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The 2013 WTS season by the numbers
27/03/13 - The 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series was the biggest yet, with 16 incredible races across eight major cities in eight different countries - and 11 different winners. Here we delve into some of the most... |
Full StoryLisa Norden’s letter of gratitude
19/02/13 - In the height of Olympic and World Championship excitement, when athletes etch their names in history books and impress legendary images on our minds, it’s easy to forget the scores of people who make... |
Full Story2012 highlights: The 2012 Season in Numbers
03/01/13 - The Olympics were obviously a major highlight of the 2012 ITU year, but overall it was a huge year for triathlon’s development worldwide - with a large number of firsts. Here we try to capture just some... |
Full Story2012 Highlights: Most radical runs of the year
28/12/12 - In the final installment highlighting the best stand-alone discipline performances of 2012, we take a look at some of the most mind-blowing runs we saw this year. Take a look at these phenomenal displays... |
Full Story2012 Highlights: Outstanding Olympic races
19/12/12 - It’s impossible to talk about highlights from the 2012 triathlon season without talking about the biggest event of the year – the Olympics. It was, without a doubt, the central focus of the year with... |
Full Story2012 Photo of the Year - Week Seven: Yokohama
16/12/12 - As the penultimate stop on the ITU World Triathlon Series, Yokohama was the site of gut wrenching efforts to clench critical world championship points. The women’s race saw a grueling battle between... |
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2012 Highlights: Smashing sprint finishes
13/12/12 - This season we were treated to a number of sprint finishes. Heart pounding, nerve racking, nail biting, awe-inspiring all out sprint finishes. In this week’s review of the best moments from 2012, we... |
Full Story2012 Photo of the Year - Week Six: Stockholm
09/12/12 - In Stockholm’s debut appearance as an ITU World Triathlon Series event, an Olympic star studded line up turned out for the sprint race. Just weeks after the Games, competition was anything but lacking, as... |
Full StoryNorden awarded prestigious Swedish sport accolade
04/12/12 - Lisa Norden (SWE) was recently awarded the most prestigious annual sport award in Sweden for her impressive 2012 triathlon season. The award, named the Bragdguldet, is awarded to Sweden’s top athlete of... |
Full Story 2012 Highlights: Alistair returns to top form as Kitzbühel podium predicts London medallists
28/11/12 - Nestled in the Austrian Alps, Kitzbühel was the last ITU Olympic distance race prior to London 2012. It served as one of the final opportunities for the elites to compete against each other and fine tune... |
Full Story2012 Highlights: Year of the sprint
15/11/12 - One of the defining characteristics of this year’s World Triathlon Series and World Cup races were the number of sprint distances that appeared on the calendar. With half the distance, the five sprints... |
Full Story2012 ITU World Triathlon Series wrap up with highlights from Auckland
24/10/12 - The 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series season is a wrap. This year’s world champions conquered Auckland and have returned home victorious, but the next triathlon season is just around the corner. Before we... |
Full Story Germany’s Haug grabs Grand Final title while Norden crowned 2012 World Champion
20/10/12 - Germany’s Anne Haug overcame a tough course and stiff opposition to win the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in Auckland on Saturday. The victory was the finishing touch to her breakthrough... |
Full Story Pre-Race Press Conference Highlights from Auckland World Triathlon Grand Final
19/10/12 - The tough course, the weather conditions and the world championship titles were the topics the top triathletes tackled as they met the press in New Zealand on Friday. The four athletes most likely to vie... |
Full StoryAuckland Grand Final Elite Women Preview: Densham and Norden set for duel
16/10/12 - After eight line-to-line battles from Oceania to North America to Europe to Asia and back to Oceania, it all comes down to this – one leg-crushing, gut-wrenching, tenacity-testing scenic race in... |
Full Story2012 Auckland Grand Final Preview: What’s in store for the week
12/10/12 - The 2012 season has produced endless action, including photo finishes at the London Olympic Games and a final flurry of changes to the ITU World Triathlon Series leader boards in the last two races. Now... |
Full Story Lisa Norden continues hot streak in Yokohama
29/09/12 - Just like the London 2012 Olympic Games, the top spot of the podium at the ITU World Triathlon Yokohama came down to a phenomenal sprint finish. But this time Sweden’s Lisa Norden would not be denied... |
Full Story2012 Yokohama Pre-race Press Conference Highlights
28/09/12 - Olympic medallists Lisa Norden (SWE), Erin Densham (AUS) and Javier Gomez (ESP) along with 2011 Yokohama WTS gold medallist Joao Silva (POR) met with media at the event’s official pre-race press... |
Full StoryPreview: Crucial WTS Points on the line at ITU World Triathlon Yokohama
24/09/12 - With the Grand Final of the ITU World Triathlon Series fast approaching, precious WTS rankings points are at stake at the penultimate stop in Yokohama this weekend. Andrea Hewitt (NZL) returns from a... |
Full Story Lisa Norden thrills home crowd with ITU World Triathlon Series Stockholm win
25/08/12 - Sweden’s Lisa Norden gave the home crowd what they were hoping for, a win on home soil as she claimed her third ITU World Triathlon Series win in a dominant all around performance in Stockholm on... |
