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.

Extracted from ITU website. Read more here

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.

Extracted from the ITU website. Read more here

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.

Extracted from the ITU website. Read more here

Picture from www.triathlon.org