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“I love the pressure and I love being hunted”. Hayden Wilde smashes the T100 Triathlon World Championship Final in Qatar

Hayden Wilde cruises to his sixth win from seven starts on the T100 Tour this year and calls out the short-course athletes he’d love to race at this distance, including Alex Yee and Matty Hauser. With recovery from injury and a solid block of training behind him, Hayden Wilde cruised through to take the title […]

“I love the pressure and I love being hunted”. Hayden Wilde smashes the T100 Triathlon World Championship Final in Qatar
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“I think I cried a bit on the bike, I just was suffering so much.” Kate Waugh takes emotional victory in T100 Grand Final in Qatar

Great Britain’s Kate Waugh claimed the victory in the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final today in Lusail after a hard year of training and racing was rewarded. Waugh had led the rankings going into the title decider and knew a victory would seal the season-long crown – and her first ever World Championship in the sport. […]

“I think I cried a bit on the bike, I just was suffering so much.” Kate Waugh takes emotional victory in T100 Grand Final in Qatar
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“I’ve not swam in many places with snow in the background!” Alistair Brownlee finishes top three at extreme Patagonman triathlon

Alistair Brownlee has shown he’s still a force to be reckoned with in retirement! The Olympic gold medallist took on the Patagonman iron-distance event and bagged a place in the top three, despite local events almost causing the race to be cancelled. He’s a man used to training for triathlons of all distances, but Patagonman […]

“I’ve not swam in many places with snow in the background!” Alistair Brownlee finishes top three at extreme Patagonman triathlon
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“What a mad moment this is!!” Spencer Matthews completes epic triathlon challenge in Antarctica and breaks two World Records

You won’t find many training plans for a challenge like this. Former Made In Chelsea star and endurance athlete Spencer Matthews has completed seven iron-distance triathlons on seven continents, in 21 days, 9 hours and 18 minutes. The challenge was devised to raise money for James’ Place, a charity which works to prevent male suicide. […]

“What a mad moment this is!!” Spencer Matthews completes epic triathlon challenge in Antarctica and breaks two World Records
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“Freezing, rough, slow, painful.” Spencer Matthews rides for almost 19 hours in brutal Antarctica triathlon attempt

He’s already completed a 3.8km swim in sub-zero water but the work isn’t done yet as Spencer Matthews continues on his quest to finish seven triathlons on seven continents. No triathlon race bikes were in sight here as the entrepreneur and endurance athlete, riding a bike more suited to snow and ice and dressed for […]

“Freezing, rough, slow, painful.” Spencer Matthews rides for almost 19 hours in brutal Antarctica triathlon attempt
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“I’ll never put myself in that position again.” Spencer Matthews completes swim in sub-zero Antarctic waters

Posting photos of himself looking frozen and with prominent goggle marks while wearing a thick wetsuit with neoprene hood, Spencer Matthews has finished the brutal swim portion of his extreme triathlon in Antarctica. Taking on the 3.8km swim in sub-zero water is a feat that not many have achieved, but the former Made In Chelsea […]

“I’ll never put myself in that position again.” Spencer Matthews completes swim in sub-zero Antarctic waters
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“Leopard seals, unpredictable waves, ice-cold currents…” Spencer Matthews faces brutal conditions as he arrives in Antarctica for his extreme triathlon.

He might have ticked off six of his seven triathlons on seven continents, but there’s a monster of a challenge awaiting entrepreneur and endurance athlete Spencer Matthews. The final iron-distance triathlon of his challenge will see him heading to Antarctica to complete a freezing cold swim (in a wetsuit, of course, but still…) followed by […]

“Leopard seals, unpredictable waves, ice-cold currents…” Spencer Matthews faces brutal conditions as he arrives in Antarctica for his extreme triathlon.
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“It was crushing and very unforgiving.” Spencer Matthews struggles as he approaches final leg of extreme triathlon challenge

Entrepreneur and endurance athlete Spencer Matthews admits he’s finding things gruelling as he completes the sixth iron-distance triathlon in his extreme global challenge. Spencer Matthews has revealed he didn’t know how he was going to get through the sixth leg of his extreme triathlon challenge which took place yesterday in Rio. Sharing on Instagram, he […]

“It was crushing and very unforgiving.” Spencer Matthews struggles as he approaches final leg of extreme triathlon challenge
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“It’s never been more important to believe that the impossible is possible.” Spencer Matthews completes fifth leg of extreme triathlon challenge

Endurance athlete, entrepreneur and podcaster Spencer Matthews today completed the fifth leg of PROJECT SE7EN in Dubai, UAE, marking his fifth full distance triathlon on a fifth different continent in the span of just thirteen days.   Ahead of today and looking ahead to the extreme latter stages of the challenge, Matthews commented via his Instagram […]

“It’s never been more important to believe that the impossible is possible.” Spencer Matthews completes fifth leg of extreme triathlon challenge