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E-Board Meets in Madrid
30/04/09 - Under the leadership of ITU President Marisol Casado, the ITU Executive Board waded through a heavy agenda at their recent meeting the weekend of 17, 18 April in Madrid. The focus was on the financial... |
Full StoryLevel II Tech Official Seminar
09/04/09 - The next stage of the ITU Technical Official Education Programme was held on 3-4 April in Gothenburg, Sweden. Almost twenty technical officials and event organisers from Sweden, Finland, Denmark and... |
Full Story20yrs of ITU: The Logo
08/04/09 - Every Wednesday ITU will celebrate its past by bringing you a series of the best stories, images and video from 1989 to 2009. Interviews and stories from the very people involved in creating these... |
Full StorySportaccord 2009
02/04/09 - ITU President Marisol Casado was joined by Loreen Barnett, Secretary General and ITU Vice Presidents Bill Walker and Antonio Alvarez for Sportaccord in Denver, USA. During the five days of panel... |
Full StoryWorld Conference on Sport and the Environment
02/04/09 - ITU was represented at the 8th IOC World Conference on Sport and the Environment in Vancouver, Canada this week by Loreen Barnett, ITU Secretary General, Les McDonald ITU Honorary President and Enrique... |
Full StoryResults Management For Adverse Analytical Findings
02/04/09 - International level testing results: - Upon receipt of an adverse analytical finding involving one of your triathletes during an ITU sanctioned event or out-of competition on behalf of the ITU, the ITU... |
Full StoryCelebrating 20 years of ITU
01/04/09 - April 1st, 2009 marks the twentieth anniversary of the International Triathlon Union. On this day 20 years ago in Avignon, France the foundations of the sport of triathlon as we know it were laid. ... |
Full StoryTeam ITU Down Under
27/03/09 - Eight of the aspiring twelve scholarship athletes selected for the ITU Sport Development programme will toe the start line in Mooloolaba this weekend for the opening leg of the ITU World Cup Series. The... |
Full StoryLondon Games Technical Delegates
19/03/09 - It is with great pleasure that the ITU Executive Board announces the Technical Delegates for The Games of the XXX Olympiad which take place in London, England from the 27th July to 12th August 2012. ... |
Full StoryITU Coaches Commission Restructuring
19/03/09 - ITU Coaches Commission Restructuring Marisol Casado, ITU President has announced that the ITU Coaches Commission will be restructured and given the goal of delivering their sport specific point of view... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Results Management
19/03/09 - ITU Results Management for January 2009 ITU is pleased to announce that all anti-doping test results received for January 2009 are negative. The In Competition events test results included the La Paz... |
Full StoryAsian Camp update
17/03/09 - The 2009 ITU Asian Junior Camp ended yesterday in Singapore. After a week of intensive coaching and education the athletes return home with many new skills to match their dreams. Their sporting careers... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: UNESCO Convention
12/03/09 - The ITU Newsletter has been focusing on the differences on the anti-doping changes in the World Anti-doping Agency Code from 2003 and the current 2009 WADA Code. Another change between the old World... |
Full StoryWorld Champs Debut Moves To Korea
12/03/09 - Due to unforeseen circumstances the first event of the new 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series planned to take place in Singapore has been relocated to Tongyeong, Korea. The date... |
Full StoryDuathlon Worlds Website Live
12/03/09 - The official website of the 2009 ITU Duathlon World Championships is now live. The event will take place from September 24th to 27th. The venue incorporates the Lowe’s Motor Speedway giving the athletes... |
Full StoryAWAD now Paratriathlon
11/03/09 - Athletes With A Disability (AWAD) will now be known as paratriathletes. After meeting with a representative from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) at the ITU Congress last November in Madrid,... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Erroneous Information
06/03/09 - The ITU Newsletter has been focusing on the differences on the anti-doping changes in the World Anti-doping Agency Code from 2003 and the current 2009 WADA Code. Another change between the old World... |
Full StoryUnder23 World Ranking introduced
26/02/09 - ITU announces the creation of an Under23 (U23) Triathlon Ranking System to commence this season. Young and aspiring athletes aged 18 to 23 will be able to accumulate points towards this ranking at the... |
Full Story2009 Team Triathlon Champs
25/02/09 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) announced today the location for the 2009 ITU Triathlon Team World Championships will be in West Des Moines, Iowa, USA on June 28 in conjunction with the Hy-Vee ITU... |
Full StoryITU Scholarships Awarded
25/02/09 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 ITU Athlete and Coach Scholarships. In total, 12 young and aspiring athletes and three coaches from 14 developing... |
Full StoryIncrease for 2009 prize money
