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September 15th, 2017
Cyclists To Pedal For The Rainbow Jersey
UCI Road World Championships is set to start off in Bergen on Saturday, 16 September. At the end of the 9-day event, the winners will have the right to wear the rainbow jersey for the following 12 months.
UCI Road World Championships is back to Norway first time since 1993. The event also returns to September after being staged a month later than its usual dates in order to avoid the extreme heat in Doha last year. The time trials will kick off competition on the first two days of the championships, while the road races for Elite Women and Elite Men will take place on the last two days, respectively Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th September. The world champions will have the right to wear the rainbow jersey, one of the most prestigious jerseys that a cyclist could be awarded in a lifetime, until the next championships in Innsbruck, Austria in 2018.
Timing at the UCI Road World Championships is provided via ProChip, a system which is offered to the race organisers in Turkey by Depar Timing. As it is fast, reliable and accurate to one-thousands of a second, MYLaps ProChip Timing System is also used for the cycling events at the Summer Olympics.
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September 2nd, 2017
Entries Close on 5 September For Eğirdir
The deadline to register for Eğirdir Triathlon is Tuesday, 5 September. The race, incorporating the National Finals, will be held on 10 September.
The event, where the timing services will be provided by Depar Timing, includes all age categories from the cadettes to seniors as well as the paratriathletes. Elites will swim 750m, bike 20km, and run 5km in the Eğirdir Triathlon, also the Turkey Final for the year. Athletes and clubs achieving Turkish titles will be awarded on site by the Turkish Triathlon Federation.
The online entry system at http://triatlon.org.tr, official website of the Turkish Triathlon Federation, will close at 23:59 on 5 September. Participants are offered a course visit between 15:00 and 16:00 on 9 September, followed by the Pasta Party at 19:00, and the Technical Meeting at 20:00. The races are to start at 08:00 on 10 September.
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September 1st, 2017
Special Guests For İsmail Akçay
İsmail Akçay Road Race will be staged on 10 September. The event will host two surviving medalists of 1968 Mexico Olympics who finished the marathon ahead of Akçay.
Organised since 2009 in the name of the legendary Turkish marathoner, İsmail Akçay Road Race will welcome the Japanese Kenji Kimihara and Mike Ryan of New Zealand who crossed the finish line in Mexico second and third respectively, where Akçay became fourth to just miss a medal. Maintaining a long distance friendship ever since, the three will meet up in Balıkesir. Under the demanding conditions in Mexico, 57 of the 83 registered athletes could make it to the finish line, where İsmail Akçay arrived in 2:25:18.8 behind Kimihara and Ryan. The marathon champion of Mexico 1968, Ethiopian Mamo Wolde, passed away at the age of 70 in 2002.
İsmail Akçay Road Race will be run over a distance of 12km. The entries are open until 12:30 on Saturday, 9 September. Further information and entry links can be reached via the official website of the Turkish Athletic Federation at www.taf.org.tr.
Timing services at the İsmail Akçay Road Race will be provided by Depar Timing. Official results will be posted on this website shortly after the race.
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August 25th, 2017
From The Black Sea To The Aegean
Triathletes will compete in Balıkesir on 27 August. 550 participants in total are expected in Burhaniye Triathlon.
Triathlon family will be moving to the Aegean Sea a week later than Ünye Triathlon. The event, organised by the Turkish Triathlon Federation, includes the races for cadettes, youth, juniors, elites and age groups categories. The Technical Meeting and the Pasta Party is to take place on 26th of August.
Depar Timing, the official timer of Burhaniye Triathlon, will provide its services with a team of four timers. -
August 16th, 2017
Ünye Ready For First Triathlon
Ünye Yunus Emre Triathlon will be held on Sunday, 20 August. Ünye Municipality, the organiser of the event, waived the entry fees.
Triathletes have the opportunity to compete in three categories in the well-known district of Ordu. The event includes Individual Olympic Triathlon, Olympic Triathlon Team Challenge and the Individual Sprint Triathlon. The race has a time limit of four hours.
Taking the triathlon to the Black Sea region, Ünye Belediyesi provides free transport for the registrants from the cities of Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Kocaeli and Istanbul. The district is located at a distance of 40 minutes to Ordu Airport where the transfers will also be provided free of charge.
Entries for the event are processed via the official website at unyetriatlonu.com. The Organising Committee has announced recently that, “in order to promote the sport of triathlon”, the entry fees are waived upon a proposal made by Ahmet Çamyar, Mayor of Ünye. Those participants who have paid the predetermined fee will be refunded.
Timing services in Ünye Yunus Emre Triathlon will be provided by Depar Timing with a team of four timers.
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