A few national and International Triathlon news. National Triathlon news Next week’s Dublin City Triathlon made it into the Indo yesterday. With the countdown to Ironman 70.3 Galway in two weeks a few of the racers are tackling the long distance 13km Galway Bay swim this weekend. “Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim, now in [...]
There’s been a number of top international results by Irelands’s elite triathletes at the Alpe d’Huez Triathlon, London triathlon & Spain’s Banyoles triathlon.
Alpe d’Huez Triathlon – Eimear Mullan
Eimear Mullan finish 5th in the international long course triathlon at the iconic Alpe d’Huez
A few results from the last few weeks, which just go to show how tough the competition is on the ITU race circuit.
33rd Aileen Morisson – Hamburg Triathlon – ITU World Champion Series
21st Bryan Keane – Geneva – ITU Triathlon European Cup
29th Russell White – Luxemburg – Echternach ETU Triathlon Junior European Cup
There was a stacked field for the Irish Triathlon Championships (Sprint Distance) in Athlone today. Gavin Noble (Specialized Factory Racing) and Aoife Lynch (Base2Race/Pulse) are the new sprint champions. Bryan McCrystal (Setanta/Primera TBUK) had almost an 11min margin of victory in the Olympic, with Deirdre O’Toole (Belpark) taking the women’s Olympic by 4mins from her club mate Ellen Murphy (Belpark).
The Philippines was the venue for Bryan Keane’s return to international triathlon racing. Both Bryan Keane and Ben Shaw were in the first pack on the swim and bike and managed to stay within 90sec of winner and 2005 Triathlon World Champs silver medalist Riot Hug from Switzerland. These results will help to gain starting slots at World Cup races, where valuable Olympic qualifying points can be collected.
Velvet strand Tri, Bryan Keane’s talk, Gavin Noble’s update and Adventure racer Eoghan Murphy gets elected to the Dail.
There have been some great Irish Elite performances this year and some great photos to record the action. Thanks to the photographers Janos Schmidt, Francis Kennedy and Danny Chan. Vote for your favorite on the Irish Triathlon facebook fan page. The photo with the most likes and comments wins.
Bryan Keane reigns supreme in Kenmare, while Joyce Wolfe was dominant before her Hawaii debut next month. Podium results from today’s Lost Sheep half ironman distance triathlon in Kenmare are
Bryan Keane 2nd in Almere Premium European Cup Triathlon Ireland’s Bryan Keane clinched a great result over the weekend to finish in second place at the Almere Premium European Cup triathlon in the Netherlands. The professional triathlete blew the leading pack apart on the final 10km run leg to overhaul seven athletes and put himself [...]
The Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup uses it’s $1,000,000 prize purse, to bring out the most competitive field every year. Keane’s 20th place out of a field of 60 finishers in only his 2nd World Cup race, shows his potential for London 2012. Full results are online here. Bryan finished ahead of big names like [...]
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