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Who's Beijing Bound?

By Triathlon Webmaster11th Jul, 20081 min read

Event

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

China18 Aug 2008 - 19 Aug 2008

With less than a month until the start of the Beijing Olympic Games, the start lists for the men’s and women’s triathlons are almost finalized.  More than 30 countries have confirmed their teams. 

Click here to see the current list of athletes heading to Beijing

Among the athletes who will line up on the pontoon in Beijing are Athens silver medalist Bevan Docherty of New Zealand, Sydney gold medalist Simon Whitfield of Canada, bronze medalists Sven Riederer and Magali Di marco, both of Switzerland.

The women’s triathlon will start at 10am (local Beijing time UTC/GMT +8 hours) on Monday August 18th.  The men’s triathlon will be staged the next day on Tuesday August 19th also at 10am. 

Click here for start times in your area

Visit ITU’s official website for the Beijing Olympic Games for the latest news, results from the past Beijing world cups, course details and all other information regarding triathlon at the Olympics. 

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