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A fully UCI-legal time trial version of the new bike, the Trinity Advanced Pro TT, is also being introduced as a frameset for road racers.

The flagship Trinity Advanced Pro model, which is being raced at Kona by top Ironman pro Tim Van Berkel, is engineered and designed with the aim to be the world’s fastest tri bike in real-world racing conditions. Key features include Giant’s AeroSystem Shaping Technology and a number of tri-specific features, including the AeroVault integrated hydration and storage system.

“One of the things I love most about this new Trinity Advanced Pro is that it’s a full-on race-ready machine right out of the box,” said Van Berkel, who won last month’s Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast race on a prototype model. “From the aerodynamic frame and fork shapes to the new geometry and positioning and integrated hydration and storage – it’s everything you need to go faster in training and racing.”

Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis and wind-tunnel testing, more than 250 frame configurations were developed and tested before the Trinity Advanced Pro design was finalised.

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The final version of the Trinity Advanced Pro was tested alongside four key competitors at the wind-tunnel. Going against the Cervélo P5, Scott Plasma 5, Trek Speed Concept and Specialized Shiv, all outfitted with hydration and storage systems, the Trinity, say Giant, proved to be the most aerodynamic as a complete race-ready unit.

The 2016 Trinity triathlon range features two options: the Trinity Advanced Pro, which comes stock with the AeroVault System, AeroDrive Tri components and integrated rear brake fairing; and the Trinity Advanced, which features the same Advanced-grade composite frame but without the integrated AeroVault system, rear brake fairing and AeroDrive fork, stem and base bar.

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For road racers, the Trinity Advanced Pro TT frameset features the same Advanced-grade composite frame along with a special AeroDrive TT Advanced-grade fork, stem and handlebar that’s UCI legal for time trial competition. The TT frameset was developed and tested with pro riders from Team Giant-Alpecin. Pre-production versions of the frame have already been ridden to victories at major pro races including Tom Dumoulin’s stage win at the Vuelta a España.

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The range of new Giant Trinity triathlon and TT bikes will be available in select markets through Giant retailers starting in November. For more information over the coming weeks, keep an eye on Giant’s website.

When Tim Peake moves into his new home in space – the International Space Station (ISS) – he would like children across the UK to exercise alongside him as he trains two hours a day in the world’s highest and fastest-moving gym – travelling at 27,600 km per hour, and circling the world every 90 minutes.

“While exercising so far away in space I will have some amazing views, although I will miss the sights, sounds and fresh air of planet Earth,” said Peake. “I hope students across the UK will join me in my training and share what they see as they work out back on Earth.”

Peake is especially keen on space-based training that will support his triathlon interests in cycling, running and swimming. Schools taking part in the Space to Earth Challenge will be encouraged to create their own ‘spaceathlons’ of a trio of space, sport and science activities. The schools who can demonstrate the most innovation and engagement in the activities will be invited to take part in a unique visit to the European Astronaut Centre in May 2016.  Other prizes available for schools taking part include a diving class from the expert team at Blue Abyss.

The distance of 400km is just one of a series of space-themed sports and science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics (STEAM) challenges that students can try. The sports and science challenges have been designed by experts from the European Astronaut Centre, British Triathlon Trust, University of Cambridge, Kings College London, Blue Abyss, LFT Consulting, The Institution of Engineering and Technology and Durham University. Further resources are being developed by the University of Southampton, Queen Mary University of London, Teesside University and Manchester Metropolitan University and the United Learning Trust. Creative challenges have been set by the Ideas Foundation and will be announced at the World Skills Show.

Schools across the country can sign up for the FREE challenge and resources on: www.spacetoearthchallenge.org.uk

About Tim Peake

Tim Peake will be the first British ESA astronaut to live and work on the ISS. His mission, named Principia after Newton’s world-changing three-part text on physics, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, is scheduled to begin in December 2015. While on-board the ISS he will be using the unique environment of space to run experiments as well as trying out new technologies for future human exploration missions. More about Tim Peake and the education and outreach projects linked to his mission can be found on the Principia website: www.principia.org.uk

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The German, who had already won the Ironman European title in Frankfurt in July and the World 70.3 crown in August, confirmed his status as the best long-distance triathlete in the world by posting a time of 8:14:40, 3:03mins  ahead of Andreas Raelert, with Tim O’Donnell in third.

