Hungarian athlete Tamas Toth has been elected Chair of the World Triathlon Athletes Committee, while American para triathlete Allisa Seely has been elected Vice Chair in the voting held among their peer members of the Committee. Both will seat, from now on, at the World Triathlon Executive Board, where the Athletes Committee has two representatives.
The newly elected Athletes Committee
met for the first time on November 15, with the voting to elect the Chair and
the Vice Chair as first item in the agenda. Since 2019, World Triathlon has two
athlete representatives at the Executive Board, with the Constitution stating
that it has to be one male and one female, and from two different continents.
“I’m honoured to represent the
athletes’ voice for the second term”, said Toth, who was also the Athlete’s
Committee Chair during the last term and has been sitting at the Executive
Board since then. “The past two years (of our tenure at the Athletes Committee)
were mainly about restarting racing and being able to hold the Olympic
Qualifications as fair and safe for all as possible. Now it’s time to fine-tune
some of the measures we have been discussing for long time and finish the
postponed projects and work towards our future goals, positioning Athletes in
the heart of the organization. It was really good to see the shining and
motivated eyes of our new (and old) committee members, I’m looking forward to
working with all of them”, he explained.
“I am so proud of not only the Chair
and the Vice Chair, but all of the athletes that form the Committee, proves
that they are really committed with our sport, not only competing at their best
but also participating in the governing bodies, expressing always their voice,
concerns and suggestions. We aim to keep the athletes at the heart of our
organization, and to be able to do so, we need them to actively participate in
all our discussions. having two active elite athletes as members of the Board
is a great benefit for all. Having for the first time in our organization a
Para athlete sitting at the Board also shows the commitment of all with Para
triathlon” said World Triathlon President and IOC member, Marisol Casado.
ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON
World Triathlon is the international
governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all
related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon,
cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in
Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the
programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic
programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development
of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and
transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the
sport to be extraordinary.
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