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Today, World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) announces an exciting addition to its team. Erik Vervloet has stepped into the role of Chief Marketing Officer for WTC and will oversee the global marketing, partnership, sales, public relations, television and social media efforts across Ironman, Ironman 70.3, 5150 Triathlon Series, Iron Girl and IronKids brands. Read the story »
With the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship Melbourne selling out in five minutes back in August, the last opportunity to participate in the inaugural Melbourne event is now available. Read the story »
World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) today announced changes and additions to the 5150 Triathlon Series. Professional WTC champions will have the opportunity for expanded automatic qualifying across three world-renowned championship events: the Hy-Vee 5150 U.S. Championship, Ironman World Championship 70.3 and Ironman World Championship. Professional athletes will also have expanded opportunities for 5150 Pro Ranking (5150 PR) points with the addition of 5150 Triathlon Series races and select Ironman 70.3 races to the qualifying schedule. Read the story »
Recent meetings between World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Messick, and International Triathlon Union (ITU) President, Marisol Casado, have opened the door to the possibility that the Ironman organization might "in future organize the ITU's own long-distance world championships on its behalf," according to a release distributed by the ITU today. Read the story »
World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) and local race organizers, Washington Sports & Event Management LLC (WSEM), today announced the inaugural Ironman 70.3 National Harbor triathlon, scheduled for Aug. 5, 2012, at National Harbor in Prince George's County, Maryland. This will be the first-ever Ironman 70.3 triathlon in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. Read the story »
The universal joke in the cycling world is that there are two types of cyclists: those who have crashed and those who are going to crash. I have my own variation on that for the triathlon world. There are two types of triathletes: those who are injured and those who are going to get injured. Read the story »
Vitacost.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: VITC), a leading online retailer and direct marketer of health and wellness products, has been named the 2012 "Official Nutritional Supplement Online Retailer of Ironman" for all U.S. Ironman qualifying events, including the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and the inaugural Ironman Mont-Tremblant in Quebec, Canada. The designation is the result of a one-year partnership agreement with World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), owners of the Ironman brand. Read the story »
Two of the world's most dominant Ironman athletes are among the first leading professionals to confirm their participation in the 2012 Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship Melbourne. (Photos courtesy FinisherPix.) Read the story »
