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Olympic Triathlon
NBC has announced that cable station MSNBC will show the men's triathlon live at 4 a.m. EDT on Aug. 26. For those who are not early risers, it will be rebroadcast that evening, either in Prime Time or late night on NBC. The women's triathlon is scheduled to be shown on Aug. 25 in Prime Time on NBC.
Medal Picks
CNNSI.com list medal picks for each Olympic sport. For triathlon they predict the following:
Vanity Fair
Olympic triathlete Hunter Kemper (Longwood, Fla.) and Olympic triathlon alternate Laura Reback (North Palm Beach, Fla.) both appear in a collection of photographs of Olympic athletes in the September issue of Vanity Fair (look for actress Reese Witherspoon on the cover). The photos were taken by Bruce Weber at the Beverly Hills Hotel in April following the Race to Athens - Honolulu.
Taormina Runs Rampant
Olympic triathlete Sheila Taormina (Livonia, Mich.) captured the women's division and placed second overall Sunday in the third race of the 2004 Central Florida Triathlon Series at Waterfront Park in Clermont, Fla. The sprint-distance race consisted of a .25-mile swim, 12-mile bike and 3-mile run.
Taormina was first out of the water with a time of 4 minutes, 54 seconds and a lead of 30 seconds over the competition. She continued to lead through the bike segment, but had 2003 CFTS winner David Picciano (Oakland, Fla.) hot on her heels through the second transition. Picciano opened it up on the run averaging 5:27 a mile and finished with the winning time of 54:40. Taormina's second place time was 55:47.
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by ftofnoone on August 17, 2004
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I say Rana is the man to beat, for the sole reason that his team (Spain) have figured out how to shelter him and work for their team leader. They are everpresent chasing in the pack and keeping him out of trouble. I think all the Aussies will be going against each other.
And again Robo gets no respect, he will be there.
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Anonymous post on August 19, 2004
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Shielding him worked wonders in Madiera - 2nd to Docherty! It seems as though alot of people think this was a fluke on docherty's part yet he proves himself time and time again as one of the more consistent performers in the ITU.
I think Rana's cycling ability is potentially his downfall on a hard course like Athlens even with 2 guys helping him out.
Robbo has been fairly inconsistent this season although he's been pretty quiet on the race front along with Whitfield who I think has to be up there. I think it will be a battle between Rana, Whitfield and Docherty for the medals.
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by stewie on August 22, 2004
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The tough Athens course begs for a strong bike breakaway.
The women's race will obviously be dominated by Lindquist, Taormina, and Harrop in the swim, and then extending their lead on the bike. Taormina has been having shin problems and Harrop is a different running animal this season and is top pick, with Lindquist second, and perhaps Taormina holding on for third. Even If these three don't stay away, Harrop is still mild fav. Far outside chance for Montgomery if she has managed to find old running form and they get off the bike in one big pack.
In the men's race, Olivier Marceau has proven before he has the ability to get away and hang on for a podium. The tough bike is his chance open up enough daylight to steal the gold. He's my upset choice outside the obvious runners in order of preference, Whitfield, Gaag, Docherty, Rana, Robertson. Dark horse chance to German dude Dehmer.
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by slimhogan on August 24, 2004
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Good to see The people who made those Olympic predictions go out on a limb! Those results look pretty similar to ones that came out of a race in Maderia this year. It's a bloody tough course so the medals will go to the toughest athletes. Loretta Harrop is the toughest not only in our sport but potentially all sports. I think they have already engraved her name on the gold medal.
Regardless of the result they are going to be two awesome races!
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by TriZealander on August 25, 2004
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Harrop was the strongest in the feild and should have had gold but some unknown factor by the name of Allen showed up!
Who is she?
Fact is Madeira was a good test and a good reflection of where people are at. Even you went with Harrop who came second there. Don't think Marceau has it on the run to be any threat to Gold. Definately Dehmer though, that boy will be hard to beat but in the end you can't go past those senior stars, Simon, Ivan and B Doch.
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