Slanghoek Tri bigger and better
Participating in the Slanghoek mountain bike triathlon is the best introduction to off-road triathlon. The 5th annual Slanghoek Triathlon is held in the Slanghoek Valley outside Rawsonville. The event will be held over two days. All the action start and finish at the Breeland Wine Cellar. On Saturday 25 October the Slanghoek MTB Triathlon will […]
Daneel set for Slanghoek Tri
Multisport athlete Matt Daneel will again this year line up at the 5th annual Slanghoek Triathlon held in the Slanghoek Valley outside Rawsonville. The event will be held over two days. All the action start and finish at the Breeland Wine Cellar. On Saturday 25 October the Slanghoek MTB Triathlon will be held and the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sullwald climbs rankings after impressive Triathlon World Cup in Hungary
Impressive. This seems to be the best way to describe the performance by Wian Sullwald, the current junior world triathlon champion, during the past weekend (10-11 August) in the Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup in Hungary. Sullwald finished 2nd in his semi-final and 8th in the final. The time gap between the first eight athletes […]
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 […]
Triathlon news: Victory for Murray in France
Richard Murray won the past weekend’s French Grand Prix Sprint Triathlon in Les Sables d’Olonne, France. It was his first French Grand Prix win. Spain’s Javier Gomez finished second followed by Aurélien Lebrun. The conditions were quite challenging with some rain falling and newly painted white lines. “I’m really glad I didn’t crash. I did […]
Murray gears up for ITU World Series race in Madrid
Since leaving South Africa just over two months ago for his international campaign Richard Murray has been stacking up some strong performances and shown that he is more than ready and capable of competing with the big men of international triathlon. Photo credit: Nils Nilsen “I am really proud that I showed in San Diego […]