Who’s Beijing Bound?

NEWS

By World Triathlon Admin | 11 Jul, 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.

Related Event: Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

18 - Aug, 2008 • event page • all results

Results: Elite Women
1.	Emma Snowsill	AUS	01:58:26
2.	Vanessa Fernandes	POR	01:59:33
3.	Emma Moffatt	AUS	01:59:55
4.	Laura Bennett	USA	02:00:21
5.	Juri Ide	JPN	02:00:22
6.	Nicola Spirig	SUI	02:00:30
7.	Daniela Ryf	SUI	02:00:39
8.	Andrea Hansen	NZL	02:00:45
9.	Kiyomi Niwata	JPN	02:00:50
10.	Debbie Tanner	NZL	02:01:05

Results: Elite Men
1.	Jan Frodeno	GER	01:48:52
2.	Simon Whitfield	CAN	01:48:58
3.	Bevan Docherty	NZL	01:49:05
4.	Javier Gomez Noya	ESP	01:49:13
5.	Ivan Raña Fuentes	ESP	01:49:22
6.	Daniel Unger	GER	01:49:43
7.	Hunter Kemper	USA	01:49:48
8.	Rasmus Henning	DEN	01:49:57
9.	Igor Sysoev	AIN	01:49:59
10.	Frederic Belaubre	FRA	01:50:00