Triathlon NZ
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Brent Foster turned back the clock in an incredible performance belying his 40 plus years with victory at the ITU World Aquathlon Championships in Mexico overnight New Zealand time.
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Taupos Bevan Docherty has raced superbly in Des Moines Iowa this morning to pick up second place in the richest ITU World Cup event on the calendar.
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The ITU BG World Cup Triathlon circuit moves to Des Moines, Iowa this weekend with the running of the Hy-Vee World Cup, an event featuring the season’s richest prize purse of US$700,000.
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Terenzo Bozzone finished first and Jo Lawn second in a great day for New Zealand Triathlon as the Kiwis dominated the Kansas 70.3 (Half-Ironman) overnight New Zealand time.
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Triathlon New Zealand has today had confirmation that all six athletes nominated for the Beijing Olympic Games will indeed be on the start line in August.
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Triathlon New Zealand has today had confirmation that all six athletes nominated for the Beijing Olympic Games will indeed be on the start line in August.
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Continuing what has turned into one of the busiest and most successful days in the sports history; Terenzo Bozzone and Fiona Docherty have recorded top five finishes in the Eagleman 70.3 triathlon.
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The elite men’s race at the World Triathlon Championships turned into a test of running ability after the bulk of the field exited the bike leg within seconds of each other with New Zealand number one Bevan Docherty securing the silver medal.
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While most eyes were on the World Championships in Vancouver this morning, not far South on the East Coast of America Shane Reed was expected to provide the strongest Kiwi challenge at the iconic Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon in San Francisco but it was Graham OGrady who upstaged Reed with a stunning second place finish behind American Andy Potts.
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Kiwi triathlete Sam Warriner posted one of the fastest run splits in the field in claiming a superb bronze medal at the World Triathlon Championships in Vancouver this morning.
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New Zealand has started the final day of the World Triathlon Championships with a bronze medal for Martin Van Barneveld in the elite U23 men’s race.
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The Triathlon World Championships in Vancouver were thrown into turmoil this morning with high winds and cold temperatures forcing organizers to cancel the swim leg for most of the age group races, turning the event into a duathlon.
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New Zealand picked up two World Championship titles at the Sprint Distance age group Triathlon World Championship in Vancouver today.
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World number 14 ranked triathlete Nicky Samuels received news of the worst kind this morning regarding her ongoing pelvic problem.
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Wet, windy and cold conditions greeted the elite junior (U19) athletes as action got underway at the World Triathlon Championships in Canada this morning New Zealand time.
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Vancouver is turning on the cold for this weekend’s World Triathlon Championships with air temperature expected to be around 15 degrees and the water a nippy 13 degrees.
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Portugal's world champion Vanessa Fernandes today became the ITU's all-time world cup wins leader after winning the Madrid BG Triathlon World Cup.
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New Zealand will be represented in Spain this weekend as the International Triathlon Union celebrates their 200th World Cup race at Madrid.
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Two New Zealand triathletes racing in their first race of the season with French club team, Cesson Sevigne (near Rennes), took out first and second place in the first Olympic distance triathlon of the year in Mezieres, France.
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Nicky Samuels was the only New Zealander in either the women’s or men’s elite fields at the 2008 Richards Bay South Africa ITU BG World Cup Triathlon race overnight New Zealand time but flew the flag proudly in finishing 6th in the 199th ITU World Cup race.
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New Zealanders were very much to the fore at the Noumea International Triathlon today with Kiwi women taking three of the top four places and the men three of the top six.
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Promising New Zealand triathlete Ben Visser has finished fifth today at the Noumea International Triathlon in one of the better performances of his fledgling career.
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Leading New Zealand triathlete Bevan Docherty bounced back from the disappointment of withdrawing from the New Plymouth Word Cup race earlier in April with a strong second place finish at the Tongyeong ITU BG World Cup in South Korea today.
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Kiwi triathlete Sam Warriner today collected her sixth ITU BG World Cup title with victory in Tongyeong, South Korea.
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Meanwhile up and coming Kiwi triathlete Ben Visser will race in Noumea this weekend as he looks to make headway on the international triathlon circuit.
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The latest round of the ITU BG World Cup takes the elite of the Triathlon world to Tongyeong, South Korea this weekend and the Kiwis will be amongst another world class field with the Olympic Games looming large for many countries and individual athletes yet to qualify.
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WAIKATO — The New Zealand Secondary Schools Triathlon Championships took place at Lake Karapiro today with well over 300 athletes turning out in perfect conditions.
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NEW PLYMOUTH — Australian Emma Moffat may well have booked herself a spot at the Beijing Olympic Games with victory at the ITU BG World Cup at New Plymouth today, while Spaniard Javier Gomez has laid down the standard with a stunning victory in the men’s race.
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NEW PLYMOUTH — Graham O’Grady continued his recent run of good form with victory at the World Tri Festival in New Plymouth today, taking out the standard distance age group race.
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NEW PLYMOUTH — The Beginners Triathlon began proceedings on day two of the World Tri Festival in New Plymouth today and it was the youngsters who dominated.
