The Long Course Weekend (LCW) is coming to Jervis Bay in New South Wales, Australia, 27-29 October 2017 and is open to individuals and teams of all standards. Advertisement The triathlon legs are spread over 3 days, instead of just the one, with the open water swim taking place Friday evening at Jervis Bay. There will be the choice of a 3.8km, a 1.9km, 1.5km and 500m distance to swim – all to correspond with triathlons’…
Despite warnings that there could be a decrease in Lottery funding due to a reduction in players UK Sport, who allocate resources, have given triathlon and paratriathlon a slight increase for the Tokyo cycle (£8,127,753 versus the £7,457,997 given for Rio). Advertisement This funding allows British Triathlon to have 25 triathletes and 16 paratriathletes within the World Class Programme. This is broken down to 21 triathletes and 4 training partners and 13 paratriathletes with three…
Scientists from Brigham Young University in the USA found that pro-inflammatory molecules actually go down in the knee joint after running. Advertisement Running: how and why it helps fight cancer How to prevent runner’s knee, and four exercises to treat it Why do I get knee pain when running downhill? How can I strengthen my glute muscles? They measured inflammation markers in extracted synovial fluid from the knee joint of several healthy men and women, aged…
Click:cnc routing machine price Ironman 70.3 Scotland has been announced as the eighth event in the UK and Ireland’s Ironman calendar today, which include Ironman UK, Ironman Wales, Ironman 70.3 UK, Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire, Ironman 70.3 Dublin, Ironman 70.3 Weymouth as well as Velothon Wales. The race will take place on 2nd July 2017. Advertisement “The UK has seen a perpetual growth in athlete participation and there is clear demand for more races,” said Kevin Stewart,…
Researchers from the University of Arizona compared the brain scans of young male cross country runners to those who haven’t engaged in regular physical activity for at least a year. Participants were aged 18-25 and had comparable body mass index and educational levels. Advertisement Running found to reduce knee inflammation Running: how and why it helps fight cancer The runners, overall, showed greater functional connectivity – or connections between distinct brain regions…
The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has named Edmonton in Canada as the host city for the ITU World Championships Grand Final in 2020. Advertisement The event will mark the third time Canada has hosted the World Championships with Edmonton having organised the race in 2001 and as recently as 2014. Welcome to the ITU Edmonton Grand Finals! Edmonton has also been the site of nine ITU World Cup events, and has hosted a stop on…
Egypt on Saturday opened two of its oldest pyramids, located about 25 miles south of the capital Cairo, to visitors for the first time since 1965. Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany told reporters that tourists were now allowed to visit the Bent Pyramid and its satellite pyramid in the Dahshur royal necropolis, which is part of the Memphis Necropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built at around 2600 B.C. during the Old Kingdom of the Pharaoh…
Only two weeks after announcing the launch of Long Course Weekend in Jervis Bay, Australia Activity Wales Events have announced it will have another European event in Alcudia, Mallorca in November 2017. Advertisement The Long Course Weekend, which originated in Wales six years ago, is a three-day sporting festival where athletes swim on Friday, cycle on Saturday and run on Sunday. There is a multitude of distances and a special medal for those that enter the Full…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed a trio of congressional resolutions aimed at blocking his administration from selling billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last month cited threats from Iran as a reason to approve the $8.1 billion arms sale to the two U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf.Saudi Arabia is an enemy of Iran and tension has mounted between the UAE and…
Click:全国楼凤论坛 Alistair Brownlee has come second, behind tennis world number one and 2016 Wimbledon winner Andy Murray, at BBC Sports Personality of the Year. In third place was showjumper Nick Skelton who, like the other two, also won gold in Rio. Advertisement The awards were held at a glittering ceremony at the Genting Arena in Birmingham and were presented by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan. Alistair was the first triathlete to be nominated for…