| Event Highlights: World Championships - Final Olympic qualification race The 20th edition of the ITU Triathlon World Championships will be staged in the stunning Canadian city of Vancouver, home of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and also home to the headquarters of ITU. The Vancouver BG Triathlon World Championships is the final event in ITU’s 24-month Olympic qualifying period and the last chance for athletes to garner valuable Olympic points. Selection for a number of Olympic teams including Japan, Portugal, Austria and Canada comes down to the world championships. The home team fields a strong squad eager to win Canada’s first elite world title since 1991. Canadian golden boy Simon Whitfield won last year’s test event and looks to become the first triathlete to hold both Olympic and world championship gold. International contenders are lead by 2007 world # 1 Javier Gomez of Spain, 2004 Olympic silver medallist Bevan Docherty of New Zealand and Aussie Greg Bennett, winner of six world cup titles. His wife Laura Bennett, a member of Team USA, is one of the major headliners in the women’s field, along with Vancouver-native Lauren Groves. Defending champion Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal looks to become just the third woman to repeat as world champion.
Start lists: Rankings: Elite Women:
http://triathlon.org/?call=TWpNMw%3D%3D&keep=sh&MM_filter=frmFilters&sex=female&yr=MjAwOA%3D%3D&Submit=Filter+Results |
Highlights of this event will be available though the EBU (Eurovision) World Feed, Reuters, SNTV or via our web server for broadcasters who do not have satellite access.
* EBU / Eurovision
A world feed will be transmitted at 03:10 - 03:25 UTC/GMT on June
9. This material is free of rights and free of charge in Europe (W3A), the Americas
(NSS806) and and Asia (Asiasat2). The material will also be available on a US
domestic satellite.
In case of immediate operational problems, the Eurovision Control Centre can be contacted at Tel + 41 22 717 2790 Fax 2940.
* REUTERS
Reuters will have material available on their Sports 2 (05:30 GMT) and Sports
3 (05:15GMT) feeds on Monday June 9.
REUTERS SUBSCRIBERS WILL BE ADVISED OF TIMING VIA THE REUTER DAILY OUTLOOK MESSAGE
* SNTV
SNTV will have material available on their SNTV Europe/Middle East Early feed
(04:00 GMT) on Monday June 9.
Please check out www.sntv.com for more details.
Date: 09/06/08 timing: 03:10-03:25 UTC/GMT
Click
here for the playout time in your local area.
Distribution network: Asia
Timing: 0305-0325 UTC
ASIASAT 100.5 deg East TXP 11A CHANNEL 9MHZ G2
UPLINK FREQ.: 6329,5 MHZ POL X BY NICS CYCBC UP2
DOWNLINK FR.: 4104,5 MHZ POL Y
625 Pal 4/3 MPEG 4:2:2 66665 hsymb/s FEC 7/8
OP MODE: HIGH QUALITY
AUDIO:1 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:2 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:3 N/A
AUDIO:4 N/A
Europe
Timing: 0305-0325 UTC
EUTELSAT W3A 7 deg East TXP B1 CHANNEL 9MHZ D1
UPLINK FREQ.: 14314 MHZ POL Y BY GNVE ZZEBU UP2
DOWNLINK FR.: 11014 MHZ POL X
625 Pal 4/3 MPEG 4:2:2 66665 hsymb/s FEC 7/8
OP MODE: HIGH QUALITY
AUDIO:1 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:2 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:3 N/A
AUDIO:4 N/A
Americas +USDomsat
Timing: 0305-0325 UTC
GALAXY 26 - FORMERLY IA6 (TELSTAR6) 93 deg W TXP GALAXY 26 TXP K17
CHANNEL 9MHZ GALAXY 26 K17 SLOT A
UPLINK FREQ.: 14313 MHZ POL X
DOWNLINK FR.: 12013 MHZ POL Y
525 NTSC 4/3 MPEG 4:2:2 66665 hsymb/s FEC 7/8
OP MODE: HIGH QUALITY
AUDIO:1 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:2 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:3 N/A
AUDIO:4 N/A
Timing: 0305-0325 UTC
NSS806 319.5 degrees East TXP 28/28 CHANNEL 9MHZ A1
UPLINK FREQ.: 6386,5 MHZ POL R BY USA-NWM-003 UP2
DOWNLINK FR.: 4161,5 MHZ POL L
525 NTSC 4/3 MPEG 4:2:2 66665 hsymb/s FEC 7/8
OP MODE: HIGH QUALITY
AUDIO:1 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:2 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:3 N/A
AUDIO:4 N/A
In case of immediate operational problems, the Eurovision Control Centre can be contacted at Tel + 41 22 717 2790 Fax 2940.
FTP /URL News feed details.
Custom news feeds may be available for certain markets. Please contact Brian Mahony, ITU Director of Media and TV at least three days in advance for more information and to arrange this service.
If you would like to test your Internet speed please download a test clip file from our server. On average any clip that you download from our news server will take 10 - 15 times longer than the test file. Please take this into consideration when accessing footage for scheduled news or television broadcast.
Note: This service is dependant on internet speed on race location and we cannot guarantee the speed of delivery from all locations.
For more details please contact:
Brian Mahony, ITU Director of Media and TV
brian.mahony@triathlon.org
+ 1 604 779 4503 (Primary Mobile)
+ 353 86 3530023 (International Mobile)
Or visit the broadcast news section of the ITU website:
http://www.triathlon.org/?call=TWpVeQ==&keep=sh