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2017 ITU Hall of Fame Joop van Zanten
Joop van Zanten is a Dutch triathlon pioneer, whose contribution has brought the sport of triathlon to what it is today. With his endless commitment and vision, Joop played a key role in establishing and formalising triathlon organisations.Joop contributed to the formation of the Dutch Triathlon Bond in 1987 and was the first President until 1999, when he stepped down in order to enjoy more time participating in sporting events. Joop paved the way for triathlon in order to formalise, regulate and increase the accessibility of the sport.
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2017 ITU Hall of Fame Jackie Fairweather
ackie Fairweather was a World Champion Australian triathlete and long-distance runner. Fairweather began competing in triathlon in 1992, and won the elite Australian National Series in her first season. She spent eight years as a professional triathlete and in 1996 she became ITU World Triathlon Champion in Cleveland, Ohio, setting a championship record time of 1 hour 50 minutes 52 seconds. She also won the ITU World Duathlon Championships in 1996 to become the only person ever to win both world titles in the same year.Fairweather won the ITU Duathlon World Championships again in 1999, but narrowly missed repeating the double in the Triathlon World Championship, after finishing 2nd to Loretta Harrop.Fairweather collected further World Championship silver medals in 1995 and 1997, and won the bronze medal in the marathon in the 2002 Commonwealth Games (after finishing 11th in her first ever marathon in Boston).
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2017 ITU Hall of Fame Carl Thomas
Thomas was the Vice President of marketing at Speedo Swimwear in 1982, where he then joined Jim Curl to create the U.S. Triathlon Series. The triathlon series quickly spread from the original five cities to 12 nationwide. The format of the series and the distance was considered ideal for Olympic competition, and Thomas predicted that by the time triathlon was an Olympic sport, “hundreds of thousands of athletes will have competed at the Olympic distance” worldwide.In 1984, he founded CAT Sports Inc., creating network televised special events for a number of sports and acting as the executive producer of over 25 televised triathlon events for ESPN, NBC and other national syndications. Thomas also served as the first Treasurer of the International Triathlon Union and has served as a pioneer in the triathlon community.
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2017 ITU Hall of Fame Barb Lindquist
Barbara Metz Lindquist (born July 1, 1969 in Wilmington, Delaware) began swimming aged eight, and was eventually recruited to swim at Stanford University, where she was a member of the 1989 NCAA Championship Team. Swimming for the US National Team she won a gold and three silver medals in the 1987 & 1991 Pan American Games. She was a finalist in three events (200m free, 400m free, 800m free) at the 1988 Swimming Olympic Trials. After graduating from Stanford with a B.A. in Human Biology in 1991, she gradually moved into Triathlon, becoming one of the sport’s most consistent performers. Of her 134 career races, she won 33, stood on the podium 86 times, and had 114 top 10 finishes.Barb represented the USA in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, placing 9th. She was a member of the USA Triathlon Team for the ITU World Championships for 10 straight years, with her best finish being a silver medal in 2002 in Cancun, Mexico. Barb’s consistency in racing solidified her as the #1 World ranked ITU triathlete from February 2003 through 2004, a spot held longer than any other male or female in the sport.
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2017 Rotterdam GF - Womens second swim leg
2017 Rotterdam GF - Womens Second Swim Leg
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2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam - U23 Women’s Highlights
Showcasing a strong bike and an even stronger run, USA’s Tamara Gorman finished first to become the 2017 U23 Women’s World Champion in Rotterdam
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2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam - Junior Men’s Highlights
Aussie Matthew Hauser added another world championship title to his resume after claiming victory as the Junior World Champion at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final. While in July he was a member of the Mixed Relay World Championship team where he earned his first world gold, Hauser repeated his success by delivering a dominating performance in the grand final to collect his second world title of the year, this time in the junior men’s race.
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2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam - U23 Men’s Highlights
Screaming with excitement as he grabbed the finish line, France’s Raphael Montoya was named the U23 Men’s World Champion at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam.
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2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam - Junior Women’s Highlights
In a dominating performance showcasing once again her power on the bike, USA’s Taylor Knibb claimed a repeat junior women’s title at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam
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2017 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships
Twelve world titles went up for grab today in Rotterdam at the 2017 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships, with 163 paratriathletes competing in all six classes, and with Great Britain getting the most out of the day, grabbing a total of eight medals, followed by USA with six and Australia with four. Parathletes covered a sprint-distance course featuring a 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike and 5-kilometer run
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2017 ITU Multisport Festival Wrap
The inaugural ITU Multisport World Championships Festival completed on August 27 after a successful ten-day event in Penticton, Canada that drew in over 3,000 athletes from all over the world to compete in five different multisport competitions.After over two years of preparation and planning, the success of the first-ever event was evident as the city of Penticton saw 507 medals awarded among age group, junior, under-23, elite and paratriathlon levels. Ten gold medals were also awarded as ten elite men and women were named Multisport World Champions.
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2017 Karlovy Vary ITU World Cup - Elite Women’s Highlights
Australian Gillian Backhouse won the first ever edition of the ITU Karlovy Vary World Cup after a dominant race, showcasing a magnificient swim, a strong bike and a consistent run in the hills and cobbled streets of the Czech Republic town. Cheered on by the local crowds, local triathlete Vendula Frintova crossed the finish line in second, while American Summer Cook finished third.
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2017 Karlovy Vary ITU World Cup - Elite Men’s Highlights
It was a day of firsts in Karlovy Vary for the inaugural ITU World Cup. First time ever Gustav Iden (NOR) has won a World Cup, with an impressive performance, and another first Tayler Reid (NZL) got on the podium in a World Cup, as he finished third. Completing the podium, veteran Italian, Alessandro Fabian, got his first podium of the season after some months off racing following the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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2017 WTS Stockholm Men Highlights ITA
Jonathan Brownlee ritorna alla vittoria a Stoccolma, dopo i due quarti posti di Edmonton e Montreal. Una gara al comando fino dalla frazione a nuoto per il britannico, che ritrova finalmente la giusta forma, dopo i problemi fisici degli ultimi mesi
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2017 WTS Stockholm Women Highlights ITA
Quinta vittoria in stagione per l'atleta di Bermuda Flora Duffy, che domina la corsa infliggendo grandi distacchi a tutte le avversarie. Ottimo nono posto per Alice Betto delle Fiamme Oro
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2017 Stockholm Women Highlights - ESP
Flora Duffy (VER) se convirtió en la segunda mujer en la historia de la ITU en haber ganado cinco carreras de la Serie Mundial de Triatlón en una misma temporada. Duffy se adjudicó el título del evento Mundial de Triatlón Estocolmo 2017 y aseguró su primer puesto en el ranking de la SMT y llegará a la Gran Final de Rotterdam con 4000 puntos, dispuesta a retener su corona mundial.
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2017 Stockholm Men Highlights - ESP
Jonathan Brownlee se adjudicó su primer triunfo en el año con una actuación perfecta en el Triatlón Mundial ITU Estocolmo 2017. “Nadé muy bien, me pude escapar en bicicleta, presioné a pie “, dijo después de la carrera. Una combinación perfecta para redimir su cuarto lugar en las últimas dos competencias. Los medallistas de plata y bronce fueron Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) y Pierre Le Corre (FRA), que definieron las colocaciones con un sprint final.
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2017 Penticton ITU Long Distance World Championships - Elite Women’s Highlights
Executing a phenomenal run performance in her first ITU long distance event of her career, Aussie Sarah Crowley was crowned victorious at the 2017 Penticton ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championship.
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