{"id":8462,"date":"2021-05-08T09:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T09:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8462"},"modified":"2021-05-08T09:20:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T09:20:08","slug":"all-star-cast-for-first-wts-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8462","title":{"rendered":"All-star cast for first WTS Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p ><strong>With just over a month to go until the start of the 2015 World Triathlon Series in Abu Dhabi, most of the sport\u2019s biggest Olympic distance stars are confirmed for the start pontoon, including top Brits the Brownlee brothers and Jodie Stimpson.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >This is the first time the WTS tour stops in Abu Dhabi, and the sprint distance season opener has attracted both 2014 winners Javier Gomez (ESP) and Gwen Jorgensen (USA), and a large British contingent too: Helen Jenkins, Lucy Hall, Vicky Holland, Aaron Harris, Adam Bowden and David McNamee are all on the start list.<\/p>\n<p >There is massive strength in depth too: Mario Mola (ESP), Richard Murray (RSA), Aaron Royle (AUS), Anne Haug (GER), Andrea Hewitt (NZL), Emma Moffatt (AUS) and Nicola Spirig (SUI) are some of the other big names confirmed.<\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >There is however no Non Stanford, Britain\u2019s 2013 WTS champ who\u2019s still out with an injured foot, nor Sarah Groff (USA), who won last year\u2019s WTS Stockholm. Full start lists are available on the ITU website.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.shopskm.com\/rugby-Jerseys' title='cheap nrl jerseys'>cheap nrl jerseys<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p >Abu Dhabi is the only new stop on the 2015 WTS calendar, while Australia\u2019s Gold Coast returns for the first time since 2009. The dates for London have also been confirmed for 30-31 May:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p >6-7 March \u2013 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates<br \/>28-29 March \u2013 Auckland, New Zealand<br \/>11-12 April \u2013 Gold Coast, Australia<br \/>25-26 April \u2013 Cape Town, South Africa<br \/>16-17 May \u2013 Yokohama, Japan<br \/>30-31 May \u2013 London, Great Britain<br \/>18-19 July \u2013 Hamburg, Germany<br \/>22-23 August \u2013 Stockholm, Sweden<br \/>5-6 September \u2013 Edmonton, Canada<br \/>15-20 September \u2013 Chicago, USA\u00a0<\/p>\n<p >We\u2019ll be covering all the action via a liveblog on the <em>220<\/em> website and on Twitter \u2013 join us on 7 March from 3pm local time (11am UK time).<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p ><em><strong>Who do you think will win in Abu Dhabi? Let us know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just over a month to go until the start of the 2015 World Triathlon Series in Abu Dhabi, most of the sport\u2019s biggest Olympic distance stars are confirmed for the start pontoon, including top Brits the Brownlee brothers and Jodie Stimpson. Advertisement This is the first time the WTS tour stops in Abu Dhabi,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}