March 30, 2008

Race Report: Snowsill tops Fernandes at Mooloolaba World Cup

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From Inside Triathlon By Timothy Carlson -- IT Senior Correspondent.... Coming off an off form 2007 in which she suffered from an infection, back troubles and a recurrence of asthma, three-time ITU World Champion Emma Snowsill scored an emphatic win at the Mooloolaba World Cup and slammed the door on Vanessa Fernandes’ attempt to score a record 20th ITU World Cup victory. Just a year ago at Mooloolaba, Snowsill snapped Fernandes’ 12 World Cup win streak, spoiling her Portugese rival’s attempt to break her tie with Australian legend Emma Carney for the longest winning streak in ITU World Cup history. With Carney watching from the sidelines today, fellow Aussie Snowsill played goalie and shut Fernandes out of her bid to break free of her tie with Carney, who also has 19 career World Cup wins. "I'm so happy, I feel myself again," Snowsill told ITU media at the finish line. "The problems have dropped away. I feel like I am back where I am supposed to be." Fernandes, who despite her record-tying 19 World Cup victories and several third places had never had a runner-up finish in World Cup competition, was gracious as ever in an ITU post race interview. "Last year I was third here and this year I was second, so this is better."

Snowsill and Fernandes battle it out on the 10-k run

Snowsill and Fernandes battle it out on the 10-k run

Photo: Delly Carr

On Sunday, Snowsill and Fernandes started the run on Australia’s Gold Coast running elbow to elbow to the halfway point of the 10k run leg. Then Snowy turned on the jets on her home grounds, finishing with a race-best 33:19 run and a 38-second margin of victory in 2:00:44. "Everyone always says it would be great to have a head-to-head with Vanessa," said Snowsill, who chuckled at the thought that such struggles with her fierce rival are easy for others to anticipate but much tougher inside the ring. "And I was thinking, 'Great! Here it is. I've got to try and kill myself in a sprint finish with Vanessa.' Home crowd advantage is a great thing." Read More »
March 29, 2008

Verbruggen concedes defeat to Tour organisers

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PARIS (Reuters) - Hein Verbruggen, vice-president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), has conceded defeat to Tour de France organisers in a long and bitter battle for control of the sport. The former UCI president, still widely seen as its strong man, told French daily Liberation on Saturday: "I lost, but it's less my defeat than the defeat of cycling." The Dutch member of the International Olympic Committee was replaced at the UCI helm in 2005 by Irishman Pat McQuaid but was also the leading force behind the ProTour series imposed by the body at the time. Tour de France owners Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) have always been critical of the 20-team formula and the dispute over television and marketing rights has deteriorated steadily. Read More »
March 17, 2008

USA Triathlon Launches Multisport Hall of Fame

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 17, 2008) - USA Triathlon is pleased to announce the creation of a USAT Hall of Fame to honor elite and age group athletes and other contributors who have played a key role in the development of the sport and USAT since they both began in the early 1980s. read more