“Thank you all for your amazing support,” Frodeno, 34, who finished third on debut last year, said at the finish. “I’m sorry to take the title from an American again, but I’m glad TO [O’Donnell] didn’t have any garlic last night as he was breathing down my neck all day. I’m over the moon, what a race.

“This is the Wimbledon of our sport, I am so happy. It was brutal, hotter than Frankfurt and no shade at all. Everyone laughs at me for stopping [at the aid stations to cool off] but I’m the world champion and don’t really care.”

After two barren years, it was a welcome return to form for Raelert, who had previously twice finished runner-up and twice placed third in Kona. But away from the 39-year-old’s resurgence, the only major shock of the race was reigning champion Kienle’s inability to splinter the field on the bike leg. In fact the German was only third to dismount – behind Frodeno and O’Donnell – with less than 6mins separating the top 14, after favourable conditions on the Queen K highway.

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The day began with Andy Potts relinquishing his annual first-out-of-the-water honour to Kona debutant Dylan McNeice although the Kiwi’s moment in the spotlight would be short-lived. Frodeno was just metres behind as they headed on to the pier for the first time, with the next group 1:40mins back featuring Brits Tim Don, David McNamee and Fraser Cartmell. Raelert was also in attendance, but the most noticeable and surprising presence was that of Kienle, following the final pair of feet in the group into Kailua Bay for the most impressive swim of this career.

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Out on to the bike, Frodeno and Kienle set the early pace but there was no sign of the lead pack breaking up in conditions conducive to fast times. Through 60 miles it was still 15-strong, although McNamee had slipped three minutes back, with Joe Skipper maintaining his swim deficit to stay within five minutes.O’Donnell darted off the front to build a short-lived minute lead at 75 miles and both Don and McNamee suffered 5min penalties that would prove costly.

Frodeno reasserted his authority for a 30sec cushion into T2 and a stellar roll call followed back on to the pier: former winners Kienle and Frederick Van Lierde; second-placed Kona finishers Eneko Llanos and Raelert – with the latter also suffering a flat; Canadian debutant Brent McMahon, who had only raced two Ironmans but both under 8hrs; and Belgian Marino Vanhoenacker who has twice dipped under eight hours this year. Joe Skipper was first Brit off the bike in 15th just 8:30mins back and looking in decent shape.

Within five miles Frodeno had a 2min cushion and attrition was already setting in amongst the challengers. Kienle was one to suffer and would eventually finish eighth and Raelert was making the biggest move, running into a podium spot with Potts also moving smoothly.

Frodeno looked as if he might falter at the halfway mark with O’Donnell closing to within 60secs, but it was a temporary scare and instead it was Raelert who would eventually overtake the American with two miles remaining for the runner-up spot.

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The trio of leading Brits all narrowly missed the pay cheques of the top 10. Strong finishing McNamee – with the day’s fastest run split 2:49:52 – finished 11th, Skipper 13th and Don 15th. All will be disappointed to return empty-handed but it still represented solid debuts and the best showing by British male athletes in Hawaii for several years.

The Swiss triathlete dominated as she has done throughout an unbeaten season to beat Britain’s Rachel Joyce by 13:02mins with Australia’s Liz Blatchford rounding out the podium. 

“I think almost everything went perfectly,” Ryf, who like men’s winner Jan Frodeno had also taken the Ironman 70.3 World title in August, said. “In the last 2km I had a flat tyre but could just roll in, so I had some mechanical luck today, too. I have to thank my coach Brett Sutton. Two years ago no one knew me and now he has made me a double- world champion.” 

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Ryf’s position as outstanding favourite was only strengthened when three-time winner and defending champion Mirinda Carfrae pulled out with a bad back before halfway on the bike leg. Even then Carfrae, who had been the victim of two collisions with cars in the build-up – the last one sending her over the bonnet – was already 15mins behind and the gap looked unbridgeable. 

The only time Ryf did not lead was in the water. Britain’s Jodie Swallow was the pacesetter from the cannon in the 3.8km swim, and led solo into transition with the chase group a minute behind. Once on to the bike, the gap quickly vanished as Ryf made her intentions clear and blasted to the front. 

