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2012 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 One Result
09/11/12 - With such a large amount of stunning imagery, opinions and votes were pretty divided this week. In the end the week’s winner in the photo of the year series received 26% of the votes, just beating out... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Games: Highlights from the Men’s Race
08/08/12 - The men’s triathlon competition at London 2012 didn’t disappoint with an amazingly fast display of athleticism. As triathlon at the 2012 London Olympic Games comes to a close, we reflect on the men’s race... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Games: The Men’s Competition Social Wrap
07/08/12 - Alistair Brownlee, Javier Gomez and Jonathan Brownlee were already favourites, but put in some of the best performances of their already stellar careers to storm the Olympic podium. See the social... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Games: Men to watch
06/08/12 - The Brownlee brothers might be the overwhelming favourites in the men’s triathlon competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, but as history goes to show, nothing is certain in this event. Here is a... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Games: What the men said pre-race
06/08/12 - We spoke to some of the athletes who will compete in the Men’s Triathlon Competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, about their pre-race preparations, how the race will pan out, what they noticed from... |
Full StorySimon Whitfield named Canadian Olympic flag bearer for London 2012 Opening Ceremony
12/07/12 - Double Olympic medallist Simon Whitfield will be the Canadian Olympic Team flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Canadian Olympic Committee made the announcement today... |
Full Story2012 ITU World Cup season speeds up in Edmonton
03/07/12 - Triathlon returns to Edmonton for the second year in a row, and the eighth time in the last ten years, but this year there is a twist. The only Canadian stop on the ITU World Cup tour is a sprint distance... |
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 StoryCanada announces Olympic team for London 2012
12/06/12 - A group of five Canadian athletes are determined to deliver a knock-out punch when they step into the Olympic triathlon ring for the 2012 Games in London, July 27-August 12. Led by wily two-time Olympic... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Qualifying Update after San Diego
16/05/12 - The two-year ITU Olympic Qualification Period is almost at an end after the penultimate race in the city where triathlon was invented. The ITU World Triathlon San Diego held plenty of hopes and dreams,... |
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Jonathan Brownlee starts 2012 season with dominating win in San Diego
13/05/12 - Great Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee kicked off his Olympic season with a dominant performance in San Diego, winning his second ITU World Triathlon Series event ahead of Switzerland’s Sven Riederer and... |
Full StoryLondon Olympic qualifying update after Huatulco, before San Diego
10/05/12 - As the third race left in the official Olympic qualification period, the Huatulco ITU Triathlon World Cup always had the potential to impact the Olympic simulation in a major way. And while it didn’t... |
Full Story Sydney Pre-Race Press Conference Highlights
12/04/12 - ITU President Marisol Casado opened the first ITU World Triathlon Series pre-race press conference of 2012 at Dextro Energy Triathlon Sydney, with Helen Jenkins, Brendan Sexton, Emma Snowsill, Simon... |
Full StoryOlympic Qualification Update after Le Morne and Tateyama Continental Championships
11/04/12 - In the home straight of the London 2012 Olympics qualifying period, which officially closes on May 31st, we’ll take a look at the Olympics rankings simulator after every major race. This week it’s a... |
Full StoryCountdown to the 2011 Guatape ITU World Cup continues
19/10/11 - There are still 18 days until the 2011 Guatape ITU World Cup, but organisers, officials and supporters are already looking forward to the future after the announcement of the official 2012 ITU World Cup... |
Full Story Gold for Silva in Yokohama
19/09/11 - Portugal made pre-race headlines in the triathlon world with Vanessa Fernandes’s comeback but post-race focus will be centered around Joao Silva after he broke through for his first ever victory in 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 StoryBeijing Revisited: Looking back at the 2008 Olympic Games
31/08/11 - It’s been three years Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, when Australian Emma Snowsill and German Jan Frodeno became the third set of triathlon gold medallists in Olympic history. As we head back to Beijing for... |
Full StoryOne year to go until Triathlon at the London 2012 Olympic Games
04/08/11 - Exactly one year from today the best female triathletes in the world will dive into The Serpentine in the battle for Olympic gold. Which means it is the perfect time to revisit triathlon’s history in the... |
Full StoryFindlay headlines at home as ITU World Cup circuit returns to Edmonton
