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Duathlon
Hundreds of athletes from across the country between the ages of 14 and 85 will be in Tuscaloosa this weekend for the USA Triathlon Duathlon National Championships.
The Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, will serve as the primary race venue, housing USA Triathlon’s iconic red-carpet finish line. The course will take athletes on the Tuscaloosa Riverwalk along the Black Warrior River and onto Jack Warner Parkway, before finishing at the amphitheater.
The competition will begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday and continue at 7:30 a.m. Sunday. For details about the schedules and more, go to usatriathlon.org/du2021.
Chris Mosier to Present Keynote at Endurance Exchange, Slate of Speakers Added 01/11/21
Chris Nikic, Katie and Tommy Zaferes, Grace Norman and Andrew Messick to speak at virtual industry conference from Jan. 21-23
Chris Mosier, the first transgender athlete to compete in the U.S. Olympic Trials in the gender with which they identify and the first transgender member of USA Triathlon’s age group Team USA, was today announced as a keynote speaker at Endurance Exchange, a virtual endurance sports industry conference hosted by USA Triathlon from Jan. 21-23, 2021.
In addition, history-making IRONMAN finisher Chris Nikic; U.S. Olympian and world champion Katie Zaferes and her husband, World Triathlon photographer Tommy Zaferes; U.S. Paralympic gold medalist Grace Norman; and IRONMAN CEO Andrew Messick have all been added to the speaker lineup for the virtual event.