Team ITU

An Elite Athlete Development Project

Project Goal

The primary objective of this project is to provide support, resources and expertise to athletes from emerging/developing National Federations with the potential to compete in London 2012 to compete at a World Cup 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 competing at a World Cup level.

Project Outline

  • Emerging/Developing National Federations are invited to submit applications.
  • Applications for athletes with the potential to compete in London 2012 that have already proven themselves at an ITU Elite or U23 World Championship, World Cup or Continental Cup level will be considered.
  • Two World Cup events have been named as the Team ITU events.
  • At each of these events a full support team (coaches, bike mechanic and athletic trainer) will be on hand for the athletes selected.
  • The group will be accommodated as a ‘team’ and supported as such pre, during and post event.

Target Group

The target group will be athletes from emerging/developing National Federations who have already shown a high level of competence in World Cup and Continental Cup events and are looking to qualify for London 2012 but need support in order to do so.

Qualification Criteria

  • Athletes must be registered with their National Federations and have shown the ability to race at a high level.
  • The athletes nominated should be committed to competing in the long term and have the Olympic Games as an ultimate objective.
  • While there will be four (4) male and four (4) female slots available at each event athletes will be selected at the discretion of the ITU Development Staff and in some cases not all the slots or more slots will be filled.

Time Line

Applications must be submitted in writing to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and each applicant must also be entered by their National Federation for the respective World Cup events with ITU via the online entry method by the closing date for entry for the specific event they are applying for.

A National Federation may nominate no more than two (2) male and two (2) females for each of the three designated events.

                     
Designated EventApplication forms deadline
Mooloolaba World Cup (24-25 March 2012)06 February 2012
Huatulco World Cup (06 May 2012)30 March 2012

             
Budget

All athletes selected will be funded as follows:

  • Hotel accommodation (on a shared basis) for a maximum of 5 days
  • Meals – 3 per day (or a meal stipend)
  • Bike mechanic services
  • Medical support
  • Coaching support

PLEASE NOTE: A maximum travel stipend of $1000 USD will be provided to each Team ITU-Development member per event.

Evaluation

The athletes selected will be tracked over the year to determine their progress and feedback sheets will be completed by all of the participants post each event.

Application form

Please complete relevant application form and forward to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on or before due dates.

Definition and Explanation of National Federation Status

For the purpose of the ITU Development (Athlete and Coaching) we have categorized National Federations into three (3) categories:

  1. Olympic NF’s are those NF’s who had representation at the Beijing Olympic Games through the standard qualification system (excluding universality slots).
  2. Emerging NF’s  are those NF’s who had no competitors at the Beijing Olympic Games but have had representation at the World Championships in the Elite, U23 or Junior Categories in the past two years.
  3. Developing NF’s are those NF’s with no representation at the World Triathlon Championships in the Elite, U23 and Junior Categories in the past two years.

The ITU Athlete and Coaching Development Programme specifically targets Emerging and Developing NF’s.

Click here for the application Form.

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