While the new Olympic-length triathlon course at Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach passed the test Saturday against some of the sport’s best athletes, the competition wasn’t as challenging.

LACONIA — He is bruised but not broken. Slowed by a weak ankle and sore Achilles tendon this year, his body has shown wear for the first time in 22 years of training and competing in triathlons around ...

Simon Lessing is one of the world’s top triathletes, but he sure needs a lesson in finish-line theatrics. After a 1.5-kilometer swim, a 40-kilometer bike leg and a 10-kilometer run, Lessing was steps ...

Simon Lessing of Great Britain and Natascha Badmann of Switzerland won their divisions at the second annual Florida Half-Ironman triathlon at Walt Disney World. Lessing won the men’s division for the ...

Joining Lessing on the athletes list were former world champions Mark Allen from the United States and Australian Greg Welch while two-time women's world champions Emma Carney of Australia and ...

Three hours after Simon Lessing of Great Britain and former Stanford swimmer Barb Lindquist had won the men's and women's divisions of Sunday's Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, Bill Bell trudged toward ...

He was among the first to receive the Gold Pin Awards, given to three of the sport’s leading figures to highlight their significant and long standing contribution to triathlon. Lessing, who retired ...

Former world champion Simon Lessing has withdrawn from next week's ITU Triathlon World Championships in Edmonton. The Briton is to miss the 22 July event in Canada because of his late start to the ...