ITU Winter Triathlon World Cup
Wildhaus, Switzerland
Saturday, January 23
8km run, 14km mountain bike, 12.5 ski

Lot's of snow, cold temperatures, beautiful sunshine, and well prepared courses on a compactly competition area - that was situation at last years ITU Winter triathlon at Toggenburg. The organisers will do their best to ensure the World Cup 2003 at Wildhaus will again run smoothly. The hilly course will be challenging. With the European Championships following just one week later, the final selections will be done at Wildhaus.

Several top athletes are expected:
Marianne Vlasfeld (Netherlands), reigning World Champion, vice European Champion and World cup winner 2002
Sigrid Lang (Germany), reigning European Champion, Vice World champion
Jutta Schubert (Germany), 3^rd at European Championships

Sabine Fuhrimann (Switzerland), U23 European Champion
Friderike Rupp (Germany), European Junior Champion
Andrea Hruzová (Slovakia), Vice European Junior Champion
Marc Ruhe (Liechtenstein), reigning World Champion, European Champion and World Cup Winner

Christoph Mauch (Switzerland), 2^nd at World and European Championships
Nicolas Lebrun (France), 3^rd at World Championship
Benjamin Sonntag (Germany), 4^th at World Championships