The Top Triathlon Magazine Canada News Stories of 2012

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Rogerhospedales December 26, 2012

We take a look back at the 2012 year in triathlon with our annual top stories of the year. This list will have a Canadian twist to it and is by all means not all encompassing or in any particular order.

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Paula Findlay’s tearful finish at the London Olympics

You’ve all seen the videos and images from that day, and the gutsy finish from Findlay. Hopefully she addresses her iron deficiency issues and comes back with a vengeance in 2013 and beyond.

https://triathlonmagazine.ca/2012/08/sections/news/findlay-apologizes-to-canada/

Simon Whitfield crashes in London

Driven to go for the podium again, Whitfield’s quest ended with a devastating bike crash in the early stages of the race. Later in the year, he revealed that he is moving on to long distance racing. Will we see him at Challenge Penticton, Ironman Mont-Tremblant or Whistler?

https://triathlonmagazine.ca/2012/08/sections/news/exclusive-simon-whitfield-crash-pictures/

Lance Armstrong

The triathlon world was certainly anticipating a Lance at Kona showdown but that never happened thanks to USADA’s case and ban of Armstrong. This story will likely continue to have some legs until Lance makes some kind of confession.

https://triathlonmagazine.ca/2012/10/sections/news/usada%E2%80%99s-case-against-armstrong-and-the-usps-pro-cycling-team/

https://triathlonmagazine.ca/2012/10/sections/news/uci-recognizes-usadas-ban-of-armstrong/

Challenge Penticton

The Challenge Family entered the North American landscape in a big way by introducing Challenge Penticton. Taking over from the 30 years of Ironman Canada in Penticton.

https://triathlonmagazine.ca/2012/08/sections/news/introducing-challenge-penticton-august-25-2013/

Ironman Canada comes to Whistler

After several cities entered bids to host Ironman Canada, in October, Whistler was announced as the new host city. The race is sold out.

https://triathlonmagazine.ca/2012/10/sections/news/whistler-gets-ironman-canada/

Chrissie Wellington Retires

After taking the year off from racing to promote her book, in early December Wellington announced her retirement from professional iron distance racing. Wellington was a 13-time undefeated ironman distance Champion, four-time Ironman World Champion (2011, 2009, 2008, 2007), and holds world record performances at the Ironman distance. In 2001, she clocked 8:33:56 (51:40, 4:45:23, 2:52:54) at Ironman South Africa in 2011, and 8:18:13 at Challenge Roth (49:49, 4:40:39, 2:44:35).

https://triathlonmagazine.ca/2012/12/sections/news/chrissie-wellington-retires-from-professional-ironman-triathlon-racing/

Ironman Mont-Tremblant impresses

The inaugural Ironman Mont-Tremblant received rave reviews all around. The race quickly sold out and will host the 2013 and 2014 Ironman North American Championship.

https://triathlonmagazine.ca/2012/08/sections/news/guillaume-and-donavan-win-ironman-mont-tremblant/

https://triathlonmagazine.ca/2012/11/sections/feature/ironmans-latest-triathlon-mecca-mont-trembantironman-mont-tremblant/