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2024 World Champs, Zürich, Switzerland. Remco Evenepoel puts on yet another amazing display to take his second rainbow jersey in a row. Surprisingly, his startline mishap is almost as well known as his victory, seconds before the start, his mechanic was wrestling with a dropped chain.Remco Chain DropThe IncidentThe camera zooms in on Remco's cassette, presumably to show his starting gear. He appears to be in the 27T cog, the second largest cog on his cassette. He clips in and pedals backward, dr …

Matt Burton is all in for Kona. The man from Perth holds the Australian Ironman Record, and is going into the Ironman World Championships as an underdog. But, he’s going there to win. The 36-year-old is no stranger to adversity. He’s been knocked down by injuries countless times in his fifteen years of racing triathlon, the worst of which came at the start of this year. A bone infection saw him spend two-months in hospital, questioning whether he’d lose his right foot, let alone race triath …

Mike Phillips is having a very good year on the Ironman circuit. The 33-year-old has two podiums to his name in 2024, he’s going into Kona targeting a Top 10. Having started racing triathlon at school, he has been racing professionally since 2015 and left his job as an engineer in 2018 to focus as a full-time athlete.We sat down in Girona to talk to the Kiwi.SE: So, Mike, what does Kona mean to you? Kona is the pinnacle for Ironman Competition. It is where the Iron distance race was born, a …