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British Olympic team announced for London 2012

09/06/12 - With less than 50 days to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympics, the British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced today the six triathletes officially selected to represent Team GB at the... |

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Record number of countries earn spots at London 2012 Olympic Games

05/06/12 - After the International Triathlon Union’s (ITU) two-year Olympic qualification period officially ended last week, ITU yesterday began notifying the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and National... |

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Japan announces Olympic team for London 2012

05/06/12 - The Japan Triathlon Union (JTU) has announced that Juri Ide, Ai Ueda, Mariko Adachi, Yuichi Hosoda and Hirokatsu Tayama have been selected to represent Japan at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Over the... |

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Australian men’s team named for London 2012 Olympic Games

04/06/12 - Beijing Olympians Brad Kahlefeldt and Courtney Atkinson will make their second Games appearance, joined by young-gun Brendan Sexton, after the Australian Olympic Committee today named its men’s team for... |

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London 2012 Olympic Qualification, the final men’s picture

31/05/12 - Two years after it started at Madrid in 2010, the ITU’s official Olympic qualification period has ended. While the official date is May 31st, the ITU World Triathlon Madrid race was the final chance to... |

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London 2012 Olympic Qualification: the final women’s picture

31/05/12 - Two years after it started at Madrid in 2010, the ITU’s official Olympic qualification period has ended. While the official date is May 31st, the ITU World Triathlon Madrid races were the final chance... |

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Final Olympic qualification update before 2012 ITU World Triathlon Madrid

22/05/12 - The race for a spot on the London 2012 Olympic Games triathlon start list began in Madrid almost exactly two years ago. So it’s a perfect symmetry that the Spanish capital is also where it will end this... |

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ITU President joins Olympic Torch Relay in Athens

18/05/12 - ITU President and IOC Member Marisol Casado attended the Handing over Ceremony of the Olympic Flame by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) to the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games in the... |

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London 2012 Olympic Qualifying Update after San Diego

16/05/12 - The two-year ITU Olympic Qualification Period is almost at an end after the penultimate race in the city where triathlon was invented. The ITU World Triathlon San Diego held plenty of hopes and dreams,... |

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ITU completes final London 2012 site visit

11/05/12 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) recently completed its final site visit before the rapidly approaching London 2012 Olympic Games. ITU Technical Delegates for London, Thanos Nikopoulos, ITU Senior... |

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London 2012 - Olympic flame lit at Olympia

10/05/12 - With only 78 days until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Olympic flame was today lit at Olympia during a ceremony organised by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC). The lighting... |

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London Olympic qualifying update after Huatulco, before San Diego

10/05/12 - As the third race left in the official Olympic qualification period, the Huatulco ITU Triathlon World Cup always had the potential to impact the Olympic simulation in a major way. And while it didn’t... |

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2012 Huatulco World Cup press conference highlights

04/05/12 - Past world champion Ivan Rana (ESP) and 2011 Pan Am Games bronze medallist Pamela Oliveira (BRA) joined Mexico’s Claudia Rivas and Crisanto Grajales in the Huatulco heat to speak with the media ahead of... |

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Olympic Qualification Update post Eilat and Ishigaki

25/04/12 - As we make our way down to the business end of the Olympic qualification process, each and every race has the potential to have a big impact on the final field for the London 2012 Olympic Games. It’s... |

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ITU conducts first site visit to Nanjing for 2014 Youth Olympic Games and names Technical Delegate

24/04/12 - Representatives from the International Triathlon Union (ITU) are in Nanjing conducting its first site visit in preparation for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. In conjunction with the visit, ITU has also... |

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