ITU Names 2011 Gold Group

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has named the 20 athletes that will start out the 2011 ITU World Championship Series (WCS) as gold group athletes. The list does not include any American triathletes.

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The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has named the 20 athletes that will start out the 2011 ITU World Championship Series (WCS) as gold group athletes. The list does not include any American triathletes.

All four of the women pictured here are a part of the gold group. Photo: Delly Carr/Triathlon.org
All four of the women pictured here are a part of the gold group. Photo: Delly Carr/Triathlon.org

The gold group was created in 2009 as a means of raising the profile of the sport’s top athletes, their National Federations and to build global awareness of triathlon’s stars. The group is selected based on ranking in the 2010 ITU WCS and medals earned at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. A new group will be named after the third race of the ITU WCS in Madrid on June 5, 2011.

2011 Gold Group Athletes – Women
Emma Snowsill (AUS)
Emma Moffatt (AUS)
Nicola Spirig (SUI)
Lisa Norden (SWE)
Helen Jenkins (GBR)
Paula Findlay (CAN)
Andrea Hewitt (NZL)
Kate Roberts (RSA)
Vicky Holland (GBR)
Mariko Adachi (JPN)

2011 Gold Group Athletes – Men
Jan Frodeno (GER)
Simon Whitfield (CAN)
Bevan Docherty (NZL)
Javier Gomez (ESP)
Steffen Justus (GER)
Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS)
Joao Silva (POR)
Alistair Brownlee (GBR)
Sven Riederer (SUI)
Alexander Brukhankov (RUS)

Click here to read the complete press release from Triathlon.org.

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