Challenge Roth 2020 cancelled

    News has just come in from Germany that the 2020 edition of the legendary German long-distance event, Challenge Roth, has been cancelled due to the Covid-19. Advertisement The race was set for 5 July in Roth, Bavaria, and regularly attracts 200,000+ spectators and 6,000 long-distance athletes for what we’ve previously voted as triathlon’s greatest event….

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      New 2021 dates announced for Tokyo Olympics

      The new dates for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, in 2021, the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be celebrated from 23 July to 8 August 2021, while Paralympic Games will be celebrated from 24 August until 5 September 2021. Advertisement “We have been working together with all the Olympic and Paralympic stakeholders in the last few…

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        Jan Frodeno signs with Hoka One One

        Hoka One One have announced the signing of triple Ironman World Champion Jan Frodeno on a multi-year deal that will see the German triathlon superstar wear the brand’s footwear for the next three race seasons. Advertisement The German – who won the 2008 Olympic Games and sealed his third Kona title in 2019 – will…

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          Football told to follow triathlon example

          It’s not every day that the relatively niche sport of triathlon gets compared favourably to football, and have a prominent mention in a national newspaper’s column about the nation’s favourite sport. But these are strange times, and thanks to sports writer Sean Ingle’s recent article for The Guardian, triathlon is being held in high esteem thanks to recent measures taken by the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO). …

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