At this weekend’s Rohto Ironman 70.3 Miami a pair of Germans duelled it out in the men’s race with Sebastian Kienle handing Michael Raelert a rare defeat in an Ironman 70.3 race. In the women’s competition Leanda Cave dominated in all three disciplines on her way to a successful defence of her title in Miami. […]
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WADA releases educational tool kit for sport physicians
WADA has produced a new tool kit to help sports physicians develop anti-doping education programs which can be adapted and customized to suit local cultures, conditions and resources. The ‘Sport Physician’s Tool Kit’ is available via the WADA website and will serve as an important aid for doctors across the world in their efforts to […]
Pan Ams the focus of WADA Outreach
WADA has been heartened by the impact of its Outreach during the first week of the Pan American Games in Mexico and is looking forward to continuing its success for the remainder of the program. It is the third time WADA has had an Outreach presence at the Games, although for the first time in […]
IAAF 2011/12 Cross Country Permit Series – Two weeks to go!
Monaco – The series of 12 individual meetings which make up the calendar of the IAAF Cross Country Permit Events 2011/12 season will kick off inAtapuerca, Spain, on Sunday 13 November 2011. Over the course of the next four-and-a-half months, many of the world’s finest middle and long distance runners will be taking part in the series that […]
WADA enhances communications with electronic Play True
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has enhanced the electronic platform of its Play Truemagazine. The electronic magazine will supplement the current WADA website by providing additional insight into the Agency’s day-to-day activities and developments within the anti-doping community worldwide. “The electronic version of Play True is another important step for WADA’s overall communications strategy and […]
USA Triathlon : An exclusive interview with Steve Kelley, Atheletes Development Coordinator
At the next issue of our digital magazine (6th issue of the Greek version and second of the English version) we will present an exclusive interview of Steve Kelley, who is the athletes development coordinator for USA Triathlon. USA Triathlon is the National Governing Body for Triathlon at the USA. Triathlon at the USA develops […]
Australian Sports Commission : The Future of Australian Sport
Press Release. Sport is fundamental to Australia’s society, culture and economy. Participation in sport improves mental and physical health, enhances community well-being and contributes significantly to employment. However, the role and nature of sport in Australian society continues to change with the emergence of new lifestyles, social values, technology and competitive advantage. Identifying these trends […]
U23 European Championships Preview
Triathlon fans in Eilat will get more than they bargained for this weekend with both a European Cup and the U23 European Championships taking place in the southern Israeli city. Following the cancellation of the U23 European Championships in Poland in the summer the LOC and Israeli Triathlon Association stepped into the breach and have […]
Χterra Words :Inspiring Bike surge leads Weiss to win
INSPIRING BIKE SURGE LEADS WEISS TO WIN Weiss was the overall winner, completing the course in 2 hours, 27 minutes, including an astonishing bike split of 1:19:32. No other competitor finished with a bike time under 1:21:03. It was a breakthrough win for the 30-year-old Weiss, who had finished second at the 2008 XTERRA Worlds, […]
Sarah Haskins (USA) and Reinaldo Colucci (BRA) crowned Pan Am Games gold medallists in triathlon
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (23 October 2011) – She was silver four years ago at the 2007 Rio Pan Am Games but this year Sarah Haskins stepped up to gold at the 16th Pan American Games in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. With a devastating swim-bike combo with teammate Sara McLarty, Haskins comfortably won by almost a three-minute margin. “It’s just an […]
USA Triathlon Aims to Continue Pan American Games Success
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Winners of six of a possible 12 triathlon medals over the past two Pan American Games, the United States will look to continue that success Sunday at the 2011 Pan American Games triathlon in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Six Americans are scheduled to be in action: Sarah Haskins (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Gwen […]
Liverpool 5150 Triathlon
The 4th Liverpool Triathlon launches for 2012 with the event taking place on Sunday 1st July 2012. As part of the prestigious global 5150 series, Liverpool joins the likes of New York, Miami and Zurich as one of the top races for age group athletes. Again this year the top age groupers will have the […]
Triathlon del Mediterraneo-Gala Internazionale
The ETU are delighted to announce an extra addition to the 2011 race calendar. On 4 December, the ‘Triathlon del Mediterraneo-Gala Internazionale” will be held in Palermo. This is an invitational International event and all National Federations are asked to encourage athletes to compete in this one-off, end of year event. This is a sprint […]
Marceau, Lorblanchet win XTERRA European Tour