Joyce was one of the first of the main contenders to lose touch and by halfway had slipped to 7mins back with Leanda Cave. Fellow Britons, Susie Cheetham and Lucy Gossage were a further 7mins adrift although Gossage was riding solidly. 

Whether the news on Carfrae filtered through or not barely mattered as Ryf needed little fillip. Swallow was doing her best to stay in touch but the elastic began to stretch and the 3min gap at 90 miles had swelled to 7min 25sec by the time bikes were discarded, with Mary Beth Ellis, Camilla Pedersen and Michelle Vesterby next into T2 ahead of the resurgent Joyce. 

While nothing can be taken for granted in the lava fields, Ryf’s ascendency never looked threatened and once Swallow started walking at the 10mile mark and later pulled the plug, it was going to take an epic meltdown to alter the result. 

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Joyce’s measured performance was enough for a second runner-up spot in three years, with Blatchford clear in third ahead of Vesterby. Am impressive breakthrough debut by Cheetham culminated with a 3:06:55 marathon for sixth with Gossage running into the top 10 to make it a payday and bury memories of a disappointing first professional outing in Kona year.  

Also in this month’s issue: 

Tackling the track: the benefits of track cycling sessions and how you can replicate them at home

Beating the cold: winter training guide, plus gear and nutrition advice for beating the cold

The rise of the ‘swimrun’: we head to Otillo in Sweden to see the progression of this exciting new endurance format

Road bike shoes grouptest: ten pairs tested

Mango Point R review: does this budget bike punch above it’s weight?

Competition: win a pair of Token Arsenal carbon race wheels worth £1200

One of the many rocks the hardy Otillo racers have to tackle within the brutal 10km swim/65km run course. Image: Jakob Eldholm, Nadja Odenhage

Find 220 Triathlon on sale at newsagents across the UK, and the digital edition can be picked up via the iTunes store, Google Play and Zinio.

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Our digital edition this month includes: a behind-the-scenes look at this year’s Otillo swim run event; highlights of the WTS Grand Final event from Chicago

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Pallant won gold in the elite women’s event, finishing ahead of Ai Ueda of Japan and Sandra Levenez, the defending champion from France. She stayed with the leaders throughout, before running away on the final 5km run to break the tape more than thirty seconds ahead of Ueda.

Pallant commented after her win: “During the bike the three of us were working as a team to stay away but when Gillian came up to us it suddenly became a lot more tactical and we kept trying to break each other. I knew the quality of girls around me and I knew it was going to be a fight to finish, but I felt good going onto the final run.
“I’ve always been a runner, so this win feels even more special because it has been a different challenge. The race culminates three years of hard work with Team Dillon who have been really patient and had amazing belief in me.” 

Sixteen-year-old Dijkstra won the junior men’s event, beating older competitors to secure his first world title, with Jimmy Kershaw also coming sixth.

Dijkstra tweeted: “Can’t believe I can now say I’m World Duathlon Champion!” following his win. 

The senior men’s event was won by Spain’s Emilio Martin, and Mark Buckingham ran through into a brilliant bronze. Phil Wylie was seventh.

Results, ITU World Duathlon Championships, Adelaide, Australia

Elite women: 5km run, 40km bike, 10km run

1. Emma Pallant, GBR, 1:58:21

2. Ai Ueda, JPN, 1:58:51

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3. Sandra Levenez, FRA, 1:59:24

Elite men: 5km run, 40km bike, 10km run

1. Emilio Martin, ESP, 1:47:11

2. Benoit Nicolas, FRA, 1:47:19

3. Mark Buckingham, GBR, 1:48:09

7. Philip Wylie, GBR, 1:50:23

Junior men: 2.5km run, 20km bike, 5km run

1. Ben Dijkstra, GBR, 53:12

2. Luke Willian, AUS, 53:24

3. Daniel Canala, AUS, 53:34

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6. Jimmy Kershaw, GBR, 55:03

80-year-old Maurice Young beat his only rival in the category by 8mins to become World Champion in the sprint distance. The sprint team also topped the podium on both occasions in the 25-29 age-group, with Carl Avery retaining the men’s title in 56:07, the fastest Age-Group time overall. The women’s 25-29 podium featured a British trio, with a win for Claire Steels in 1:06:21. Harriet Enoch was second in 1:07:54, and Rebecca York picked up bronze with her 1:08:24 clocking.  
Andrea Sanders Reece won the women’s 60-64 category in 1:16:46. 

