New winter triathlon events have been added to ITU’s 2009 calendar including the ETU Winter Triathlon European Championships in Latky Mlaky, Slovakia on February 6-8 and the ITU Winter Triathlon World Championships in Gaishorn, Austria on February 13-15.  Earlier this year Gaishorn successfully staged the winter triathlon European championships.  In 2009, the city will host the world in the run, bike, cross-country ski multisport event.

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With the 2008 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Champions crowned, it’s already time to look ahead to next year’s event, which sees the event return to Australia.  Canberra hosted in 2006 but Perth will welcome the long distance stars in October 2009.  After the distance was increased to triple Olympic distance for Almere, it will revert back to double Olympic distance (3km swim, 80km bike, 20km run) for Perth.

The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) and Triathlon Australia have announced early details around the world championships including course information, a preliminary schedule and tourist information for Perth.

Click here for more information on the 2009 championships (PDF)