Elite Selection 2008

Elite Selection

2008
Event Date	Event	Selection Race Required	Elite: No. of places	Elite Selection Criteria	Event Location
10-11 May '08	Triathlon (elite, junior, AG, AWAD) European Championships	No	1 Elite Male & Female 1 Junior Male	Top ITU ranked female, male, and junior male.	Lisbon, Portugal
24-25 May '08	Duathlon European Championships	No	TBC	Selection discretionary	Serres, Greece
7-8 June '08	Triathlon World Championships	No	1 Elite Male & Female	Top ITU ranked female and male	Vancouver, Canada
30-31 Aug '08	Long Distance Triathlon World Championships	No	TBC	Race places will be allocated by TI based on individual application, past performance and quota.	Almere, Netherland
6-7 Sep '08	Youth and U23 Triathlon European Championships	Yes	TBC	Selection race: TriAthlone ETU Cup 2008	Pulpi, Spain
Sep '08	Long Distance Triathlon European Championships	No	TBC	Race places will be allocated by TI based on individual application, past performance and quota.	Gerardmer, France
27-28 Sep '08	Duathlon World Championships	No	TBC	Top 25 finishing position at European Duathlon Championships, Greece in May 2008, and within 2% of winning time.	Rimini, Italy
27-28 June '08	World University Triathlon Championships	Yes	TBC	Selection race: TriAthy 2008	Erdek, Turkey
2009
Event Date	Event	TI Selection Race Required	Elite: No. of places	Elite Selection Race	Event Location
2-7 Nov '09	Triathlon World Championships	-	TBC	TBC	Gold Coast , Australia
TBC	European Triathlon Championships	-	TBC	TBC	TBC

Application Procedure - Closing Date: 2 weeks before the selection race, or if no selection race specified, then 6 weeks before the Championship race.

Application Procedure

Application is open to athletes eligible to race on the Triathlon Ireland team (see Eligibility Criteria below).
Application is open to athletes currently holding Full, Student and Junior membership for 2008 of Triathlon Ireland.
Return the completed Application Form to the TI Administrator.
Application Forms incorrectly completed, illegible, or without the accompanying Application Fee will be returned and will not be considered a valid application.

Selection Events

The exact criteria for qualification through a selection event will be communicated to athletes either through email, or the Triathlon Ireland website, this will be done at least two weeks before the selection race.
Obtaining entry into the Selection Race is the responsibility of the applicant including paying any entry fees and meeting any cut-off dates that may apply.
If a Selection Race takes place for a given event, the qualifying athletes from that Selection Race will be announced by the close of business on the next working day (where there is no dispute raised in the allowed time).

Nomination of Triathlon Ireland athletes to the Race Organising committee

All qualifying athletes who have paid the race entry fee and and any other fees in full will be nominated to the event.
Elite athletes need to ensure that they comply with the applicable ITU regulations.
No athlete will be nominated to compete on a Triathlon Ireland team if there are any monies outstanding to Triathlon Ireland.
Athletes not nominated by Triathlon Ireland cannot compete in these events, on the Triathlon Ireland team, under any circumstances.

The following Eligibility Criteria must be met in order to represent Triathlon Ireland Internationally at an Elite level:

Athletes must be eligible to race for Ireland (see guidelines).
Athletes must be a Full, Student or Junior Member of Triathlon Ireland at the time of application and at the time of competition.
Athletes holding or legally entitled to hold dual citizenship (including Ireland) may not have raced for the National Triathlon Federation of another country for a period of three years prior to the current year.

Withdrawing athletes.

Where an athletes withdraws from the team having been selected they will forfeit the application fee.

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