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An announcement from the International Triathlon Union: The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is delighted to announce that the Triathlon Mixed Relay has been officially included on the Commonwealth Games programme starting in 2018. Today in St. Kitts & Nevis, the 70 member Commonwealth Games Associations present voted in favour of including the Mixed Relay event at the Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly. The discipline may also be considered by the Organising Committee for the Glasgow 2014 Games. Today's inclusion into the Commonwealth Games is a great boost for the development of the sport across the 71 Commonwealth nations around the globe. Earlier this year, the format was also accepted onto the programme of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.
ITU will next present to the Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee in hopes of having the Triathlon Mixed Relay as an optional addition to the sports programme of Glasgow 2014, the 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games.
The recent successes strengthen ITU's quest to get the Triathlon Mixed Relay event into the Olympic Games beginning with Rio 2016. The ITU is bidding to get the discipline added to the programme of the Olympic Games and will submit its official bid early next year to the IOC. |
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Team Triathlon accepted into Commonwealth Gamesposted Nov 11, 2011 11:29 AM by Alan Gilbertson [BTA] |