On Thursday 08/21 at 8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific time, Olympic silver medal winner Simon Whitfield from Canada will be live on slowtwitch.com to answer a few questions about the event, his training and the Olympics in general.
by Herbert Krabel, August 20, 2008
Although a bit “lost in translation” our roving reporter at the Olympic Games in Beijing got to see a very surprising sprint finish of the men’s triathlon triathlon and managed to get some shopping done too. Enjoy his final report.
When all the shouting at Shinsanling Reservoir was over, a surprise longshot German outkicked a triathlon murderer’s row to take gold in the Olympic men’s triathlon.
Our embedded Olympic reporter Hector Fernandez got to see an incredible women’s triathlon and various track and field events before returning tired to the hotel. Here is his day 3 report from Beijing.
It came first, and was very much unlike the men’s electric, exciting, adrenaline-rich Olympic four-man duel that would take place a day later.
These things are almost always impossible to predict. Which makes this endeavor an amusing fantasy, not unlike playing the lottery. But honestly speaking, there are only 8 to 10 men in the field of 56 who have the foot speed and leg power to win.
Are the Beijing Olympics just another totalitarian infomercial? Or do they signal something hopeful—China reaching out to free world values? Granting the Games to countries with mixed human rights records is not new.
In what may have been a small preview of the 2008 Ironman World Championships, Andy Potts and Chrissie Wellington ruled impressive fields at the 2008 Timberman 70.3 triathlon festival.
In the final installment of our series on Team TBB coach Brett Sutton, the coach responds to many of the comments and questions posed by our readers in the forum and over email.
Another update from the Olympics in Beijing courtesy of our embedded reporter Hector Fernandez. Hector checked out the women’s marathon and ran into a few triathletes a bit later.
It is not easy being a pro triathlete in a country that is home to several active Ironman Hawaii champions, but Germany’s Uwe Widmann keeps plugging away and he just recently finished 3rd at Ironman 70.3 Germany.
Slowtwitch.com heads to Beijing for some coverage of the Olympic Games. Embedded reporter Hector Fernandez checks in with this update from the first week in China.
Jenny Gowans won the 2008 Norseman Extreme Triathlon and was kind enough to send us her race report. She was looking for an adventure and a race she would need to treat with more respect than a conventional Ironman.
