Thursday, May 21, 2009
ITU World Junior and U23 Camp
ITU are happy to be able to announce that the 2009 ITU World Junior / U23 Camp will be held in Gold Coast, Australia at the world class Sports Super Centre.
For the full story and to download an application form, click here
USA Dominate PATCO Championships
The United States swept the men's and women's elite races, grabbed U23 women's gold, and earned a gold and bronze in the junior men's race at the ITU Pan American Triathlon Confederation Championships in Oklahoma City.
Read the full piece here
Commonwealth Games Venue Tested
Strathclyde Park near Glasgow hosted its first Olympic distance elite race last weekend as the British Triathlon National Championships tested out the proposed venue for the 2014 Commonwealth Games triathlon.
To read how it went, click here
Polyansky Wins In Pontevedra
Russia 's Dmitry Polyansky beat Javier Gómez, the 2008 world champion, in a very tight sprint finish at the weekend's Pontevedra ITU Triathlon Premium European Cup race in Spain. Third place went to Switzerland 's Sven Riederer.
Full race report here
In Profile: Jan Frodeno, GER
We spoke to Jan as he completed his final training preparation ahead of next week's Madrid Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series in Spain to find out how his life has changed since his victory in Beijing, and why he is looking forward to the new season.
Read the interview by clicking here
Anti-doping: Negative Results
The ITU is happy to announce that all tests received from the various events so far this quarter have been negative. This includes tests collected at the New Plymouth Continental Cup, South African Long Distance Championships and the Ishigaki World Cup. If National Federations have any results to report, please send them as soon as possible to ITU Headquarters.
If you have any questions about ITU's Anti-doping program, please contact Leslie Buchanan.
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