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Vittoria Group has announced that Karim Pine has been appointed as the new Managing Director for North America to succeed Glenn Lee, who will now head the newly established Global Accessories Business Unit located in North America. After two years in the role of Managing Director for North America, Lee will begin his journey as business […]
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The Professional Triathletes Organization has announced the appointment of Chris Kermode as its new executive chairman. Kermode has been on the PTO’s Board of Directors since July 2020 and moves into the role as Charles Adamo, the PTO executive chairman since 2016, steps down. “It is a privilege to be given the opportunity to help […]
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USA Triathlon has hired Scott Schnitzspahn as high performance general manager, a role responsible for leading U.S. National Team programs, overseeing the Olympic and Paralympic pipelines and directing strategic planning for USA Triathlon’s High Performance Department. The hire marks a return to the organization for Schnitzspahn, who previously served as sport performance director for USA […]
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Milwaukee will host USA Triathlon’s largest national championship event, the USA Triathlon Nationals, August 4–6, 2023 with a new multi-day event format combined several events into one time period. This will be the third straight year for Milwaukee to host USA Triathlon’s marquee national championship. USA Triathlon Nationals will be the largest annual amateur triathlon […]
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Qatar Airways and Ironman have entered a long-term global partnership, making Qatar Airways the Official Airline Partner of Ironman’s Global and 70.3 Series through the 2025 season. In addition, Qatar Airways will be the title partner of the 2022 editions of Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast, Ironman Maryland, Ironman 70.3 Washington and Ironman 70.3 Western Sydney […]
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Victoria Brumfield has been named the interim chief executive officer at USA Triathlon effective September 3 as Rocky Harris moves from the national governing body to the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. “The USA Triathlon Board of Directors met extensively throughout the past week to ensure consistency and stability during the CEO transition,” said […]
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The capital of Estonia will host the Ironman 70.3 European Championship in 2023 and 2024, taking over hosting rights from Denmark for the first time since 2017. Estonia has hosted a 70.3 race since 2016 and Tallinn will take over hosting duties for the high-profile event from Elsinore. The announcement was made at the pre-event […]
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Organizing the race logistics for any Ironman race can be an arduous task. Now, put the event on an island and try to make sure that all the equipment that the organizers and competitors need can get to one place efficiently and on time. That has always been the case for the Ironman Group when […]
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Rocky Harris, who has been chief executive officer of USA Triathlon since 2017 and overseen the national governing body’s rise in recent years, will join the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee as chief of sport and athlete services. In the new role, he will oversee athlete service programming — inclusive of athlete mental and […]
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Super League Triathlon has announced its 2022 schedule, as well as a new facet to the season that features fans being directly involved with the series. The fourth season of the SLT Championship Series will for the first time feature a team aspect. One team will be owned by fans, who will be given the […]
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