This coming weekend 500 athletes from 25 Nations will compete in the 2008 Winter Triathlon World Championships in Freudenstadt, Germany. Can anyone beat Germany's Sigrid Mutscheller who has won the title 4 years in a row? Mutscheller also has snagged the European Championships in as many years. There are several Contenders ready and willing to take the crown from Mutscheller and among them are Carina Wasle (AUT), Pia Sundstedt (FIN), Camilla Hott Johannsen (NOR) and Yulia Surikova (RUS).

In the men's race the favorite appears to be Arne Post from Norway, but he'll have to contend with Sigi Baur (AUT) and Andreas Swanebo (SWE). Additionally Alessandro De Gasperi (ITA) won the European tile on this course 3 years ago and Florian Holzinger (GER) has come on strong recently and should get great support from the partisan fans.





Winter Triathlon World Championships, Freudenstadt, Germany, February 22-24

Schedule COOLMAN Wintertriathlon

Friday, February 22

6pm Official start of the Winter World Championships


Saturday, February 23

10am Start Elite Women, U23
12pm Start Elite Men, U23
2pm Start Juniors, male / female
3pm Start COOLMAN-Relays
7pm Awards, slideshow and party


Sunday, February 24

9.30am COOLMAN Kids student cup
11am Relay Elite, Junioren
1pm Start age group worlds
4:30pm Awards