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For fans jaded by overt professionalism in sport, decisions made without a business motive, or, at least, one that will not pay instant dividends, are not merely refreshing, but strike at the heart of what makes it so captivating. Advertisement In the summer of 2012, Michelle Dillon was at a crossroads in her career. The former Commonwealth Games 10,000m runner and sixth-place finisher in the Athens’ Olympic triathlon had been coaching an elite group of…

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Triathlon coach Brett Sutton has announced that Australian athlete Rebecca Preston is joining his superstar squad after a long hiatus, in a bid to wrap up her tri career on a high. Advertisement Preston was at her peak in 2006 and 2007, when she claimed back-to-back victories at Ironman Switzerland. She also placed fifth in Kona in 2007, and has won IM Austria, UK and 70.3 Antwerp. “Within her first year as a professional triathlete…

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The following results are from the Impact Wrestling television taping on Friday, May 3rd at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA. Content should begin rolling out in two weeks time.  — The Rascalz def. The Crist Brothers — Disco Inferno won a Knockouts Battle Royal. Yes, seriously. The participants included Madison Rayne, Scarlett Bordeaux, Alisha Edwards, Jordynne Grace, Tessa Blanchard, Kiera Hogan, Solo Darling, Ashley Vox and a few others. Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie came…

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AEW has officially announced the addition of Jerry Lynn as a coach to the company. Lynn has most recently worked as a producer and agent for Ring of Honor, in a role that began in 2016. Lynn is widely considered to be one of the most legendary ring technicians of the modern era. His hard-hitting rapid fire style in the ring made him a star in Paul Heyman’s ECW, where Lynn was a world champion.…

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WWE Raw Superstar, Cesaro recently spoke with Alex McCarthy of Talk Sport about The Bar splitting up and how he found out about it. On finding out The Bar was splitting up: “Well I was actually traded after the Superstar Shakeup, so I actually thought that The Bar had not been broken up, then all of a sudden I get a message and it’s like, “hey, your travel’s changed” so I am like, okay, I’m…

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Former WWE ring announcer Lillian Garcia, along with others who worked with Ashley Massaro during her time in professional wrestling, have begun a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the education of the former WWE Diva’s 18-year-old daughter, Alexa.  The fundraiser kicked off with a generous $5,000 donation from WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley, who wrote the following on Twitter: “The amazing women who worked with Ashley Massaro in @WWE have set up a…

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Fernando Alonso insists that he’s feeling every bit as good now as he did when he won his first Formula 1 world championship with Benetton in 2005. That’s despite the Spanish driver turning 40 on Thursday, and becoming the second driver on the grid to be racing at that comparatively advanced age along with fellow former champion Kimi Raikkonen. Speaking with the media, Alonso joked that he would be taking to the sunbed and taking…

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With just a few days to go until the final ITU World Cup race of the 2014 season in South Korea, the ITU has revealed the 2015 schedule for its World Cup races, with valuable Olympic qualification points up for grabs. Advertisement The 2015 ITU World Cup calendar runs as follows: – March 14-15: Mooloolaba, Australia (sprint distance)– March 21-22: New Plymouth, New Zealand (sprint distance)– May 9-10: Chengdu, China (standard distance)– June 13-14: Huatulco,…

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More than 350 triathletes headed to the Hawley Hard army training ground in Hampshire last Sunday for the first edition of the Huntsman Triathlon. Advertisement The races started with an open-water swim in Hawley Lake, followed by a road cycle around the local countryside, finishing with a trail run through Hawley wood and around the lake. In the men’s Olympic race (1500m/47km/10km), Colin Dixon beat nearest rival Robert Fryer by more than 2mins to cross…

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The tough conditions at this year’s Ironman Hawaii were plain to see, with strong sea currents for the swim, gusty crosswinds blowing across the Queen K highway and daytime temperatures peaking above 30°C. Advertisement We asked renowned tri statistician Raymond Britt (founder of RunTri.com) to crunch the numbers for us, and his findings reveal that average finish times hit 11:35hrs this year, up from 11:06hrs in 2013 and 11:32hrs in 2012: The picture was broadly…

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