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Olympic Odyssey: Gemmell’s tricks

20/03/08 - Former World Number one Chris Hill takes us to Beijing through the athletes’ eyes {exp:tag_this}Kris Gemmell{/exp:tag_this} has relied on bike breakaways to secure his three World Cup wins, but his new running... |

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ITU Site Visit to Olympic Venue

18/03/08 - ITU representatives met with BOCOG officials this past week in preparations for the Triathlon Competition at the Beijing Olympic Games in August. The two Technical Delegates for the Games, Gergely Markus and... |

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IOC meets with ITU in Vancouver

28/02/08 - IOC executives were in Vancouver for a visit to monitor to the progress of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games but took time to meet with ITU staff and tour ITU headquarters. IOC Sports Director Christophe Dubi met with... |

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U.S. Athletes Eligible for Olympic Trials

27/02/08 - A total of 22 U.S. athletes are currently eligible to compete in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Triathlon scheduled for April 19 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The initial list is based on the 2007 end of the year... |

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ITU Launches Olympic Website

18/02/08 - With exactly six months to go until the Triathlon competition at the Beijing Olympic Games, the International Triathlon Union (ITU) launched its official Olympic website, triathlon.org/olympics. “As we near... |

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Technical Officials for Olympics

11/02/08 - The International Triathlon Union confirmed the 43 technical officials that will handle the men’s and women’s triathlon competitions at this summer’s Beijing Olympic Games on August 18 and 19. In all, 24... |

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Official NZ Olympic Team selection

13/12/07 - The New Zealand Olympic Committee has named four triathletes to the New Zealand Olympic Team to Beijing 2008. Olympic selectors named triathletes{exp:tag_this} Bevan Docherty {/exp:tag_this}(30), {exp:tag_this}Kris... |

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Olympic Sports Medical Commission

09/12/07 - On November 29, a meeting of the International Olympic Sports Federation Medical Commission Chairpersons was held in Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum and ITU was represented by Sergio Migliorini of the ITU Medical... |

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ITU Athlete report from IOC Forum

23/11/07 - The 3rd International Olympic Committee International Athlete Forum Dubai, October 27- 28, 2007 Report from Richard Stannard, ITU and ETU Athlete Representative Two years ago I had the privilege of representing... |

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Who will make it to Beijing 2008?

03/10/06 - Interested in who will make to the starting line for the Beijing Olympic games? Well why not follow the Olympic simulations from our statistics team, that track who is in line for the most coveted 55 starting spots... |

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Beijing coutdown begins….

08/08/06 - A day ahead of the two-year countdown to Beijing 2008, the Organising Committee for the Beijing Games (BOCOGb) has launched the pictograms that will identify each of the sports on the Olympic programme in two... |

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On the track to Beijing 2008, by Andreu Alfonso

30/05/06 - The cycle starting the classification process for the Beijing Olympic Games will be getting under way in Madrid on 4 June. Running over a period of twenty-four months, it will end in June 2008, following the World... |

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The Olympic countdown begins with the 2006 ITU Madrid World Cup

04/04/06 - The 2006 ITU {exp:tag_this_event}Madrid{/exp:tag_this_event} World Cup to be held next Sunday 4 June is the first international event for the Beijing 2008 ITU Olympic Qualifying Ranking. This ranking will take place... |

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Five More Spots for Triathlon

06/02/06 - CANADA, Vancouver - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) announced today that the IOC Executive Board has awarded 5 additional spots for the triathlon competition in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. This brings... |

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Triathlon on 2012 Olympic programme

07/07/05 - Singapore IOC 117th Session: For Immediate Release: The IOC today confirmed that Triathlon will continue to be a full programme sport at the Olympic Games through the 2012 London Olympic Games. The IOC also... |

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