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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... |

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Technical Officials for Olympics

11/02/08 - The International Triathlon Union confirmed the 43 technical officials that will handle the mens and womens triathlon competitions at this summers 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 Bevan Docherty (30), Kris Gemmel (30), Sam Warriner (36)... |

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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... |

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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... |

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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... |

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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... |

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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... |

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The Olympic countdown begins with the 2006 ITU Madrid World Cup

04/04/06 - The 2006 ITU Madrid 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 between 1 June 2006 and 15... |

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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. ... |

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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... |

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Richard Stannard reports from IOC Conference

20/06/05 - Richard Stannard reports on the 2nd International Athletes’ Forum 11th- 12th June 2005 Olympic Museum Lausanne Richard Stannard, Chair of the Athletes Committee writes: The 2nd International ... |

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ITU team meet IOC top brass

13/03/05 - ITU CONGRESS MINUTES: The minutes of the ITU Vancouver 2004 Congress have been posted and are available in the “downloads” section. LAUSANNE MEETINGS: Several of ITU’s leaders met at the Olympic... |

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Jasmine Flatters Presents to Evaluation Commission

10/03/05 - IOC Evaluation Commission Visit to London: On February 17, members of the Evaluation Commission of the IOC spent the day touring London’s proposed venues for the 2012 Olympic Games and... |

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Allen Takes Gold in a Stunning Sprint Finish

25/08/04 - Amid the stunning beauty of Athens, Triathlon exploded onto the Olympic stage for the 2nd time in the sports history and the result was equally spectacular with a virtual unknown grabbing the gold in a... |

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