Africa Triathlon

The International Triathlon Union, the sole world-wide governing body of the triathlon Events and other similar disciplines, has officially communicated in the last days that the Long Distance Duathlon World Championship which will be held in Barcis the next 29th may 2005 it will be also valid for the ITU Duathlon World Series. The ITU Duathlon World Series allow all the Elite athletes, not selected by their own Nation, to compete equally to the event If a NF has more than the maximum number of qualified competitors for the ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships, the Elite Athletes not selected for the event have still the chance to compete in the event as part of the World Series but he needs to enter with the support of his National Federation. For this reason, during the Valcellina World Championship, the Elite athletes that will compete for the World Title, and the Elite athletes competitors of the Duathlon World Series will start from the same line. An hard competition where all the best athletes of the discipline “without exclusions” are going to compete togheter. All the Elite athletes that take part to the Valcellina World Championship will obtain points valid for the World Ranking, indiscriminately from their registration. The value of this athletes that will participate to the Competition in Valcellina is the key to make an unforgettable show of the highest competitive level