Murray, Duffy crowned Fedhealth XTERRA SA Champions
Olympians Richard Murray (South Africa) and Flora Duffy (Bermuda) claimed the coveted men’s and women’s Champions title at the 2017 Fedhealth XTERRA South African Championship in Grabouw on Saturday, 25 February 2017. Richard Murray in action on the day. Photo Credit: Tobias Ginsberg Murray’s victory didn’t come easy, having been caught up in a game […]
Bike Check: Richard Murray’s Rio Olympics Specialized S-Works Tarmac
Richard Murray put in a huge effort during the triathlon at the Rio Olympics, narrowly missing out of a podium spot after making up places with a fantastic run. However, being Bike Hub, we’ll just skip the swim and run, and focus on Richard’s Specialized S-Works Tarmac. For the Rio triathlon, Richard reached for Specialized’s […]
Richard Murray shows readiness for Rio triathlon despite drama
Richard Murray showed with his first triathlon race back after he broke his collarbone in April that he will be ready for the Olympic Games come August in Rio. Richard Murray racing against Mario Mola at WTS Hamburg on Saturday. Credit: ITU, Janos Schmidt Once again the WTS Hamburg proved to be a less than […]
Richard Murray prepared for Rio with 38 days to go
With just more than a month to go before the world’s best athletes and teams head to Rio de Janeiro for 2016 Olympic Games excitement is building for what is the biggest and most talked about sporting event in the world. It’s estimated that over 10,500 athletes are expected to compete in over 306 events […]
Alistair Brownlee takes 18th World Triathlon Series title
Not even a stumble on the run could stop Alistair Brownlee‘s return to the top of the World Triathlon Series podium in Cape Town on Sunday, as the most successful athlete in series history took his total number of titles to 18. While he tripped early on in the run, Brownlee made his way up […]
Murray leads SA charge at World Triathlon Cape Town
Richard Murray will lead the South African onslaught on home soil come the Discovery World Triathlon Cape Town on 26 April. It is the second year that the city of Cape Town is a stop on the World Triathlon Series. This year the event will finish at the Green Point Athletics Stadium, the first international […]
Richard ready to race
The 2015 World Triathlon Series will start with a bang this Saturday when the first WTS race in Abu Dhabi will be decided over sprint distances. With only half the distances of an Olympic distance race the action will be even faster and more furious than usual. It will be Richard Murray’s fist race of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Four years of dedication brings Murray first SA Triathlon title
Richard Murray had to wait four years, but on Sunday he finally won his first South African Senior Triathlon title when he was victorious at the SA National Triathlon Championships in East London. Image credit: Kolesky/Nikon/Red Bull Content Pool Wikus Weber and Travis Johnston joined Murray on the podium. “What a race! It’s been four […]
ATU African Sprint Cup to kick off Murray’s triathlon season
On Sunday Richard Murray will get the opportunity to see just how much his swimming has improved when he lines up for the ATU African Sprint Cup at Blouberg. Action at this sprint triathlon – 750m swimming, 20km road biking and 5km road running – starts at 06:45. Murray has been working hard on his […]