ITU Triathlon World Cup - 2000

Event and Contact Information:

Name of Event: ITU Triathlon World Cup – Tiszaujvaros, Hungary
Date: 06.08.2000.
Name of contact: Gergely Markus
Telephone: +36 20 93 66 219
Fax: +36 49 342 013
Email: marge@mail.datanet.hu
Web site: www.agria.hu/tvk-triathlon
Mail Address: H-3580, Tiszaujvaros, Pf 87
 

Event details:

Entry fee: -
Prize money: 60.000 $USD
Start times: Woman start:10.30  Man start:13.30
Start mechanism: Diving start from a pontoon. Start area is 30m wide.
Swim course: The swim is in a lake. There are two laps.
Prediction on Wetsuits – expected water temperature: 22-24 C
Cycle course: 10 km from the TA1 to the race centre. 6 laps of 5 km in the town. Technical, flat course with 11 corners per lap.
Run Course: 4 laps of 2,5 km in the centre of Tiszaujvaros. Flat course with a technical part around the urban lake. Partly on the road and partly on footpath.
 

Media Information:

Name of Media Contact: Gergely Markus
Address for Media Credentials request: 
Tel.:+36 20 93 66 219
Fax:+36 49 342 013
Email: marge@mail.datanet.hu
Mail Address: H-3580, Tiszaujvaros, Pf 87
Location of Media Centre and hours of operation: In the Hotel Civis Phonix, 0-24 non-stop
Time and place where media kit can be pick-up: From 8 am on day of the race in the Media Centre. 
 

Travel and accommodations:

Closest airport - name and distance from the event: Budapest, 180km on road to Tiszaujvaros
Local transportation provided: Free transportation from the airport and back after the race, if the flight details (date, time, flight) provided for the organizing committee two weeks prior the event
Name and contact details of the host hotel: Hotel Civis Phonix, Hotel booking through the organizing committee!!!
Home stay program: Not available.
 

Special Functions

Press conference: Two days before the event on Friday afternoon and right after the men race.
Awards celebration: Awards ceremony right after the race for the top 3 and in the evening
                                          on the square for the top 20.
Carbo meal: Pasta party on Friday evening, post-race party on Sunday evening
Special dignitaries present: Pal Schmitt, the Vice-President of the IOC,
                                          Tamas Deutsch, Sport Minister of Hungary (promised)
Tourism activities: Available