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World number one ranked triathlete Javier Gomez is a warm favourite for Sunday’s ITU BG New Plymouth World Cup for a reason, he keeps winning.
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The New Zealand Olympic Committee today confirmed the final selections for both the men’s and women’s Triathlon at the Beijing Olympic Games in August.
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NEW PLYMOUTH — New Zealand triathlete Sam Warriner begins her path to Beijing in New Plymouth on Sunday when she lines up in the ITU BG World Cup race at midday New Zealand time.
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NEW PLYMOUTH — Taranaki is gearing up for an invasion of a nice kind as triathletes from all corners of the world and the country descend upon New Plymouth for the World Tri Festival starting on Friday, incorporating the ITU BG World Cup race on Sunday.
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Mooloolaba turned on a perfect day for the first ITU BG World Cup Triathlon of 2008, a race that doubled as the final Olympic trial for New Zealand athletes looking to grab the third and final place on the men's and women's team for Beijing in August.
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Andrea Hewitt won the race of the Kiwis but did not do enough to immediately confirm her nomination for the Beijing Olympics with a 14th place finish at the Mooloolaba ITU BG World Cup today.
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The holiday beachside town of Mooloolaba in Australia will this weekend take on special significance for a number of New Zealands triathlon elite as the final spots on the Beijing Olympic team are decided.
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BLENHEIM — The Michael Huntley Memorial Triathlon in Blenheim this Saturday signals the end of the 2008 South Island Tri-Multisports Club Championships season with individual race honours and overall championship titles up for grabs.
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WELLINGTON CITY — It was an Australian one two in difficult conditions at the Oceania Triathlon Championships in Wellington today with Emma Moffat out running compatriot Annabel Luxford and Nicky Samuels (NZL).
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WELLINGTON CITY — Blustery but warm conditions greeted triathletes in the ITU Oceania Triathlon Championships in Wellington today and it was Shane Reed (NZL) who mastered them best to take out the elite men’s race in a busy day of racing that also carried NZ Standard Distance titles and points for the final round of the Contact Energy My Sport Series.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington will play host an impressive line up at the National Triathlon Championships this coming Sunday 9 March.
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WELLINGTON — This weekend Wellington hosts the 2008 Oceania Standard Distance Triathlon Championships, an event that also carries points for the seventh and final round of the Contact Energy My Sport Series and National Standard Distance titles in all races and age groups.
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NAPIER — As expected it was victory to Ironman contender Kieran Doe and Olympic Games hopeful Nicky Samuels at the latest round of the Contact Energy Cup in Napier today.
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TAUPO — Ironman NZ contender Kieran Doe has entered the next round of the Contact Energy My Sport Series in Napier this weekend, one week out from Ironman New Zealand in Taupo.
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In a year when the focus of the Triathlon community is firmly fixed on the Olympic Games and the hopes of our leading athletes, Triathlon New Zealand has thrown up another set of world class performances from a clutch of young athletes at the Australian Sprint Nationals in Hobart today.
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NAPIER — Contact Energy Cup leaders Stephen Sheldrake and Katherine Anton have both confirmed they will start in the next round of the Contact Energy My Sport Triathlon Series at Napier on February 23 along with Olympic Games contender Nicky Samuels.
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TAUPO — Clark Ellice upset his more seasoned opponents to win the latest round of the Contact My Sport Series and with it the New Zealand Sprint Distance Triathlon Championships in Kinloch (Taupo) today.
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KINLOCH — The Contact Energy My Sport Series heads to Kinloch (Taupo) this weekend for round five in the seven event series and has the added edge of New Zealand Sprint titles being on the line in all categories.
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TAUPO — This weekend sees the latest round of the Contact Energy My Sport Series held in Taupo with Kinloch set to host some of the best athletes in the country on Sunday February 3 as round four of the series doubles as the New Zealand Sprint Triathlon Championships.
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TIMARU — Nicky Samuels has continued her great early season form and again suggested she is a definite contender for the third and final place on the New Zealand team for the Bejing Olympics with a victory at the Contact Energy My Sport Series in Timaru today, in doing so defeating training partner and Beijing rival Andrea Hewitt.
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TIMARU — Two athletes chasing a place in the Triathlon at the Beijing Olympic Games will get an early season guide to form and fitness when they race each other in the next round of the Contact Energy My Sport Series in Timaru on Sunday.
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New Zealand triathlete James Elvery has concluded his two race visit to South America with a ninth place finish in the La Paz ITU Pan American Cup race in Argentina on the weekend, following on from his fourth place in Chile a week ago.
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WHANGAMATA — Stephen Sheldrake put the pain of last week’s Half Ironman behind him to once again stamp his class all over the Contact Energy My Sport Series with a commanding win in stunning summer conditions in Whangamata today.
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WHANGAMATA — New Zealand’s leading Ironman competitor Cameron Brown is turning back the clock and competing in a race that 17 years ago delivered one of his first big wins as a triathlete.
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WHANGAMATA — The Corromandel holiday town of Whangamata will this weekend be inundated with wetsuits, bikes and running shoes as it hosts the third round of the Contact Energy My Sport Series.
