Archive for the ‘citation’ category

Quote of the week > John Fahey (WADA)

« Every time a cheat is caught, I’d call it a good day for sport and a good day for the clean athletes, »

Quote of the week > Dave McMahon

Note : Dave McMahon, ex skieur de fond de calibre national, offre des cliniques de trail running l’été et des cliniques/équipe de ski de fond compétitive durant l’hiver. Le tout, dans l’immense terrain de jeux du Parc de la Gatineau, situé en Outaouais, à 90 minutes de route de Montréal. Il est fondateur des groupes [...]

Quote (long) of the day by Petr Vabrousek

This is a very wise decision from Petr Vabrousek, the man who has raced over 100 IM. My dear friends, Beginning October 2nd, 2011, I am forced to delete my personal account on facebook. The birth of my daughter Vera is the main reason for that, I want to devote as much time as possible [...]

Citation de la semaine > Jordan Rapp

Et vlan! Dans les dents de la WTC – par nul autre qu’un athlète Pro, respecté, décoré, bien articulé, qui n’a pas peur de mettre les points sur les « i » et surtout très présent sur les Interwebs. Simply put, I think the way our sport exists currently, with all roads leading to Kona is a [...]

Weekly Quote/Citation de la semaine – Kathy Tremblay.

Propos de Sportcom. « Je sais maintenant à quoi ressemble le parcours olympique. La qualification se poursuit et je pense que, selon les critères, (aucune Canadienne) ne sera sélectionnée avant l’année prochaine. Je dois continuer de tenter ma chance. » ++++++++++ « Ç’a tellement bien parti. J’ai connu la meilleure natation de ma saison », a mentionné la Québécoise, [...]

Quote of the week/Citation de la semaine > Normann Stadler.

« I am flattered that so many people believe in my comeback. Nevertheless I know that I wouldn’t be able to achieve a world class level again. » Four weeks after his hear surgery Normann Stadler retires from professionaltriathlon. The 38-year-old Commerzbank athlete is the only German so far who was able to win the Ironman Hawaii twice: 2004 [...]

Weekly Quote/Citation de la semaine > Lukas Verzbicas.

« I made the decision right away, I feel like Kevin (McDowell) would have definitely won that medal, and it’s really not fair what happened. If I could bring it to him, I have to do it. » Lukas Verzbicas has made his choice to return to triathlon for one last summer in hopes of claiming the [...]

Quote of the week/Citation de la semaine > Terenzo Bozzone.

We are triathletes, we train a lot! Understand that we are getting gains from cross training and reduce some of those junk miles, and put quality into it. Instead of a long steady-hard swim set, put in some max/threshold every now and again. I can hear people already saying « but im not a sprinter ». Correct, [...]

Weekly Quote/Citation de la semaine > Dopers.

Tyler Hamilton. “There’s no easy way to say this, so let me just say it plain: on Sunday night you’ll see me on 60 Minutes making a confession that’s overdue. Long overdue,” “During my cycling career, I knowingly broke the rules. I used performance-enhancing drugs. I lied about it, over and over. Worst of all, I [...]

Quote of the week : from Andrew Yorke

    “The way I see it, triathlon is like a marathon,”  “You go for two hours and it’s all about the last 10 km.”     I invite you to read his interview by our colleagues at Triathlon Canada Mag