Month: March 2021

To celebrate the release of her hotly anticipated new book To the Finish Line: A World Champion Triathlete’s Guide To Your Perfect Race, this September “Chrissie Wellington to embark on nationwide UK book tour”

Previous studies have found exercise improves brain function and your memory, and that the more aerobically fit you are the better memory you are more likely “Why aerobically fit people have better memories”

Andy Salmon has been announced as the new Chief Executive of British Triathlon, to take the sport forward to Tokyo 2020 and beyond. Advertisement Salmon “New CEO of BTF appointed”

Immortal Sport have announced they are to take over organising the Wimbleball middle distance triathlon in Somerset, following the news earlier this year that Ironman “Middle distance race to still go ahead at Wimbleball”

Flora Duffy will be taking maximum points into the Grand Final in Rotterdam on 16 September, following her fifth win of the season in Stockholm “Flora Duffy continues WTS dominance with win in Stockholm”

Stockholm has proved happy hunting ground for Rio silver medallist, Jonny Brownlee; today’s win his fifth visit to the Swedish podium, including two wins, but “Jonny Brownlee back on winning form at WTS Stockholm”

Jonny Brownlee might have smashed it for Team GB at the World Triathlon Series Stockholm yesterday, but next week sees a multisport race of a “Athletes ready to smash ÖtillÖ World Championship swimrun race”

Doping is far more common in professional sport than the rates suggested by blood and urine tests of the athletes, scientists have found. Advertisement The “Doping in elite sport more widespread than testing indicates”

The first Mixed Relay Cup was today declared a roaring success. With bumper crowds, global podium-mounting athletes and a natural amphitheatre courtesy of Nottingham city “Leeds team take first Mixed Relay Cup title”

It is with great sadness that the ITU has learned of the death of its Honorary President, Les McDonald. He died on September 4 in “ITU Honorary President, Les McDonald, dies at 84 years of age”