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hectorguatemala

Aug 8, 08 16:46

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Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread, pics...	Can't Post

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*** First PICTURE gallery is up: 100 pictures of the women's triathlon! http://iwilltri.com/...show-the-womens-100/

Ok since I will be there in 4 days I figured I'd start it off right now as we here in the US watch opening ceremonies.

*some rules since threads get out of control (current steelhead, brett sutton,gordoIMC etc are examples).

1) this thread is for TRIATHLON - its not track cycling, the bike road race, torres, phelps, powercranks, etc...even if those are all interesting and worthy of OTHER threads :)

2)this is about TRIATHLON and the olympics.

3) let the games begin!

Women's race: August 18th at 10am local Beijing time at the Ming Tomb Reservoir - 10k spectators.
Men's race: August 19th at 10am local Beijing time " "

THE official beijing olympic triathlon page is here: http://en.beijing2008.cn/venues/trv/
360 degree view of the triathlon venue: http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/venues/trv/n214163366.shtml

The triathlon.org Olympics focused page is here: http://www.triathlon.org/olympics/

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(This post was edited by hectorguatemala on Aug 27, 08 11:01)

hectorguatemala

Aug 8, 08 16:48

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [hectorguatemala] [In reply to]	Can't Post

Here is the spectator guide: http://en.beijing2008.cn/...trv/n214470128.shtml

oh and at ironman arizona I asked Michellie Jones what she thought about this Olympics. that interview is over here:

http://iwilltri.com/...lie-jones-interview/

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Uncle Phil

Aug 8, 08 16:48

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [hectorguatemala] [In reply to]	Can't Post

Dude...have a great trip!

hectorguatemala

Aug 8, 08 16:55

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [Uncle Phil] [In reply to]	Can't Post

thank you! I am so pumped.

here is the number of total triathletes competing by country - as background info, countries have to have enough points to qualify per male/female and the most each country can take are 3 triathletes (ie for example Australia failed to get enough pts this year so Greg Bennett is not competing anymore).

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6: New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, United States
5: Australia, France, Japan, Great Britain, Russia
4: Spain, Italy, Austria
3: Portugal, Czech Republic, Poland, China, South Africa, Brazil
2: Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ukraine, Netherlands, Mexico
1: Bermuda, Syria, Estonia, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Chile, Sweden, Greece, Hungary, Denmark, Slovakia

if you want the background bios on each triathlete go here: http://www.triathlon.org/olympics/athletes.php

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hectorguatemala

Aug 8, 08 17:15

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [hectorguatemala] [In reply to]	Can't Post

one of simon whitfields last posts before heading to Asia. you get to see the famous shed, plus his olympic themed cervelo with pretty bars..this has partially been covered on the javiergomez cervelo thread but he doesnt have these bars...

http://simonwhitfield.blogspot.com/...cture-of-flames.html

and this is my interview with hunter kemper at lfie time where he discusses the lead up to beijing:
http://iwilltri.com/...life-time-triathlon/

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Marco in BC

Aug 8, 08 17:25

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [hectorguatemala] [In reply to]	Can't Post

very cool pics, what is that treadmill btw? it looks huge

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fulla

Aug 8, 08 17:59

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Bevan Docherty for the win!

and Samantha Warriner to medal!

hectorguatemala

Aug 8, 08 18:03

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [Marco in BC] [In reply to]	Can't Post

I can't remember the maker of it, but he has it hooked up to a computer so he is running on the Beijing course - elevation changes and all. It's like having a computrainer or tacx for running - pretty sweet.

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hectorguatemala

Aug 8, 08 18:42

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [hectorguatemala] [In reply to]	Can't Post

if you are wondering abour time zone stuff, here is how it brakes down:

for both female (aug 18) and male (aug 19) the LIVE times go like this:

10am local Beijing time (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Vancouver/L.A – 7pm on Sunday August 17

New York/Toronto – 10pm on Sunday August 17

Dublin/London – 3am on Monday August 18

Madrid/Berlin – 4am on Monday August 18

Moscow – 6am on Monday August 18

Tokyo/Seoul – 11am on Monday August 18

Sydney – 12pm on Monday August 18

Auckland – 2pm on Monday August 18

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hectorguatemala

Aug 8, 08 19:00

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [fulla] [In reply to]	Can't Post

