Federation

Contact Information

Address
C/ Ferraz 16, 3º dcha.
Madrid
28008
Spain

President
José Hidalgo

Secretary General
Alicia García

Website
http://www.triatlon.org/

Phone
+34 915599305

Fax
+34 915425202

Email

Latest News

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  ITU awards 2014 ITU Duathlon World Championships to Pontevedra, Spain

  The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is pleased to announce Pontevedra, Spain has been named as the host city for the 2014 ITU Duathlon World Championships. It will mark the second time ITU’s premier Duathlon race, which consists of a 10km run, 40km bike and 5km run, will be held in Spain. The northern city of Gijon hosted the championships in 2011. The announcement comes on the heels of Pontevedra’s seamless organization of the 2011 ETU European Triathlon Championships. “ITU is thrilled about the return of the Duathlon World Championships to Spain. The local organising committee in Pontevedra has proven successful with their experience hosting past events. We look forward to another exciting event in the Galician city,” said Marisol Casado, ITU President and IOC Member. In further preparation for the coveted championships, the western coastal city will host the 2013 Spanish National Duathlon Championships, which will include Under23, age-group, and Paraduathlon races. In 2014, the Under23, junior, mixed relay, and Paraduathlon will take place as part of the ITU Duathlon World Championships. Additionally, thousands of age-group athletes from around the world will contest sprint and standard distance world championship races in Pontevedra. Event organizers have proposed a 4-lap 10km run, followed by a 6-lap 40km bike, and ending with a 2-lap 5km course for the elite and Under23 races at the 2014 World Championships. The 2012 ITU Duathlon World Championships will be decided in Nancy, France from 22-23 September, with the World Games in Cali, Colombia doubling as the ITU Duathlon World Championships in July 2013 for elites. The 2013 ITU Age-Group Duathlon World Championships will be held in Ottawa, Canada in August 2013. Click here for more on ITU Duathlon {/exp:tagstripper:tagsToSave}

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  Spain reveals London 2012 Olympic team

  The Spanish Triathlon Federation has released the names of the six triathletes to join Spain’s London 2012 Olympic team. Javier Gomez, Mario Mola, Jose Miguel Perez, Ainhoa Murua, Marina Damlaimcourt and Zurine Rodriguez have each secured a spot for the Games. The Spanish Olympic triathlon team was officially presented at the headquarters of the Spanish Olympic Committee and attended by ITU President Marisol Casado, president of the Spanish Olympic Committee Alejandro Blanco and the president of the Spanish Triathlon Federation José Hidalgo. Also in attendance were all the members of the Spanish team, in addition to the technical team, led by the Technical Director Juan Rodríguez Biehn. Gomez remains among the favourites for a London 2012 Olympic medal. Claiming gold in his only ITU race of the season this year in a dominating performance at the European Championships in April, Gomez will be focused on rectifying his fourth place finish at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Mola secured his Olympic spot with a string of strong results in 2012 including fourth at Mooloolaba World Cup and the ITU World Triathlon San Diego. A tight battle for the third men’s position was fought between Perez and three-time Olympian Ivan Rana. It came down to the final race in the Olympic qualification period, the ITU World Triathlon Madrid, to finally award the spot to Perez by virtue of his result in that race. Both Mola and Perez will take part in their first Olympic Games. For the women, Murua leads the Spanish Olympic campaign. Competing on the world circuit since 2001, her 2012 performances have shown a peak in her career finishing in the top ten in Sydney and Madrid races along with a silver at the European Championships in Eilat. In addition she is no stranger to the Olympic stage competing in both Beijing 2008 and Athens 2004. She was 28th four years ago in Beijing and 24th in Athens. Damlaimcourt and Rodriguez travel to their first Olympic Games, but are regulars in the ITU World Triathlon Series and both broke through in late 2011 for their first World Cup podium finishes. Click here for ITU's Olympic website {/exp:tagstripper:tagsToSave}

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  Athletes ready to do battle in Madrid

