National governing body British Triathlon is calling on all triathlon fans and the British sporting public to #Strikeapose and create a unique celebration ‘pose’ to represent the sport at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Launched this week, the campaign is delivered in partnership with the Home Nations: Triathlon England, Welsh Triathlon and triathlonscotland. It will run in the lead up to the free-to-view triathlon events that take place on 24 & 26 July.
Participants are encouraged to upload a suggested celebratory pose or vote for their favourite via British Triathlon’s Facebook and Twitter pages as well as via britishtriathlon.org/strikeapose, before the closing date of 21 July.
The first 100 entries will receive a signed image from competing triathletes at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. A winning pose will be chosen by a panel of triathletes on British Triathlon’s UK Sport Lottery funded World-Class Programme following the creation of a top-ten shortlist of poses voted on by the public.
The overall winner will receive a signed piece of merchandise from the leading Home Nation team along with a photo of the winning pose. The winning pose may even be adopted during the triathlon events themselves.
Jodie Stimpson, a member of Team England can’t wait to see the entries coming in. She said, “I hope people will have fun coming up with some triathlon celebrations as part of #Strikeapose! With only a couple of weeks to go until the Games I am starting to get really excited now and really want to deliver my best performance possible in front of what we hope will be a big crowd. If the winning pose is good then maybe the race winners will do it, we’ll see!”