The XTERRA Switzerland Championship was the last of five races in the 2011 XTERRA European Tour where pros counted their best four scores. Olivier Marceau won the XTERRA Euro Tour title for the first time since he won back-to-back titles in 2004-2005. For Lorblanchet, it’s her second straight European Tour championship and she’s now won […]
Sweden and Australia shine in Stockholm
Lausanne (SUI), October 17 – Swimmers from Sweden and Australia dominated the second leg of the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup, held in Stockholm (SWE) on October 15-16, by getting nine and seven gold medals, respectively. In the home team, the 2010 overall winner Therese Alshammar, won three races (50m free, 50m and 100m butterfly), while […]
WTC reaches young athletes with ‘Ask Me Why I Am True’
The World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) used a ‘Dip-n-Dash’ event ahead of the recent Ironman World Championships to send a strong anti-doping message to the next generation of competitors. The ‘Ask Me Why I Am True’ initiative encouraged young athletes at the event at Kailua-Kona Pier in Hawaii to ask the question so they could articulate […]
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Triathlon Alpe d’ Huez
Press Release. The official opening of registration2012: a year of the “world champion” I will never forget the first triathlete to bring home this titles under a long distance format. It was in 2002 on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. I still get shivers thinking about it. In a few months time, it will […]
TYR Signs Four Time World Champion Craig Alexander
Huntington Beach, CA- October 5, 2011- TYR Sport Inc. is excited to announce a sponsorship agreement with four-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander. Alexander won consecutive Ironman World Championship titles in 2008 and 2009, and most recently won the 2011 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. Alexander previously won the 70.3 World Title in 2006. “It’s a […]
Register for Norseman Xtreme Triathlon 2012
The tenth anniversary edition of the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon is set for August 4-5 2012. It promises to be a special celebration of ten years of a singular athletic challenge across a stunning landscape. Join us! To mark the anniversary, Norseman will offer two days of competition—Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5. Each race […]
Lance Armstrong to race in XTERRA Worlds
The Associated Press. KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP)—Lance Armstrong will compete in the XTERRA Worlds off-road triathlon. “XTERRA World Champs next wknd. I’m in! Looking fwd to racing,” the seven-time Tour de France winner tweeted Sunday, a week before the swimming, cycling and running competition in Maui. Last month in Colorado, Armstrong was fifth in the XTERRA […]
Marino about his race on Hawaii
From the official web site of Marino’s team. For me it started with the perfect swim, Potts was in front like expected and I was in the top 10 of the pack. Once onto the bike I immediately put pressure on the pack but everything came back together after 10 km, huge group of about […]
XVI Pan American Games Preview
The XVI Pan American Games officially opened in Guadalajara, Mexico this past Friday while triathlon makes its fifth appearance at the Pan American Games this Sunday, in Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta. Across the other four Games there have been four different countries garnering the gold medals on offer in both men’s and women’s competitions: the U.S., […]
UN General Assembly approves Olympic Truce for London Games
IOC Press Release.Maintaining a tradition rooted in ancient Greece, the United Nations General Assembly today called on nations around the world to observe an Olympic Truce for the 2012 London Games. The UN Truce resolution, entitled “Building a better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”, also urged nations to support the International Olympic Committee […]
Jessica Harrison (FRA), Dmitry Polyansky (RUS) golden at Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup
Tongyeong, Republic of Korea (15 October 2011) – France’s Jessica Harrison stormed to her first career ITU Triathlon World Cup title in Tongyeong today, a satisfying victory for the veteran who’s ITU career began in 1995. In this her 46th World Cup appearance, Harrison finally stood atop the podium. “(The race) went as well as I could […]
WADA Athlete Committee calls for more blood and EPO testing
Members of WADA’s Athlete Committee have called on Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) across the world to increase the amount of blood samples and to also conduct more tests for erythropoietin (EPO). Both issues were near the top of the agenda at a meeting in Colorado Springs, where all the athletes agreed there was a need for […]
New event added to the 2012 ETU calendar
The ETU is delighted to announce an extra addition to the 2011 race calendar. On 4 December, the ‘Triathlon del Mediterraneo-Gala Internazionale” will be held in Palermo. This is an invitational International event and all National Federations are asked to encourage athletes to compete in this one-off, end of year event. This is a sprint […]
2012 ITU Triathlon World Cup Series Schedule
Vancouver, Canada (13 October 2011) – The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today unveiled its schedule for the 2012 ITU Triathlon World Cup Series. In the crucial Olympic year, the 2012 season will travel to nine familiar host cities on four continents. 2012 ITU Triathlon World Cup Series Schedule March 24-25: Mooloolaba, Australia April 22: Ishigaki, Japan May […]
