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The Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series (WCS) kicked off on May 2, 2009 in Tongyeong, South Korea. After the series kick-off, Madrid will host round two on May 31st. This will be followed by Washington, D.C. on June 21st, Kitzbühel on July 11th, Hamburg on July 25th, London on August 15th and Yokohama on August 22nd. The grand final will be held on Australia's Gold Coast - on September 13th, 2009.
Suunto's technology will be integrated into the WCS events and television coverage. High performance data collected by Suunto from competing athletes will be displayed on screen as the race progresses. Data will be collected with the help of Suunto's Foot, Bike and GPS PODs coupled with a t6c heart rate monitors and it will include GPS, real-time speed and distance information and heart rate information.
Additionally, to mark the co-operation with the ITU, Suunto introduced its Triathlon collection - the Suunto t6c Red Arrow and the Suunto t3c Black Arrow heart rate monitors. The devices feature the tried and tested features of their forerunners Suunto t3c and Suunto t6c.
Among the favourites taking part in the eight-race series are Suunto Ambassadors Jan Frodeno (GER), Emma Snowsill (AUS), Javier Gomez (ESP), Daniel Unger (GER), Matt Reed (USA), Kate Allen (AUT) and Helen Jenkins (GBR).
Read more about the athletes on our ambassador pages.
Reports from each competition will be published in this section after the events. Links to the reports is found on left.
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About the International Triathlon Union (ITU):
The International Triathlon Union is the world governing body for the Olympic sport of Triathlon and all related multi-sport disciplines: Duathlon, Aquathlon and Winter Triathlon. ITU was founded in 1989 at the first ITU Congress in Avignon, France and has maintained its headquarters in Vancouver, Canada since then. It now has over 120 affiliated National Federations around the world and is the youngest International Federation in the Olympics. Triathlon was awarded Olympic status in 1994. ITU is proudly committed to supporting the development of the sport worldwide through strong relationships with continental and national federations, working with its partners to offer a balanced sport development programme from grassroots to a high-performance level. For more information, visit www.triathlon.org.
Photo credit: Delly Carr / triathlon.org
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