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Ironman Canada has a rich 30 year history in Penticton. Aug
2012 saw the final running of Ironman Canada in Penticton after 30
editions. Next year, the Challenge Series moves into town. The World
Triathlon Corporation is now looking to a number of communities to host a
"new round of Ironman Canada". But which community will be able to do
the event justice and live up to the amazing legacy of Ironman Canada in
Penticton. As athletes, we can actually thank the community of
Penticton for showing the rest of North America how continental Ironman
events should be run. It was back in 1999, that Graham Fraser took the
Ironman Canada model and dropped it into Lake Placid, then Panama City,
then Madison and so on. Before we knew it, there was an Ironman series
event in every region of the United States providing athletes the Kona
experience close to home, often in driving distance. Most recently, the
Ironman series
expanded to the Eastern half of Canada with amazingly
successful events at both the 140.6 and 70.3 distances in Mont
Tremblant. Now a number of communities are vying and bidding to be the
home of the new Ironman Canada. WTC will take bids from various
communities until the third week of September and will converge on a
decision on their selected choice sometime in October. (more)
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