19/02/09 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) announced today that it will increase its top-level prize money this season to $3.5-million USD, double the amount awarded in previous years. The announcement of... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Accelerated Management
19/02/09 - One of the many positive changes to the World Anti-doping Agencys (WADA) 2009 Code is the improvement of the accelerated management of doping cases. According to WADAs Play True magazine (Issue 3-2008) ... |
Full StoryITU Officials Course: London, GBR
18/02/09 - ITU Level II Technical Official Seminar - London, GBR (14-15 February, 2009) Forty-three participants from Great Britain and Ireland participated in the first ever ITU Level II Technical Official Seminar... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Incentives
13/02/09 - Another change from the World Anti-doping Agencys (WADAs) 2009 Code is incentives to come forward were strengthened from the 2003 Code. From WADAs Play True magazine (Issue 3-2008) the potential extent... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping News: Need for Greater Harmonization
04/02/09 - The 2003 World Anti-doping Agencys (WADAs) Code allowed for much more flexibility than the 2009 WADA Code that was put into effect on January 1st, 2009. One of the goals of the new Code is greater... |
Full StoryAnti-Doping Update: Specific Substances
29/01/09 - This weeks installment about Anti-Doping continues to highlight the changes to the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) Code which took effect on January 1st, 2009. This section will discuss the changes that... |
Full StoryIncreased Sanctions in Doping Cases
22/01/09 - The revised World Anti-doping Code (WADAC) came into effect on January 1st, 2009. The WADAC was always meant to be a living document which would change to meet the needs of an effective global... |
Full StoryCoaches attending World Championship Series & World Cup Events
21/01/09 - Beginning this season, National Federations must register coaches attending events in ITU’s Online Entry System in the same way athletes are entered. This pertains to the Dextro Energy Triathlon –... |
Full StoryNew 2009 Events added
16/01/09 - A slew of ITU events have been added to the 2009 season recently. Among those are a number of Continental Cups in Asia, Oceania, Pan America and Europe. Click here for a current list of all 2009... |
Full StoryWADA 2009 Prohibited List
16/01/09 - As of January 1st, 2009, ITU is bound by the WADA 2009 Prohibited List, which is an international standard that identifies Substances and Methods which are prohibited in-competition and out-of... |
Full StoryAYOF Opening Ceremonies
15/01/09 - Of the six members of the ITU Sport Development team at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, three of them had the honour of carrying their nations flags into the Opening Ceremonies on Wednesday evening... |
Full StoryITU Sport Development Down Under
14/01/09 - ITUs Sport Development team is in Sydney this week for the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF), a legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. ITU was invited to send a Sport Development team for the... |
Full StoryITU Seeks Communications Manager
10/01/09 - Position: ITU Communications Manager Start Date: Immediately Classification: Full-time staff employee Compensation: negotiable General Duties: - Report to ITU Director of Media and Television - Manage... |
Full StoryITU Registered Testing Pool
07/01/09 - The International Triathlon Union has announced its Registered Testing Pool (RTP) for the first quarter of 2009 (January 1 – March 31st, 2009). The athletes who are ranked in the top-50 of the world... |
Full StoryITU Asian Junior Select Camp
23/12/08 - The ITU Sport Development team will head to Singapore from March 16th to 23rd, 2009. A group of 25 athletes and coaches from the emerging and developing national federations in Asia will be selected to... |
Full StoryITU Athlete & Coach Scholarships
20/12/08 - The International Triathlon Union is now accepting applications for the 2009 ITU Sport Development Athlete and Coach Scholarships. The primary objective of the scholarship programme is to identify and... |
Full Story2009 TEAM ITU-SD
20/12/08 - The highly successful TEAM ITU-SD (formerly TEAM BG) programme is continuing in 2009 with four opportunities for athletes from developing and emerging federations. In 2009 a focus will be placed on... |
Full StoryThe BG Legacy
20/12/08 - As the 2008 triathlon season comes to a close, so too does one of the sports most beneficial partnerships to date. Over $5-million (US funds) was poured directly into the development of triathlon through... |
Full StoryITU Athlete & Coach Scholarships
19/12/08 - The International Triathlon Union is now accepting applications for the 2009 ITU Sport Development Athlete and Coach Scholarships. The primary objective of the scholarship programme is to identify and... |
Full StoryWCS & World Cup schedule available
18/12/08 - The calendar for the 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series and ITU World Cup Series is now available. Starting with the Mooloolaba ITU World Cup in Australia on March 29th,... |
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