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This coming weekend we will bring you a live report from the 2008 US Olympic triathlon trials in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. You will be able to find out right here which male and female US athlete will join Jarrod Shoemaker and Laura Bennett in Beijing.

Stephen Bayliss showed tremendous patience and tenacity as he won the 2008 Ironman South Africa and with it, his very first Ironman title. Bella Comerford, not to be outdone by her fiance Stephen Bayliss, took the women’s race with a very strong run.

Simon Whitfield showed that he is ready for another Olympic title with a very impressive win at the 2008 Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup. Emma Snowsill led the women’s race from start to finish and with it claimed her 8th Word Cup title

U.S. Olympic hopeful Jarrod Shoemaker breezed to the win in the "People's Race" in 14:32, while Julie Swail and Heather Fuhr dominated the women's 30-39 and 40-plus.

Javier Gomez overcame a 1 minute deficit after the bike to win the 2008 New Plymouth BG Triathlon World Cup and with it his ninth world cup title. Emma Moffatt won the women's title and thus most likely helped her chances for a spot on the Aussie Olympic team.

Patrick Vernay repeated his title at Port Macquarie and now has 3 Australian Ironman titles to his name. Chrissie Wellington meanwhile proved that her win in Hawaii was no fluke and took the women's race at Panther’s Ironman Australia 2008 and 9th place overall.

With the addition of Shane Reed and Andrea Hewitt, the New Zealand Olympic triathlon team for Beijing is now set. Additionally, Terenzo Bozzone and Nicky Samuels were named as reserves.

Pro Triathlete and Slowtwitcher Jonathan Caron has been selected to participate in the upcoming season of ABC’s "Dancing with the Stars". While the exact pairing is not set yet, rumor is that he will be partnering with Sheryl Crow.

Javier Gomez won the 2008 Mooloolaba ITU World Cup and relegated last year’s winner Brad Kahlefeldt to second place. In the women’s race Emma Snowsill edged out Vanessa Fernandes for the title.

70.3 World Champion Andy Potts held off hard charging Craig Alexander by 3 seconds to win the 2008 California 70.3 triathlon. In the women's race, Erika Csomor had a great bike split to set up her victory.

Matty Reed narrowly defeated hard charging Oscar Galindez and Chris Lieto at the 2008 Miami International Triathlon. Sarah Haskins looked very fast in the women’s race and held Pip Taylor and Jasmine Oeinck at bay.

Hendrik DeVilliers (RSA) and Mari Rabie (RSA) won the 2008 Yasmine Hammamet ATU Triathlon African Championships in Tunisia after winning the South African Championships a few weeks earlier.

Shane Reed (NZL) and Emma Moffatt (AUS) won the 2008 Wellington OCA Triathlon Oceania Championships and with it helped their countries earn an additional slot for the Olympics.

1978 Ironman Tom Knoll and his son Warren are on a mission to run 3,300 miles from coast to coast in the 2008 Freedom Run Across America. This charity event started on March 1 and consist of 112 days of at least 30-mile runs.

Jamie Whitmore, the 2007 XTERRA USA Champion, 2004 XTERRA World Champion and 2003/04 XTERRA European champion is undergoing tests for a tumor found on her left pelvis.

Cameron Brown won Ironman New Zealand for the 7th time and Jo Lawn fought off a late charge from Kate Bevilaqua for her 6th consecutive women’s crown and a new course record.

After 17 years as a licensee of the WTC, blueseventy announced today that the partnership has ended. Triathlon will apparently still be an important aspect for blueseventy, but they are now also eying the swimming market.

Paul Tichelaar won the 2008 Trisports.com Desert Classic Duathlon in Phoenix, AZ despite some very tough competition. The women's race was won by Joanna Zeiger who showed great early season form.

Faris Al Sultan (GER) dominated the men's race at the 2008 Ironman Malaysia in 8:34:42 and Belinda Granger (AUS) set a new course record in the women's race in 9:29:21.

Sigrid Mutscheller (GER) earned her sixth World Championships title at the 2008 Winter Triathlon World Championships in Freudenstadt, Germany and Arne Post (NOR) defended his title en route to his fourth crown.

Slowtwitch.com announced today the incorporation of Findatriathlon into its suite of triathlon-specific user helps and utilities.

This coming weekend 500 athletes from 25 Nations will compete in the 2008 Winter Triathlon World Championships in Freudenstadt, Germany. Can anyone beat Germany's Sigrid Mutscheller who has won the title 4 years in a row?

Tim Don (GBR) won the South African Triathlon Championships and runner-up Henrik de Villiers (RSA) won the title. In the women's race Mari Rabie (RSA) won both the title and the race.

Arne Post of Norway dominated the 2008 ITU Winter Triathlon World Cup in Flassin, Italy and in the women's race Austria's Carina Wasle narrowly defeated Anke Kullmann of Germany.

Private Equity firm Falconhead Capital adds American cycling's biggest title, and Triathlete Magazine's biggest competitor, to its stable of acquisitions