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Event organizers report ideal weather conditions in Wildhaus for tomorrow's ITU Winter Triathlon World Championships. The elite races begin at 9:00 am local time (8:00 am GMT) on Saturday, March 13 and the Age Group, Junior and Relay Events take place on Sunday, March 14. Live coverage will be available on www.triathlon.org - visit the site for complete results, photos and stories. Further coverage will also be available on www.sportradio.ch, the new webbased radio station. Sigrid Lang (GER) and Patrick Kuril (SVK) are the pre- race favorites, but there is a strong field including some past winter world champions. The course involves a 5.6 km run, 10.4 km bike and 7.5 km ski in the Gamserugg Ski Area of Wildhaus. The complete start list is now available on www.triathlon.org. |
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 ITU Official Apparel Supplier  World Cup Series T-shirts available here 
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We hope all National Federations received the NF Survey sent yesterday from ITU President Les McDonald. If you did not receive this survey please email ituhdq@triathlon.org This
survey will play an important role in shaping ITU for the next Olympiad
and we want to hear from every National Federation. A special Congratulations
to the Cayman Islands and Denmark who have already completed and returned
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Hugh McAtamney, President of Triathlon Ireland writes: We have hired ourfirst administrator/general secretary. Her name is Estelle Birdy and her emailaddress is info@triathlonireland.com We'd like to welcome Estelle to the ITU family and congratulate TriathlonIreland for moving to the next level of sport administration. |
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Liesbeth Stoltz; President ATU Writes: The African Triathlon Union will celebrate the Olympic year by hosting the ITU African Regional Triathlon Championships at Club Mykonos, a resort with a touch of Greece on the sun drenched west coast of South Africa. A cool swim in the protected yacht harbour, a technical cycle route with a typical Athens hill and a challenging run will test strength and skill of the local African and visiting International Triathletes. Registration and pre race briefings are on Friday 26 March, race day is on Saturday 27 March and on Sunday there will be a special Elite athlete breakfast.
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Federations must obtain a password from - newsletter@trimadeira2004.com Tickets are now available for Pasta Party, Award Ceremony and Women's Breakfast. |
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Courtesy Salford Organizing Committe Following on from Salford’s first, highly successful, ITU World Cup last year and triathlon’s tremendous debut at the XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester 2002, 25 July 2004 sees the ITU return to Salford for the UK’s second Triathlon World Cup event following the same exceptional course.
Not only is this the same course that attracted over 100,000 spectators in 2002 and has proved so popular with triathletes from around the world, but the race is also coordinated by the same acclaimed organisational team led by Race Director John Lunt of Human Race Events.
With
athletes always at the forefront of our planning, our aim is to ensure
that you have all the information you need to provide for and prepare
your athletes effectively. This is the first of three bulletins that
will be distributed to National Triathlon Federations before the event
as follows:
The purpose of this first bulletin is to convey all the essential information you need to plan and prepare for the UK’s greatest race.
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Travelling Arrangement: Getting to Manchester could not be simpler. Manchester Airport is one of the world’s top 20 international airports with direct flights to many of the world’s major cities. The airport is 20-30 minutes drive from both Manchester city centre and Salford Quays and dedicated transport between the airport and the official hotel(s) will be provided for both arrivals and departures (subject to pre-booking prior to arrival).
The Official Hotel: The official hotel is the Copthorne Hotel. This is a 4 star hotel adjacent to the Quays and just ten minutes walk from the race start/finish. A special rate of £65 (115 $US) per room per night is available whether occupied by one or two people. This rate includes full English breakfast. To book your accommodation please contact: tony.hill@mill-cop.com and quote ‘Salford ITU Triathlon World Cup’.
Also, this year the 10 highest world ranked men and the 10 highest world ranked women who are entered for the event at 1July 2004 will receive free accommodation for up to four nights at The Lowry – a superb 5 star hotel in Manchester city centre and the venue for the Friday ‘carbo’ party.
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What next? Put the date in your diary and look out for Bulletin No.2 to be published in time for the World Championships in Madeira in May. John Lunt will also be out in Madeira to answer any questions you may have. In the meantime, should you have any email queries or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact John Lunt, Peter Knowles or the team at the Triathlon Helpline, as above. |
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