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Tri4Japan Announce First Charity Auction Item

Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Tri4Japan, the UK registered charity founded by Mike Trees has already raised over £50,000 to help ease the suffering of those in Kamaishi. This amount is expected to be significantly increased when the Tri4Japan charity auction begins on Monday 1st August 2011 with some incredible items donated by world champion athletes, Olympic gold medallists and the leading triathlon brands.

Between now and the start of the auction new items will be announced each day on the Tri4Japan Facebook page www.facebook.com/TriforJapan with full details of the items on the Tri4Japan auction page: www.tri4japan.com/auction/

The first item to be announced is a fantastic Olympic Memorabilia Collection kindly donated by Speedo who Tri4Japan are very grateful to. The collection contains over 20 items including a Speedo LZR Elite, signed by 2008 Olympic Athletes including Michael Phelps, (eight times Gold Olympic Medallist Beijing) Rebecca Adlington, (Double Olympic Gold medallist, Beijing) Steph Rice, (three times Gold medallist, Beijing) Bronte Barratt (Olympic Gold medallist) and Liam Tancock (double commonwealth Games gold medallist.).

Speedo Olympic Memorabilia Collection

Please keep up-to-date with the auction item updates and news of our activities by ‘liking’ our Facebook page www.facebook.com/TriforJapan and encourage your friends to like Tri4Japan too.

If you are a sports brand or professional athlete who can donate any items to the auction, please contact us at info@tri4japan.com.

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2XU Project:X Wetsuit Put To The Test

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Nicola Joyce in 2XU Project:X WetsuitThe hottest property in triathlon this summer is undoubtedly the 2XU project X wetsuit.

Here is a sneak peak at triathlon journalist and channel swimmer Nicola Joyce who blogs at http://thefitwriter.wordpress.com/ testing it today in an endless pool at a secret location in Berkshire.
 
I suppose the hype is all about whether or not it is worth the reputation as the world’s most advanced wetsuit. From the grin on her face I would suggest that the answer is ‘yes’! However you will have to wait until the next edition of 220 to find out what the official view is.
 
2XU is the official wetsuit of the BTF and available to Age Group National Team members as part of a special deal exclusive.  Apart from the special offer, 2XU has reserved the X:1 for world champions. For the rest of us that part with £650 asking price, we will be buying speed!
 
Richards Stannard believes it will keep him ahead of the pack for another year, while Beijing Olympian Emma Davis is hoping it will help kick start her challenge to reach London 2012. Jonathon Brownlee is obviously hoping it will help him beat his big brother……what would you use your X:1 for?
 
If you live in the South East of England, and want to test out this suit for yourself, you can at both of the Open Water Swim venues in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. See their website for full details (www.openwaterswim.co.uk).

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