The standard distance team celebrated two age-group wins in the form of Gill Fullen (W50-54) in 2:08:49 and Elspeth Knott (W65-69) in 2:33:13. Chris Nicoll (M45-49) was the quickest of the British men; his 1:56:08 good enough to pick up the silver medal.

The age-group medals added to the two gold and one bronze picked up by the elite team the day previous. Emma Pallant and Ben Dijkstra respectively won the elite women’s and junior men’s titles, with Mark Buckingham coming thirdin the elite men’s race.

ITU Duathlon World Championships – British age-group medallists

Sprint Distance

GOLD
Claire Steels (W25-29) – 1:06:21
Carl Avery (M25-29) – 56:07
Paul Abeledo (M45-49) – 59:34
Andrea Sanders Reece (W60-64) – 1:16:46
Maurice Young (M80-84) – 1:53:49

SILVER
Harriet Enoch (M25-29) – 1:07:54
Iain Gillan (M25-29) – 56:51
Michael Rix (M45-49) – 1:00:29

BRONZE
Rebecca York (W25-29) – 1:08:24
Anna Weaver (W30-34) – 1:07:45
Sue Clarke (W60-64) – 1:18:30
Raymond O’Grady (M65-69) – 1:13:32

Standard Distance

GOLD
Gill Fullen (W50-54) – 2:08:49
Elspeth Knott (W65-69) – 2:33:13

SILVER
Daniel Bluff (M18-19) – 2:05:58
Fiona Bracegirdle (W20-24) – 2:15:05
Samantha Aplin (W25-29) – 2:13:35
Chris Nicoll (M45-49) – 1:56:08
Stephen Redman (M60-64) – 2:14:56

BRONZE
Lee Piercy (M40-44) – 1:57:42
Jeremy Tomlinson (M55-59) – 2:07:00

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For full results, you can visit the ITU website here

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The 230 is the simplest watch of these updated models, whereas the 235 and 630 both have heart rate monitors built in amongst other new innovations. 

The 630, proclaimed as Garmin’s most advanced running watch to date, has a mind-boggling list of features, with the ability to track stride length, make V02 max estimates and calculate lactate threshold to name just three.
It’s Wi-Fi enabled so your runs will be automatically downloaded to Garmin Connect, and has a whopping sixteen hours battery life in training mode and four weeks when just being used as a normal watch. What’s more, the built-in everyday activity and sleep trackers will still work in watch mode without eating into the battery life. 

‘Mind boggling’ – the 630 has more features than you could shake a stick at

The 235 model also has wrist-based heart rate, whilst the 230 is the simplest offering and needs an ANT+ strap to measure heart rate. Both watches offer daily activity tracking as per the 630, and are also compatible with the Connect IQTM smartwatch platform, whereby users are able to customise their watch with additional apps, widgets, watch faces and data fields. 

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The RRP’s of the watches are £329.99 for the Forerunner 630, £269.99 for the 235 and £209.99 for the 230, and they are set to hit the shelves in November. Triathletes will also be pleased to hear that that all three watches are water-resistant to 50 metres. 

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Challenge Bahrain’s General Manager, Mikel Calahorra, said: “We’d like to thank everyone for their continued support. We’ve worked hard for many months to deliver an exceptional race that followed on from the legacy created by the inaugural Challenge Bahrain in 2014.

“Challenge Family is committed to delivering the highest quality triathlons on the best and safest courses. In light of the permit issues, we were unable to do this for Challenge Bahrain 2015 and we felt it was in the interest of the athletes that we cancel the race.”

All registered athletes have been contacted directly with regards to the registration fee refunds, but there will certainly be stern criticism from those who have already paid for flights and hotels for the race.

Where the cancellation of the race leaves the Nasser bin Hamad Triple Crown Grand Final has yet to be announced, with Challenge Bahrain – which was cited as a ‘game-changer’ after its debut outing in 2014 – due to host the Grand Final of the $1million series.

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The Triple Crown has already witnessed a cancellation in its Oman leg (replaced, under-the-radar, in the series by August’s Ironman 70.3 Worlds in Austria), with the new Ironman 70.3 Middle East Championship in Bahrain on 5 December the obvious choice.

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