CHALLENGE SHEPPARTON will be the feature long course race for the state of Victoria. The National Calendar covers both the Australian National Championship events and the Australian Age Group W
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BMC-Etixx p/b Uplace athlete David McNamee took the victory in Challenge Galway in Ireland today. After a great run and a very convincing performance, he crossed the finish line in a time of 3:51:47. Joe Skipper (GBR; 3:55:11) finished second as Dylan McNeice (NZL; 3:56:50) completed the podium. Bar
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Australian triathlete Mitch Robins has successfully defended his 2015 Japan 70.3 victory with a come from behind effort to retain the title in 2016. Robins began his day with an unusually slow swim, putting him on the back foot from the gun. However, he remained cool and collected throughout the 90k
Jodie Swallow flew high in Cairns over the weekend, taking the victory at the Ironman Asia Pacific Championship in record-breaking fashion and booking her ticket to the Ironman World Championship. In typical Swallow style she took the lead on the 3.8-kilometre swim. Showing no signs of the broken el
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Aaron Royle has given his Rio Olympic triathlon hopes a huge boost, notching up a stirring bronze medal finish behind Britain's Brownlee brothers in front of 100,000 people in Leeds earlier today. The 26-year-old Newcastle-born Royle formed part of what turned out to be a successful bike break
Australian triathlete Tim Van Berkel looked cool and in-control despite humid North Queensland conditions, as he out-ran and outlasted a strong international field to win Ironman Cairns and claim the Asia-Pacific Championship title. Van Berkel started the run leg 14 minutes behind the race leaders b