The next generation of Island triathlon stars made a statement Saturday.
Andrew McCartney of Victoria recorded his biggest career move as he hopes to eventually join a pantheon that includes Olympians and fellow-Islanders such as Simon Whitfield and Brent McMahon.
The 25-year-old finished a breakthrough seventh in the World Triathlon Series race in Yokohama, Japan.
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Whistler wins bid for Ironman Canada 2013 after the City of Penticton and Ironman parted ways earlier this year, Ironman Canada has been up for grabs for 2013. Last Thursday, October 11, a few days before the World Triathlon Corporation intended to make the announcement due to Whistler Tourism pre-empting the announcement on their website, [...]
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Three thousand athletes are currently milling around Penticton this week, intent on tapering, and carbo-loading in preparation for one of the most gruelling events in the world, which will take place this Sunday, August 26th. Almost all of them signed up for the Subaru Ironman Canada a year in advance (places [...]
The 37-year-old triathlete will lead the Canadian team into the opening ceremony at the London Olympics later this month
Vancouver, BC – Beautiful summer weather greeted athletes and spectators at Locarno Beach Park today for the 6th annual Subaru Vancouver Triathlon, which attracted almost 800 participants, including Vancouver 2010 Ski-Cross Gold Medalist Ashleigh McIvor and London-bound Olympians Paula Findlay and Brent McMahon.
McMahon did the swim portion of the three distances on three different relay [...]
Victoria’s Simon Whitfield
From Triathlon Canada —Triathlon Canada’s fab five combine veterans and youth poised to shock the world in London— A group of five Canadian athletes are determined to deliver a knockout punch when they step into the Olympic triathlon ring for the 2012 Games in London, July 27-August 12.
Led by wily two-time Olympic medallist Simon [...]
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The mathematics of the Canadian men’s triathlon situation may have been baffling to everyone except Brent McMahon.
The 31-year-old athlete from Victoria upped the total of Canadian Olympic entries into the men’s race at the London Games to a maximum three at Madrid Sunday.
How he did it was plain to him, [...]
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The annual Vancouver Bike Show and Outdoor Adventure Show takes place this weekend at the Vancouver Convention Centre, Saturday and Sunday March 3 and 4, 2012.
Both events are sure to attract large crowds on a weekend that is expected to be very wet.
The Outdoor Adventure & Travel Show will include over 250 exhibitors featuring everything for [...]
Victoria's Simon Whitfield
Victoria’a Simon Whitfield and Edmonton’s Paula Finlay have become the first two triathletes named to Canada’s Olympic Team for next summer’s Olympics in London. Triathlon Canada named the pair on Friday despite neither having met the Canadian Olympic qualifying standards within the past year, they both present Canada’s best hope at winning a [...]
A day in the life of Olympian triathlete and Victoria resident Simon Whitfield. This short 6 minute video was produced by Rumon Carter for Simon’s bike sponsor, Specialized.
The scene was set – the professional women would be given a 15 minute head start over the men at the Subaru Sooke Triathlon in the beautiful ocean-side community on Vancouver Island’s west coast. As the women dove from the pontoon in to the water and quickly disappeared in the morning fog, the men anxiously [...]
In an exciting new development, the Subaru Sooke Triathlon on August 7th has been approved for a closed bike course along the spectacular ocean side route of West Coast Road. With the beauty of this bike course and route closed to traffic, this event will quickly vault in to one of the most spectacular races [...]
The Saunders Subaru Victoria Triathlon played host to nearly one thousand athletes of all ages this weekend for the 2 day festival at Elk Lake. The main event today, the Half Iron, saw last year’s champion Adam O’Meara come from behind on the run to take the win, defending his title from the year before. [...]
Canada’s very own Paula Findlay has won the first two events of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series, her second win coming just this past weekend in Madrid. The Edmonton native has won the first event of the season in Sydney in April.
Findlay came out of the swim in first place and held [...]
From triathlon.org – Canadian Melanie McQuaid made an impressive ITU debut and was crowned the first ITU Cross Triathlon World Champion today in Extremadura, Spain.
McQuaid overcame adversity when her bike was lost while traveling to Spain. She was forced to race on a borrowed bike for today’s championships but didn’t let that stop [...]
Triathlon Canada is currently accepting applications from athletes wishing to compete in the elite division at the inaugural ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships. The inaugural event, slated for April 30, 2011, in Extremadura, Spain, will give both age group and elite athletes the chance to compete for off-road world titles. Much like XTERRA events, cross [...]
BC’s Olympic gold and silver medalist triathlete Simon Whitfield will not be racing in tomorrow’s triathlon world championships in Hungry after bruising his knee in a cycling accident last weekend. Whitfield had been hopeful in the days leading up to the race that he could at least pace teammate Kyle Jones on the cycling portion of the [...]
More than 700 athletes are packing in the pasta at this very moment and tucking in early for tomorrow morning’s Vancouver Triathlon. This will be the event’s 9th year in a row with the race’s three disciplines taking place in and around the heart of downtown Vancouver.
Good luck to everyone and be sure to tune back here [...]
Victor Zyemtsev of the Ukraine and Meredith Kessler of the USA were winners of the 28th Annual Subaru Ironman Canada. This victory was the seventh for Zyemtsev and the first for Kessler. Zyemtsev finished ahead of Christian Brader and Stephan Vuckovic of Germany. Zyemtsev’s winning time was 8:32:28.
Kiwi Kieran Doe and Canadian Tom Evans were [...]
