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 News from Around the Americas | February 2007 
Mexico to Host 2007 ITU Aquathlon World Championships
 Triathlete Magazine
| | The 2007 ITU Aquathlon Championships will be an open event. Athletes can register through their national federation. |
The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has announced the 2007 ITU Aquathlon World Championships will be held in Ixtapa, Mexico, on May 12. Traditionally the aquathlon world championships are held in conjunction with the triathlon world championships, but because of the tight urban setting and scheduling at the 2007 triathlon championships in Hamburg, organizers are unable to host the event.
“Because of the full schedule and setting in Hamburg, it was an impossibility to have the aquathlon championships with the triathlon this year,” stated world cup and world championship director, Sheila O’Kelly. “So, for this year only, we will have the ITU Aquathlon World Championships with the Pan American championships in May.”
After a brief bidding process, the Mexican Triathlon Federation and Cancun BG Triathlon World Cup organizers in Asdeporte stepped forward and offered to host the event alongside their existing continental cup and Pan American aquathlon championships.
Asdeporte and the Mexican Triathlon Federation have been hosting top-level ITU events since 1995. They have successfully hosted three world championships to date: the triathlon world championships in both 1995 and 2002 as well as the team triathlon world championships in 2006. They have also organized numerous continental and world cups over the 11 years.
“We are very pleased that Asdeporte and the Mexican federation were able to step up and give the event a home this year,” said O’Kelly. “We trust the team in Mexico will do a stellar job hosting the championships.”
The 2007 ITU Aquathlon Championships will be an open event. Athletes can register through their national federation.
Positioned in the southwest of Mexico on the Pacific Ocean, the once quiet fishing village is now one of a handful of destinations that make up the Mexican Riviera, of which Acapulco is the largest. A fairly unknown tourist destination, Ixtapa hosts a number of white-sand beaches and natural spectacles for the perfect getaway. |
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