Chrissie Wellington broke the world record for the Iron-distance triathlon today (18 July) in Roth, Germany. She recorded a time of 8hours 19:13 to beat her own previous mark by 12 minutes and 46 seconds, and won the Challenge Roth event by over half an hour from Australia’s Rebecca Keat.
Wellington, 33, is the…
GOTRIbal is a worldwide network of women who participate in endurance sports including running and triathlon. The goal of the San Diego based organization is to provide a support network through…
World Ironman Champion Chrissie Wellington honoured with MBE
World Ironman champion Chrissie Wellington has today been bestowed with an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday 2010 Honours List. Chrissie has been awarded the prestigious title for her outstanding achievements in the field of Triathlon.
Norfolk born Chrissie is the reigning and three time World Ironman Champion…
Join 3-time World Champion Chrissie Wellington and fellow professional athletes for a small intimate pre-race pasta dinner to benefit the Blazeman Foundation. This catered dinner has been very popular in the past and is limited to 60 athletes…so don’t delay! Tickets are on sale now at: http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1860936
When: June 4th, 2010 – 6:30…
TYR has extended its sponsorship of Chrissie Wellington, the three-time Ford Ironman World Champion. Wellington will represent the TYR triathlon and swim collections for the rest of her career and into her retirement. After signing the extension, Wellington said: “I have been part of the TYR family since my first World Ironman Championship victory in…
Chrissie will be defending her crown at Challenge Roth on 18 July, 2010. See www.challenge-roth.de for more details.
It has been a rough a few days but I wanted to update everyone by informing you that I fell off my bike during a ride on Saturday 2 January. The fall resulted in a few broken fingers and bones in my hand, wrist and arm. I underwent an operation on Monday 4 January to…
Chrissie Wellington won her third successive World Ironman Championship title in Kona, Hawaii, and set a new course record in the process.
Her time of eight hours, 54.02 minutes broke the 17-year record previously held by Paula Newby-Fraser.
More to follow…
Myself, Leanda Cave, Matty Reed, Dede Griesbauer and other athletes have the honour of being Ambassadors to the Blazeman Foundation for ALS. This is a non-profit, multi-sport movement to end Lou Gehrig’s Disease – set up by the inspirational Jon Blais, who suffered and eventually died from the disease on 2007 – but not before…
