Triathlon
Introduction to Triathlon
Triathlon pushes its competitors to the limits in three different sports: Swimming, cycling and running. Each sport requires the the competitor to be in peak physical condition and with three such individual sports it calls on the athlete to commit to a training schedule that is second to none.
The Olympic distance triathlon, which is one of the 28 Olympic sports, consists of: 1500m swimming, 40km cycling and 10km running. For contact details of Triathlon Ireland please click on Full story
Crash spoils Noble's day
Gavin Noble had a frustrating London 2012 Triathlon test event today. After a great swim that saw Gavin amongst the front runners in the bike, Noble and three other athletes went down on the greasy road surface folowing a downpour of heavy rain on the tight and technical London Olympic course. Noble however completed …
Triathlon Test Event
Aileen Morrison produced a solid performance and gathered good ranking points this morning in London's Hyde Park.
She finished 18th of the worlds best 67 starters.
OCI support for Morrison
Irish Triathlete Aileen Morrison was in Olympic House to discuss her Olympic Scholarship for London 2012.
Morrisson 5th in Athlone European Championship
Congratulations to Aileen Morrison from the Triathlon Ireland High Performance squad who finished 5th yesterday in the Waterways Ireland European Championships in Athlone. Emma Davis finished in 23rd place.
Irish Triathlon Talent Search
Triathlon Ireland recently held a talent identification day in Limerick. A number of talented junior athletes, who were identified during the day, will be joining a talent squad for a first training weekend in April.
2009 Triathlon World Cup Series in Hyde Park,
A leg of the inaugural International Triathlon Union’s Triathlon World Championship Series is to be held next August in Hyde Park, the venue for the sport when hosts the 2012 Olympics.
Davies impresses in Athlone Triathlon
Ireland's first Olympic triathlete Emma Davis finished second at the Irish Triathlon in a time of 2:01:51 on Saturday.
Triathletes chasing Olympic qualification
Ireland’s leading triathletes Emma Davis and Gavin Noble, continued their chase for Olympic qualification over the past week with Davis recording her best result of the year to take 10th place in the Tongyeong Triathlon World Cup in South Korea on Saturday (26th April), and Noble finishing 20th in the Pontevedra European Cup in Spain the previous weekend (19th April).
London 2012