06/07/11 - The ITU World Cup circuit returns to Edmonton for the first time in four years, a perfect time to see home grown star Paula Findlay in the best form of her career. The last time there was a World Cup... |
Full StoryQ&A with Simon Whitfield
16/05/11 - We asked you via our Facebook page to submit your questions to Canadian legend Simon Whitfield. He took some time out between training sessions to answer a selection of them. Each week we’ll have another... |
Full StoryTwitter Round-up with the Stars of ITU
10/02/11 - Some of them have been training, more have been watching the Superbowl, a couple of them have been hanging out with skateboard legend Tony Hawk, and even one of them has discovered that she is one of the... |
Full StoryInside Triathlon magazine’s - 15 Greatest Male Triathletes of All-Time
08/02/11 - A bevy of past and current ITU stars dominated Inside Triathlon magazine’s list of the 15 Greatest Male Triathletes of All-Time. Two-time World Champion Javier Gomez (ESP) and 2009 Series Champion... |
Full StoryOff-season with the stars of ITU
25/01/11 - While many of us are still dusting off the New Year’s cobwebs, ITU’s elite athletes are busy preparing for another exhilarating season of racing. Most have been training, some have been racing and... |
Full StoryNew Gold Group Announced Today
22/06/10 - Today ITU announced the Gold Group members for the second part of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series. The group of 20 athletes includes established triathlon legends as well as... |
Full Story Ones To Watch in Sydney
05/04/10 - The Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series kicks off on Sunday in Sydney, with the world’s fastest triathletes ready to begin the quest to become the 2010 world champion. While a strong... |
Full Story Video Feature: 2008 Medallists Relive the Beijing Olympic Triathlon
18/03/10 - We caught up with the men’s 2008 Olympic Triathlon medallists before last year’s Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Washington D.C. race to walk through the final moments of the race in... |
Full StoryTwo-time Olympic medalist, Simon Whitfield, to lead strong Canadian team in 2010.
20/01/10 - Canada’s high-performance triathletes are charging into the 2010 season replete with veteran leadership and podium potential. Building on one of the most successful seasons for Canada’s senior-level... |
Full StoryWhitfield Targets Cross Country
26/11/09 - If you can’t beat them, join them. That seems to be the motivation for Canada’s Simon Whitfield this off-season as the double Olympic medallist looks to get back on terms with Alistair Brownlee who... |
Full StoryWhitfield Starts Vancouver Torch Relay
02/11/09 - The Vancouver Winter Olympic flame began its epic 45,000-kilometre journey around Canada, as double Olympic triathlon medallist Simon Whitfield lit the torch with speed skater Catriona Le May Doan in... |
Full StoryWhitfield and Groves Canadian Champs
22/08/09 - Lauren Groves and Simon Whitfield are the 2009 Kelowna ITU Triathlon Pan American Premium Cup winners and Canadian National Champions. The two ITU stars used superior race tactics to win the national... |
Full Story Whitfield gets Beijing Revenge
27/06/09 - Canadian Simon Whitfields renown sprint finish did not let him down today at the Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup. In what seemed like a replay from the Beijing Olympic Games, four men came into the finish... |
Full StoryStellar Field at Hy-vee Elite Cup
20/06/09 - The ITU circuit moves across the USA from Washington, DC to Des Moines, Iowa for the Hy-Vee Triathlon Elite Cup and Triathlon Team World Championships. Watch live coverage now. With the largest prize... |
Full StoryWashington, DC live Coverage
17/06/09 - Watch this Sunday’s Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series races live and in high resolution with the ITU’s live coverage player via www.triathlon.org/tv. Men’s race: 09:10 in... |
Full Story Washington, DC - Men’s Preview
15/06/09 - The top four men from last year’s Beijing Olympic Games are in Washington, DC this weekend to do battle once again. Their incredible sprint finish encapsulated the excitement and ferocity of triathlon... |
Full StoryCanada Set Out 2012 Plans
08/06/09 - At a press conference held in Vancouver on Monday, Triathlon Canada unveiled a team who they hope can bring further Olympic medal success in 2012. The organisation has recruited an enhanced Canadian-made... |
Full StoryIn Profile: Simon Whitfield (CAN)
01/05/09 - The Beijing Olympic Games silver medallist Simon Whitfield is in a relaxed mood ahead of this weekend’s opening race of the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series in Tongyeong,... |
Full StoryAtkinson Returns to Ishigaki
20/04/09 - The picturesque Japanese island of Ishigaki welcomes triathlon back to its shores for the fourteenth time this weekend as the ITU Triathlon World Cup circuit descends on the longest standing World Cup... |
Full Story20yrs of ITU: World Cup Success
14/04/09 - This week we dive into the record books to look back on the ITU Triathlon World Cup Series’ past champions and record-holders. Since 1991 there have been 206 world cups held in all corners of the globe. ... |
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