Tuesday, 19 August 2008
 
The scene was set for an epic battle at the Beijing Olympics as some 40 athletes got off the bike together to set out for the most important half an hour of running in their careers. In what was the best field assembled for an Olympic Games the Australian triathletes Courtney Atkinson and Brad Kahlefeldt found the going tough in what was a brutal Olympic race in hot conditions at Beijing’s Ming Tomb Reservoir.
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Monday, 18 August 2008
 
Emma Snowsill fulfilled her triathlon destiny with a runaway win at the Beijing Olympics. With triathletes around Australia willing her to win, the three time World Champion checked off her missing title. In what was fast becoming a war of attrition Snowsill was the perfect survivor. She outwitted and outplayed the more fancied Vanessa Fernandes. Emma Moffatt had a brilliant day grabbing bronze. But all the talk will be about Snowsill having the race of her life. She was simply brilliant as she took the race on.
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Sunday, 17 August 2008
 
The Timberman 70.3 race was important for a few reason. The first was that, like Simon Thompson in Boulder, Andy Potts was not flying around an ITU circuit. Sooner or later these guys end up on the 'dark side' and race the 70.3 series which, one could argue, is designed with the ITU crew in mind. That said the other important point to take out of this one is the form of the smiling assassin Chrissie Wellington.
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Sunday, 17 August 2008
  
The Olympic Triathlon is one of the most highly anticipated races of the Games. There are no clear form finders or recent events as the both the last ITU lead up race and the World Championships were raced by depleted fields. Early season form would have been lost by now and any tickets that an athlete might have on themselves would be tempered given the random nature of this event in the past. But that won't stop us from casting our eye over this event and having a go at picking the winners.
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Sunday, 17 August 2008
A week of drama for race organisers has ended in a good day for the athletes. A shipping and freight issue with the airlines meant many bikes were in jeopardy of not reaching their final destination. A few days of frantic organisation got most bikes up to the town of Yeppoon for the start of the race. This is unofficially the start of the Half Ironman season in Australia. The half Ironman road winds itself around the country and ends up at the season ending Ironman Australia.
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Sunday, 17 August 2008
 
On a course that featured more than 3,000-feet of climbing on rocky off-road mountain trails Conrad Stoltz from South Africa and Melanie McQuaid from Canada showcased an astonishing level of fitness and skill to win the XTERRA Mountain Championship today. In the men’s race Stoltz was playing cat-and-mouse and trading the lead spot with Canadian Mike Vine during the last half of the bike before pulling away on the final downhill and getting into the bike-to-run transition with a one-minute lead.
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Friday, 15 August 2008
 
Widely regarded as the one to beat in Monday's Olympic Triathlon Vanessa Fernandes has gone on record with triathlon.org to give an insight into how she is preparing and how she is feeling for the big race. The race on Monday will be highly anticipated as the field is brilliant and the Portuguese speedster will be hard pressed to keep at the front of the field. As with most ITU races it will be decided in run meaning the hot conditions will suit the gold medal favorite.
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008
 
This time four years ago, we saw a very different Simon Thompson in Athens preparing for the Olympic Games, with a spot on the highly-rated Australian Team. The man we know as 'Thommo' didn't have the perfect day, with two crashes on the steep and technical Athens course. His run split (one of the fastest) told the story of a man in form but after those two crashes his day was done and dusted. Last weekend though his thoughts were on different things, as he took out the 5430 Half Ironman in Boulder, Colorado.
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