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Edmonton to host 2014 Grand Prix Final of World Triathlon Series

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

Paula Findlay (center) (Martin Putz, Wikimedia Commons)

According to the Canadian Olympic Committee, Edmonton will host the 2014 Grand Final of the World Triathlon Series.

In a statement released today, Canadian Olympic Committee President Marcel Aubut said the following:

” Bringing the Grand Final back to Edmonton is a huge accomplishment for Triathlon Canada and a testament to the respect our performance partner has garnered through its hard work and dedication athletes, coaches, support staff and leadership. I have no doubt that residents of the ‘City of Champions’ will welcome the best triathletes in the world with true, renowned hospitality and that Triathlon Canada will continue to build on its reputation for excellence on the road to Rio 2016.”

Canada has a rich history in the sport of triathlon. Simon Whitfield of Kingston who has recently switched to ironman, won the Gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the Silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, while Edmonton’s own Paula Findlay has won five World Cup events.

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Opposite Olympic results for Edmonton-based athletes Saturday

Saturday, August 4th, 2012

Paula Findlay (Martin Putz, Wikimedia Commons)

Heading into day eight of the 2012 Olympic Games in London Saturday, there were two Edmonton-based athletes I was keeping an eye on– cyclist Tara Whitten and triathlete Paula Findlay.

Their results were on the opposite ends of the spectrum.

Whitten, who was born in Toronto and raised in Edmonton, won Olympic bronze in the team cycling pursuit with Jasmin Glaesser of Coquitlam, British Columbia and Gillian Carleton of Scarborough, Ontario. They had a solid semi-final in losing to eventual Gold medal winning Great Britain, but had a fantastic performance in delivering a huge upset to beat Australia for a medal.

For triathlete Paula Findlay, there were a lot of question marks if she would even participate in the Olympic race, having suffered significant injuries to her hip a year ago. She participated, but the five-time World Cup champion over the last two years finished last in her first competitive race in over a year.

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Fifteen Albertans to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

 

Erin McLeod (Wikimedia Commons)

Team Canada’s Olympic roster is set and there are 15 representing the province of Alberta out of the 264 athletes representing our nation.

Does that total seem rather low to you? That is only 5.7% of the total athletes representing Canada are Albertan. Should we be sending more? Possibly, but for now let’s celebrate the Albertans who are going.

Out of the 15, seven are from Calgary.

Kayaker Mark de Jonge has probably the best chance to medal. He finished in sixth place at the 2011 World Championships in the men’s 200m. De Jong will be joined by gymnast Nathan Gafuik, badminton player Grace Gao, track athlete Akeem Haynes, cyclist Monique Sullivan, swimmer Jillian Tyler (women’s 100m breaststroke), and Michael Tayler in kayaking slalom.

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Whitfield pulls out of Edmonton triathlon

Friday, July 6th, 2012

Simon Whitfield (Wikimedia Commons)

According to the Canadian Press, Simon Whitfield has pulled out of the World Cup Triathlon race in Edmonton this weekend because of a hamstring injury.

Whitfield, who won the Gold medal for Canada at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and a Silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, will continue to train in Victoria, British Columbia in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games  in London.

The 12-time World Cup winner is currently ranked tenth in the world. Canada will be represented in the Edmonton event by Kyle Jones of Hamilton, Ontario, who is currently ranked 27th in the world.

Whitfield injured his hamstring while training.

As for Canada’s best female triathlete, Paula Findlay of Edmonton, she hopes to be competing in London at the end of the month despite a serious hip injury. Findlay was considered a very serious medal threat a year ago when she won three World Cup races. Then she had to pull out of last year’s World Cup because of the hip issue.

 

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Findlay wins in Austria

Sunday, June 19th, 2011

Paula Findlay (Bing Images)

Edmonton’s Paula Findlay is starting to become one of Canada’s top athletes to watch out for as the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London is only a year away.

At 22 years of age, Findlay, won again on Sunday at the Triathlon World Series event in Kitzbuehel, Austria.

Findlay becomes only the third athlete to win three consecutive triathlon races.

Findlay’s time of 2:02:52 was four seconds faster than Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins. American Sarah Groff was third with a time of 2:06.27.

Once again, it was Findlay’s run that was the difference. Her time of 34:54 was the fastest in the 65 competitor field.

It was a tough day yesterday for two-time Olympic medallist Simon Whitfield, however, as he failed to finish. Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain, the 2009 World Champion, won the men’s event.

Findlay, meanwhile, continues to lead the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Rankings with 2400 points. She leads Chile’s Barbara Riveros Diaz by 488 points. The next significant race is on July 17 in Hamburg, Germany.

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Findlay wins triathlon race in Spain

Sunday, June 5th, 2011

Paula Findlay (Bing Images)

Edmonton’s Paula Findlay is the best female triathlete in the world with just over a year away from the Summer Olympic Games in London.

Today in Madrid, Spain, Findlay won her second triathlon race of the year.

Findlay had the fastest swim, and held on to her lead through the cycling and running portions of the competition.

Helen Jenkins of Great Britain was second and Emmie Charayron of France was third.

Earlier this year, Findlay won a triathlon competition in Sydney, Australia. Triathletes were to participate in an event in Yokohama, Japan in May, but the event has been rescheduled to September 18-19 because of the fatal Japanese earthquake.

By winning both events this year, Findlay has 1600 points.

Other elite female triathletes to watch out for as the season goes along is Barbara Riveros Diaz of Chile, who is second in the overall standings with 1326 points and Andrea Hewitt of New Zealand who is third with 1318 points.

The next women’s triathlon race is in Kitzbuhel, Austria on the weekend of June 18-19.

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Edmonton’s Paula Findlay wins Triathlon event in Australia

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

Paula Findlay (Bing Images)

Edmonton’s Paula Findlay has won the opening International Triathlon Union race of the year in Sydney, Australia.

Findlay defeated Barbara Riveros Diaz of Chile by posting a time of 2:01.21. New Zealand’s Andrea Hewitt was third.

Findlay, 21, puts her in shape to be a medal contender for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Findlay won on the same Sydney course where Canadian Simon Whitfield won Gold at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, becoming the first male athlete to win Olympic Gold in triathlon.

Findlay was 21st after the swim, 31st after the cycling portion, but was convincingly the faster runner of the day.

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