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ITU Team World Championships - the contenders

13/05/11 - The 2011 ITU Team Triathlon World Championships are quickly gaining momentum with only 100 days left until the competition kicks off in the beautiful Olympic city of Lausanne, Switzerland. It looks as if... |

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2011 Long Distance Duathlon World Championships set for Zofingen

12/05/11 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is pleased to announce the 2011 ITU Powerman Long Distance Duathlon World Championships will be held in Zofingen, Switzerland this year in a partnership with the... |

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A new breed of ITU coaches come together in Europe

11/05/11 - A new generation of ITU coaches came together in Slovenia last weekend to take part in an ITU Level 1 Community Coaching course. A total of 13 coaches from three different European nations, Norway,... |

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ITU announces 2011 Athlete and Coach Scholarships

11/05/11 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU), the worldwide governing body for triathlon, today announced recipients of its Athlete and Coaching Scholarships. With the long-term goal of participating at an... |

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2011 Continental Calendars Update

11/05/11 - African Triathlon Union The African Triathlon Union (ATU) has recently confirmed that the 2011 ATU Duathlon African Championships will be held along with the ATU Triathlon African Championships on 3 July... |

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Around the World in 20 Tweets

10/05/11 - This week we take a trip around the digital world, to get a glimpse of what’s been happening in the lives of ITU’s top athletes. A triathlon superstar joined the wonderful world of Twitter, a... |

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Entries now open for Paratriathlon in London

09/05/11 - Entries for the elite Paratriathlon in London on August 7, which is part of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship London, are now open. The event is the third World Championship Series Elite... |

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Brendan Sexton (AUS) breaks through with first ITU World Cup title

08/05/11 - Brendan Sexton (AUS) ran away from the field late in the run to snatch his first career World Cup title in Monterrey, punctuating his impressive start to the 2011 season. Earlier this year, Australia’s... |

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Sarah Haskins (USA) claims first career ITU World Cup in Monterrey

08/05/11 - Sarah Haskins of the U.S. used a breakaway on the bike to score her first career ITU Triathlon World Cup title in Monterrey on Sunday. Japan’s Ai Ueda claimed silver for the second straight year. Anne... |

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Monterrey Press Conference Highlights

07/05/11 - Two days before the elite women’s and men’s races at the Monterrey ITU Triathlon World Cup, four athletes met the media at the event’s official pre-race press conference. In attendance were Bevan... |

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20 years of ITU World Cups: Q&A with Mike Pigg

04/05/11 - Mike Pigg raced into ITU history in St Croix 20 years ago when he became the first men’s ITU World Cup winner. In a thrilling race, Pigg narrowly out sprinted the first two ITU World Champions, Australian... |

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20 years of ITU World Cups: Q&A with Carol Montgomery

04/05/11 - Canadian Carol Montgomery is one of triathlon’s greatest female athletes, third on the all-time women’s World Cup winners list with 15 and one of the fastest runners in the history of the sport. She’s... |

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Celebrating 20 years of ITU Triathlon World Cup history

04/05/11 - A new era in triathlon history began on May 5th 1991 as the ITU World Cup series kicked off in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, just two years after the first World Championships in Avignon, France. ... |

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Spain dominate Paratriathlon at ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships

04/05/11 - Frenchman Benjamin Landier dashed Spain’s hopes of a podium sweep in the first cross paratriathlon world titles last week, keeping the host’s total to just four out of five gold medals at the inaugural... |

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Monterrey World Cup Preview

03/05/11 - The third round of the 2011 ITU Triathlon World Cup series is set for Monterrey, Mexico where full fields of 150 athletes from 34 nations will compete in this Sunday’s races. It’s the second straight... |

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