World Triathlon is pleased to announce the signature of the Development Grant contracts with the five Continental Confederations for 2022. A comprehensive and extensive plan that will be implemented throughout the world to support the athletes, coaches, technical officials, events and event organisers development, as well as to increase the participation of women in the sport on all levels, from grassroots to elite participation.
“Investing in Development is
investing in the growth of our sport, and is also investing in the future. For
World Triathlon to have a fruitful and productive relationship with all the
Continental Confederations is paramount, and I think these five contracts
signed with the Continental Presidents show once again the commitment we all
have with the development projects, and helping our national federations,
athletes, coaches, organisers and technical officials to continue learning,
improve the level of our events and get more athletes, coaches and officials
involved in the sport at the top level”, said World Triathlon President and IOC
member, Marisol Casado.
Asia Triathlon
The goal of the contract signed with
the Asia Triathlon for 2022 is not only to support athletes, coaches and events
in the region, but also to increase the female participation at all levels of
the sport. Another goal to achieve in the following months is to launch the
recently approved World Triathlon Development Regional Cup concept in Asia.
Asia Triathlon will use the funds for
a few Technical Officials courses in Lebanon, Jordan, Uzbekistan and Iran, as
well as a couple of seminars for event organisers, to try to improve the level
of the triathlon hosted in the continent.
Oceania Triathlon
Oceania Triathlon will use the
Development funds in 2022 to increase the participation of the Pacific lslands
in the sport on all levels, as well as to provide the personnel, resources, and
budget allocations to support Oceania Triathlon in achieving their strategic
development goals and provide a sustainable structure for accessing resources
and programmes and for reporting on a quarterly basis for the development
projects.
With these funds, Oceania Triathlon
will organise two Junior Development Continental Camps, one of them in the
Solomon Islands, meant to support the Pacific Games 2023 preparations. The
Continental Confederation will also host a Coaches Level 1 course, Technical
Officials courses and an Activator seminar.
Funds will also be allocated to
support the Test Event 2022 Pacific Mini Games in the Northern Mariana lslands
and the Pacific lslands Championships, that potentially will be hosted in Tonga
in early December 2022, depending on their recovery post-earthquake.
Americas Triathlon
America s Triathlon’s development
budget for 2022 was drawn up considering the current economic situation that
the vast majority of American countries are going through, the low or
non-existent score of athletes in the World Triathlon Ranking and the aim of
optimizing the resources allocated by World Triathlon.
The Development goals in the
Continent are to host ten World Triathlon Development Regional Cup events in
ten different nations with the participation of neighbouring NFs and link up
with athletes, coaches, Technical Officials and events educational initiatives;
to provide continuous coach education and certification opportunities; to
provide continuous Technical Officials education and certification
opportunities; to identify talents from all over America and with the
constitution of the Americas Team and allow them to access Continental Cups
without financial restrictions.
The funds allocated on the 2022
Contract will be dedicated to support the organization of these ten World
Triathlon Development Regional Cup.
Americas Triathlon will also organize
Technical Official courses, both in Spanish and English, and will provide
funding for the athletes in the Team America.
Europe Triathlon
The goals of the contract signed with
the Europe Triathlon for 2022 are to establish a baseline of provision for
developing triathlon and resources available to NFs across Europe and to
establish communications and media links at a level commensurate with the
optimum promulgation of positive images and descriptions of triathlon and
related multisports across the region. Europe Triathlon is looking forward to
increase World Triathlon and Europe Triathlon membership for the sport of
triathlon all over Europe, as well as to assist European NFs to create and
develop their own skills to attain competitive excellence at all technical
levels.
Europe Triathlon will organise two
Coaching Courses in Europe, as well as a few Technical Officials courses. The
contract will provide funds for the European Youth Festival, two development
camps to identify new talents across Europe and will support the European
Triathlon Development Team (linked to Triathlon European Cups: Yenisehir (TUR),
Rzeszow (POL) and Alanya (TUR).
Some National federations will
receive funds for development projects, including Croatia, Estonia, Iceland,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, North macedonia and Slovenia.
AfricaTriathlon
Africa’s Triathlon’s development
budget for 2022 is meant to activate the new NFs and to provide new and
emerging federations with resources for development, as well as athletes and
coaches support towards 2023 African Games in Ghana and the 2026 Dakar Youth
Olympic Games. the goal is also to provide technical support to events in the Continent,
focusing on national championships and regional events.
The funds allocated in 2022 will
contribute to organise an Activators Seminar in Portuguese, as well as a few
seminars for Technical Officials from Africa. Africa Triathlon will also
allocate funds to athletes travel subsidies for triathlon and duathlon regional
events in Ghana, Niger and Cameroon, and will organise a Junior Development
camps in Morocco, Zimbabwe and Senegal, among other courses.
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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