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Triathlon Australian Appoints new Board Member in the Wake of Selection Dramas
Triathlon Australia has copped a bit of flak by some sections of the triathlon media recently over the delay in selecting the team for London 2012. Many in Australia’s triathlon community are unsure why a team has not yet been selected. Hopefully the release below from TA outlining the selection criteria will clear up a [...]
Three of Australia’s most Celebrated Female Triathletes Acknowledged with Highest Honour
Three of Australia’s most celebrated female triathletes Jackie Fairweather (nee Gallagher), Loretta Harrop and Emma Carney have received Triathlon Australia’s highest honour with their induction into the governing body’s Hall Of Fame. The triumphant trio, along with Michellie Jones dominated the sport through the 1990s and mid 2000s in one of the real golden eras [...]
Triathlon Australia 2012 Celebration of Champions Awards Dinner
Sunday, 15 April 2012 6:30 PM – 11:00 PM (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney Time) Doltone House Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont, NSW Once again following the opening race of the ITU Dextro Energy World Series Sydney race, Triathlon Australia will host our Celebration of Champions Annual Awards Dinner. Click for more information and to book tickets Following the [...]
2XU Falls Creek Australian Long Course Triathlon Championship
World Ironman 70.3 Champion Melissa Rollison is one of the headline pros racing at the Australian Long Course Championship this weekend in Falls Creek. Along with Rollison will be Josh Rix coached Madeleine Oldfield who won this event last year. Oldfield went to the US last year to gain some valuable experience racing Ironman 70.3 [...]
Triathlon’s Search for a Star Programme to kick off on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts
Triathlon Australia’s newly formed National Talent Academy (NTP) program will kick start 2012 with its next round of “Search for a Star” time trials on the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. The NTP aims to search for Australia’s next Olympic and Commonwealth Games champions for 2016, 2018 and 2020. Australia’s NTP coaches are spreading their [...]
Emma Moffatt and Brad Kahlefeldt earn early Olympic nominations
December 14, 2011: Christmas has come early for Australian Triathlon’s “first couple” Emma Moffatt and Brad Kahlefeldt following their early nomination by Triathlon Australia to the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) for selection in the 2012 Australian Olympic Team. Their nomination is subject to ongoing form and fitness, with their place on the 2012 Australian Olympic [...]
Australia Names a Six Strong Junior Triathlon Team for the 2011 World Championships in Beijing
Triathlon Australia has today named a six-strong Australian Junior team to contest this year’s ITU Beijing World Triathlon Championships in September. The team will follow a who’s who of Australian elite juniors who have represented Australia at the ITU World Championships since the first titles held in Florida in 1990. There are four athletes from NSW, one who has re-located to the Gold Coast, a fifth who has re-located to the Wollongong-based NSWIS program and the sixth from Queensland.
Triathlon Australia Celebration of Champions Awards Dinner
The dinner will be held in Sydney on the evening of Sunday 10th April 2011 at the Sydney InterContinental Hotel. This year Triathlon Australia will be featuring and celebrating our six reigning World and Olympic champions. This will finish off a big day for triathlon in Sydney with the ITU World Championship Series races taking place earlier in the day.
World Number 3 Raf Baugh is using the Australian Duathlon Championships to Launch his Bid for the 2010 ITU Duathlon Crown
Elite athlete Raf Baugh has earmarked the Australian Duathlon Championships, to be held in South Australia’s beautiful Barossa Valley on August 15, as the perfect platform to launch his bid to become a world champion. Ranked number three in the world for the run-bike-run discipline of duathlon, Baugh, from Perth, is using the national championships as a final hit-out before venturing to Scotland for the ITU World Duathlon Championships in Edinburgh on September 5.
Australia’s Young Gun Triathletes Ready for Challenging European Season of Racing
The cream of Australia’s rising triathlon stars has been named to embark on a challenging overseas assignment when the annual Young Guns tour gets underway in Europe in July. Ten athletes have been selected for the tour, which is part of the Australian Sports Commission’s National Talent ID and Development initiative.
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