from Triathlon Ireland website Emma Davis has been awarded a prestigious ITU scholarship, which will support her in her preparation to qualify for the next Olympic games. Please read on for more. Emma was one of the the lucky 14 recipients of an ITU scholarship recently. This award will offer a range of support and mentoring to Emma and the other recipients. Emma was previously also supported by a Team ITU award in her lead up to Beijing. Triathlon Ireland and Emma would like to thank the ITU for the support of their sport development programme.
About ITU Scholarships:
The primary objective of the scholarship programme is to identify and provide support, resources and expertise to athletes from emerging/developing National Federations to compete at World Cup, World Championship and Olympic level.
The primary objectives are:
To increase the number of NF’s and athletes coming from emerging/developing NF’s competing at Continental Championships and ITU World Championships at a junior, U23 and Elite level.
To increase the number of female athletes from emerging/developing NF’s represented at Continental Championships and ITU World Championships at a junior, U23 and Elite level.