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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... |
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 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 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 StoryBeijing to host 2011 World Champs
20/09/07 - The International Triathlon Union announced today that Beijing, China will host the 2011 BG Triathlon World Championships following a decision taken by the governing bodys Executive Committee. The... |
Full StoryGomez, Fernandes dominate Olympic test event
18/09/07 - Less than one year to go until the Beijing Olympics and the new world champion Vanessa Fernandes has made a serious name for herself with a convincing win at the Beijing BG Triathlon World Cup with a time... |
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Gomez conquers Olympic course
16/09/07 - World number one Javier Gomez of Spain left little doubt he’s the man to beat as the world’s best continue to push towards next summer’s Olympic Games. While Olympic gold may not have been on the... |
Full Story Fernandes wins Olympic test event
15/09/07 - Less than one year to go until the Beijing Olympics and the new world champion Vanessa Fernandes has made a serious name for herself with a convincing win at todays Beijing BG Triathlon World Cup with a... |
Full Story Olympic test event in Beijing
12/09/07 - An Olympic preview awaits this weekend as triathlon’s biggest names travel to Beijing for the 12th stop of the BG Triathlon World Cup series, the official test event for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. ... |
Full StoryBeijing Live Coverage Today
04/09/07 - Join us here this weekend for complete video coverage of the 2007 Beijing BG Triathlon World Cup. This event also serves as the Olympic test event one year out and with many countries basing their... |
Full StoryBeijing Race Schedule
13/07/07 - Important: Please note that this is a two day event. The elite women’s race will take place on Saturday September 15th and the elite men’s race will take place on Sunday September 16th.... |
Full Story2007 Beijing BG Triathlon World Cup update
11/07/07 - This Beijing World Cup is the test event for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and the Olympic standard management and operation will be adopted, therefore all the participants including the athletes, coaches... |
Full StoryFernandes equals world cup record!!
24/09/06 - Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal has just won the 2006 Beijing BG Triathlon World Cup in a time of 2:01:34 on a preview of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games course. Fernandes bested current world champion Emma... |
Full StoryBeijing bows to Belaubre!
24/09/06 - Frederic Belaubre of France claimed victory today in the test-event for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games triathlon competition. Belaubres time of 1:52:48 was good enough to win the 2006 Beijing BG... |
Full StoryWatch Beijing Race Video Now.
24/09/06 - Race highlights are available now. Watch video highlights a historic day of racing, where Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal equalled the current record of 12 world cup victories in a row by winning the 2006... |
Full StoryOlympic Preview this weekend
21/09/06 - Beijing, China will play host to the thirteenth stop of the 2006 BG Triathlon World Cup series this Sunday, September 24th. The 2006 Beijing BG Triathlon World Cup also doubles as the first test-event... |
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... |
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