Thursday, October 15, 2009
ITU Family Newsletter

London 2012 Pictogram Unveiled
London 2012 have revealed their pictograms for the 2012 Olympic Games and the International Triathlon Union takes great pleasure in unveiling the design for triathlon.
See a preview of the pictogram here.

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Croatia Host ITU Coaching Course
The International Triathlon Union hosted an ITU Accredited Level II Competitive Coaching course in Pula, Croatia from 9 - 13 October. The course targeted coaches who are involved with the education and coaching of National Federation athletes.
To read the report from the course, click here.

Paratriathlon: Bill Chaffey, Australia
Having qualified for a long distance event in 2005, just five days before competition he was hit by a truck. This year Bill finished first at the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in the TRI 1 category for wheelchair athletes.
Read more about Bill here.

Anti-doping: Report Deadline Soon

All National Federations and Event Organisers should send all of their test results and doping control forms to ITU Headquarters by October 31, 2009. According to the ITU Anti-doping Rules, this is the responsibility of every NF and EO who has had in and out of competition tests completed during the 2009 season.

All tests should be reported, regardless of whether or not the tests were negative or produced an Adverse Analytical Finding. This will allow ITU to have an accurate number of tests done around the world during 2009. The reporting should include the sample numbers, athlete's names, date of sample, in or out of competition, location, laboratory used, whether or not it was urine or blood and the result of the test, if available.

If no tests were done, please report that too so we can see what we can do to rectify the situation in the future.

If you have any questions about ITU's Anti-doping program, please contact
Leslie Buchanan at leslie.buchanan@triathlon.org.