Tagged News for Olympic Qualification
Wollongong World Cup shakes up the Olympic triathlon rankings
22/04/24 - As a test run for the 2025 World Triathlon Championship Finals, the Wollongong World Cup certainly delivered. The men’s and women’s races brimmed with action and the crowds were on fire. If the return... |
Full StoryOlympic New Flag races face crucial moments in Asia and Africa
04/04/24 - The long road to Olympic qualification continues this weekend with major continental events in both Asia and Africa. In Dexing, China, the Asia Triathlon Sprint Championships will pit direct rivals... |
Full StoryHow the Paris Olympic Triathlon New Flag races look with two months to go
27/03/24 - As we enter the final two months of the Olympic Qualification window, the races to claim the New Flag slots in Paris have reached their decisive stages. One New Flag place is available per gender to each... |
Full StoryTokyo 2020 triathlon line-ups begin to take shape as Olympic Qualification Period closes
15/06/21 - With the closure of the 2021 Olympic Qualification period after the weekend’s World Triathlon Cup Huatulco, the start lists for Tokyo 2020 individual Men’s and Women’s Triathlon and the Mixed Team... |
Full StoryWTCS Leeds set to sizzle with men’s Olympic places in the balance
04/06/21 - The men’s 2021 World Triathlon Championship Leeds will bring even more intrigue and races-within-the-race than usual as the Olympic Qualification period enters its final stages and the last points are... |
Full StoryWTCS Leeds to reveal Olympic stories in crucial women’s race
03/06/21 - If any race captured the essence of a Season Like No Other, it would surely have to be this weekend’s World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds. The women will face a brand-new course, some crucial... |
Full StoryBrownlee pulls out a performance for the ages to win in Arzachena
29/05/21 - There was a familiar swagger about Jonathan Brownlee’s finish-line bellow as he came through a hotly contested World Triathlon Cup Arzachena to show once more what he is capable of just two months away... |
Full StoryGomez-Islinger shows perfect timing to win first gold in Arzachena
29/05/21 - A sun-baked World Triathlon Cup Arzachena saw 57 elite women line up for one of the toughest sprint-distance courses ever seen on the circuit, and it was to be Marlene Gomez-Islinger’s day as the German... |
Full StoryTriathlonLive to deliver 2020 World Championship and Olympic qualification action
09/03/20 - Following the announcement of its new digital partnership with Texaco for the OTT platform TriathlonLIVE, World Triathlon is ready to raise the curtain on a historic year of racing that is set to take... |
Full StoryRecord number of countries earn spots at London 2012 Olympic Games
05/06/12 - After the International Triathlon Union’s (ITU) two-year Olympic qualification period officially ended last week, ITU yesterday began notifying the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and National... |
Full StoryJapan announces Olympic team for London 2012
05/06/12 - The Japan Triathlon Union (JTU) has announced that Juri Ide, Ai Ueda, Mariko Adachi, Yuichi Hosoda and Hirokatsu Tayama have been selected to represent Japan at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Over the... |
Full StoryFinal Olympic qualification update before 2012 ITU World Triathlon Madrid
22/05/12 - The race for a spot on the London 2012 Olympic Games triathlon start list began in Madrid almost exactly two years ago. So it’s a perfect symmetry that the Spanish capital is also where it will end this... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Qualifying Update after San Diego
16/05/12 - The two-year ITU Olympic Qualification Period is almost at an end after the penultimate race in the city where triathlon was invented. The ITU World Triathlon San Diego held plenty of hopes and dreams,... |
Full StoryLondon Olympic qualifying update after Huatulco, before San Diego
10/05/12 - As the third race left in the official Olympic qualification period, the Huatulco ITU Triathlon World Cup always had the potential to impact the Olympic simulation in a major way. And while it didn’t... |
Full Story2012 Huatulco World Cup press conference highlights
04/05/12 - Past world champion Ivan Rana (ESP) and 2011 Pan Am Games bronze medallist Pamela Oliveira (BRA) joined Mexico’s Claudia Rivas and Crisanto Grajales in the Huatulco heat to speak with the media ahead of... |
Full StoryOlympic Qualification Update post Eilat and Ishigaki
25/04/12 - As we make our way down to the business end of the Olympic qualification process, each and every race has the potential to have a big impact on the final field for the London 2012 Olympic Games. It’s... |
Full StoryLondon 2012 Olympic Qualifying update post Sydney WTS
19/04/12 - As the most valuable event in terms of Olympic qualifying points on offer, it’s not surprisingly that the first ITU World Triathlon Series of 2012 managed to shake up the London simulation. What’s... |
Full StoryOlympic Qualification Update after Le Morne and Tateyama Continental Championships
11/04/12 - In the home straight of the London 2012 Olympics qualifying period, which officially closes on May 31st, we’ll take a look at the Olympics rankings simulator after every major race. This week it’s a... |
Full Story2012 Olympic Qualifying Update after Mooloolaba World Cup
28/03/12 - In the home straight of the London 2012 Olympics Qualifying period, which officially closes on May 31st, we’ll take a look at the Olympics simulator after every major race. By taking the current... |
Full Story2012 Olympic qualifying update after Oceania Championships
15/03/12 - After New Zealand claimed both Oceania spots heading into Beijing in 2008, Australian high performance manager Michael Flynn said taking those two spots at the 2012 Devonport OTU Oceania Triathlon... |
Full StoryOlympic Qualification 101 – How athletes and countries get to London 2012
12/03/12 - When it comes down to it in London this August, there will be 55 women and 55 men battling for the ultimate sporting glory – Olympic gold. But to contend for gold, first they have to get there. And the... |
Full StoryBest of 2011: The race for the London 2012 Olympic Games
22/12/11 - ITU’s official Olympic qualification period opened in June 2010 and will run until May 2012, but the make-up of the London 2012 Olympic Games start lists did become a little clearer in 2011. ITU’s... |
Full StoryOlympic selection on the line in London next weekend
29/07/11 - While it’s still 12 months until the triathlon competitions at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the start lists for both the men’s and women’s gold medal races could become a little clearer after the... |
Full StoryBattle for Olympic qualification
21/07/11 - The ITU’s international triathlon circuit, which includes the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series, World Cups and Continental Championships, is also the battleground for Olympic... |
Full StoryOlympic qualification criteria
30/01/06 - The 2008 ITU Olympic qualification criteria are now available to download from the ITU downloads section. Click here to go to the downloads page. |
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