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Olympic 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... |

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Olympic 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... |

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Olympic 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... |

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IOC 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... |

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Who’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. ... |

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One 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... |

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British 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... |

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Olympic 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... |

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Japanese 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... |

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Swiss 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... |

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Spanish 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... |

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France Names Olympic Team

16/06/08 - The French triathlon federation (La Fédération Française de Triathlon) announced its Olympic team that will represent France at this summer’s Olympic Games. Leading the men’s team is the always... |

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Canadian 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... |

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ITU 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... |

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Opening 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... |

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