World Triathlon stands in absolute
solidarity with the Ukraine triathlon family and the entire country at this
time of grave international crisis.
We strongly condemn the actions
against the country, through which the Russian government also breaches the
Olympic Truce. (The respective UN resolution was adopted by the UN General
Assembly on 2 December 2021 by consensus of all 193 UN Member States. The
Olympic Truce began seven days before the start of the Olympic Games, on 4
February 2022, and ends seven days after the closing of the Paralympic Games.)
World Triathlon is contacting all
National Federations, especially those closest to Ukraine or that border with
the country, as well as Triathlon Europe, to help coordinate our support.
We have been contacted by several
National Federations and event organisers willing to give their support where
they can. The organisers of the Lievin Europe Triathlon Cup have offered free
accommodation to Ukrainian athletes and support personnel registered to attend
the event, an offer that can be extended for as long as necessary if those
individuals would prefer to remain there for an extended period after the race.
The National Federation of Latvia has
identified and contacted some families of Latvian triathletes that are willing
to host, temporarily, triathletes, coaches or officials from Ukraine.
World Triathlon has set up an email
account (welcome@triathlon.org) where any member of the Triathlon community in
Ukraine that is leaving the country or is willing to do so, can reach out to
find families in other countries that are willing to host them. The email
address is also available for all prospective host persons anywhere in the
world who can offer their support to those fleeing Ukrainian. World Triathlon
will keep all contacts confidential but will help to put the parties in touch
with each other.
World Triathlon has contacted the IOC
task force monitoring the situation to offer our help to coordinate
humanitarian assistance to members of the Olympic Community in Ukraine - and
more specifically the Ukrainian triathlon family - where possible. We will
continue to closely monitor the situation in Ukraine and how it affects our
community and events in the region, and we stand with them all.
Athletes, officials, coaches, staff
and the TriathlonLive support personal based in Ukraine… you all have all our
support and we stand with you in these terrible times. Stay safe and take care.
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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