Overcomes Defending Champ Caroline Steffen in Melbourne

San Diego, Calif. – XTERRA WETSUITS, makers of the top-selling triathlon wetsuit in North America, announced that its sponsored triathlete Yvonne van Vlerken of Austria posted an impressive second place finish at Ironman Melbourne on March 24, 2013.
The event, which is the Asia-Pacific Championship Ironman race, had a packed roster of professional female triathletes, including Switzerland’s Caroline Steffen, its defending champion.

Rudy Project is pleased to announce the two-time Ironman champion Jimmy Johnsen will exclusively wear their helmets and eyewear going forward in 2013.

Javier Gómez Noya, silver medallist at the London Olympics and twice ITU world triathlon champion has confirmed today that he will make his Middle Distance debut on May 19 at Challenge Half Barcelona, which this year is doubling as the official ETU European Half DistanceTriathlon Championships.

The news was made official at a Press Conference held today at the Higher Sports Council offices in Madrid, attended by some of the senior executives of Spanish sport and the local authorities.

San Francisco – (March 3, 2013) Battling cold temperatures and choppy currents, more than 2,000 amateur and professional athletes took the plunge into the 51 degree water of San Francisco Bay to compete in the 2013 Escape from Alcatraz™ Triathlon on Sunday, March 3, with 2012 London Summer Olympics Silver Medalist Javier Gomez from Spain winning the prestigious race. Heather Jackson from the USA took the first place position amongst the women. Both Gomez and Jackson are first time escapees.