Boston, Mass. — The Boston Athletic Association, in conjunction with NBC Sports and NBCSports.com, announced today that live coverage of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women’s Marathon will be available on NBCSports.com/marathon <http://www.nbcsports.com/marathon> on Sunday, April 20. Additionally, a 60-minute highlights show will air on MSNBC on Sunday, April 27 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET.
The 2008 […]
Javier Gomez of Spain emphatically re-staked his claim as the top Olympic style triathlete in the world with a definitive 24-second win over runner-up Brad Kahlefeldt of Australia and a 34-seconds margin over 2006 ITU World Champion Tim Don of Great Britain in the hotly contested Mooloolaba BG World Cup.
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Coming off an off form 2007 in which she suffered from an infection, back troubles and a recurrence of asthma, three-time ITU World Champion Emma Snowsill scored an emphatic win at the Mooloolaba World Cup and slammed the door on Vanessa Fernandes’ attempt to score a record 20th ITU World Cup victory.
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From the ITU site…
Strap yourselves in and get set. The 2008 BG Triathlon World Cup series kicks off this weekend on Australia’s Sunshine Coast. More than 150 elite athletes from 38 countries will sprint into Mooloolaba’s beach, officially signaling the start of the 2008 season. Elite women start at 11:05am on Sunday morning and men […]
From USA Today By Vicki Michaelis
BOULDER, Colo. — In the early morning hours of a December day, Davis Phinney was awake, in front of a computer screen, riveted to the sights and sounds of a cycling race half a world away. On a track in Beijing was his son, Taylor, 17. In the stands, steadying […]
From The Daily.com.au…
Craig Walton, six time Noosa Triathlon champion and one of Australia’s greatest athletes, has decided to call it a career.
After 17 years on the world triathlon stage, six time Noosa Triathlon champion Craig Walton - one of Australia’s greatest competitors - has decided to call it a day.Walton, a proud Tasmanian who now […]
From the IOC… 17 March 2008
With the health of athletes who participate in the Olympic Games being of the utmost importance to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the IOC’s Medical Commission has been appraising the air quality in the Chinese capital.
Over the past weeks, an analysis has been made of a set of data – including temperature, […]
Suzy Allman/The New York Times
Ryan Shay, second from left, died after collapsing during the United States Olympic marathon trials in November 2007.
By AIMEE BERG
More than four months after Ryan Shay collapsed in Central Park during the United States Olympic marathon trials, the New York City medical examiner determined that his death was caused by an […]
Excerpted from the Miami Herald by Butch Stallings …
Matty Reed, 33, of Boulder, Colo. (1 hour 45 minutes 31 seconds) and Sarah Haskins, 27, of Colorado Springs (1:58.12) won $8,000 each for winning the Olympic distance race, which included a 0.9-mile ocean swim, 24.8-mile bike across the Rickenbacker Causeway and 6.2-mile run.
Like many in the field […]
CNN - BEIJING, China — Chinese Olympic officials have dismissed Ethiopian world record holder Haile Gebrselassie offer to run in the marathon in Beijing if the venue could be switched.
Gebrselassie says he is hoping to compete in the 10,000 meters race at Beijing. “The course for the marathon has been fixed and there are no […]