  The world’s best triathletes are touching down in Madrid, ready for a 'battle Royale' in round two of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series. The race, with its challenging bike course and often stifling temperatures, is one of the toughest on the ITU circuit. The race has never failed to deliver nail-biting finishes. In the men’s race in 2010 Alistair Brownlee, showed his true character when, after a pre-season plagued with injury, he came back to defend his Madrid title with what he described afterwards as his best race ever. Brownlee broke away from Australian Courtney Atkinson in the last 400m to claim the gold. In 2009, the women’s race saw a thrilling photo finish in which Lisa Norden and Andrea Hewitt were only separated by hundredths of a second, after almost two hours of racing. It was a nail-biting finish to a spectacular race. It looks like 2011 will be no different with a star studded line up which includes all current Olympic and World Champions. The Aussie contingent will feature defending World Champion Emma Moffatt, Olympic champion Emma Snowsill in the women's field while Beijing Olympians Brad Kahlefeldt and Courtney Atkinson will be joined in the men's field by Monterrey World Cup winner Brendan Sexton. "We've always performed very successfully in Madrid so hopefully we'll be able to get some good results. It is going to be a tough, hilly course and there will be no leniency for a bad discipline, the pace is going to be ‘on' from the opening swim leg. I think some of our guys have learnt from recent races that you just can't afford to get too far back in the pack,“ said Australia's National and AIS Head Coach Shaun Stephens, who has been over-seeing the majority of the team's preparation in Australia's French training base in Aix-le-Bains for the past fortnight. Stephens said he has been in regular touch with Snowsill, who has been in her German-based training camp and she will be determined not to give anything away in the swim. Snowsill was a disappointing 42nd in Sydney and spent the next two weeks soul searching, according to a recent media report in Australia. "Knowing Snowy [Emma Snowsill] she will come out as determined as ever in Madrid after putting in some good training over the past two or three weeks and I know Moffy [Emma Moffatt] is in the same frame of mind," said Stephens. Moffatt was also disappointed with her last start World Championship which saw her finish 13th in the race won by Canadian Paula Findlay. After the race Moffatt admitted: “It’s clear I have to improve on that if I want to go well in the series. It was not the result I wanted, especially at home where you naturally want to go well.”"It's clear I have to improve on that if I want to go well in the series. It was not the result I wanted, especially at home where you naturally want to go well." Emma Moffatt All eyes will be on Findlay who proved that last season was no fluke with her impressive win in Sydney. The soft-spoken Canadian will be aiming to make it two in a row in Madrid, and her meteoric rise is not that dissimilar to that of Alistair Brownlee in the 2009 season. Both athletes have a disarming baby-faced look, but take no prisoners when it comes to race day. On last reports Findlay was boarding a plane to Madrid with a very efficiently packed bike bag. Canadian superstar Paula Findlay posted a picture displaying the art of packing a bike box, before she left for the Spanish capital. All eyes in the men’s race will be on Javier Gomez and the Brownlee brothers, after their battle in Sydney. Gomez who has a point to prove on home soil, has been busy all week with media commitments, but is squarely focused on taking gold in front of his home crowd. After his devastating performance in Sydney, one would be hard pressed to bet against the Spaniard taking the top podium spot on home turf. Gomez has been busy with heavy media commitments for his home race. Alistair Brownlee, will hope to regain his composure after tweeting about his panic over a pre departure hunt for his passport, which he misplaced. Normally one would expect the 2009 World Champion to be in typically relaxed form, when he takes to the start line to defend his Madrid title on Saturday; however with younger brother Jonathan wearing number two in the race there might be added pressure knowing that the standard of racing will never have been as high in Madrid. Finally Frenchman Laurent Vidal will make his return to ITU racing, after a worrying absence due to medical reasons. "From that the doctors tell me I am not suffering from any disease or any dysfunction but from what they call Neurocardiogenic Syncope. It is an over adaptation of the vagal nerve and in some circumstances this nerve is causing a sudden drop in blood pressure and eventually I collapse.” Vidal's condition is not a sickness and not dangerous for his overall health. It is frustrating however, as doctors are unable to determine why it happens or provide a sure-fire cure. "I am looking forward to racing consistently and scoring some good points but also to check my form in Madrid. Before this all happened in Sydney, I had a great feeling for the season. I've had to change my plan a bit but my main goal remains Olympic qualification." You can watch all the exhilarating action from the comfort of your own home, or on the go via your mobile device. We will be offering full live video coverage of the race via www.triathlonlive.tv. On race day you can enjoy live video, audio and timing updates with full lap and split times. There will be over 26 camera positions around the course as well as motorcycle, boat and helicopter cameras. You will have the best view in the house. Audio, text and timing updates are completely free and you can upgrade to video at any time. Why not get involved via our live text application also and give your opinion on the race and support your favourite athlete? Not only can you watch the races live, but you can watch them again in their entirety, only hours after they end. If it’s athlete interviews and behind the scenes action you’re looking for, then make sure to tune into our one hour magazine show which will be available on the Wednesday after the race on www.triathlonlive.tv. The 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Madrid round officially gets underway when the men’s race starts at 10am (local time) on Saturday June 4. The women’s race starts at 2:30pm on Sunday June 5. {/exp:tagstripper:tagsToSave}

