Hat Trick for Brownlee in Austria While Moffatt Continues Golden Year

Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee made it three out of three with victory at the Kitzbühel Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series in Austria. The 21 year old remains unbeaten in the series following wins in Madrid and Washington, DC.

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Emma Moffatt from Australia stopped the clock in 1:54:37 at the Kitzbühel Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series race to register her third straight victory following wins at the Washington, DC leg of the series and the Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup in Des Moines, Iowa, where she pocketed $200,000. Moffatt’s win reinforces her lead at the top of the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Rankings.

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Whitfield Gets Beijing Revenge and Moffat's Big Win at Hy-Vee

Canadian Simon Whitfield’s 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 straight together side by side: Whitfield, Germany’s Jan Frodeno, who was the man to pip Whitfield in Beijing, Australia’s Brad Kahlefeldt and New Zealand’s Kris Gemmell.
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Current points leader Emma Moffatt of Australia continued her dream season with a win today at triathlon’s largest payday in a time of 1 hour 59 minutes and 46 seconds.

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Grace Chan Qualifies for XTERRA Worlds

After a 6th place finish against a stella age-group field in the 84km race at the Sundown Marathon, Chan headed up to Kuantan for a shot at her first XTERRA race. Her 2nd place finish in the Women's 25-29 was good enough to earn her a slot to XTERRA Worlds in Maui later this year.

Grace Chan (right) finishing 2nd in the Womens' 25-29 race

If all goes well, Chan will be racing the Ironman 70.3 World Championships on 25 October in Clearwater, Florida and will then head down for the XTERRA World Championships on 14 November in Maui, Hawaii. Good luck Grace!

Hewitt Wins Madrid Sprint While Brownlee Destroys Field in Spain

The 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series continued its exciting start to the year with some breathtaking races at round two in Madrid, Spain.Andrea Hewitt outsprinted four other competitors to win in a photo finish ahead of Sweden’s Lisa Norden in the women’s race as they crossed the line together in 2:05:58, with the last ditch effort paying off for the Kiwi who suffered at the opening race of the series in Tongyeong when she crashed early on the cycle leg.

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Although the men’s race lacked the excitement of a sprint finish it too provided some exceptionally compelling competition as talented young Brit, Alistair Brownlee, put himself on the map with a dominant performance in the men’s competition whilst 2008 world champion, Javier Gomez, returned to the Caso de Campo in front of an expectant home crowd.

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ITU World Junior and U23 Camp

ITU are happy to be able to announce that the 2009 ITU World Junior / U23 Camp will be held in Gold Coast, Australia at the world class Sports Super Centre.

A group of 30 athletes and 12 coaches, primarily from emerging and developing national federations, will be selected to participate in the camp under the guidance of an outstanding staff made up of top level international triathlon coaches. Athletes must be 16–19 years old (eligible to race World Championships) or competing in the U23 category at the 2009 ITU World Championships.Athletes must be nominated by their National Federations based on Continental Championship and National Championship results.

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Racing in Subic Bay

The triathletes from the Singapore Sports School plus, made their first official overseas race debut in Subic Bay, Philippines from 16th-17th May at the ITU Subic International Triathlon 2009. The race stretched across two days with the first consisting of the ITU Women's Elite & U23 events, together with the ITU Juniors, Age Group Sprint and 13-15 year old Mini-Sprint events. The second day was for the ITU Men's Elite & U23 races, age-group and team relay events.

Joy Phan took top spot in the Girls' Mini-Sprint event despite making a major error on the run course which cost her more than 4 minutes to her lead. Phan was out of the water together with Aina Farhama from Malaysia and had built a two minute gap on the bike into T2. She further widened the gap on the one lap run but missed the final turn into the finish shoot and exceeded it by almost 400m. Her timely turn around and effort back to the end point was a close shave of barely 23 seconds.

Samantha Ho finished 3rd in the ITU Junior categeory and with fellow team mates Lim Weiqiang (TP) and Joel Wong (SSP) finishing 10th and 12th respectively in the male event. Sumedha Lim and AQ Jilani finished 6th and 7th respectively in the Boys' Mini-Sprint event. Raphel Chew representing Singapore also finished on the podium in 3rd in the ITU Junior categeory.

Pre-bunch ride at Legenda

Building Triathlon Together

Complete results of the ITU Subic International Triathlon here

Presentation of Suunto Red Arrow

On the 24th April 2009, in conjunction with the Suunto Train Smarter workshop held at Hotel Re! @ Pearl's Hill, Synergy Multi-Sport athlete Grace Chan was presented with the Suunto t6c Red Arrow Limited Edition.

Grace, a Suunto Ambasador and the first Singaporean to be presented a limited edition "Suunto t6c Red Arrow Ambassador" heart rate monitor. A total of 83 international athletes and coaches, who Suunto sponsors and supports throughout the year, will receive a Red Arrow Ambassador, individually engraved with their own personal inscription, as a mark of gratitude for helping make Suunto one of the premier sports instruments firms in the world.The Red Arrow Ambassador has to be earned by outstanding performances and commitment and will not be for sale. It comes in a striking red design and is based on the popular Suunto t6c, a favourite among athletes for its comprehensive training-based functions.

Other Suunto Red Arrow Ambassodors around the world include Triathlon Olympic Gold Medallists Emma Snowsill and Jan Frodeno, ITU World Champions Javier Gomez, Daniel Unger and Helen Jenkins and top USAT Triathlete Matt Reed.