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.

Delia Makes the News

The Straits Times, 4th May 2009

Our very own Delia Kang, from STT making the news over the weekend's Tri-Factor race.

Snowy and Docherty takes Tongyong

Australia's Emma Snowsill tops the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series standings after crossing the line in 2:02:42 at race one in Tongyeong, Korea.

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Bevan Docherty from New Zealand outsprinted Australia’s Brad Kahlefeldt to win the opening leg of the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series as they crossed the line together in 1:50:25. A photo finish awarded victory to the Kiwi in the US$150,000 event held in the Korean city of Tongyeong and places him at the top of the Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship rankings.

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ITU Asian Junior Select Camp

The 2009 ITU Asian Junior Camp ended on 23rd March in Singapore. After a week of intensive coaching and education the athletes return home with many new skills to match their dreams. Their sporting careers now lie ahead. New friendships were made among the athletes and the coaches and this camp once again provided an excellent learning and networking opportunity for everyone. With the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games in the hearts and minds of all of the young athletes, they received firsthand experience of the culture and the sporting environment of Singapore.

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Three of Synergy Multi-Sport's coaches were involved in the ITU Junior Select Camp held from the 16th to 23rd March at the Singapore Sports School. Principal Coach, Eugene Lee was the Asian ITU Sport Development Coordinator and Local Camp Director, whilst Coach Fan Kai Ming and Coach Ungku Azhar represented Singapore and Malaysia respectively. As well, Coach Eugene had three of the five Singaporean athletes represented in this camp; Joel Wong, Samantha Ho and Lim Wei Qiang.

Samantha, Eugene, Joel

Grace Qualifies for Ironman 70.3 Worlds

Synergy Multi-Sport athlete, Grace Chan Tse Chi finishes 5th in her age-group (30-34) at Ironman 70.3 Singapore and earned herself a slot to the Ironman 70.3 World Championships to be held later in November this year.

Grace is personally coached by Synergy Multi-Sport's Principal Coach, Eugene Lee. This weekend was Grace's second attempt at the Ironman 70.3 Singapore race and her 5th place finish was well enough to earn her a slot to the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater, Florida. Come November 14th will be her second World Championships, two years in a row!

Singapore World Championship Series Debut Moves to Korea

Due to unforseen circumstances the first event of the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series planned to take place in Singapore has been relocated to Tongyeong, Korea. The date of the event has also been moved one week earlier to May 2nd and 3rd.

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Kahlefeldt and Crowely ITU Oceania Champs

Beijing Olympian Brad Kahlefeldt led home an Australian clean sweep of the 2009 Gold Coast ITU Oceania Championships in his first race in five months today. Kahlefeldt said he was delighted with the fast and furious course raced today, which will be the same use for the 2009 Gold Coast ITU World Triathlon Championships in September.

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Brad Kahlefeldt made a stop over in Singapore last year enroute to Europe in his preparations for the Bejing Olympics. Here are some pictures we had with the team over dinner!

Adrian Comminoto, Brad Kahlefeldt, hosts, Jackie & Mikael Hansen BK with the famous Merlion when it had better days

Presence felt at the Singapore Sprint Series

The Singapore Sports School triathletes and TYR Open Water Clinic participant, Patricia Pang made a promising start for the year with impactful performances at the mini-aquathlon event of the Singapore Sprint Series 1 held at Tanjong Beach, Sentosa over the weekend.

The team from the Singapore Sports School, headed by Synergy Multi-Sport's Principal Coach, Eugene Lee, took 3 spots on the podium for the mini-aquathlon event comprising of a 200m swim and 2.5km run. Joel Wang and AQ Jilani finished 1 and 2 respectively overall and for the Men's Under-20 categeory, while Samantha Ho took 3rd spot for the Women's Under-20 category.

Patricia Pang, an avid participant of our TYR Open Water Clinics took the Women's 40+ title!

Congratulations to all athletes!!

More information on the Singapore Sprint Series here

Suunto and the ITU

Suunto is named as the official timing and data partner of Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series

Suunto, a leading designer and manufacturer of sports precision instruments, will serve as the official timing and data partner for the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series," announces Paul Coleman, Managing Director of the series.

"The exciting new series is revolutionary and having Suunto as a partner will provide an opportunity to integrate leading edge technology into our events and television programming. Significantly Suunto will collect high performance data from competing athletes and deliver it directly to our TV screens. The data will include GPS, real-time speed and distance information and heart rate information. Display of this data and information will significantly enhance our television viewer's experience."

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Dirty Duathlon: Off-Road Duathlon Run Clinic

The Sunday morning of 15th Feb saw the Dirty Duathlon: Off-Road Duathlon Run Clinic conducted at the Tampines Mountain Bike Park. Participants were treated with a 30-minute knowledge clinic session, followed by an orientation run on the actual 2.25km course for the Dirty Duathlon. Here's a review from two of our participants:

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We'll see you at The Great Singapore Mountain Bike Carnival!

The Sunday Times, 8th Feb 2009, Sport Pg 34

Dirty Duathlon: Off-Road Duathlon Run Clinic

Dirty Duathlon: Off-Road Duathlon Run Clinic. The Great Singapore Mountain Bike Carnival will feature the first off-road duathlon event in Singapore: Dirty Duathlon. This clinic will provide athletes the opportunity to pick up tips on off-road running and transitions.

More details here

TYR Open Water Swim

TYR Open Water Swim. The TYR Open Water Swim training program which provides athletes the opportunity to train specifically in an open water environment, is now open for registration. *Please note the change of venue to Tanjong Beach, Sentosa.

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Triathlon Youth Olympic Games Programme

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today announced the programme and qualification system for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) following approval from the IOC Executive Board. One of 26 sports to be showcased in the inaugural event in Singapore next year, the triathlon competition will feature 64 of the world’s most promising juniors.

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ITU Sport Development Down Under

ITU’s Sport Development team is in Sydney this week for the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF), a legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. ITU was invited to send a Sport Development team for the triathlon competition. The six ITU Sport Development juniors will be among 1550 athletes from 27 countries set to participate in the AYOF.

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Singaporean Nominations for ITU Asian Junior Select Camp 2009

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has announced that the ITU Asian Junior Select Camp (16 -23 March 2009) will be held at the Singapore Sport School in Singapore. A group of 25 athletes and coaches from emerging and developing national federations in Asia will be selected to participate under the guidance of top level international coaches.

A maximum of 2 Singaporean athletes between the ages of 16 to 19 years of age (as of 31st December 2009) will be invited to join this camp. The both athletes must be of different gender.

All nominated athletes by the Triathlon Association of Singapore (TAS) must meet the following minimum standard:

• Competed at the most recent Continental Championship event (Junior) and finished within 8% of winner’s time for boys and 10% of winners time for girls.

• Submit their times for 400m swim and 3000m run done at the stipulated TAS trial dates.

• Be of Singapore Citizenship.

• Athlete must be a member of TAS and of good standing with it.

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