U.S. Olympian Sarah Haskins of Colorado Springs landed her third consecutive top-10 finish with a fifth place Saturday in the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Madrid. Haskins finished in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 48 seconds in the Olympic-distance event, 47 seconds behind winner Nicola Spirig of Switzerland.
After three races, Haskins has collected 1,447 points in the seven-race series. Chile’s Barbara Riveros Diaz, who was sixth Saturday, tops the rankings with 2,082 points.
Ski halfpipe possible for Olympics
A U.S. and French proposal to submit ski halfpipe to the International Olympic Committee for consideration as early as 2014 was approved without dissent as the International Ski Federation concluded its biennial FIS Congress on Friday in Antalya, Turkey. Ski halfpipe has been included in FIS World Championships since 2005 and is already on the program for the 2012 Youth Olympics in Innsbruck.
The Congress also unanimously passed adding snowboard slopestyle and team snowboardcross into the FIS World Snowboard Championships. While Olympic consideration was not a part of the formal proposal, advocates encouraged the FIS to also look forward and consider it as a future event. A decision on new events for the 2014 Games could be made by the IOC as early as 2011.
Mountain bike coaches summit set
The Colorado High School Cycling League invites potential coaches for the new mountain bike league forming this fall to attend the 2010 Leaders’ Summit on Saturday and Sunday at Tahosa Boy Scout Camp in Ward. The summit will bring together coaches, assistant coaches, ride leaders and parent volunteers to develop skills and knowledge, share strategies and build community to create an environment for young racers to improve.
Multiple seminars on coaching and leadership are offered to help coaches work with high school mountain bike teams.
Registration information is available at or contact Kate Rau at kate@coloradomtb.org.
