Man Drowns in a Triathlon Event

Pinellas County, Florida -- A man from Michigan to take part in a local triathlon drowned early Saturday morning.

The man was known as Donald Bautel 64, he was visiting Florida from Michigan to join the "Escape from Fort De Soto" triathlon event. While in the swimming part of the triathlon race, Bautel appeared to be drowning and swimmers in the area pulled him from the water and began CPR.

EMS and Deputies arrived on scene and Bautel was transported to a local hospital via ambulance where he later died.

Deputies say the drowning appears to be accidental, possibly health related.

Ironman athlete Killed in an Accident

NEW ORLEANS - An accident killed an Ironman athlete on Highway 90 near Venetian Isles Friday morning April 11, 2014. A car hit two triathletes while they were riding their bikes. The scene was awful, the bike was totally destroyed. Highway 90 is a training route for all the local cyclists.

The cops said that the athlete who was killed was Frank Guinn, 36, who is a veteran firefighter in Atlanta and the other athlete from another bike that was hit is his 40-year-old brother-in-law who is critically injured and was taken to a nearby hospital.

They were training for Sunday's Ironman 70.3 race.

Ironman triathlon officials released an statement about the accident:

"We have learned that a group of cyclists were struck by a car on the Chef Highway. We are deeply saddened to learn that one of our athletes, scheduled to participate in this Sunday’s triathlon, has passed while another is critically injured.  Our sympathy and thoughts are with all who have been affected by this tragic event.”

Atlanta Fire Rescue Department said that, Sgt. Guinn was a dedicated professional devoted to his family. As a department, we will wrap our collective arms around his wife, Kim, and his beautiful girls. We ask that you keep them and Sgt. Guinn's entire family in your thoughts and prayers.

Sgt. Guinn was survived by his wife and three daughters.

A Drone hit a Triathlete in the Head

A camera drone which is use to cover an event hit an athlete in the head, maybe controlled by a friend of one of his competitors. A triathlete in the Endure Batavia Triathlon event that was held in western Australia was hit in the head by a falling drone during the race.

The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was being controlled by one of the local videographers covering the sporting event. A spokesperson of the media company said that the accident looked suspicious.

"We will be conducting a full investigation of what happened but it looks as though someone has hacked into our system," owner Warren Abrams told Everything Geraldton.

In a statement by the organization sponsoring the race, The Geraldton Triathlon Club, they offer their sincere apologies about the accident.

The triathlete who was hit in the head was treated on site by paramedics and then taken to the hospital with minor injuries to her head.

Abu Dhabi triathlon Results

Long course race:

Tyler Butterfield of Bermuda won the men’s elite long course race at the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon he finished the race in 6 hours 43min.

Bas Diederen of Belgium was in second at 47 seconds, while Frenchman Sylvain Sudrie was third 2min 5sec behind the winner. Defending champion and Ironman Frederik van Lierde of Belgium was in fourth place.

Short course race:

Alistair and Jonny Brownlee from Britain won the short course Abu Dhabi triathlon, they finished the 1.5km swim, 100km bike ride and 10km run in 3 hours, 12 minutes, 21 seconds. Alistair won the event last year. Swiss athlete Ruedi Wild finished third place 4:38 behind the winners.

Women's Race:

Svenja Bazlen of Germany won the women's race in 3 hours, 34 minutes, 51 seconds while Australian duo Annabel Luxford and Lisa Marangon were second and third respectively.

Junior Triathlon:

Claudio Cellie who is only a 13 year-old Italian schoolboy, won the Abu Dhabi Junior Triathlon on Friday in an impressive time of 35 minutes and 44 seconds.

The Abu Dhabi triathlon is the unofficial season opener ahead of the World Series, which is composed of 8 races around the globe and starts on 5 April in Auckland, New Zealand.

Good Nutrition Tips For Triathletes

Triathletes need to endure daunting tasks to perform their sports, and a good nutrition is critical to help the body function at its optimal level.

Yes, sports drinks like Gatorade and energy gels are helpful but they contain too much sugar. Check out this Generation UCAN webinar on how to have a healthy and natural energy source that promotes fat burning during training. You will also learn how to take carbohydrates that won't mess up your GI level.

Generation UCAN's unique sports nutrition will keep you healthy and not only improve your performance on race day but will also improve your overall health.

World Triathlon Cape Town 2014

Check out the promotional video for the World Triathlon Cape Town 2014. Entries for the ITU World Triathlon Cape Town race is now open. 

You can just visit their site at http://capetown.triathlon.org to register.

The even will be well attended and expect the world's best to compete.

World Triathlon Cape Town is the first ITU WTS triathlon event will be the first in Africa and will be a weekend Festival of Sport that is scheduled for 26, 27 April 2014 at the V&A Waterfront Cape Town. The race will be Olympic distance of a 1500m swim, 40Km cycle and 10km run.

Geelong triathlon Results

Under a brutal weather heat and wind of Australia three time IRONMAN World champion Craig Alexander was victorious in Geelong 70.3 2014. It was a battle between Craig Alexander and fellow Australian Tim Reed.

Alexander and Reed took control of the race at the 60km mark of the bike leg they built a 1:25 buffer over Hodge with just under a minute back to Robertson.