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New Zealand triathlete James Elvery has sent a timely reminder to Shane Reed and Terenzo Bozzone that the race for the third and final spot on the New Zealand team at the Beijing Olympics is far from a two horse race with a fourth place finish in the Vina Del Mar, an American Continental Cup race in Chile.
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The New Zealand Olympic Committee has named four triathletes to the New Zealand Olympic Team to Beijing 2008.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — The second round of the Contact Energy My Sport Triathlon Series saw great racing in front of good enthusiastic crowds in Takapuna yesterday with two promising young athletes grabbing the limelight.
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EILAT, Israel – Hirokatsu Tayama made triathlon history today, becoming the first Japanese triathlete to ever win an ITU World Cup.
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Kiwi Triathlete Sam Warriner has finished 13th in the final round of the ITU BG World Cup Series in Israel tonight NZT, in doing so finishing third overall in the world rankings for the year.
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EILAT, Israel – This Saturday the curtain will be drawn on the BG Triathlon World Cup series with the 2007 finale in Eilat, the first world cup in ITU history to be staged in Israel.
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In further confirmation of the renewed growth of the sport of Triathlon, a six race South Island Club Series was confirmed today, with the full support of Triathlon NZ.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Takapuna will this weekend buzz to the hum of triathletes of all ages and abilities in the latest round of the Contact Energy My Sport but while many will be focused on personal bests or just making the finish line, others have an eye on more distant Olympic dreams.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Triathletes eager for a unique experience are coming out of the woodwork in numbers to compete at round two of the Contact Energy My Sport Series in Takapuna on December 2nd.
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NEW PLYMOUTH — Tri NZ will this weekend host a technical training camp in New Plymouth with volunteer officials flying in from around the country for a comprehensive weekend of learning to ensure they are capable of holding safe and fair events.
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ROTORUA — Stunning conditions greeted competitors in the first of the 7 race Tri NZ my sport series in Rotorua today.
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ROTORUA — The Contact Energy ‘my sport’ series kicks off in Rotorua this Sunday with the first of seven triathlon events planned this summer by Tri NZ.
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NEW PLYMOUTH — Triathlon New Zealand today launched an ambitious and exciting four year project to focus the world of triathlon on New Plymouth each April with the announcement of the Port Taranaki World Triathlon Festival, incorporating a round of the ITU BG World Cup series.
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Elite New Zealand triathlete Bevan Docherty led the Kiwis home at the Xterra World Championships in Hawaii earlier today, finishing fifth in the men’s pro division of the ‘off road’ event that carried a prize purse of US$125,000.
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Pahiatua’s Richard Day was the best performed New Zealander at the World Long Distance Duathlon Championships, collecting a silver medal in the 35 to 39 year male category on the weekend.
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Tri NZ today officially unveiled a new schools based initiative in association with the Weet-Bix Tryathlon series with the objective of promoting Triathlon in schools and the broader community.
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The BG Triathlon World Cup series heads to the ancient Greek Island of Rhodes this weekend for the 13th round of the 2007 season.
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ROTORUA — Triathlon New Zealand plans to bring the sport to the country with a series of seminars aimed at the novice or first time triathletes with the first such event planned for Rotorua on Thursday October 11 th at the Soundshell.
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Like Debbie Tanner and Sam Warriner before them, Bevan Docherty and Kris Gemmell ran themselves into Olympic nominations with outstanding races in Beijing today with 3rd and 4th place finishes respectively while Terenzo Bozzone’s hopes were dashed by an early crash on the bike leg.
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Beijing, China: Debbie Tanner upstaged her more favoured Kiwi rivals to secure a nomination to the New Zealand Olympic Committee for the 2008 Beijing Games Triathlon with a 4th place at the BG World Cup Triathlon in Beijing today.
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New Zealand’s elite Olympic distance triathletes face arguably their biggest test of the year when lining up in Beijing this weekend with World Cup race pressure magnified by the lure of Olympic qualification.
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Triathlon New Zealand today launched the 2007/08 Contact Energy 'My Sport Series', offering races and distances for all athletes regardless of age or ability at seven venues from Timaru to Takapuna this summer.
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Terenzo Bozzone has raced up the ITU world rankings on the back of his superb 7th place finish at the BG Hamburg World Championships on the weekend.
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The New Zealand flag flew proudly at the BG World Triathlon Championships in Hamburg overnight with two victories, four podiums and eleven top ten finishes in age group racing.
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New Zealand put on a strong display in the elite men’s race at the BG Triathlon World Championships in Germany this morning, with young Terrenzo Bozzone leading the Kiwis home in a breakthrough result for the former World Junior champion in a fiercely contested race around the streets of Hamburg.
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New Zealand's Sam Warriner and Debbie Tanner finished just outside the top ten at the BG Hamburg Triathlon World Championships in Germany this morning, Warriner achieving a career best 11 th at a World Championship while Tanner likewise set a career best by finishing 12th.
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The BG World Triathlon Championships got underway in wet and cold conditions in Germany overnight with the completion of the Junior (19) and U23 races for both men and women.
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Seventy four New Zealanders put their Triathlon dreams and ambitions on the line when the BG World Triathlon Championships get underway tonight (NZT) in Hamburg, Germany.
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