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Marquee names set for Geelong Sprint Oceania Cup this weekend

10/02/12 - An impressive line-up that includes a host of past Olympians, World Series and World Cup winners will be seen at the 2012 Geelong ITU Sprint Triathlon Premium Oceania Cup in what will be a season opener for... |

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Auckland World Cup Press Conference Highlights

18/11/11 - After tackling bike familiarisation on Friday morning, plenty of talk at the pre-race press conference centered around just how tough the 2011 Auckland ITU World Cup bike course will be this Sunday. New... |

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French form continues in Morocco at the Agadir African Cup

15/11/11 - The French team finished their season on a high by almost producing a clean podium sweep in the 2011 Agadir ITU Triathlon African Cup this week. After winning three out of the last four World Cup titles, the... |

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2011 ITU World Cup series to finish on a high in Auckland

14/11/11 - The 2011 ITU World Cup series wraps up this weekend, with a return to one of the strongest triathlon nations in the world. From the first ITU World Champion, Erin Baker, to Hamish Carter, Samantha Warriner,... |

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Athletes join together to support WADA’s Say No! To Doping campaign

10/08/11 - The biggest stars of ITU Triathlon have a message and now they are ready to share it, after the official launch of WADA’s Say NO! To Doping campaign video in London. A year out from the London 2012 Olympic... |

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Twitter update from ITU Stars

26/02/11 - In our weekly check-up on ITU’s athletes in cyberspace this week, we find out what news has been dominating the athletes’ Twitter conversation. Huge outpourings of sympathy for the victims of the Christchurch... |

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Team Profile: France

21/05/10 - Triathlon has a long history in France. ITU was founded in Avignon, France in 1989. Avignon hosted the first ITU World Championship that same year. San Diego is credited with hosting the first modern triathlon,... |

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Vidal, Hewitt Win in Wellington

13/03/10 - Andrea Hewitt and Laurent Vidal are partners in life and shared the titles in Wellington today at the final round of the Contact Tri Series with national standard distance and ITU Oceania honours on the... |

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Ranked 5 - Laurent Vidal, FRA

02/09/09 - Laurent Vidal is one of the breakthroughs of 2009, the Frenchman proving that his third place at the Huatulco World Cup in Mexico towards the end of 2008 was no fluke by contesting six of the seven rounds of... |

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Frodeno Gets First Win in Japan

23/08/09 - Reigning Olympic Champion, Jan Frodeno of Germany, finally claimed his first major win outside of the Olympic Games today at the Yokohama Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series event in a... |

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Brownlee Unstoppable in London

15/08/09 - The unstoppable Alistair Brownlee again showed he is the real deal taking his fourth Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series win in four starts in front of an elated home crowd in London,... |

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Hat Trick for Brownlee in Austria

11/07/09 - Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee made it three out of three with victory at the Kitzbühel Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series in Austria. The 21 year old remains unbeaten in the series... |

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Athletes Warm Up Across Europe

25/05/09 - At the opening Fédération Française de Triathlon Grand Prix (French Triathlon Federation Grand Prix) race in Dunkerque, Laurent Vidal from France and Will Clarke from Britain, crossed the line together to... |

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In Profile: Laurent Vidal, FRA

23/04/09 - Vidal Laurent started the 2008 season with a virus, but after fifth place finishes at Richards Bay (South Africa) and Kitzbühel (Austria), and eighth in Madrid (Spain), he took his first World Cup podium... |

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Atkinson Wins on Home Soil

29/03/09 - Australia’s Courtney Atkinson won his home race at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast in a time of 1:52:05 to kick start his 2009 season. Kris Gemmell from New Zealand ran strongly for second to prevent Brad... |

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