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World Triathlon Executive suspensions

March 16, 2022 By sportadmin Leave a Comment

World Triathlon Executive Board member and Asia Triathlon President, Justin Sukwon Park, has been suspended for two years by the World Triathlon Tribunal for alleged violations of the World Triathlon Safeguarding Policy and the World Triathlon Code of Ethics. Mr Jae-Keun Lee, Korea Triathlon Federation Secretary General, Mr Woo-Kyong Ki, Business Operations Manager of the KTF, and Mr Yonghu Jeon, Deputy Secretary General of the KTF, have also been suspended for 18 months for violations of the World Triathlon Code of Ethics. [Read more…]

Kocar and Diederiks win XTERRA Short Track triathlon

August 23, 2021 By sportadmin Leave a Comment

Germany – Lukáš Kočar (CZE) and Diede Diederiks (NED) win the XTERRA Short Track Germany off-road triathlon [Read more…]

Dorian Coninx leads French podium sweep in Montreal

August 17, 2021 By sportadmin Leave a Comment

Montreal, Canada – Dorian Coninx held tough at the end of an intense weekend of super-sprint racing to win a hard-earned gold at the Groupe Copley World Triathlon Championship Montreal on Saturday evening, spearheading a French one-two-three along with his Tokyo 2020 Olympic teammates Vincent Luis and Leo Bergere. [Read more…]

Alex Yee wins WTCS Leeds 2021

June 8, 2021 By sportadmin Leave a Comment

Leeds, UK – Great Britain’s Alex Yee had Leeds’ Roundhay Park in the palm of his hand on Sunday afternoon, eventually coasting to a first WTCS gold after a magnificent 10km run. [Read more…]

Trail Hengill Ultra 2021

June 7, 2021 By sportadmin Leave a Comment

Iceland – The Annual Hengill Ultra Trail Run was held on the first weekend of June for the 10th consecutive time. [Read more…]

COVID-19 vaccines donated for Olympic athletes

May 7, 2021 By sportadmin 1 Comment

Great news for Tokyo Olympic bound athletes, the vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech will look to donate doses to inoculate the Olympic athletes and officials preparing for the games, as stated by the IOC on Thursday. [Read more…]

Ireland sports clubs to benefit from funding

March 4, 2021 By sportadmin Leave a Comment

Ireland Sports Clubs – Names have been announced of the 26 sports clubs chosen to receive funding under the Texaco Support for Sport initiative launched last September by Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited – the company that markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand. [Read more…]

Ryan Crouser sets shot put record

January 25, 2021 By sportadmin Leave a Comment

Fayetteville – It was only a matter of time. With so many 22-metre throws to his name, and having moved up to equal third on the world outdoor all-time list and second on the indoor list, Ryan Crouser seemed destined to break a world shot put record sooner or later. [Read more…]

Croatia made 300 new HIGHLANDERS

January 15, 2021 By sportadmin Leave a Comment

Croatia – As part of the global series of mountaineering events HIGHLANDER Adventure of a Lifetime, the fourth incredible hiking adventure HIGHLANDER Velebit came to an end. The biggest hiking event this year took place from the 12th until the 17th of September in the heart of the amazing Velebit mountain in Croatia. Alongside that, the newest addition to the HIGHLANDER series HIGHLANDER55 had its premier edition. [Read more…]

Sochi 2014 re-analysis program by ITA

December 10, 2020 By sportadmin Leave a Comment

After finalising the London 2012 re-analysis program on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Testing Agency (ITA) will now take on the further probing of samples that were collected during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The objective is to complete the Sochi re-analysis program, including the handling of the resulting cases, before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. [Read more…]