World Triathlon Series to be hosted for second time on African soil
Current World Triathlon Champion, the Olympic and Commonwealth Champion and former World Champions will all line-up at the second Discovery World Triathlon Cape Town. The ITU World Triathlon Series, which finishes in Chicago later this year, will be hosted at the V & A Waterfront in Cape Town, making it the second time that this […]
Pat Smyly (68) to take on Discovery World Triathlon Cape Tow
Pat Smyly (68, Hout Bay) will be one of the oldest participants in the Discovery World Triathlon Cape Town, which takes place on 25 and 26 April. The ITU World Triathlon Series, which finishes in Chicago later this year, will be hosted at the V & A Waterfront in Cape Town, making it the second […]
Murray set for 2015
Since leaving South Africa at the end of November for a European winter training camp with his coach Joel Filiol, triathlete Richard Murray has been racking up the miles in the swimming pool. After a somewhat disappointing end to his 2014 season Murray and his support staff have been working hard in rectifying what went […]
Podium for Richard Murray in World Triathlon Series, Yokohama
Richard Murray finished third at the ITU World Triathlon Series in Yokohama on Saturday. It was only Murray’s second race in the WTS this season and his best performance after his fifth place in Cape Town a few weeks ago. Photo credit: Delly Carr/ITU Gomez’s won a very close sprint against his fellow Spanish countryman […]
Javier Gomez Brilliant again in ITU Triathlon Series win
Spain’s Javier Gomez Noya’s quest to become the second man to win four ITU World Championships gained strength in Cape Town yesterday, as he comfortably beat Jonathan Brownlee for his second consecutive ITU World Triathlon Series win in 2014. RSA’s Richard Murray finishes fifth // Image credit: Chris Hitchcock As the series made its debut […]
Another Gomez-Brownlee party or will Murray take the spoils
Is it going to be another 1-2 for Javier Gomez (ESP) and Jonathan Brownlee (UK) or will the South African favourite Richard Murray upset the apple cart at Sunday’s Discovery World Triathlon Cape Town. Image credit: Delly Carr/ITU Sunday’s action over the 1 500m harbour swim, 40km beach side bike and 10km run starts and […]
Richard Murray finishes fifth in ITU World Triathlon Series
Richard Murray finished the ITU World Triathlon Series in fifth place overall after Sunday’s grand finale of the World Series in London where his fellow Specialized athlete Spain’s Javier Gomez was crowned World Series Champion. The London race was the last of the World Triathlon Series and after a very hard and fast bike leg […]
Fourth for Murray at ITU World Triathlon Series in Hamburg
Richard Murray ran himself into fourth place at the ITU World Triathlon Series race in Hamburg on Saturday. Murray won this race last season. This time around he was beaten only by the Olympic podium of Jonathan Brownlee, Alastair Brownlee – World and Olympic champion respectively – and Javier Gomez. Photo credit: Janos M. Schmidt/ITU […]