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A chat with Bryan Rhodes

Kiwi Bryan Rhodes has been around the triathlon world for 16 years now and just a few days ago recorded his 4th Ironman title. Meet the man with the big smile and a very determined attitude.

by Herbert Krabel, August 28, 2008

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Introducing Marko Albert

Marko Albert is an ITU triathlete from Estonia who just recently returned from his second Olympics. He talked to Slowtwitch.com about his Olympic experience in Beijing, his training and what he is up to next.

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Butterfingers!

Witnesses are sworn in and asked to identify the guilty party in a lineup of Olympic athletic catastrophes. Roll tape. One by one, they watch a series of mind boggling disasters.

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Triathlete Barbara Warren suffers broken neck

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported today that endurance athlete Barbara Warren of San Diego suffered a broken neck Saturday while competing in the Santa Barbara Triathlon.

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Rhodes and Granger claim 2008 Ironman Canada

Australia’s Belinda Granger and New Zealand’s Bryan Rhodes both won the 26th Ironman Canada titles with strong bike splits Sunday on the classic Penticton, British Columbia course.

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Hayes and Lavelle on top in Chicago

Stuart Hayes won the 2008 Accenture Chicago Triathlon despite having to deal with a severely swollen knee the night before. A super fast bike split helped Becky Lavelle take charge of the women's race.

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Let us now praise Sheila Taormina – The One and Only Three Sport Olympian

Sheila Taormina wrapped up an amazing career by placing 19th of 36 entrants at the modern pentathlon at the Beijing Olympics Friday. This simple statement of the planned final fact in her athletic career does her no justice.

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Original Ironman Henry Forrest

In 1978 Henry Forrest was another one of those adventurous souls who plunged into the waters of Oahu for the start of a crazy new event called Ironman. He talked to Slowtwitch about his memories of the event and a much more important recent battle.

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Live interview with Olympic silver medalist Simon Whitfield on Slowtwitch

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.

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Slowtwitch.com live from Beijing – the final update

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.

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Upstart Frodeno outkicks the Whitfield Time Machine to snatch Olympic Gold

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.

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Slowtwitch.com live from Beijing – day 3

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.

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Emma the Great: Triathlon’s Mighty Mite Eclipses All Resistance at 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.