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Q&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... |
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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. ... |
Full StoryWhitfield welcomes winter athletes
13/02/09 - Beijing Olympic silver medallist and Sydney gold medallist Simon Whitfield was a part of the ceremony to officially invite the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the world to attend the 2010 Olympic... |
Full Story2008 in Review: The Olympics
02/01/09 - Year In Review: Olympic Games The womens and mens triathlon competitions at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games were rousing successes, not just for the six medallists but for the entire sport of triathlon.... |
Full StoryFrodeno Crowned Olympic Champ
19/08/08 - German athlete Jan Frodeno unleashed a brilliantly timed sprint to take the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games gold medal in a time of 1:48:53 only 50 metres from the line. Previously this year I have lost all... |
Full StoryOlympic Odyssey: The Warm Up
17/08/08 - Former World Number one Chris Hill takes us to Beijing through the athletes eyes Some of the athletes racing in the Beijing Olympic Games triathlon tested out the Ming Tomb Reservoir course in an... |
Full StoryBeijing Spotlight: Team Canada
17/08/08 - For the first time Canada will field a full team of three men and three women at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Qualifying was finalised two months ago after the Vancouver BG Triathlon World... |
Full Story Henning Defends Hy-Vee Title
22/06/08 - Denmarks Rasmus Henning has successfully defended his title in Des Moines, winning todays Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon World Cup by an 8-second margin over New Zealands Bevan Docherty and Australian Greg Bennett... |
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