Category Archives: Olympics

Race Results: 2008 Men’s Tongyeong BG Triathlon World Cup

April 28, 2008 –

from Triathlon.org…
2006 Triathlon World Champion, Tim Don of Great Britain, won the Tongyeong BG Triathlon World Cup today in South Korea, the 198th world cup in ITU’s history. The fleet-footed Don ran away from the competition over the final stages of the race to claim the fifth world cup win of his career in a […]

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Race Preview: Tongyeong - BG Triathlon World Cup race #4

April 24, 2008 –

from Triathlon.org…
The BG Triathlon World Cup series heads to South Korea this Saturday for the first time since 2004. As one of just six world cup events before the end of ITU Olympic qualifying, Tongyeong welcomes a world class field that is expected to include a number of contenders including Beijing bound Jan Frodeno of […]

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TYR unveils its challenger to Speedo’s new LZR Racer suit

April 24, 2008 –

from th AP…
LOS ANGELES (AP) -A new challenger to the Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit is making its debut at the French Olympic trials this week.
TYR Sport is unveiling its Tracer Rise suit, which some swimmers have been competing in since January. Speedo unveiled its suit in February. The suits are made of polyurethane woven fabric […]

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Wheaties Honors Triathlete Jarrod Shoemaker

April 23, 2008 –

Jarrod Shoemaker is being honored by Wheaties, “The Breakfast of Champions,” with a new, limited-edition package featuring the 25-year old triathlete from Sudbury, Mass. The Breakfast of Champions(R) continues its tradition of honoring elite athletes and celebrates Shoemaker’s outstanding triathlon achievements, adding yet another honor to his impressive list of accomplishments.
Shoemaker is a fierce competitor […]

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Final 2008 Triathlon Olympic team slot determination

April 22, 2008 –

With the wins this weekend of Matt Reed and Julie Ertel, the 1st and 2nd slots on both the men’s and women’s Olympic teams have been filled (Shoemaker and Bennett took the first slots late last year). The third and final slots will be determined at the Hy-Vee Triathlon on June 22 in Des Moines […]

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Race Results: 2008 Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials

April 20, 2008 –

from USATF…
BOSTON - A nearly insurmountable deficit could not deter American record holder Deena Kastor as she led fellow Californians Magdalena Lewy Boulet and Blake Russell onto the Olympic Team, Sunday at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women’s Marathon.
With her American record personal best of 2:19:36 making her 12 minutes faster than the […]

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Race Results: 2008 Olympic Triathlon Trials - Tuscaloosa

April 20, 2008 –

from InsideTriathlon…
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Matt Reed, recent U.S. citizen and at 6-feet 5-inches the tallest man in competition triathlon, whipped heavy favorites Andy Potts and Hunter Kemper to take the second U.S. men’s Olympic Triathlon team trials event in Tuscaloosa Alabama Saturday.
In a race that went a little closer to form, Julie Swail Ertel used […]

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Race Preview: 2008 Olympic Triathlon Trials - Tuscaloosa

April 18, 2008 –

from usatriathlon.org…

Twenty-one of the top triathletes in the country are ready to toe the line and compete for two Olympic team spots – one for a U.S. man and one for an American woman – at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The women’s race […]

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2008 Australian Olympic triathlon team selected

April 17, 2008 –

from olympics.com.au….
Emma Moffatt and Erin Densham have won a four-way battle to join Emma Snowsill as Australia’s women’s triathletes at the Beijing Olympics.
Triathlon Australia (TA) announced the athletes they will nominate to the Australian Olympic Committee, with Moffatt and Densham getting the nod over Felicity Abram and Annabel Luxford.
Snowsill was pre-selected by TA last year, […]

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Race Results: 2008 Men’s Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup

April 14, 2008 –

from Triathlon.org…
Sydney Olympic Champion Simon Whitfield of Canada continues his quest for another Olympic title with a win at the Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup today. Whitfield showed a field of top Olympians that he still has kick in his legs to claim his 11th world cup title, in a time of 1 hour 51 […]

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