A New Year! (08.01.2012)

The holidays and the turn of the year are gone and Abu Dhabi Triathlon Team looks forward to a new year. Most of the things will stay the same – but there are also some changes.

Team captain and founder Faris Al-Sultan will continue to lead his athletes through the countries of this world under the colours and logo of Abu Dhabi. In his own words, every completed Ironman race adds a wrinkle to his bearded face. One or two wrinkles are certainly due to the commitment he has shown to the team during the past three years. It has not always been easy but Faris fought for his big goal. With Abu Dhabi he has a strong partner on his side. It pays to work together. Also on the side of the other team sponsors almost everything will stay the same. We are happy to announce the cooperation with the Danish ceramic bearing specialist CeramicSpeed. All athletes look forward to use these high tech equipment.

A bit of nostalgia is settling in as two of our athletes will leave the team. 2011 was the year of her final breakthrough and Abu Dhabi Triathlon Team was proud to celebrate some great victories with her. The athlete in question is Rachel Joyce who wants to walk her own way in the future. We must  accept her choices, if sadly.  Nevertheless, we wish her all the best for her future career! Our wishes do not go only to her but are also extended to Jan van Berkel who will channel his individual course through the ITU race series to make it to the Olympic Games in London. However, we are soon going to report on the “fresh(wo)men” in our team. To follow shortly.