Simon Whitfield won the 1st ever Olympic triathlon in Sydney 2000. Now that Canada has announced he is officially Simon is part of the 2012 London Olympic team is fair to show the video of his sprint for victory in Sydney 2000. *The video looks like its from the 80’s….sorry
By the way… Simon will be attending his 4th Olympic games.
Sydney 2000 = Gold / Athens 2004 = 11th / Beijing 2008 = Silver / London 2012 = ???
There are 8 Russians in the top 50 ranking of the ITU and they are now officially targeting the bronze medal in the London 2012 Olympics. This video features Alexander Bryukhankov, Russia’s best hope for an olympic medal in London.
*source RTSportnews (youtube)
Alistairs little brother is now on top of the list for Gold medal contenders in the coming London 2012 Olympics.
Listen to Jonny talk about triathlon, the Olympics, his brother… his favorite cheese…
Steffen Justus from Germany won in Sydney after a 6th place in Mooloolaba weeks before.
Murray (RSA) 2nd and Vidal (FRA) 3rd.
The London Olympic games will be the ones to crown this season
ITU Madrid 2012 was the last chance to qualify to London for many of the guys.
Watch Jonathan Brownlee win while his brother Alistair (and London 2012 favorite) is still recovering from an Achilles tendon injury