The 2018 Ironman World Championships in pictures
By Daniela Ryf’s record breaking performance saw her take victory for the fourth year running, proving herself to be one of, if not the greatest female triathlete of all time, while Patrick Lange smashed the 8 hour barrier, winning in a record time of 07:52:39. Advertisement Kona 2018: How all the emotion and action was captured […]
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Did you know? 16 facts from the 2018 Ironman World Championships
1. 1st male overall was Patrick Lange (GER) in a time of 7:52:39, who broke his own course best set in 2017 of 8:01:40. Advertisement 2. 1st female overall was Daniela Ryf (SUI) in a time of 8:26:16: swim 57:26 (struggled with a jelly fish sting), bike 4:26:07 and run 2:57:05, breaking her own course best […]
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Dubrovnik Triathlon makes its debut
It’s not often swim, bike and run makes football play second fiddle, but there are more spectators here for the inaugural Dubrovnik Triathlon than attended the Croatia v England international – 400 miles north along the Adriatic coast in Rijeka – the previous evening. And given this is a football-obsessed nation whose national team reached […]
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying Israeli satellite, 3 years after explosion destroyed first one
Three years after a spectacular on-pad explosion that destroyed an Israeli communications satellite, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday evening that successfully boosted a follow-on AMOS relay station into orbit to provide broadcast, broadband and high-speed data services across Africa. Waiting out stormy afternoon weather, 229-foot-tall Falcon 9, using a twice-flown first stage, roared […]
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Dubrovnik Triathlon makes its debut
It’s not often swim, bike and run makes football play second fiddle, but there are more spectators here for the inaugural Dubrovnik Triathlon than attended the Croatia v England international – 400 miles north along the Adriatic coast in Rijeka – the previous evening. And given this is a football-obsessed nation whose national team reached […]
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Quest Adventure races arrive in UK
They have multiple established kayak, bike and run races in Ireland, but now the Quest Adventure Series race organisers have confirmed their first UK race for 2019. Advertisement Quest Wales will be staged in the surroundings of Snowdonia National Park, and challenges athletes to trail run, bike and kayak their way across the mountains of […]
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Trump says France’s Macron “asked me for approval” of Iranian envoy’s G-7 visit
President Trump said Monday that he wasn’t surprised when French President Emmanuel Macron invited Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to visit the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France. Macron invited Zarif, who was recently sanctioned by the Trump administration, in a bid to open talks aimed at lowering tensions between the West and the Islamic Republic. […]
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Quest Adventure races arrive in UK
They have multiple established kayak, bike and run races in Ireland, but now the Quest Adventure Series race organisers have confirmed their first UK race for 2019. Advertisement Quest Wales will be staged in the surroundings of Snowdonia National Park, and challenges athletes to trail run, bike and kayak their way across the mountains of […]
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Suspect detained in French knife attack believed to have been on drugs and in “psychotic state”
An Afghan man was believed to have been in a “psychotic state” and on drugs during a multiple stabbing in France that killed one person and injured eight others, but investigators say the suspect doesn’t have any terrorist ties. A psychiatric evaluation of the man in custody revealed he was experiencing “paranoid delirium” during Saturday’s […]
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Morocco to host its first Ironman 70.3
The new 70.3 race is to take place on October 27 2019, and athletes will take in many of the famous monuments and landmarks historic Marrakech is famous for, including the Medina of Marrakech, the Bahia Palace, the Madrasa, the Koutoubia Mosque and Minaret, the Jemaa el-Fnaa Square and the Majorelle Garden. Advertisement “It is a […]
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