good point, let's get the starting lists up - these were drawn, so even though javier is#1, he doesn't get that starting number...
***110 TOTAL TRIATHLETES
Male
START# LASTNAME FIRSTNAME COUNTRY
47 Agoston Simon AUT
4 Albert Marko EST
11 Atkinson Courtney AUS
38 Belaubre Frederic FRA
2 Berk Sander NED
55 Bockel Dirk LUX
35 Brownlee Alistair GBR
24 Brukhankov Alexander RUS
36 Clarke William GBR
7 Colucci Reinaldo BRA
17 Croes Peter BEL
9 D'Aquino Emilio ITA
1 De Villiers Hendrik RSA
27 Docherty Bevan NZL
37 Don Tim GBR
20 Felgate Christopher ZIM
10 Fontana Daniel ITA
32 Frodeno Jan GER
51 Gaag Dmitriy KAZ
28 Gemmell Kris NZL
30 Gomez Javier ESP
41 Henning Rasmus DEN
43 Hug Reto SUI
49 Jaskolka Marek POL
14 Jenkins Colin CAN
12 Kahlefeldt Brad AUS
21 Kemper Hunter USA
50 Lee Chi Wo Daniel HKG
44 Marceau Olivier SUI
53 Marques Duarte Silva POR
8 Moreira Juraci BRA
39 Moulai Tony FRA
42 Ospaly Filip CZE
54 Pais Bruno POR
19 Polikarpenko Volodymyr UKR
25 Polyansky Dmitry RUS
33 Prochnow Christian GER
31 Rana Ivan ESP
29 Reed Shane NZL
22 Reed Matthew USA
45 Riederer Sven SUI
52 Sapunov Daniil KAZ
3 Serrano Francisco MEX
23 Shoemaker Jarrod USA
46 Simko Pavel SVK
26 Sysoev Igor RUS
5 Tayama Hirokatsu JPN
48 Tayara Omar SYR
15 Tichelaar Paul CAN
34 Unger Daniel GER
40 Vidal Laurent FRA
56 Wang Daqing CHN
16 Whitfield Simon CAN
6 Yamamoto Ryosuke JPN
18 Zeebroek Axel BEL

Female:

START# LASTNAME FIRSTNAME COUNTRY
51 Abyssova Irina RUS
11 Allen Kate AUT
30 Avil Hollie GBR
40 Bennett Laura USA
1 Bonin Charlotte ITA
37 Burgos Ana ESP
29 Corona Adriana Fabiola MEX
2 Cortassa Nadia ITA
18 Czesnik Maria POL
53 Davis Emma IRL
19 Dederko Ewa POL
32 Densham Erin AUS
6 Di marco Messmer Magali SUI
55 Dimaki Deniz GRE
3 Dittmer Anja GER
12 Dollinger Eva AUT
28 Duffy Flora BER
41 Ertel Julie USA
54 Fernandes Vanessa POR
23 Frintova Vendula CZE
20 Groves Lauren CAN
14 Haiboeck Tania AUT
9 Harrison Jessica FRA
42 Haskins Sarah USA
25 Hewitt Andrea NZL
15 Ide Juri JPN
4 Lisk Ricarda GER
49 Mak So Ning Tania HKG
56 May Elizabeth LUX
39 Mensink Lisa NED
33 Moffatt Emma AUS
21 Murray Carolyn CAN
38 Murua Ainhoa ESP
16 Niwata Kiyomi JPN
50 Norden Lisa SWE
48 Ohata Mariana BRA
10 Peon Carole FRA
5 Pilz Christiane GER
46 Rabie Mari RSA
35 Riveros Diaz Barbara CHI
47 Roberts Kate RSA
7 Ryf Daniela SUI
43 Sapunova Yuliya UKR
34 Snowsill Emma AUS
8 Spirig Nicola SUI
36 Szabo Zita HUN
26 Tanner Debbie NZL
22 Tremblay Kathy CAN
31 Tucker Helen GBR
17 Ueda Ai JPN
27 Warriner Samantha NZL
44 Xing Lin CHN
52 Zausaylova Olga RUS
24 Zemanova Lenka CZE
45 Zhang Yi CHN

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hectorguatemala

Aug 8, 08 21:14

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [hectorguatemala] [In reply to]	Can't Post

ok im heading to bed, but here is a little recount of Sideny that I found on the official site - Conrad the man back then!

"When Simon Whitfield was younger, he decided that someday he wanted to be included in the Encyclopedia Britannica. He realized that for an athlete to be included, he would have to be the best in the world in something. Whitfield, who had joint Canadian-Australian citizenship, was not one of the favorites at the Olympics. He was ranked thirteenth in the world and had not won a triathlon in a year. But while training at the Olympic Village, he was amazed at how fit he felt. Conrad Stoltz of South Africa and world champion Olivier Marceau of France broke away from the field during the fifth of six bike laps and opened up a lead of almost a minute. On that same lap, a 15-man crash occurred and Whitfield was forced to put his foot down and skid to a stop. He began the 10km run in 24th place. Stoltz faded while Marceau held on for six kilometers, before being passed by Stephan Vuckovic of Germany. Whitfield, who had gradually moved his way up through the field, caught Vuckovic, but with 1'000m to go, the German opened up a lead of almost 25m. Whitfield cut the gap in half and then began his final sprint with 450m left. He passed Vuckovic about 200m from the finish line and won easily. At the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, Simon Whitfield finished in 11th place."

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REDSTORM

Aug 8, 08 22:21

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [Marco in BC] [In reply to]	Can't Post

Simon's treadmill is a Woodway.
It is pretty sweet.

hectorguatemala

Aug 9, 08 12:47

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by the way, lenovo has one of the sweetest interactive guides I have seen for the olympics. its over here:

http://2008.lenovo.com/

oh and the mask scandal isnt dying any time soon. The usa tri team will be going to SouthKorea (as many other countries are doing) for all of next week.

