Thursday, December 3, 2009
ITU Family Newsletter

Winter Triathlon News
Norway this year will play host to both the European and World Championships
Winter Triathlon events. Lygna will play host to the European Championships from
February 5-7 and the World Championships will take place at Sessvollmoen
(Eidsvoll) one week later from February 12-14. Both events have websites with
details which will be updated regularly.
Click here to read more.

Assistant Triathlon Coach Position
The Hong Kong Sports Institute is looking for an assistant triathlon coach to help
design, plan and coordinate training and competitive programs for triathletes in
Hong Kong.
Read more about this exciting opportunity.

Uruguay hosts ITU Technical Seminar
Eight countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Paraguay,
Peru and Uruguay sent technical officials and event organizers to participate in
the ITU Technical Education Level II Seminar in Uruguay.
Click here for full story.

Transfer of knowledge complete
The "Transfer of Knowledge" (TOK) document was presented to the Local
Organizing Committee of the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship
Series Grand Final to be held in Budapest, Hungary in 2010.
More....

More news on triathlon.org
In other news on triathlon.org - the latest Oceania race calendar is announced
and we have details from the coaching course held in Oman.
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Anti-doping: 2010 Prohibited List Update
The ITU Anti-doping Team would like to call attention to an advisory that was
issued recently that deals with the changes of the status of the Beta-2
Agonists Change Status on the 2010 Prohibited List. The following advisory is
from the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) but is relevant to many
of our international athletes.
Read the full story

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