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Next weekend sees the annual Triathlon World Championships in Vancouver, Canada. In recent years Britain has had notable success on the international stage with Tim Don, Will Clarke and Alistair Brownlee all winning World titles in 2006, and Hollie Avil taking the World Junior Championships last year.
Olly Freeman, a former European Junior Champion, is the sole representative in the senior men’s competition as having focussed on the Madrid World Cup in a bid to earn Olympic Selection, the likes of Tim Don, Will Clarke and Stuart Hayes are taking a short rest from long haul travel and competition and will resume their racing at the Des Moines World Cup on 22 June.
A stacked women’s field includes recent world cup silver medallist Helen Tucker and the experienced Liz Blatchford. Glasgow’s Kerry Lang was Britain’s top finisher at the European Championships a few weeks ago in Portugal whilst Abbie Thorrington and Vanessa Raw have enjoyed good results on the European Cup circuit.
2006 World Junior Champion, Alistair Brownlee, will contest the Under 23 race whilst his younger brother, Jonathan, will look to emulate his sibling’s success in the Junior Boy’s competition following a bronze medal at the European Championships.
European Junior silver medallist, Kirsty McWilliam, will hope to maintain Britain’s continued success in the Junior World Championships following victories for Brownlee and Avil over the past two years.
Schedule:
Thursday 07:00 (15:00 BST) – Junior Girls
Thursday 09:00 (17:00 BST) – Junior Boys
Sunday 07:00 (15:00 BST) – Under 23 Women
Sunday 10:00 (18:00 BST) – Under 23 Men
Sunday 13:00 (21:00 BST) – Elite Women
Sunday 16:00 (23:00 BST) – Elite Men
Corus Great Britain Performance Team for Vancouver BG Triathlon World Championships:
Senior Men – Olly Freeman
Senior Women – Liz Blatchford, Kerry Lang, Vanessa Raw, Abbie Thorrington, Helen Tucker
Under 23 Men – Alistair Brownlee, Todd Leckie
Junior Boys – James Adams, Jonathan Brownlee, Jeremy Gilmour, Matt Sharp
Junior Girls – Kirsty McWilliam
Performance Programme Director – Heather Williams
Team Manager - Laura Macey
Senior Men’s Manager - Gavin Smith
Senior Women’s Manager - Mark Pearce
Under 23 Manager - Rick Velati
Junior Manager - Jack Maitland
Cycling Consultant - Mark McKay
Physio - John Dennis
Doctor - Roslyn Carbon
Mechanic - Glenn Coltman
About British Triathlon
British Triathlon is the National Governing Body for triathlon, the UK’s fastest growing sport. At international level Great Britain boasts a strong squad of world ranked elite triathletes who regularly achieve international success and has some outstanding young talent emerging from its development programmes. Since becoming an Olympic sport in 2000, British Triathlon has seen annual increases in membership numbers of 10%. There are over 650 triathlon events conducted in Great Britain each year, including the Corus Elite Series which attracts athletes from all over the world and the renowned Mazda London Triathlon and. For more information visit BritishTriathlon.org.
About Corus
Corus is Europe's second largest steel producer with annual revenues of over £11 billion and a crude steel production of about 20 million tonnes. With main steelmaking operations primarily in the UK and the Netherlands, Corus provides innovative solutions to the construction, construction, automotive, packaging, mechanical engineering and other markets worldwide. Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel, the world's sixth largest steel producer. With the recent acquisition of Corus, the combined enterprise has an aggregate crude steel production capacity of around 28.1 million tonnes with approximately 82,700 employees across four continents.
Corus became the Premier Sponsor of British Triathlon in July 2006. Corus invests in medal winning success for the Great Britain Triathlon team as well as supporting grassroots level activity through a series of community based initiatives to develop triathlon for school age children through the Corus Kids of Steel events. The sponsorship has also allowed British Triathlon to create a new elite race series - The Corus Elite Series – comprising three events to be broadcast on Channel 4 this summer and will provide athletes with an opportunity to compete on home soil against some of the best athletes in the world in draft legal racing. (www.corustriathlon.com)
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