Brasil Fast

from former PTC member Cole Stewart's blog - nice work Cole!

Knowing the forth biggest television channel in the world is filming your race live for 20million people is pretty crazy. It didn't make it feel any less hard, if you were wondering. The travel to Brazil was a really cool experience for me and one that I know i'll remember, a big thanks to AP and Matt for that. The jungle and the whole country had a very pleasant vibe to it but brazil seemed a little less bit hospitable when both AP and Matt became extremely ill before the race. The 3 man team that would complete 3 super sprint triathlons on TV for canada took a major blow. Both men were hospitalized and managed to finish the swim leg of each race but were forced to pull out with vomiting during the race etc. My luck had been considerably better than Matt and AP's and I wasn't phased by any illness. So I did the race solo.

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Standing Start

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National Development Team Named

December 20, 2010

VICTORIA—Eight triathletes laden with promise will make up Canada’s 2011 Development Team, Triathlon Canada announced on Monday.

Selected on merit from a successful 2010 season, the young squad will consist of the following athletes: Kyla Coates (Victoria); Joanna Brown (Carp, Ont.); Christine Ridenour (Cowichan Bay, B.C.); Andrew McCartney (Victoria); Jeff Phillips (Victoria); Matt Sharpe (Victoria); Alexander Hinton (Kingston, Ont.); and Andrew Yorke (Caledon, Ont.).

Full article here.

Findlay, Brown, Sharpe - Top Ten

Congratulations to Paula Findlay, Joanna Brown and Matt Sharpe for their top-ten finishes at the World Championships in Budapest today, as well as some strong finishes from the rest of the Canadian Junior Team. Great job everyone!!

Elite Women
1. Emma Snowsill AUS
2. Emma Moffatt AUS
3. Nicola Spirig SUI
5. Paula Findlay CAN

Junior Women
1. Ashleigh Gentle AUS
2. Charlotte Bauer GER
3. Joanna Brown CAN
12. Christine Ridenour CAN

Junior Men
1. Fernando Alarza ESP
2. Thomas Bishop GBR
3. Kevin McDowell USA
9. Matt Sharpe CAN
16. Alexander Hinton CAN
21. Cole Stewart CAN

Full Results

Alexander Hinton Video

Ian Donald put together this video of World Junior Team member Alex Hinton:

Sweetland Takes Silver at Worlds

Kirsten Sweetland took the silver medal in the U-23 division of the ITU World Championships Grand Final in Budapest today.

U23 Women
1. Emma Jackson - AUS
2. Kirsten Sweetland - CAN
3. Emmie Charayron - FRA

U23 Men
1. Jonathan Brownlee - GBR
2. Ryan Sissons - NZL
3. Franz Loeschke - GER

Elite Men
1. Alistair Brownlee - GBR
2. Javier Gomez - GBR
3. Steffen Justus - GER
37. Kyle Jones - CAN

The elite women's race is tomorrow.

Full Results

photo: triathlon.org

Junior Nationals

Congratulations to PTC members on their races at Junior Nationals in Kelowna!!

Elsabet Lapointe stepped up with an 8th place finish, her first top-ten at the national level. Jimmy Stewart had a solid 28th place, and Alex Stasiuk was 1st in the 16-19 age group. Overall winners were Matt Sharpe and Joanna Brown.

Results:
Junior Men
Junior Women
Age Group 16-19 Women
All Results