ITU Family Newsletter
January 22, 2010

Presidental Activities
ITU President Marisol Casado was in Mexico last week for the ITU executive board
 meeting. While there Marisol also met with PATCO and AIT. The focus of the discussion
was triathlon in the Pan American Games 2011. Marisol also met with Paschal Warlike,
President of the Committee Organizer of the World Games Cali, 2013.

ITU Activities
The ITU Executive Board met in Mexico last week. The following details have been
 released.

1. ITU Uniform Rules updated
2. Qualification criteria for ITU events updated
3. Rankings criteria updatedA full list of ITU official documentation is available
under Inside ITU - Documents on triathlon.org

The ITU Age Group commission submitted its update the the executive board meeting.
This report is available here.

More details will be released in the coming weeks.

Important Events Update
Please note the important changes to the following events.

1. Extremadura awarded first ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships.

2. The first African event in 2010 has been confirmed. The 2010 Troutbeck ITU Triathlon
African Cup will be held November 20th in Troutbeck, Zimbabwe.

3. PATCO Calender Additions:
2010 Ixtapa ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup
2010 Ixtapa PATCO Junior Triathlon Pan American Championships
2010 Guatape ITU Triathlon Pan American Cup and Iberoamerican Championships

4. The 2010 Vitoria-Gasteiz ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships
entries will begin next Monday.

Click here for more.

Youth Olympic Games
Applications for Technical Officials for  Youth Olympic Games Now Open
ITU is in the process of appointing the International Technical
Officials for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games. ITU will follow
a different procedure from the previous Olympic Games.
Read more.

Australia secures spots
The Australian duo of Ellie Salthouse and Michael Gosman
finished on top of the podium at the Oceania Youth Olympic Qualifier in
Canberra and secured a position for Australia on the start line in Singapore.
Click here for more.

ITU Sport Development
The ITU Sport Development team has released details of the ITU Scholarship and Team
ITU programs for athletes and coaches, part of its Elite Athlete Development Program.
The primary objective of this project is to provide support, resources and expertise to
Elite athletes from emerging/developing National Federations to compete at an
international level and at the same time increase the number of coaches from
emerging/developing National Federations gaining experience in the preparation and
support of athletes.
Full details are available from the Development section of triathlon.org.
Read more here.

WADA Special Release
The ITU Anti-doping Team would like to announce that the World
Anti-doping Agency (WADA) has released a special issue of its flagship
magazine, Play True, outlining WADA's role at the upcoming Olympic and
Paralympic Winter Games.
Click here for full details

ITU Recruits Triathlete Magazine Editor
The ITU Family is pleased to welcome Brad Culp to the ITU media team to fill the
second vacant Media Manager position. Brad has been the editor of Triathlete
Magazine for the past two years and brings with him a strong journalistic background,
and vital industry experience and contacts. Brad has also competed in over 80 triathlons
and will provide his insight and expertise in engaging the general public, our high
performance athletes and age group triathletes in ITU events. Brad will commence his
role in Vancouver from mid February alongside Masa Takaya.

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2010 Asian Junior and Under 23 - Host country
December 15, 2009

The 2010 ITU Subic Bay International Triathlon (SuBIT) Asian Cup on May 1-2, 2010, Subic Bay Freeport, Zambales, Philippines will host the 2010 Asian Triathlon Confederation (ASTC) Junior and Under 23 Asian Triathlon Championships.

The Asian Triathlon Championships will be held only for Juniors and U23 because the 2010 Asian Games (Nov 13-14 in China) and the Asian Beach Games (Dec 8-9 in Oman) will have Triathlon Events for the Elites.  The ASTC then felt that the holding of a Continental Championships for Elites were no longer necessary. 

Per SuBIT's normal scheduling, both Juniors and Women U23 races will be held on Saturday, May 1; while the U23 Men will race on May 2. The best young athletes of Asia from traditional powerhouses Japan, China, Kazakstan, Korea, and Hong Kong are expected to participate.

Tomas Carrasco, ASTC Senior Vice President and President of the host Triathlon Association of the Philippines, remarked: "We cannot neglect the young athletes. Besides, many of these "kids" already push the Elites of their respective countries. There won't be much of a drop-off talent-wise, so we expect good races and performances."

SuBIT is one of four races that TRAP will organize in Subic Bay Freeport. Subic is the de facto triathlon center of the Philippines with the National Team and many foreign elite athletes holding their training camps there.

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Marisol Casado Nominated For IOC
December 10, 2009

The IOC Executive Board has announced that ITU President, Marisol
Casado has been nominated to become an IOC member at the February 2010
IOC Session in Vancouver. The elections are considered a formality.
The nomination of Marisol is a huge honour for both ITU and the entire
Triathlon family.

Marisol brings a wealth of experience and service to triathlon to
the IOC. As one of the founders of the Spanish Triathlon Federation,
Marisol was also involved in the creation of ITU as the Spanish
Triathlon representative. She has held posts as the Secretary General
of the Spanish Triathlon Federation (1989 - 1994 and 1997 - 2008) and
Treasurer for ITU (1992 - 1994 and 2000 - 2008).

A member of the Spanish Olympic Committee (1992 - 1994 and 2000 to
present), she has since 2004 served as President to its Women and Sport
Commission. A former President of the European Triathlon Union,
comprising 41 federations, from 2002 to 2008, Marisol has received
silver medal award "Real Orden del Merito Deportivo Español" for her
service to sport.

In all, six new members were nominated including two other women
beside Casado; China's Yang Yang, a two-time Olympic female short track
speed skating gold medallist and Dagmawit Girmay Berhane, an official
of the Ethiopian National Olympic committee.

Others nominated are Prince Faisal of Jordan, head of the country's
national Olympic committee and younger brother of King Abdullah II, Pat
McQuaid of Ireland, president of cycling federation UCI, and Barry
Maister, secretary general of the New Zealand Olympic committee and a
former gold medallist in field hockey.

The IOC currently has 112 members, but four will retire at the end
of the year. The six new members will bring the total to 114, including
20 women.