Tagged News for Kirsten Sweetland
New champion to be named in elite women’s race
26/08/14 - Watch the races live here: https://triathlonlive.tv/ Find the women’s international start times here. After a season filled with thrills and spills, triumphs and tough setbacks, the naming of the next... |
Full StorySarah Groff grabs first ever WTS win
23/08/14 - The USA’s Sarah Groff pulled off her first ever World Triathlon Series win just seven days ahead of the Edmonton Grand Final at the World Triathlon Stockholm. The win saw Groff jump from fifth to second... |
Full StoryPrecious points up for grabs in Stockholm
18/08/14 - Watch the races live here: https://triathlonlive.tv/ Find the women’s international start times here. The World Triathlon Series will be staged in Stockholm for a third time this Saturday, with the... |
Full StoryPreview: Commonwealth women’s race
21/07/14 - In its third appearance on the Commonwealth Games programme, the women’s event promises to present some of the best racing of the season with an impressive start list. As the very first medal event of the... |
Full StoryGwen Jorgensen takes fourth consecutive WTS win in Hamburg
12/07/14 - Gwen Jorgensen‘s almost flawless 2014 season added yet another chapter in Germany on Saturday, when the American became the first athlete to win four consecutive World Triathlon Series races in the same... |
Full StoryJorgensen creates history winning in Chicago
28/06/14 - Gwen Jorgensen (USA) ran herself into the history books on Saturday as the first women to claim six World Triathlon Series titles clinching victory in Chicago from Helen Jenkins (GBR) and Juri Ide (JAP).... |
Full StoryFast Five with Canada’s Kirsten Sweetland
24/07/13 - Not many people would describe 22% climbs as “so fun” but then again, not many people are Kirsten Sweetland. After a second-place finish at the U23 World Championship race in 2010, Sweetland’s career... |
Full StoryWorld Cup circuit hits halfway mark with debut in Palamos
09/07/13 - The World Cup circuit hits the halfway mark on Sunday as it debuts in the northeastern coastal city of Palamos. Spain is one of two countries to host two World Cup events in 2013, with Palamos the first... |
Full StoryCanadian women sweep the podium in Edmonton
23/06/13 - Canada scored a huge day in the women’s race, as Emelie Kretz, Ellen Pennock and Kirsten Sweetland swept the podium for the host country at the 2013 Edmonton ITU Triathlon World Cup. “I’m really... |
Full StoryDaniel Unger and Lauren Campbell back on top of the podium in Bridgetown
13/02/12 - The Sunday of sprint distance racing continued in Barbados when both Daniel Unger and Lauren Campbell broke long ITU winless streaks at the 2012 Bridgetown ITU Sprint Triathlon Pan American Cup. In the... |
Full StoryPATCO Pan American Triathlon Championships kick off blockbuster 2012
09/01/12 - The 2012 ITU season officially gets underway this weekend, with the best of the Americas heading to Argentina for the 2012 LA Paz PATCO Triathlon Pan American Championships. La Paz has hosted a Pan... |
Full StoryOff-season with the stars of ITU
25/01/11 - While many of us are still dusting off the New Year’s cobwebs, ITU’s elite athletes are busy preparing for another exhilarating season of racing. Most have been training, some have been racing and... |
Full StoryChrabot, Moreno reign as Pan American Champions
18/10/10 - A busy week in Puerta Vallerta wrapped up yesterday with the elite women’s and men’s competitions in the PATCO Triathlon Pan American Championships. Brazil’s Carla Moreno claimed the women’s... |
Full StoryTwo-time Olympic medalist, Simon Whitfield, to lead strong Canadian team in 2010.
20/01/10 - Canada’s high-performance triathletes are charging into the 2010 season replete with veteran leadership and podium potential. Building on one of the most successful seasons for Canada’s senior-level... |
Full StoryIn Profile: Kirsten Sweetland, CAN
12/06/09 - The rising star of Canadian triathlon has had her fair share of ups and downs over a relatively short professional career. A young Kirsten Sweetland entered her first triathlon aged ten and remarkably won... |
Full StoryCanada Set Out 2012 Plans
08/06/09 - At a press conference held in Vancouver on Monday, Triathlon Canada unveiled a team who they hope can bring further Olympic medal success in 2012. The organisation has recruited an enhanced Canadian-made... |
Full StoryMadrid World Champs - Women
21/05/09 - Australia’s Olympic gold medallist Emma Snowsill was back on the top step of the podium at the opening leg of the new Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series in Tongyeong, Korea... |
Full StoryDocherty & Sweetland Win In NZ
06/04/09 - Taranaki turned on its Sunday best for the finale to the Port Taranaki World Tri Festival with the ITU Continental Cup races held in New Plymouth, New Zealamd. Three days of stunning weather and action... |
Full StorySweetland Wins In Mooloolaba
28/03/09 - The opening leg of the 2009 ITU Triathlon World Cup Series was won by 20 year old Kirsten Sweetland from Canada as she started 2009 with a bang, beating Olympic Games bronze medallist and local favourite... |
Full StoryWarriner wins in Tongyeong
26/04/08 - New Zealands Beijing-bound Samantha Warriner claimed her sixth world cup title today in the 2008 Tongyeong BG Triathlon World Cup, the 198th world cup ever staged in ITU’s history. A strong swim put the... |
Full StoryMoffatt, Docherty triumph in Edmonton
25/06/07 - In the last race to ever be held in the capital city of Alberta, Canada, Emma Moffatt of Australia won the 2007 Edmonton BG Triathlon World Cup in a time of 1 hour 57 minutes and 52 seconds for the first... |
Full StoryMoffatt wins first World Cup gold
24/06/07 - In the last race to ever be held in the capital city, Emma Moffatt of Australia has just won the 2007 Edmonton BG Triathlon World Cup in a time of 1 hour 57 minutes and 52 seconds for the first world cup... |
Full Story1st wins for Sweetland and DeVilliers
14/05/07 - It was a day of firsts as 18-year old Kirsten Sweetland of Canada and local favourite Hendrik DeVilliers of South Africa both captured their first-ever world cup victories at the 2007 Richards Bay BG... |
Full StoryYoung Sweetland wins first WC
13/05/07 - Current Junior world champion Kirsten Sweetland of Canada has just won the 2007 Richards Bay BG Triathlon World Cup in South Africa. The 18-year old Canadian’s time of 2 hours 3 minutes and 32 seconds... |
Full StoryTriathlon Team Gold for Italy
03/11/06 - The Italian triathlon team of Daniela Chmet, Beatrice Lanza and Nadia Cortassa has just won the womens ITU Team Triathlon World Championships in a time of 1:05:11. Italy was able to open a large enough... |
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