Marisol Casado, who earned a fourth consecutive term as World Triathlon President last month after a bitter election campaign, has dismissed the criticisms made by her beaten rival, Mads Freund, as inaccurate.
Marisol Casado has been elected to serve a fourth term as President of World Triathlon after seeing off challenger Mads Freund in a virtual vote at the organisation’s Congress.
Spain’s Marisol Casado and Mads Freund of Denmark will discover whether they have done enough to be named World Triathlon President when the governing body holds its Congress virtually tomorrow.
Mads Freund has pledged to give more power to continental federations and strengthen election practices should he be elected World Triathlon President.
World Triathlon has confirmed incumbent Marisol Casado and Mads Freund of Denmark will contest its Presidential election this year after they were the only candidates to enter the race before the deadline.
Mads Freund of Denmark is set to run against incumbent World Triathlon President Marisol Casado when the organisation holds its elections later this year.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
The City of Liverpool is host to the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2022.
The World Artistic Gymnastics Championships is the property of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) which is the governing body of Gymnastics worldwide. The Championships represent the pinnacle of elite gymnastics competition, attracting a substantial worldwide broadcast audience. WGC2022 is looking to engage an individual or agency to deliver the commercial sales process and maximise commercial opportunities for the event.
Almost 35 years after losing out to Barcelona for the 1992 Olympics, Brisbane is poised to stage the Games in 2032. Philip Barker reports on the long history of Australian Olympic bids, with the country still one of only two in the Southern Hemisphere to have hosted the Games.
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