Full StoryITU World Triathlon and Mixed Relay Stockholm Press Conference Highlights
24/08/12 - Three London 2012 Olympic Games medallists, Spain’s Javier Gomez, Australia’s Erin Densham, Sweden’s Lisa Norden, plus Swedish national men’s champion exp:tag_this}Per Wangel{/exp:tag_this}, spoke to the... |
Full StoryITU World Triathlon Series debuts in Stockholm this weekend
20/08/12 - The Olympic Games may be a wrap for another four years, but racing action is far from over in the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series. With just three events left on this year’s circuit, competition continues... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Games: The talking points from a thrilling women’s race
05/08/12 - The fourth edition of the women’s triathlon competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games was the closest Olympic medal race yet, with the gold and silver decided by a photo finish for the first time, but... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Games: The Women’s Competition Social Wrap
04/08/12 - It was the closest race in the history of the triathlon competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, and the stellar finish had social media in a stir. Here we capture the best tweets of the day.[View... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Games: Spirig Sprints to First Olympic Gold
04/08/12 - The women’s Olympic triathlon competition was met with grey skies, wetsuit temperature water, and a slick course that challenged athletes every step of the way. While the past three Olympic Games have... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Games: Elite Women’s Preview
30/07/12 - The triathlon competition at the Olympics has produced its fair share of surprises in its first three appearances, and it could happen again in 2012. While there are some notable favourites in the women’s... |
Full Story Sensational Spirig golden again in Kitzbühel
23/06/12 - Swiss star Nicola Spirig showed off her brilliant finishing kick again as she powered to her second straight victory in the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series today in Kitzbühel, Austria and continued her... |
Full StoryITU’s seventh year in Kitzbühel, Austria
22/06/12 - The 2012 ITU World Triathlon Kitzbühel welcomes the seventh year of ITU racing in the picturesque Austrian town. Home to the legendary Hahnenkamm and one of the most storied downhill ski races in the... |
Full StoryCelebrating ten years of ITU racing in Madrid
28/05/12 - This weekend’s 2012 ITU World Triathlon Madrid not only marked the tenth anniversary of ITU racing in the Spanish capital, but also officially ended the London 2012 qualification period. Switzerland’s... |
Full Story Lisa Norden on racing at home as Stockholm event launches
22/03/12 - Stockholm was recently announced as the host for the sixth round of the ITU World Triathlon Series and today the Swedish Triathlon Federation launched the event at the press conference in Stockholm. And... |
Full StoryTeam ITU celebrates five-year anniversary at Auckland World Cup
18/11/11 - A little over five years ago, ITU Development Director Libby Burrell decided to act on a trend she spotted. Triathletes from smaller, developing National Federations (NFs) were competing at World Cup... |
Full StoryNorden looks back on Yokohama Victory in 2009
17/09/11 - It was one of the most captivating reactions to victory and unforgettable photos in recent memory – Lisa Norden’s look of unbridled joy as she approached the finish line to claim victory in Yokohama... |
Full StoryYokohama pre-race Press Conference Highlights
16/09/11 - The last champion in Yokohama Lisa Norden (SWE) and this year’s Australian break-out stars Emma Jackson (AUS) and Brendan Sexton (AUS) met with the media at the official pre-race press conference for the... |
Full StoryYokohama Preview: A new Dextro Energy Triathlon Series begins on Monday
13/09/11 - It might still technically be 2011, but the 2012 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series kicks off in Yokohama this weekend. The Yokohama round was originally scheduled for May, but... |
Full Story Helen Jenkins wins second ITU world title, as Andrea Hewitt steals the show with Grand Final win
11/09/11 - New Zealand’s Andrea Hewitt capped off her season of consistency with a breakthrough victory at today’s Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Grand Final Beijing, bringing her second in the... |
Full Story Keeping up with Lisa Norden on the bike in Madrid
06/06/11 - We mounted a camera under the seat of Lisa Norden’s bike to get a closer look at the action out on the 40km bike course in Madrid. Be sure to catch the highlights from the action from T1 to T2. The bike... |
Full StorySydney Press Conference Highlights
08/04/11 - There was a buzz of excitement in the air at the Dextro Energy Series ITU World Championship Series press conference in Sydney’s beautiful Hyde Park on Friday. Season-starting excitement, fitness, Olympic... |
Full Story Who will be the 2011 ITU World Champion? Women’s Preview
30/03/11 - It’s that time of the year again; a time for legends to be made; a time for champions to be challenged and a time for the best racing triathlon has to offer. The Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World... |
Full StoryThe ITU recognises 100 years of International Women’s Day
08/03/11 - The ITU has always been a proud supporter of women in sport and today it celebrates the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day by showing how triathlon is leading the way. According to ITU race... |
Full StoryTwitter 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... |
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