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P3 ALL-AMPUTEE RELAY TEAM TO COMPETE IN PHILADELPHIA INSURANCE TRIATHLON

PHILADELPHIA (June 19, 2006) – The Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon has been getting popular, drawing many pro athletes and amateurs from across the globe. This year, the first all-amputee relay team to ever compete on the East Coast will make history June 25 in the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon's Olympic-distance triathlon.
The team, comprised of Christie Adams, 32, of Bridgeport, Pa., Dennis "Denny" Chipollini, 53, of Skippack, Pa. and Sabrina Wisniewski, 35, of Flemington, N.J., will demonstrate their athletic prowess against 1,700 able-bodied individual entrants and 31 relay teams. The team will compete under the team moniker, "The Power of Three," or "P3."
Although the team strives to win the competition, an equally-weighted goal is educating the public about the importance of accepting diversity in one's community. The team's main sponsor, Generation Hope, is a national non-profit organization founded in 2001 by Chipollini to raise awareness and understanding about disabilities and chronic illnesses while showing how "differently-abled" people can provide the general community with valuable examples of courage, perseverance and inspiration.
Adams, who was born missing a fibula in her right leg, will complete the 10K run; Chipollini, a double leg amputee, the 40K biking section; and Wisniewski, whose own amputation occurred as a result of a childhood form of arthritis called scleroderma, will support the relay team by completing the 1.5K swim.
Race director Lars Beck is thrilled to have P3 join the race competitors: "It's always great to see athletes strive to achieve goals, and for P3, that bar has been set pretty high. Our course is a great venue to have the first-ever amputee relay team on the East Coast race their hearts out."

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About the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon
The Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon was founded in 2005 and is one of the largest triathlons in the country and is held in the city's historic Fairmount Park, in and around the Schuylkill River and the Art Museum. This year's triathlons will include 3,000 athletes racing on June 24-25, 2006 in the sprint, kids or sold-out Olympic-distance, which includes some of the world's top professionals. The race will raise an estimated $1 million for the two official race charities, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Oncology department and the Police Athletic League of Philadelphia, and for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through its Team In Training program. In addition to Philadelphia Insurance Companies and Accenture, sponsors to-date include: Cadence Cycling & Multisport Centers, Endless Pools, Nathan Human Propulsion Laboratories, UnitedHeatlthcare, Sorbothane Insoles, Penguin Sports Wash, AXA Financial Protection and Karr Barth Associates, Gatorade, Philadelphia Inquirer, Triathlete Magazine, Wissahickon Mountain Spring Water, Comcast, GU Sports, Great Harvest Bread Company, Winnie's Le Bus in Manayunk, Healthplex Sports Medicine Institute, Zoot Sports, REI, Savran Bensen Certified Public Accountants and Kildare's Pub in Manayunk. More information about the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon can be found by visiting www.PhillyTri.com or by contacting pr@phillytri.com.

About Generation Hope
Inspired his experience as a leg amputee and his son Nicholas' diagnosis with neurofibramatosis (NF), Dennis "Denny" Chipollini founded Generation Hope to educate communities about the importance of accepting diversity and understanding the adversity that "differently-abled" people work to overcome. Through motivational presentations to corporations, community groups, schools and other organizations, Chipollini lives the mission of the organization -- to inspire and educate people of all ages to overcome adversity and accept diversity with "No Excuses and No Limits." Generation Hope offers over 17 themed speaking sessions, including "Disability Awareness and Sensitivity," "Self-Esteem Enhancement," "Excuses: Self-Imposed Disablities" and "A Hero is Not Just a Sandwich." For more information or to book a Generation Hope speaking engagement, visit www.genhopeusa.org.

About the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon
The Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon was founded in 2005 and is one of the largest triathlons in the country and is held in the city's historic Fairmount Park, in and around the Schuylkill River and the Art Museum. This year's triathlons will include 3,000 athletes racing on June 24-25, 2006 in the sprint, kids or sold-out Olympic-distance, which includes some of the world's top professionals. The race will raise an estimated $1 million for the two official race charities, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Oncology department and the Police Athletic League of Philadelphia, and for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through its Team In Training program. In addition to Philadelphia Insurance Companies and Accenture, sponsors to-date include: Cadence Cycling & Multisport Centers, Endless Pools, Nathan Human Propulsion Laboratories, UnitedHeatlthcare, Sorbothane Insoles, Penguin Sports Wash, AXA Financial Protection and Karr Barth Associates, Gatorade, Philadelphia Inquirer, Triathlete Magazine, Wissahickon Mountain Spring Water, Comcast, GU Sports, Great Harvest Bread Company, Winnie’s Le Bus in Manayunk, Healthplex Sports Medicine Institute, Zoot Sports, REI, Savran Bensen Certified Public Accountants and Kildare’s Pub in Manayunk. More information about the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon can be found by visiting www.PhillyTri.com or by contacting pr@phillytri.com.