City of Los Angeles Triathlon Brings World Class Athletes and a Field of 2,500 Competitors to the Waters and Roadways around the City of Los Angeles.Sports/Lifestyle/Metro Reporters/Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2003 Street Closures Planned from Venice Beach to Downtown LA Sunday Morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
More than 2,500 amateur and elite triathletes will take to the waters and roadways around the City of Los Angeles
While 38 states plus the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and 10 countries are represented among the 2,500+ competitors, approximately 70 percent hail from Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, where swimming, biking and running are an integral part of the area's lifestyle. Triathlon -- swimming, biking, running -- was first developed in 1973 to add endurance to and break the monotony of traditional track workouts. The first triathlon competition was held in 1978 in Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. and today the Newport Beach Triathlon is in its 27th continuous year. LA's swim-bike-run course begins in the ocean off Venice Beach just north of the Venice Beach pier. It travels through the City of Los Angeles, passing landmarks like the Helms Bakery The Helms Bakery in Culver City, California was a notable industrial bakery of Southern California that operated from 1931 to 1969. Among other things it was the official baker of the 1932 Summer Olympics. This was mentioned in the logo on the bread wrappers. building, the Miracle Mile, Hollywood's Walk of Fame, the Pantages Theatre, Sunset Boulevard, the Kodak Theatre, Dodger Stadium, Angel's Point, and finishes in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or at historic El Pueblo. The women's elite field is predominantly American with less than half the field international, representing Canada, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. or Germany. Among the women, keep an eye on three Americans who are training to qualify for the USA Olympic Team: Julie Swail, Nicole DeBoom and Becky Gibbs Lavelle. Swail, from Irvine, is a 2000 Olympic silver medalist in water polo who joined the elite triathlon ranks full-time last year. She represented the USA in the Pan American Games Pan American (Sports) Games Quadrennial sports festival. The games, conceived in 1940 as an event for the nations of the Western Hemisphere, were first held in 1951. finishing 8th. Gibbs Lavelle also represented the USA at the Pan Am Games, returning home with a bronze medal and she currently is a member of USA's National Team. The men's elite field is predominantly international with more than half the field representing Australia, South Africa, Great Britain, New Zealand or Germany. The 2002 LA Triathlon elite men's champion, Aussie Craig Walton, is favored to repeat this year. Walton is the 2002 Triathlete tri·ath·lete n. One who competes in a triathlon. of the Year and member of Australia's 2000 Olympic team. Challenging Walton will be five-time world champion and British 2000 Olympic triathlon team member Simon Lessing; 2002 Xterra World Champion and South African Olympic team member Conrad Stoltz; and 2003 Australian National Champion Craig Alexander. Among the American men competing are Los Angeles-area elite athletes Derek Kite (Malibu) and Matt Dixon (Hermosa Beach). Both have just entered the elite ranks, with Dixon being the 2002 LA Triathlon age group champion. The City of Los Angeles Triathlon is the 3rd largest triathlon in the world (based on number of competitors) behind the triathlons in Chicago (No. 1) and London (No. 2) and is one of the very few triathlons with a point-to-point course (Venice Beach to Downtown LA). Most triathlons start and finish at the same point. Street Closures Street closures begin Sunday morning at 6:20 a.m. in the Venice Beach area and roll across four City sectors ending downtown at El Pueblo. Sectors reopen in waves with the last sector re-opening at approximately 11:30 a.m. A course map and traffic information can be found at www.LATriathlon.com and additional information about street closures, sector descriptions, street crossings and traffic control is available on the DOT's information line, (323) 224-6534. The Media Credential Application and event Media Updates can be found on-line at www.LATriathlon.com or by calling Jan Fambro, (310) 826-2962 or emailing triathlonmedia@aol.com. |
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