ITU Family Newsletter
ITU Sport Development Camp News
The annual ITU World Junior and U23 Camp is currently taking place at the Sports Super Centre in Runaway Bay, Gold Coast.
Lead by Director of ITU Sport Development, Libby Burrell, the 49
participants span across 24 countries from five continents making a
truly global partnership where national level athletes and coaches from
developing and emerging nations can come together to improve triathlon
across the world through education and participation.
Read all the latest news from Libby and the team
One Week To Triathlon World Champs
With just a week to go until the paratriathlon and age group racing
gets underway for the 2009 ITU Triathlon World Championships, amateur
competitors from across the globe will start to make their way to
Australia's Gold Coast.
Read the Age Group preview here
Yamamoto Defends Asian Title
Japan's Ryosuke Yamamoto successfully defended his ASTC Triathlon Asian
Championship as he held off fellow countryman Hirokatsu Tayama by 24
seconds to take victory in Incheon, South Korea with a time of 1:49:55.
Read the race report here
Indian Triathlon Federation Elections
The Annual General Meeting of the Indian Triathlon Federation, held on 30 August
at the TNSRA Squash Academy, Chennai saw Mrs. Surekha Ramachandran elected as the
President of the Indian Triathlon Federation and Mr. Rakesh Gupta re-elected as the General Secretary for another term of four years along with nine Executive
Committee Members.
2010 Long Distance Tri World Champs
Immenstadt in Germany will host the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships
on 31 July - 1 August 2010.
More news will follow shortly.
Paratriathlon: GC Classifiers' Course
ITU Paratriathlon Committee welcomes all members who are qualified physiotherapists,
medical doctors or have an interest in Paralympic sport to participate in the ITU
Paratriathlon Classifiers' Course in Gold Coast.
Download the flyer here
One Month to Concord World Duathlon
Race preparations continue in North Carolina as the 2009 ITU Duathlon World Championships
are just one month away. The weekend will feature more than 750 age group competitors
and 150 elites racing on a 10k run, 40k bike, 5k run course in and around Lowe's Motor Speedway.
For more information, click here
Wins for Frintova & Malyshev in Poland
Vendula Frintova showed decent biking skillls and devastating pace in running when
she closed down and passed Vanessa Raw from Great Britain to win the ITU Kedzierzyn
Kozle Premium European Cup in Poland.
Read the short race report here
2010 Duathlon World Championships
With one year to go, the British Triathlon Federation has
launched the new event website for 2010 Edinburgh ITU Duathlon World
Championships which will be held on 3-5 September 2010 in Edinburgh.
For more details please
visit www.edinburghduathlon2010.com
Anti-doping: New Logo
The ITU Anti-doping team is pleased to present their new ITU Anti-doping logo. Please
look for this logo at next week's expo during the 2009 Gold Coast Dextro Energy
Triathlon - ITU World Championship Grand Final in Australia. Members of the ITU
Anti-doping team are teaming up with ASADA staff to man an educational booth during
the weekdays. Everyone is welcome to drop by the booth from Wednesday to Friday
and take the WADA Anti-doping quiz to try to win a prize with the new ITU logo on
it.
If
you have any questions about ITU's Anti-doping program, please contact Leslie Buchanan