Before most World Championships Series elite events there is an age group component. We captured a very special one in Austria.

We get to know the man behind the athlete as Alistair talks about his life; triathlon, travels and his academic past.

Britain's Alistair Brownlee took his first win of 2009 in Madrid, surprising everyone but himself.

We go behind the scenes and talk to some of the athletes to see if life on tour is as rosy as we think.

Take a look back at some of the scenic highlights of a season that started and ended on the sunny shores of Australia.

Triathlon Canada named a stellar line up of 12 athletes that will don the maple leaf for World Championship Series and development level races

Race weekend in Austria dawned under threatening alpine skies that promised wet racing conditions for the men's event.

Gergely Markus and Thanos Nikopoulos, ITU Events delivered the very comprehensive "Transfer of Knowledge" document to the Budapest LOC

Germany's Jan Frodeno takes the win in Yokohama in the sixth instalment of our Top Moments from 2009.

ITU announces the first continental event calendars for 2010, starting with Pan America and Europe