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Malibu wins for Hayes and Lavelle

 After winning the Accenture Chicago Triathlon a few weeks earlier, Stuart Hayes of Great Britain and Becky Lavelle of Los Gatos, California returned to the top of the podiums again at the 2008 Nautica Malibu Olympic distance triathlon.
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Chrissie Wellington unplugged

 When Chrissie Wellington stormed to her Ironman Hawaii World Championship title last year, many people were asking the question "Chrissie who?" This year she'll be surely on everybody's radar and she checked in with Slowtwitch pre Kona.
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Moving on up – Justin Daerr

 Justin Daerr finished the 2001 Ironman California in 12:55 and just 2 years later he recorded a 9:20 finish at Ironman Florida. A couple weeks ago he was 5th overall at Ironman Canada in a time of 8:37 and we had a talk with him.
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WTC sold to private equity firm

 After almost 20 years of ownership by the Gills family, World Triathlon Corporation, owner of the Ironman World Triathlon Championship, has been sold to the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.
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Blackwell Research on the brink

 John Cobb's venture capital start-up, Blackwell Research, was a bold venture that's run out of capital. Absent a white knight riding in (in the aero position) Blackwell is destined to cease as a carbon-based life form.
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The endless drafting debate – Jimmy Riccitello speaks

 Complaints about drafting are often heard after various triathlons, but more so after certain events. So who is to blame? Should we point fingers at the athletes themselves, the race directors or the officials? Slowtwitch talked to Jimmy Riccitello about this issue.