Thursday, October 29, 2009
ITU Family Newsletter

O'Donnell & Swallow World Long Distance Champion
American Tim O'Donnell and Great Britain's Jodie Swallow sizzled in Western Australia
taking wins at the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Perth.
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PATCO and Bolivian team prepare for Bolivarian Games
PATCO's Gustavo Svane was in Tarija, Bolivia teaching a group of Bolivian officials
and triathletes about the rules and technical aspects of the sport. The sixteenth
Bolivarian Games will take place in Tarija, Bolivia on November 14th to 26th with
triathlon making its debut as part of this year's event. In honour of the 19th century
liberator Simón Bolívar, the Games hosts athletes from all the nations visited by
Bolivar - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.

Michel González Castro's Community Project in Havana
This community project aims to engage our top triathletes with young athletes of
 their community. In this case, Havana's Michel González Castro interacts with the
triathlon club of his municipality - Cerro.

Michel Gonzalez from Cuba is one of 12 athletes receiving ITU Athlete Scholarships.
Read more about this project here

IOC Athlete's Commission Recommendations
Susan Williams, 2004 Olympic Bronze Medallist, recently represented the ITU Athletes
Committee at the IOC International Athletes Forum in Marrakech, Morocco. The
recommendations and follow-up information from that meeting can be found here.

Anti-doping:2010 List of Prohibited Substances now available
The World Anti-doping Agency's 2010 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods is
now available. This List will go into effect on January 1, 2010. The 2010 List offers
a number of changes compared to the 2009 List. In particular, the status of salbutamol
and salmeterol, two beta-2 agonists, has changed.
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