Craig “Crowie” Alexander wins Kona on Specialized Shiv with a course record
Press Release from Specialized. KONA, Hawaii (October 8, 2011)—Thirteen minutes and 14 seconds. That is the gigantic difference by which Craig “Crowie” Alexander improved his bike split over previous years at the Ironman World Championships, which he won for the third time Saturday with a new course record of 8:03:56. Crowie rode the new Specialized […]
True Sport Give-Back School Visits Program
Providing athletes with the opportunity to GIVE-BACK to their community The True Sport Give-Back School Visits Program provides athletes with the opportunity to GIVE-BACK to their community by not only making guest appearances in schools but by also sharing their own personal sport experiences – or True Sport Story – with children and youth in […]
Craig Alexander’s impressive Kona – Vegas double required some major changes
He might have set a new Ironman World Championship course record, joined Peter Reid in the Ironman record books with his third win and won an historic world championship double (Vegas and Kona), but to do all that Craig Alexander had to take some major chances with his training and preparation this year. The results […]
Club La Santa : Latest sponsor for Helle Frederiksen
So as you may have already read I recently announced Club La Santa, Europe’s leading sports resort, as my new sponsors for 2011/2012 beyond. So what does this mean? Of course I am not going to go into the specifics, as is the case with any sponsorship agreement, but I am happy to tell you […]
Age Group registration for 2012 San Diego WCS is open.
ITU Press Release. Age-group triathletes will have the opportunity to secure a spot on the same course as the world’s top Olympic-distance competitors in scenic San Diego. Registration opens at noon (PST) on Wednesday 12 October for the San Diego round of the 2012 ITU Triathlon World Championship Series, triathlon’s return to its birthplace. Multisport […]
IOC Athletes’ Forum ends with calls for tough action on doping and tighter control of entourages
IOC Press Release. The 5th International Athletes’ Forum ended in Colorado Springs with a series of strong recommendations for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to take action in a number of areas affecting athletes. In the presence of the IOC President Jacques Rogge, eight separate working groups made a series of recommendations. Athletes’ representatives reported […]
Preview 2011 :ITU World in Tongyeong
South Korea plays host to the 2011 Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup this Saturday, the seventh stop of the 2011 world cup series. The small port city on the southern tip of the Korean peninsula has held numerous ITU events since 2003 including the first ever Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in 2009. […]
WADA statement on CAS opinion for IOC Rule 45
WADA has acknowledged the advisory opinion of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) regarding the IOC’s Rule 45 and welcomes the precise direction it has given to the IOC and the sporting world in general, particularly with the next Olympics less than one year away. There do not seem to be any changes required […]
Graig Alexander steps into History
Craig Alexander became an Ironman legend today – he’s now one of four men on the planet who have won this race at least three times. He adds his name to a list that includes Dave Scott, Mark Allen and Peter Reid. “The race today was near perfect,” he said at today’s presser. “It’s what […]
Juri Ide (JPN) and Matt Chrabot (USA) triumph at Huatulco World Cup in Mexico
ITU Press Release Juri Ide runs away with Huatulco Cup title Japanese women continue to dominate the Huatulco ITU Triathlon World Cup. With 2-time defending champion Ai Ueda not back to try for a third straight title, her teammate Juri Ide kept the title in Japan by storming to her second career World Cup victory. […]
Time statisstics from Kona : Fastest splits for elite athletes and age groupers
We have some interesting statistics from today’s Ford Ironman World Championship courtesy of Marc Roy and his team from Sportstats. Fastest Swim – Age Group Men Place Swim Numb Lname Fname Ag City Pro Cnt ===== ======= ==== ========================== == ========== === === 1 51:35 1657 Colpaert, Bart 30 Izegem WES BEL 2 […]
Alexander gets his third title and Wellington her fourth
Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington put on an incredible show here at the Ford Ironman World Championship today. Alexander set a new course record, while Wellington claimed her fourth title despite a number of injuries she sustained in a bike crash less than two weeks ago. (Photos by Larry Rosa.) For the first time in […]
The European Triathlon Union (ETU) and the International Triathlon Union hosted a Level 2 Competitive Coaching Course in Pula, Croati
ITU Press Release. The European Triathlon Union (ETU) and the International Triathlon Union hosted a Level 2 Competitive Coaching Course in Pula, Croatia from 29th September to 3rd October 2011. The course took place in Pula, Croatia just 100m from the Lungomare on the Adriatic coast. 19 coaches from 9 Europeans NFs gathered in Pula […]
Triathlete receives eight-month sanction for pseudoephedrine.