"Two U.S. triathletes, Matt Reed and Hunter Kemper, also wore masks for a jog around the Olympic village. Matt Reed said the heat made it difficult to breathe comfortably during his run around the Olympic Village and he won't wear it again while working out.
But that might be the only time he goes maskless in Beijing.
Whether going out in Beijing or walking around the village, he's going to wear the mask to cover his nose and mouth.
"I definitely am conscious (of perceptions) and I don't want to offend anyone," Matt Reed said, "but I'm out for my own health, really. I'm sure they know the air quality is not good, so I don't see it's that bad wearing a mask."
Triathlete Jarrod Shoemaker, who wore a mask before qualifying for the U.S. team during the Beijing World Cup in September, noted the skies had changed from "more yellow and dark" last year to a whitish color. Shoemaker said the sky "doesn't look as bad, but you can still kind of taste it."
"We take the precautions we need to," triathlon team leader Scott Schnitzspahn said. "We're still far enough out from our competition that a little exposure isn't going to really affect them too much. But we still don't want them running around sucking on a tailpipe.""
http://www.mlive.com/...s_triathletes_s.html

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hectorguatemala

Aug 9, 08 15:09

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oh and i just read the last post from brett suttons site - gettingready for beijing... Rei - reinaldo - the brazilian phenom. that kid could seriously surprise.

http://www.teamtbb.com/...task=view&id=391

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(This post was edited by hectorguatemala on Aug 9, 08 15:37)

hectorguatemala

Aug 9, 08 15:19

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [hectorguatemala] [In reply to]	Can't Post

even more interesting: from sutton:

"yes the other teams arrive soon
but too late ,
no win from them , they have the travel wrong,and in beging , you think you do heat training now , your kidding , we be doing it for 2 yrs already
the early birds have already go 2 nice blocs of training in , and like you guys, the acting short guys are all on fire .
so they will be ready , by the time other teams ready to train , we will be finnished and ready to go .
they make a big mistake ,
we nail em .
jeju is good very good ."

Jeju is an island in South Korea where a bunch of teams are going to...

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guywithabike

Aug 9, 08 15:22

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [hectorguatemala] [In reply to]	Can't Post

What's Sutton's first language?

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fleabates

Aug 9, 08 16:18

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [hectorguatemala] [In reply to]	Can't Post

Is it going to be on NBC? Or on one of their other channels showing Olympic coverage? If so does anyone know what channel and what day/time?

Don't want to miss Reed give the USA a G-O-L-D!

Jerry: What you're suggesting is illegal.
Kramer: It's not illegal!
Jerry: It's against the law.
Kramer: Well, yeah.

hectorguatemala

Aug 9, 08 17:51

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I think he is Australian...but he tends to write in this really short-leave-last-letters-off style...I cant complain, I don't tend to spelcheck that much on st either

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hectorguatemala

Aug 9, 08 17:53

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [fleabates] [In reply to]	Can't Post

yes go to the nbcolympics.com site...I think this should work for you.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings

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guywithabike

Aug 9, 08 18:16

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [hectorguatemala] [In reply to]	Can't Post

Oh, wow. It's just so incomprehensible that I figured either English was his sixth language or he was illiterate.

It's not so much his spelling as it is his entirely incomprehensible sentence structure and cryptic grammar.

To each his own, I guess.

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hectorguatemala

Aug 10, 08 9:42

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I'm surprised we haven't seen people post their top 3.
I'll say that one of the 2 favorites (emma snowsill and vanessa f) will not be on the podium. I do think youll see1 American girl on it and then a surprise as always .

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BMAN

Aug 10, 08 10:13

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [hectorguatemala] [In reply to]	Can't Post

I think that we will not see anyone from North America on the podium for the women. I do think that we will see both Emma and Vanessa on the podium and yes one surprise finisher that will be between Emma and Vanessa. I am thinking that it will either be a British or Swiss athlete.

As for the Men's race. I think that Gomez, Whitfield and Hug. I think that Team Canada will approach this a bit differently than they did at the last Olympic and I think the "TEAM" will race differently than all the others, which will put Whitfield on the podium for a second time. I do think that Gomez will however win the Gold and Simon will get the Silver just outsprinting Hug at the line.
Aero & Light is Right Wink

hectorguatemala

Aug 10, 08 11:54

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [Bman] [In reply to]	Can't Post

I think the funny thing is when you really look at the start list above, you can start re-arranging the podium in so many diff ways. Rasmus can win, so can ocherty, so can don, and of course javier is gettin a spot on the podium, and the list goes on....

im standing behind my view of 1 american girl on podium!

are any slowtwtichers going to Beijing? PM me!

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Jagerstar

Aug 10, 08 12:02

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I'll go with 2 fav's for the women, Fernandez and Snowsill, my surprise pick is Helen Tucker
For the men, I doubt anyone touches Gomez, although my surprise pick will be Unger, the German can run

hectorguatemala

Aug 10, 08 20:57

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Re: Official Beijing TRIATHLON Olympics thread [hectorguatemala] [In reply to]	Can't Post

if you want to see a great youtube video on the finish of the 2000 Sidney men's race go here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kDKw1WOpRs

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