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Beijing Olympic Games now Open
09/08/08 - The Olympic flame was lit as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad opened last night. The Opening Ceremonies were a spectacular show signifying the start of the Beijing Olympic Games. We’re just 8 days until... |
Full StoryBeijing Opening Ceremonies
09/08/08 - On Friday night the Games of the XXIX Olympiad opened in a lavish and spectacular show at the National Stadium, more commonly known as the Birds Nest. An estimated 91,000 fans were in attendance watching... |
Full StoryOlympic Odyssey: The Women
25/07/08 - Former World Number one Chris Hill takes us to Beijing through the athletes eyes This week Olympic Odyssey looks at six women racing the Games in mini profiles by visiting their website diaries for the... |
Full StoryOlympic Fields all set for Beijing
21/07/08 - With all 110 athletes confirmed for Beijing, ITU is pleased to announce the Start Numbers and Transition area positions for the Triathlon at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games have been finalized. The draw... |
Full StoryOlympic Draw To Take Place Today
19/07/08 - The final confirmations from all NOC’s for Olympic nominations have been confirmed with ITU late last night. Today in Kitzbühel, at the final World Cup before the Games, the draw for race numbers will... |
Full StoryIOC Prohibition on Olympic Betting
16/07/08 - The IOC has been closely following developments in sports betting. After consulting experts on the subject, and particularly the Olympic Movement stakeholders, in December 2006, the Executive Board... |
Full StoryWho’s Beijing Bound?
11/07/08 - With less than a month until the start of the Beijing Olympic Games, the start lists for the men’s and women’s triathlons are almost finalized. More than 30 countries have confirmed their teams. ... |
Full StoryOne month until Beijing Opens
08/07/08 - Just one month to go until the 2008 Olympic Games opens in Beijing. The womens triathlon will be contested on August 18th while the mens triathlon will be staged on August 19th. Many National Olympic... |
Full StoryBritish Olympic Team Confirmed
27/06/08 - At an announcement in Hyde Park, London, the British Olympic Association named the triathlon competitors to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing: Men: Alistair Brownlee, Will... |
Full StoryOlympic Odyssey: Groves’ Groove
25/06/08 - Former World Number one Chris Hill takes us to Beijing through the athletes eyes Making Canadas Beijing Olympic team was a cinch for Lauren Groves, the hard part has come in preparing for the... |
Full StoryJapanese Olympic Team Announced
24/06/08 - After Ai Ueda and Ryosuke Yamamoto won this year’s Asian Championships, Japan was assured of at least one women’s and men’s spots in the Olympic Games fields. With Juri Ide and Kiyomi Niwata high... |
Full StoryU.S. Olympic Team Finalized
23/06/08 - Sarah Haskins and Hunter Kemper turned in stellar performances at the Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon World Cup in Des Moines, Iowa, on Sunday to earn the final spots for nomination to the 2008 U.S. Olympic team. ... |
Full StorySwiss Olympic Team Confirmed
21/06/08 - Last week Swiss Triathlon finalized the six athletes who will head to Beijing for this summer’s Olympic Games. Switzerland is one of just five countries to qualify the maximum of three men and three... |
Full StorySpanish Olympic team Announced
20/06/08 - This week the Spanish triathlon federation (Federación Española de Triatlón) have announced their nomination team to the Spanish Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Español). At the conclusion of... |
Full StoryCanadian Olympic Team Announced
15/06/08 - Triathlon Canada announced its Olympic team last week after the country was one of just five to secure a full men’s and women’s teams. The men’s team is led by two-time Olympian and 2000 gold... |
Full StoryITU Olympic Qualification ends
11/06/08 - The International Triathlon Union has issued the preliminary number of Olympic triathlon spots each country has earned with the conclusion of the Vancouver BG Triathlon World Championships this past... |
Full StoryOpening Ceremonies Postponed
05/06/08 - Unfortunately due to the difficult weather conditions, the opening ceremonies and parade of nations originally scheduled for 2:30pm have been postponed until further notice. The Organizing Committee... |
Full StoryFrom Madrid to Hamburg to Beijing
31/05/08 - Last weekend in Madrid Christiane Pilz and Christian Prochnow were the top Germans across the line to grab the coveted final spots on the German Olympic team. This past week they were in Hamburg for a... |
Full StoryIOC issues anti-doping rules for Beijing
23/05/08 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued the IOC Anti-Doping Rules which will be applied during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. This important document has been sent to the National Olympic... |
Full StoryOlympic Odyssey: Comeback Queen
13/05/08 - Former World Number one Chris Hill takes us to Beijing through the athletes eyes She won the womens triathlon in Athens with a come-from-behind win that left all watching speechless. Now, with bike crash... |
Full StoryGerman Athletes to race for Olympic Spots in Madrid
13/05/08 - With top-15 performances at this past weekend’s ETU Triathlon European Championships in Lisbon, five Germans will race for the last two spots on the German Olympic team. Three men will battle for the... |
Full StoryOlympic Odyssey: Team Bennett
07/05/08 - Former World Number one Chris Hill takes us to Beijing through the athletes eyes They race for different countries but husband and wife team Greg and Laura Bennett have one goal: to bring back two golds... |
Full StoryBattle for Beijing heats up
01/05/08 - With only five more events remaining in the ITU qualification period for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, a battle is heating up over which countries will be sending athletes to the Games, and how many. ... |
Full StoryAustralians named for Beijing
18/04/08 - Triathlon Australia has today announced the six athletes who have been chosen as part of the Nomination Team for Triathlon for Australia for the 2008 Olympic Games. The athletes include: WOMEN Emma... |
Full StoryIOC Confirms Invitation Places
05/04/08 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed the two ITU athletes selected by the Tripartite Commission to receive invitation places for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in triathlon. Those... |
Full StoryNew Zealand Olympic Team confirmed
03/04/08 - The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) today confirmed the final selections for both the mens and womens Triathlon at the Beijing Olympic Games in August. Andrea Hewitt and Shane Reed were today... |
Full StoryOlympic Odyssey: Gemmell’s tricks
20/03/08 - Former World Number one Chris Hill takes us to Beijing through the athletes eyes Kris Gemmell has relied on bike breakaways to secure his three World Cup wins, but his new running strength means he is... |
Full StoryIOC 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... |
Full StoryITU 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... |
Full StoryTechnical 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... |
Full StoryOfficial 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)... |
Full StoryOlympic 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... |
Full StoryAthletes earning Olympic team nominations
22/11/07 - In order to properly prepare for the expected media requests in an Olympic year and to ensure accuracy, all National Federations are strongly encouraged to submit a current list of athletes who have... |
Full StoryOlympic Update for all National Federations
22/11/07 - As the Beijing Olympic Games is nine months away, ITU would like to have close communication with the National Federations, athletes, coaches about the details of the Olympic Triathlon competition. A... |
Full StoryAllen to Defend Olympic Gold
12/02/07 - Athens Triathlon Olympic gold medalist Kate Allen of Austria has announced she has her sights set for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to try and defend her title. Allen has been absent from the world cup... |
Full StoryWho 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... |
Full StoryBeijing 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... |
Full StoryOn 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... |
Full StoryFive 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. ... |
Full StoryTriathlon 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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