(Ottawa, Ontario – September 28, 2011) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that triathlete Leanna Lee has received an eight-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The violation occurred during in-competition doping control on August 21, 2011 and resulted from the athlete’s urine sample returning an adverse analytical finding for […]
The big day has just arrived
Every year there is a date that all triathlete are waiting around the world. It’s the big day in Kona. The best triathletes around the world will be present at this annual meeting in order to go after the crown. Andreas Realert, Graig Alexander and Marino Vanhoenacker are the big favorites. But there are many […]
AbuDhabi Triathlon Team’s competition :Answer correctly and win team’s swim caps, bennies & autographs.
Answer to the following questions and win AbuDhabi branded swim caps, branded bennies and autographs from the Team athletes : When was the year that Faris Al Sultan won the Ironman World Championships? What is the date that the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon will be held in 2012? Please send your answers to the […]
Kona Preview : Rachel Joyce talks
From the website of the Abu Dhabi Triathlon Team. With a 5th and a 6th place Rachel has already shown how to race well. However, she can feel the pressure, if only her own, that comes with marching towards the podium. She has proved already that she can win tough races like the Ironman Lanzarote. […]
Kona Preview : Faris Al Sultan talks
From the AbuDhabi Triathlon Team web-site. For the 12th time already Faris has set foot on the magical island in the Pacific. He is full of excitement and optimistic expectations, which doesn’t come as a surprise as this place as well as the race have changed his life a lot. With his victory in 2005 […]
Kona Preview : Graig Alexander
WTC Press Release. Two-time Ford Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander might have “only” finished fourth here last year, but he will certainly be amongst the favorites on Saturday. Fresh off an impressive win at the Marine Corps Ironman World Championship 70.3 (pictured – photo courtesy ASI) just over three weeks ago, Alexander, as always, arrives […]
London Olympics may get new HGH test
Associated Press.LONDON — A new test that can detect use of human growth hormone going back as far as 21 days has been endorsed by international anti-doping officials, clearing the way for its possible implementation at next year’s London Olympics. U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart told The Associated Press on Monday the “biomarker” test […]
Rolg Aldag joins WTC as Managing Director, Germany
WTC Press Release. World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) announces an addition to its European team. Rolf Aldag will join WTC as Managing Director, Germany. Aldag has an extensive background in professional cycling and has served as the Team Manager of Team HTC – Highroad professional cycling since 2007. Under his management, Team HTC – Highroad earned […]
ITU World Cup moves to Mexico
The ITU Triathlon World Cup series resumes this weekend and returns to Mexico for the second time in 2011, with the always sunny Huatulco hosting the sixth cup this year. This holiday hotspot has been a World Cup event since 2008. In its first year, Kiwis swept the podium thanks to Kris Gemmell and Samantha […]
Alonso and Mitchell take victory at Challenge Barcelona
Spain’s Clemente Alonso has taken the title and a new course record at Challenge Barcelona this weekend in a race that saw him lead from the start of the swim. Australia’s Michelle Mitchell took out the women’s title after a long battle with Erika Csomor that ended in a decisive win for Mitchell. Exiting first […]
Emma Jackson : Next Olympic and World Champion on an exclusive interview to TriathlonWorld
Triathlon experts all around the world agree that Emma Jackson will be next Olympic and World Champion. The question is when? In case that the Australian coaches/ selectors include her at 2012 Olympic Team then we consider her -next year she is expected to be further improved- as the biggest favorite for the gold medal. […]
Macca : “I’m here to win”
An admission from the outset: I have been trying to write this book review for three months. It has been that difficult. On one hand, with all the respect I have for Chris “Macca” McCormack as an athlete, in no way did I want to diss him. On the other hand, I found it so […]
Deauville and Berlin will join Tri Star World series in 2012
· TriStar111 Deauville and TriStar33.3 Deauville are about to bring international triathlon to this exclusive destination in Normandy (France). · TriStar111 Berlin will lead TriStar to its second destination in Germany. Two new destinations have already been confirmed for 2012, as the international triathlon series TriStar continues to grow. Deauville and Berlin have been added […]
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