The Olympic Triathlon Equation
Ok, take a deep breath before you get into this one. With the Beijing Olympics still some three months away, the make up of the field is still to be determined due to speculation around which countries have qualified which athletes. For the complete look, we went straight to the source to get the breakdown - the governing body, the ITU. They've done a great job to chop up both the male and female scenarios for the Olympic Games.
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Check out the winners and losers of the week!
Ok, so we are going to do a bit of shameless self promotion here. Make sure you check out the Blog section for our spanking new "Hit List" which premieres today. We take our fearless predictions that one step further and throw down our top five from the world of cycling and triathlon. This has to be a world first and if it isn't hey, we might just claim it anyway!
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Aussie world's team announced
Coming hot on the heels of their Olympic Team Triathlon Australia has announced the Australian team, set to compete at the 2008 ITU BG Triathlon World Championships to be held in Vancouver, Canada in the first week of June. This is a team that looks a little different to the Olympic make up due to the increased numbers allowed to race. Being held in June, the Worlds this year hold significant weight as a form finder and also as a mental edge for those racing the Olympics. In an interesting move 3 time World Champion Peter Robertson has declined his invite to be on this team.
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Australian triathlon team's last call before Olympics
The Australian Olympic Triathlon Team announced last Wednesday, got together to rub shoulders with some of the AFL's stars from the St.Kilda Football Club and meet the media before they scatter themselves across the world in preparation for the 2008 Games. And yes, firstoffthebike.com was there to have a chat to these awesome athletes.
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Australian Olympic Triathlon Team announced
The wait is over for the some very nervous triathletes as Triathlon Australia today announced the six athletes chosen as part of Australia's Triathlon Nomination Team for Australia's 2008 Olympic Games squad. The team is not without its' controversy, with Greg Bennett and Erin Densham securing themselves a seat on the plane to Beijing.
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