Archive | November, 2011
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ITU World Cup New Zeeland Preview

The 2011 ITU World Cup series wraps up this weekend, with a return to one of the strongest triathlon nations in the world. From the first ITU World Champion, Erin Baker, to Hamish Carter, Samantha Warriner, Bevan Docherty and Andrea Hewitt, New Zealand just keeps producing world-conquering triathletes. Now the ITU World Cup series returns […]

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Event Disciplines per each Meeting – Samsung Diamond League 2012

Monaco – The Samsung Diamond League is delighted to announce the distribution of event disciplines for the 2012 season.Commencing on 11 May 2012 in Doha (QAT), the third season of the Samsung Diamond League is composed of 14 of the best invitational track and field meetings in the world. The meetings are spread across Asia, […]

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IAAF :London selected to host 2017 World Championships

Monaco – London was selected to host the 2017 IAAF World Championships, the IAAF Council announced in Monaco today.London was selected over Doha for the right to host the 16th edition of the World Championships. The 2013 edition will be hosted by Moscow, RUS (10 – 18 August 2013), followed by Beijing, CHN in 2015 […]

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IAAF Council Meeting, Monaco – Day Two, 10 Nov 2011

Monaco – The second day of the IAAF Council meeting (9-11 Nov) in Monaco presided over by President Lamine Diack focussed on reports from various IAAF World Athletics Series competitions, and there was also an update of planning for the celebrations of the IAAF Centenary. A Closing Report concerning the 13th edition of the IAAF […]

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USA Triathlon Announces 2012 National Championship Schedule

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon today announced the dates and locations of its 2012 National Championship schedule, providing multisport athletes from across the United States the opportunity to compete in a top-notch championship environment. On the heels of an extremely successful 2011 USA Triathlon National Championship season, which included record fields and sold-out events, […]

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IAAF : 2011 Athletes of the Year Finalists Spotlight on Female Candidates

Monaco – A thrower, a sprint hurdler and a long distance runner: that is the lineup of the women athletes who are still in contention to become the 2011 World Athlete of the Year. All three have won at least one World Championships title in Daegu and broken at least one National record in 2011. For […]

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Great Britain dominated the ITU Female Long Distance Triathlon Championships

She had history on her side and Rachel Joyce made the most of it, capturing her first and Great Britain’s sixth ITU long distance world title on a cold day in the Nevada desert. Joyce recorded the second-fastest run split of the day, just behind Great Britain teammate Leanda Cave, but her better bike leg […]

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Jordan Rapp has won ITU Long Distance World Championship

He didn’t have much of a year in 2010, but the USA’s Jordan Rapp can now add ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championship to the list of achievements he’s ticked off in 2011. Rapp was hit by a car on a training ride in California in March last year and in addition to broken bones, […]

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U23 European Championships

The Israeli city of Eilat was transformed into a triathlon festival this weekend as it hosted the U23 European Championships and a stage of the European Premium Cup. Joao Silva (POR) was the headline maker on day one, winning the U23 title for the third time by the smallest of margins ahead of Davide Uccellari […]

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Long distance Triathlon World Championships preview

The ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships have never been for the faint of heart. At triple the Olympic distance, they are the survival of the fittest. But this year’s ITU endurance world titles have an added challenge, they are smack bang in the middle of the Nevada desert in Henderson. Just outside one of […]

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ITU World Cup moves to Columbia

The penultimate round of the 2011 ITU World Cup series heads to Columbia this weekend. It’s the first time that Colombia has hosted a World Cup since 1992, when there was a race in San Andres. This year it’s the eighth stop on the 2011 World Cup tour, and the second-last, and big fields have […]

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