27 Top Photos From 2011
- By Triathlete.com
- Published Dec 28, 2011
- Updated Jan 3, 2012 at 12:26 PM UTC
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27 Top Photos From 2011
A big payday for Lisa Norden and Greg Bennett at the 2011 Hy-Vee 5150 U.S. Championship. Each pocketed $151,500 for their wins. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Dirk Bockel at the 2011 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Sarah Haskins takes the win at the 2011 Life Time Triathlon in Minneapolis. Photo: Adam Bettcher/Competitive Image
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Chrissie Wellington is greeted by hundreds of cell phone cameras trying to get their own finish line shot. Photo: Kerry Yndestad/Competitive Image
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The Inaugural Clermont Draft Legal Triathlon featured several top pros, but was also popular among the age group athletes looking for a little taste of ITU racing. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Great Britain's Julie Dibens on the Yaz Marina F1 track in Abu Dhabi. Dibens went on to take the win in Abu Dhabi for the second year in a row. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Frederik Van Lierde nearing the end of his ride contended with strong winds off the Gulf of Mexico at the 2011 Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Tommy Zaferes is a step ahead of Andy Potts at the 2011 St. Anthony's Triathlon. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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The amazing, expansive views of the 2011 Ford Ironman St. George. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Javier Gomez and the Brownlee brotherse lead up a climb at the 2011 Madrid ITU World Championship Series race. Photo: Adam Bettcher / Competitive Image
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The chaos of a two-lap ITU swim. Pictured here is the women's race at the ITU World Championship Series Madrid. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Paula Findlay, Helen Jenkins and Andrea Hewitt on the ITU World Championship Series Madrid run course. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Age-group athlete Jesse Nelson climbs St. Paul's Wabasha St. Bridge overlooking the Mississippi River on the scenic 2011 Twin Cities Tri presented by Optum Health. Photo: Matt Moses/Competitive Image
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Javier Gomez and Jan Frodeno exit the water shoulder to shoulder at the ITU's Olympic test event in London. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Several athletes had their first chance at Olympic qualification at the 2011 ITU World Championship Series race in London. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Alistair Brownlee has words with Alexander Bryukhankov at the London race. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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The 2011 Challenge Copenhagen offered classic European sights. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Mirinda Carfrae passes Nikki Butterfield at the 2011 Hy-Vee Triathlon, which was a non-drafting event this year. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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The pro men jockey for position in the current of the Des Moines River at the 2011 Hy-Vee Triathlon 5150 U.S. Championship. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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The chaos of the 2011 Ironman World Championship start. Photo: Kerry Yndestad/Competitive Image
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Andreas Raelert leads the "pace line" of pros out on the Queen K to Hawi at the 2011 Ironman World Championship. Photo: Bob Kupbens/Competitive Image
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Craig Alexander clocked his best-ever bike split on the Queen K on his way to his third Ironman World Championship victory. Photo: Kerry Yndestad / Competitive Image
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Chrissie Wellington returns to her throne as the Queen of Kona, scraped and scarred from her training crash just before heading to Kona. Photo: Kerry Yndestad/Competitive Image
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Leanda Cave, always known for her sweet disposition and intense race schedule, finished third in Kona and then came back six weeks later to win Ironman Arizona in under nine hours. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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One final leap! Now three-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander leaps across the finish line and then has his post-race interview sitting on the ground. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Chrissie Wellington called her fourth Ironman World Championship her "greatest victory". Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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Eneko Llanos on his way to the second-ever sub-eight hour Ironman finish time (7:59:38) in the in the U.S. Photo: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image
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