TYR triathletes Andy Potts and Magali Tisseyre celebrated wins on Sunday, June 27th. Potts’ finish at Ironman Coeur d’Alene marked the first full Ironman-distance win for the 70.3 World Champion. Tisseyre’s performance at Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs was her second 70.3 win of the 2010 season.

Coeur d’Alene started off for TYR’s John Flanagan and Potts with a 1-2 exit out of the water. Both racing in the TYR Hurricane Category 5 wetsuit, Flanagan split 45:58 and Potts followed close behind in 46:28. The next competitor was another six minutes back. Potts made up the deficit quickly on the bike and held on to his lead headed into T2. With an impressive 2:42:48 marathon split, he crossed the finish line in 8:24:40.

Tisseyre relied on the same back-end speed she used to win Mooseman 70.3 on June 6th to finish first in 4:23:21. Fifth out of the water in TYR’s Sayonara swimskin and second off the bike, her 1:27:38 half marathon split positioned her at the front to hit the finish line first with a one minute, 36-second margin of victory.

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Huntington Beach, Calif. – June 6, 2010 – TYR’s Chrissie Wellington celebrated her first victory of the 2010 season at the Ironman 70.3 Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. The 3-time Ironman World Champion entered T2 with a sizeable lead after a blazing 2:21:15 bike leg. She went on to prove her early dominance in the 2010, posting the fastest run split in a 70.3 race this season (1:15:12). Her overall time of 4:07:49 was more than 15 minutes ahead of the next female professional.

TYR’s Andy Potts had a strong performance on the men’s side in Kansas – coming out of the water first in 23:32 wearing the TYR Sayonara Swimskin. He finished second overall in 3:44:31.

Magali Tisseyre outperformed the professional field at Mooseman 70.3 in Newfound Lake, New Hampshire on Sunday, clocking in at 4:30:46. The women’s race was highlighted by Tisseyre’s 2:37:40 bike split that positioned the 29-year-old for victory.

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Photo courtesy of Eric Wynn.

Huntington Beach, Calif. – May 17, 2010 – TYR triathlete John Flanagan was victorious at the 7th annual Honolulu Triathlon on Sunday, May 16th. The USA Triathlon-sanctioned event featured a 1500m swim, 40km bike, and a 10km run for the 1190 athletes at the stating line. Flanagan, who is regarded the fastest swimmer in the sport, took the win in 1:54:55.

May 16th was shared with the start of the 2010 Ironman 70.3 Florida, where TYR athletes TJ Tollakson, Amanda Stevens, and Magali Tisseyre each toed the starting line with 2,200 other athletes on the grounds of the Walt Disney World.

Tollakson impressed the field with a blazing 1:59:57 bike split on the 56-mile leg to take a seven minute lead headed into T2. The surge ahead of the pack proved to be too much as he missed a podium finish, taking 7th.

U.S. National Champion Stevens stayed consistent throughout the entire 70.3 race. Second out of the water in 25:11, she maintained the position to finish second overall in 4:18:55. Tisseyre had a late surge on the run to finish third in 4:23:10.