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The return of Spencer Smith

Spencer Smith won the ITU World Championships in 1993 and 1994 and also has a couple of Ironman titles to his name. He has finished as high as 5th in Kona but more recently it has been fairly quiet around this charismatic athlete. A 3rd place at 70.3 Florida last weekend though showed that he is far from gone.

by Herbert Krabel, May 21, 2008
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Industry athlete Seton Claggett

 As part of our "industry athlete" series we wanted to know more about the background of Seton Claggett of trisports.com. Seton and his wife Debbie opened trisports.com in Tucson, AZ in 2000, but he did his first triathlon in 1989.
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Amey and Cave win Florida 70.3

 Paul Amey won the 2008 Ford Ironman 70.3 Florida thanks in part to a very impressive bike split and a somewhat expected solid run. The women's event was won by Leanda Cave who had to battle Dede Griesbauer most of the day.
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Lieto and Wassner rule 2008 Columbia Triathlon

 Chris Lieto showed that he is very competitive at any distance as he won the 2008 Columbia Triathlon in Columbia, Maryland despite a very competitive field. Rebecca Wassner led wire to wire and took the victory in the women's race.
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Ryan Barnett update

 Ryan Barnett's surgery apparently went better than the doctors had anticipated. No damage to his spinal cord was detected and doctors inserted a titanium plate in his back, running from T1 to T6. They hope to have him starting his rehab sessions as early as tomorrow!
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Pigg Power – Mike Pigg

 Like many of us, Mike Pigg was inspired to race triathlons when he watched Dave Scott win the 1983 Ironman on TV. Unlike most of us though, the man who would soon be known as Pigg Power managed to finish 7th overall at that event 2 years later.
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Meet Janda Ricci-Munn

 Janda Ricci-Munn had a tough setback in 2007 but closed out his season as the fastest age grouper at 70.3 Worlds in Clearwater and a top 20 finish overall. He has announced that he has turned professional for 2008 and confirmed that he'll actually quit one of his other day jobs.
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Neill and Kloner superb at Gulfcoast Triathlon

 Mike Neill won the 2008 edition of the Gulfcoast Triathlon in Panama City Beach, Florida and narrowly defeated Zach Ruble. The women's pro title was snagged by Gabriela Loskatova, but the fastest time of the day belonged to age grouper Amy Kloner from Atlanta, Ga.
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Belaubre x 3, Fernandes x 5

 Frederic Belaubre won the 2008 European Triathlon Championships and thus earned his 3rd European title in 4 years. Vanessa Fernandes was victorious in the women’s race and now has won a record 5 titles, and that is not even counting her U23 and Junior crowns.
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Where the Europeans get ready

 To escape the wet and cold Northern European spring, many European athletes head to the island of Mallorca to get ready for the upcoming season. German pro triathlete Uwe Widmann recently came back from such a training camp and he reports for Slowtwitch.
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Ryan Barnett seriously injured

 Blue Bicycles' Ryan Barnett was hit by a truck and landscape trailer while warming up for the Roswell Criterium on Saturday and sustained serious injuries. Ryan works for Blue Bicycles as their marketing manager.
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Unger and Murray win ITU Richard’s Bay

 Current ITU World champion Daniel Unger won the 2008 ITU Richard's Bay World up in South Africa by out-sprinting Matty Reed. Carolyn Murray captured the women's race and with it her first World Cup win.