<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Videos & Podcasts - Tri247</title><link>http://www.tri247.com/index.html</link><description>Latest videos & podcasts articles from Tri247</description><item><title><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi: video highlights]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_6687.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The organising team at the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon had several teams recording video content of the event, both in the days leading up to the race, and on race day. Check out this excellent summary piece from the event, wich includes action from the pros and age groupers, plus images from the course including the Yas Marina Formula 1 Circuit.
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[TCR Video 2010: Sam Gardner]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_6651.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This weekend on the beautiful Pacific Island of Saipan, the UK&#039;s top male XTERRA athlete Sam Gardner (www.samgardner.com) will be aiming to retain the XTERRA Saipan title he won last year, and then trying to follow that up a week later in the Tagaman road triathlon in which he finished second in 2009 .
At the TCR Show this year Sam joined Annie Emmerson on the Tri247 sofa - fresh from a win that morning - to talk XTERRA and his 2010 season plans. 
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[TCR Video 2010: Eneko Llanos]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_6626.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Tri247 &#039;interview lounge&#039; at the TCR Show 2010 saw a constant flow of the great and good of triathlon visit the sofa for a chat during the weekend. We&#039;ll be bringing you plenty of those interviews over the next few weeks, and today we start with Annie Emmerson chatting to reigning XTERRA World Champion Eneko Llanos (ESP). 
Eneko is one of the  top Ironman athletes in the world, having finished second at both Ironman Germany and the Ironman World Championships in 2008, as well as three XTERRA World titles. Annie chats to Eneko about his 2009 season, and his plans for 2010. 
Eneko was at the show in his role as an ambassador for the recently launched TriGrandPrix Series (www.TriGrandPrix.com), which includes the UK &#039;Outrageous Half&#039; on 30th May. You can find out more about TriGrandPrix HERE. 
The interview is in two part, which you can watch below. 

Part One

Part Two

]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Alistair Brownlee]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_6408.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[There&#039;s still four months to go before the first round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship series, but that doesn&#039;t mean that the athletes aren&#039;t totally focused on their preparation. One athlete who&#039;s hard at work (when does he ever stop!) is the current World Champion, Alistair Brownlee. At the end of last year I interviewed Alistair on the Garmin stand at the Cycle Show. It was great to see that Alistair&#039;s knew found fame hasn&#039;t changed him one bit, he&#039;s as laid back as ever but at the same time totally committed to his sport and with his focus very much on London 2012


]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lance in Kona (again).]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_6363.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[While it has been freezing cold and icy across most of the UK of late, cycling legend Lance Armstrong didn&#039;t have those worries as he spent his New Year period in Hawaii. Lance is expected to return to his triathlon roots in 2011 and race the Ironman World Champs in Kona, and it was interesting to see that in his video message below, he talked about the infamous 1989 &#039;iron war&#039; between Mark Allen and Dave Scott, the year he was in Kona to watch the race. 
Can he be competitive in Ironman racing at the top level? One man who thinks he can is Tri247 columnist Steve Trew, who wrote this piece last year. However, that isn&#039;t a view shared by 2007 Ironman World Champ Chris McCormack. 
One thing is for sure, the talk will continue for many months to come...  
Lance in Kona 

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

Chris McCormack on Lance Armstrong&#039;s Kona chances

]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Hollie Avil]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_6349.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[To round-up this year&#039;s interviews our last interviewee of 2009 is one of Great Britain&#039;s leading female triathletes, Hollie Avil. At the age of just 19 Hollie is already an Olympian, a former junior World Champion and now the current World under-23 Champion. We caught up with Hollie at this Year&#039;s Cycle Show to find out about her new World Championship status and what her plans are leading up to London 2012.




 ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Tim Don]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_6337.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tim Don is one of Great Britain&#039;s most successful triathletes ever - at the age of just 31 the former junior and senior World Champion is a triple Olympian and multiple World Cup winner. 2009 has not been the easiest of years for the very likeable Don, but he has fought through is injuries and setbacks to still finish top 20 in the World. 

We caught up with Tim at the Cycle Show to find out what his plans are for the future now that he&#039;s left his long standing coach, Ben Bright, and has moved away from Loughborough, Great Britain&#039;s main triathlon high performance centre.



 

]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Alistair Brownlee]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_6225.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no need for a big intro for this week&#039;s interviewee - Alistair&#039;s achievements have been well reognised both in the triathlon world and outside of it - but as it makes for very good reading perhaps we should remind ourselves just what this outstanding young athlete has achieved this year.

Following his heroic performance at last year&#039;s Beijing Olympic Games, 21-year-old Alistair Brownlee,  kicked-off his 2009 season fairly optimistically - little did he know that he was about to make history! Following his Olympic performance (12th place) and two top-three World Cup finishes, the triathlon world was expecting great things from Alistair. Nevertheless no one could have anticipated how quickly it happened, or, anticipated the manner in which he crushed his opposition in every World Championship Series race he took part in. 

His most stunning performance aptly came in the Grand Final, on the Gold Coast, when early in the 10km run he broke away from the main pack with Javier Gomez - an athlete who had previously been recognised as the fastest runner in the sport. The two athletes ran neck and neck until the final 500m when Alistair broke the spaniard and sprinted home to victory, and in doing so, won the first ever Dextro-Energy World Championship series title. 

Tri247&#039;s editor, John Levison, was at the Cycle Show in Earls Court last month, where he caught up with the very laid back Yorkshire lad to find out what he thought about his remarkable 2009 season.


]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hyde Park video highlights]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_5740.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This past weekend saw the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series visit Hyde Park in London, for round six.
If you weren&#039;t there on the day, or perhaps missed the live television coverage, you can get a quick roundup of events courteasy of these ITU highlights packages.
Men

Women 

]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norseman Xtreme video 2009]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_5733.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 2009 Norseman Xtreme Triathlon took place on Saturday 8th August, and is almost certainly the toughest iron-distance event in the world. The video from last years event, which was won by Jenny Gowans (Serpentine Tri) is one of the most popular we&#039;ve ever highlighted on the site, and is well worth checking out.
Given that, here is a look at the 2009 edition: 
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