Event organizer Team 226 has used UPM DogBone UHF RFID tags for race timing in the Long Distance Triathlon European Championships 2011. The event took place in Tampere, Finland, on Aug. 21, 2011. This was the first time UPM RFID’s UHF RFID tags have been used at this level in sports timing. The competitors, several hundred athletes from more than 20 European countries, were wearing tailor-made, water-resistant ankle bands embedded with UPM DogBone RFID tags. The RFID tags were read by ThingMa...