after her 17th birthday. When she's not battling currents in two-hour open water swims, Keri-Anne is busy competing in the fast and furious pool-based 400m IM (individual medley) event. She competed in the 200m and 400m IM in Beijing, in addition to her
'll start to feel a little more real.How do you cope with the pressure of being one of the leading contenders for a Team GB medal in the London 2012 open-water event?I must admit that I'm trying not to think about it. Ultimately, I can only control my own
Captain Simon Powers was first bitten by the triathlon bug when he was posted to Cyprus with the Royal Logistic Corps. Six Ironman races later, he’s stepping up to the challenge of a lifetime on June 2 – The Battle Back 1000.Captain Powers will take
to train alongside her work as an RAF officer. We caught up with the triathletesworld.co.uk forumite to find out about her racing highs and she reveals her next endurance event - getting married.What made you take on the challenge in the first place
and not many people will ever have that experience. To compete at a home Olympics is even more rare and I think the public will really get behind the events and make them special.What tips do you have for people competing in the Hyde Park triathlon?It's a good
Helen Jenkins is Britain's leading female triathlete and took the world title in 2008. She took the bronze position in the 2009 and 2010 World Championship circuit (a new series of seven events rather than a single race) and is one of Britain
. I think whatever the results, the Games will be fantastic for triathlon. Having a home Olympics, with the event in Hyde Park and the chance for millions of people to turn up and watch for free is incredible. More importantly, triathlon across all
time of 8:19:13, almost 13 minutes faster than the time set the previous year in the same event by… Chrissie Wellington.We spoke to Chrissie to pose the questions you submitted earlier this year. These were her replies.Q. What is your routine during
. Laid-back approach Alistair is known as a cool customer in a race and a rather low-key one away from triathlon. His brother has the same no-nonsense, modest manner."It was a massive shock," he says of the Hyde Park event. "It was way better than I have ever competed
up triathlon in 2003, at the age of 27, when friends challenged her to complete the London Triathlon Sprint distance. She came fifth, beating the guys who had put her up to it; she was hooked. From 2004 to 2007 she raced at Olympic distance, with a
