Not even a stumble on the run could stop Alistair Brownlee‘s return to the top of the World Triathlon Series podium in Cape Town on Sunday, as the most successful athlete in series history took his total number of titles to 18. While he tripped early on in the run, Brownlee made his way up to the lead group of Javier Gomez ...
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Murray raced his heart our for home fans
South African Richard Murray gave it his all in a bid to finish on the podium at Sunday’s Discovery World Triathlon Cape Town. In the end Murray finished fourth after being passed by Vincent Luis in the final kilometer of the 10km run. Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee won in his first race back after injury and Spain’s Javier Gomez, the current ...
Read More »Murray set for Gold Coast debut
Richard Murray is eager to build on his strong start to the international season when he makes his debut at the WTS Gold Coast this weekend. Murray finished third in the opening WTS race of the year in Abu Dhabi and followed that up with his first World Cup win in New Plymouth. Murray did not race in Auckland for ...
Read More »Murray starts season with podium place
Richard Murray started the 2015 World Triathlon Series in great fashion by not only earning a spot on the winner’s podium, but also seeing some of that much wanted improvement in his swimming discipline. Murray finished the WTS Abu Dhabi sprint race in 52 minutes and 50 seconds. Mario Mola from Spain won in a time of 52.32 and Frenchman ...
Read More »Richard ready to race
The 2015 World Triathlon Series will start with a bang this Saturday when the first WTS race in Abu Dhabi will be decided over sprint distances. With only half the distances of an Olympic distance race the action will be even faster and more furious than usual. It will be Richard Murray’s fist race of the season. And after leaving South ...
Read More »Murray set for 2015
Since leaving South Africa at the end of November for a European winter training camp with his coach Joel Filiol, triathlete Richard Murray has been racking up the miles in the swimming pool. After a somewhat disappointing end to his 2014 season Murray and his support staff have been working hard in rectifying what went wrong to make sure it ...
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