After a long season that included the London Olympics, athletes dug deep to finish the year strong at the Grand Final in Auckland, producing some epic battles. Vote for your favourite image now.

The winner from this week’s Photo of the Year competition, shot at the ITU World Triathlon Yokohama, was a delightful surprise. As one of the most even elections, this week's winner is sure to put a smile on your face.

As the penultimate stop on the ITU World Triathlon Series, Yokohama was the site of gut wrenching efforts to clench critical world championship points. Check out photos from the race and pick the best.

With just over a third of the votes, the most popular this week’s Photo of the Year competition was the beautiful shot capturing the elite women coming into transition in front of Stockholm’s historic buildings.

This season we were treated to a number of sprint finishes. In this week’s review of the best moments from 2012, we take a look back at some of the finishes that made us hold our breath until the very last minute.

In its fifth appearance on the World Triathlon Series circuit, Kitzbühel will debut what might be the one of the toughest and innovative triathlon courses ever set.

In Stockholm's debut appearance as an ITU World Triathlon Series event, an Olympic star studded line up turned out for the sprint race in the hunt for critical WTS points. Vote for your favourite race day photo.

The fifth week of the photo of the year competition produced the biggest winning margin so far in the contest, with over 50% of the votes going to the shot of one triathlete's profound pre-race serenity.

The 2012 ITU World Triathlon Season was punctuated with first time winners when Erin Densham, Steffen Justus, Richard Murray and Anne Haug all stood atop the podium for the first time this year.

As the last race before the Olympics, Hamburg featured a sprint distance. The shorter race saw fiery battles to the finish line, which produced some beautiful shots. Vote on your favourite now.