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  Watch Madrid live this weekend

  If you can’t make the trip to Madrid’s picturesque Case de Campo park, then don’t worry – you can still catch all the exhilarating action from the comfort of your own home, or on the go via your mobile device. We will be offering full live video coverage of the race via www.triathlonlive.tv. On race day you can enjoy live video, audio and timing updates with full lap and split times. There will be over 26 camera positions around the course as well as motorcycle, boat and helicopter cameras. You will have the best view in the house. Audio, text and timing updates are completely free and you can upgrade to video at any time. Why not get involved via our live text application also and give your opinion on the race and support your favourite athlete? Not only can you watch the races live, but you can watch them again in their entirety, only hours after they end. If it’s athlete interviews and behind the scenes action you’re looking for, then make sure to tune into our one hour magazine show which will be available on the Wednesday after the race. The 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Madrid round officially gets underway when the men’s race starts at 10am (local time) on Saturday June 4. The women’s race starts at 2:30pm on Sunday June 5. Triathlonlive.tv is the only website offering live and on-demand streaming video of all Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series events, plus extended highlights of the ITU World Cup Series. By purchasing a pass from Triathlonlive.tv, you will get access to 17 live broadcasts, 17 archived broadcasts and 14 magazine shows; packed with features and behind the scenes action. The Season Pass is only €19.99. Get it Now. {/exp:tagstripper:tagsToSave}

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  Inaugural Cross Triathlon World Championships

  The countdown is on to ITU’s first Cross Triathlon World Championships in beautiful Extremadura, Spain on April 30. In the inaugural event, the elite athletes will do battle in a 1km swim, 20km mountain bike and 6km cross-country run. The Spanish federation unveiled their roster of athletes set to compete in the event and includes 2002 Triathlon World Champion Ivan Rana and Eneko Llanos, who won the 2007 Cross Triathlon European Championships. The pair have a combined five Olympic Games appearances between them. The event also features age-group categories, as well as junior and paratriathlon races. All athletes have the option to also enter the cross duathlon which consists of a 6km cross-country run, 20km mountain bike and finishes with a 3km cross-country run. An important aspect of the event is that it will be staged at “The Ring”, an International Innovation Centre for Outdoor Sports. The Ring tries not only to be the reference centre for the national innovation and experimentation in the development of materials and activities in the environment but also the meeting point of the new sports tendencies/activities held in nature. It is fitting the first international big event held there is a triathlon competition, more specifically the Cross Triathlon Championship, which combines the same objectives as The Ring, innovation and experimentation. These World Championships intends celebrate the relationship that both the Spanish Sport and the ITU have with the practice of sports which is integrated and respectful with nature. This symbiosis will mark the path to follow and our intention is to leave a legacy we all can look at in the future. Holding such an event will permit Extremadura projects as an important national and international undertaking in the organization of this sport. Additionally, it makes it possible to improve the infrastructure and the set-up of tracks which are respectful with the environment in the area surrounding The Ring. The Local Organising Committee is working hard to ensure a sustainable legacy is left for its citizens and makes a permanent impact on the sport and the society. Click here to visit the official website of the 2011 Extremadura ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships {/exp:tagstripper:tagsToSave}