Multisport News Archive

New Zealand triathlete Kris Gemmell has finished 13th at the latest ITU World Cup race, a race that was reduced to a sprint distance event at Guatape, Colombia.

The 23rd summer of racing commences this Wednesday at Mission Bay when the 2XU Stroke & Stride Series splashes off.

The leaders are now 72 hours deep into the 700km Adventure Racing World Championships at the XPD Tasmania as they reach Granville Harbour transition with four teams vying for the official lead on time.

Callum Millward went back to back in Rotorua while Nicky Samuels won on her first appearance at the first round of the Contact Triathlon Series at Blue Lake today.

A new kayaking pontoon is towed across Milford Sound, with iconic Mitre Peak in the background, to its new 'home' alongside the Milford Discovery Centre operated by Southern Discoveries.

The lead teams in the Adventure Racing World Championship are racing the fine line between exhaustion and sleep deprivation, with just four hours separating the top four teams on course, although team Seagate's penalty is making the racing closer on adjusted time.

Steven Kent won the opening race of the State Beach Series on Takapuna Beach on Tuesday evening (1st Nov) in challenging conditions more suited to wind & kite surfing; 1½ metre swells and winds gusting up to 35 knots.

Nicky Samuels starts a new phase in her triathlon career when she races in Rotorua this weekend, a phase that she hopes will end in London via a Sydney stopover along the way.

On the evening of the first day of the Adventure Racing World Champs 2011 in Tasmania, Kiwi team Seagate lead the worlds best teams on the 700km expedition race by 39 minutes from Team Silva of Sweden.

Former Olympic and World Championship medal winning rower Nathan Twaddle is jumping ship.

Competitors in the Staples Rodway Cape Kidnappers Challenge will again be greeted by a variety of conditions and incredible scenery.

Olympic Games gold medallist Hamish Carter doesn't do things by half, he doesn't take on challenges light heartedly, so when he says he is 'coming out of retirement' to compete in a triathlon for the first time in over 6 years, you know he must be serious.

The event to be held on 3 December on the world famous Kepler Track in Fiordland National Park, is drawing even more competitors from around the world.

More than 1200 riders from six countries lined up for the 10th anniversary K2 cycle classic, where New Plymouth's Michael Torckler caused a major upset to win New Zealand's toughest road cycle race.

Multiple winners of the Speight's Coast to Coast are among the champions being invited back for the 30th anniversary event next February.

A few kilometres down-valley from glistening Lake Waikaremoana, the close-knit community of Tuai is gearing up for its mightiest days of the year.

With the Hutt City Tri only days away now is the time to register for this family-friendly event.

The All Blacks may have won the rugby but the Aussies will be tougher to beat in the upcoming Trans Tasman Adventure Racing Trophy, a stoush that will determine which side of the Tasman reigns supreme in the world of adventure racing.

A world champion, long-distance swimmer from Australia will compete in this year's State Russell to Paihia Ocean Swim on December 10.

Minister for Sport and Recreation Murray McCully says New Zealanders can look forward to seeing more Kiwi winners on the world stage, as the doors officially open today at the National Training Centre for high performance athletes in Auckland.