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ROTH, Germany (February 22, 2012) - The Challenge Family global series of long distance triathlons today announced a partnership with the European Triathlon Union (ETU) that will see Challenge Kraichgau and Challenge Roth host the Long Distance Triathlon European Championships in 2012.
Challenge Kraichgau (10 June 2012) is Europe’s largest half iron distance event and will host the 2012 Kraichgau ETU Challenge Half Distance Triathlon European Championships for Elite and Age Group athletes over the 1.9km/90km/21km distance. Challenge Roth (8 July 2012) is renowned as the home of European triathlon and is the largest iron distance race in the world. Roth will host the 2012 Roth ETU Challenge Long Distance Triathlon European Championships for Elite and Age Group athletes over the 3.8km/180km/42.2km distance.
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Vancouver, Canada (February 2012) - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is pleased to announce the 42 Technical Officials who will oversee and officiate the triathlon competition at the London Olympic Games. The selected officials hail from a record number of nations, with 25 different countries represented, three more than at the Beijing Olympic Games.
Since Beijing 2008, the selected group of technical officials has overseen a combined 190 events at the ITU World Triathlon Series, World Championships and World Cups.
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Lance Armstrong is shinning a massive spotlight on the sport of triathlon, and that could possibly include the 2012 Ironman World Championships set for October in Kona, Hawaii this year.
"We want to investigate opportunities to be able to potentially put parts of the race live, something that has never been done in the U.S.," Messick said in an interview yesterday in San Diego, California, where he is attending the Triathlon America Business of Triathlon conference. "Lance brings a spotlight to our sport that’s brighter perhaps than anything that has ever happened."
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San Diego, Calif. and Washington, DC – February 20, 2012 – Competitor Group, Inc. (CGI), the leading media and event resource in the active lifestyle industry, today announced the acquisition of the Nation’s Triathlon and a multi-year partnership with Washington Sports & Event Management, LLC (WSEM).
One of the largest triathlons in the United States, the Nation’s Triathlon To Benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is known as the premier multisport event in the mid-Atlantic region, and the only triathlon in the country dedicated to building awareness and raising money for the treatment of leukemia and blood-related cancers. The 2012 race is set for Sunday, September 9.
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A new study by Active.com released today has found that Triathlons are addictive. The study concluded that, "96% of current triathletes indicate they plan on participating in another triathlon."
Active.com surveyed 1700 members of its network and also found that:
" - Women continue to be a key growth component in the sport - 55% of newcomers identified in the study are female.
- Triathlons are addictive - 96% of current triathletes indicate they plan on participating in another triathlon.
- Triathletes are well-educated - 90% of triathletes have attained some level of higher education.
- Family support is important - 43% of all triathletes travel with their family.
- There is a "tribe" mentality - triathlon appeals to a core group of consumers with common motivations and beliefs."
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The Czech Republic's Lucie Zelenkova proved that she has what it takes to win in the scorching heat and humidity of the inaugural Ironman Sri Lanka 70.3 this weekend.
Zelenkova combined the best swim of the day with the second best bike and run to cross the finishline first in a time of 4:30:17.
Four minutes behind her across the line was Germany's Katja Rabe followed by Christie Sym in third place in 4:36:38.
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Faris Al-Sultan won the inaugural Sri Lanka 70.3 this weekend topping Kiwi Triathlete Bryan Rhodes by seven and a half minutes. Al-Sultan took the lead of the race on the run and never looked back winning the men's race in 3:5139. Rounding out the podium was Alessandro Degasperi of Italy.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Triathlon legends Mark Allen, Scott Molina and Scott Tinley, who combined to win nine Ironman World Championship titles over the course of their decorated careers, highlight the fourth class of the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame.
Also selected in this year's class were top age-grouper Ethel Autorino and contributors Bob Babbitt and Sally Edwards.
Allen, Molina and Tinley, along with previous USA Triathlon Hall of Fame inductee Dave Scott, are commonly referred to as triathlon's "Big Four."
All six inductees will be honored at a banquet on Thursday, May 10 at the Bahia Resort Hotel in San Diego to open the ITU World Triathlon San Diego race weekend. Ticket information will be available on usatriathlon.org in the near future. This exclusive event, which has sold out in each of the past three years, will be limited to 250 attendees.
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"He's one of the guys you're going to have to go through to win the race," said Australian defending Hawaiian Ironman triathlon champion Craig Alexander in a recent interview.
Alexander went on to talk about Lance Armstrong after the seven time World Champion took second place at the IM 70.3 triathlon race in Panama this past weekend:
"He's one of the greatest endurance athletes ever, isn't he, last time I checked? Lance showed he's not mucking around."
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The 2012 Fisker Karma Plug-in Hybrid is like no other car on this earth. It is stunningly beautiful, very expensive, and if you plug it in every night and don't drive over 40 miles, it can also be very green.
It is the first green luxury sports sedan that is solely propelled only by two electric motors. Of course the Karma also has a gasoline engine to charge up the battery when the juice gets low so you can drive it about 300 miles on a tank full like a traditional car.
The Karma is also very big and very heavy. At over 5000 pounds it owns the road (and it should) because it costs a little bit over 100K. Check out this California first drive review (from our sister blog TFLcar.com)
If you like endurance and films about great endurance you'll like Unbreakable: The Western States 100. This movie documants one of the greatest and most well established running ultra -aces in America.
According to Wikipedia:
"The Western States Endurance Run, known commonly as the Western States 100, is a 100-mile long (161 km) ultramarathon that takes place on trails in California's Sierra Nevada annually, on the last weekend of June. The race starts at the base of the Squaw Valley ski resort and finishes at the Placer High School track in Auburn, California. Runners climb a cumulative total of 18000 feet (5500 m) and descend a total of 23000 feet (7000 m) on mountain trails before reaching the finish.
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Vancouver, Canada (February, 16 2012) Spain's Roger Roca Dalmau has been awarded the 2011 ITU Duathlon World Championship title after Portugal's Sergio Silva was stripped of his gold medal following an Anti-Doping rule violation in an in-competition doping control test at the 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships in Spain. A six-month suspension was imposed on Silva and all ranking points and prize money must be returned.
Subsequently, the results from the elite men's race have been amended with Roca Dalmau now as the gold medallist, Victor Manuel Del Corral Morales (ESP) will move to silver medal position and Benoit Nicolas (FRA) will be awarded the bronze medal. All other athletes in the 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships men's elite race will also move up one position. All prize money will be adjusted accordingly.
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