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Slowtwitch.com live from Beijing – day 3

Our embedded Olympic reporter Hector Fernandez got to see an incredible women's triathlon and various track and field events before returning tired to the hotel. Here is his day 3 report from Beijing.

Timothy Carlson sets Olympic Odds

These things are almost always impossible to predict. Which makes this endeavor an amusing fantasy, not unlike playing the lottery. But honestly speaking, there are only 8 to 10 men in the field of 56 who have the foot speed and leg power to win.

Potts and Wellington rule Timberman 70.3

In what may have been a small preview of the 2008 Ironman World Championships, Andy Potts and Chrissie Wellington ruled impressive fields at the 2008 Timberman 70.3 triathlon festival.

Brett Sutton Interview: Part 3

In the final installment of our series on Team TBB coach Brett Sutton, the coach responds to many of the comments and questions posed by our readers in the forum and over email.

Politics versus Purity of Purpose

Are the Beijing Olympics just another totalitarian infomercial? Or do they signal something hopeful—China reaching out to free world values? Granting the Games to countries with mixed human rights records is not new.

Get to know Uwe Widmann

It is not easy being a pro triathlete in a country that is home to several active Ironman Hawaii champions, but Germany's Uwe Widmann keeps plugging away and he just recently finished 3rd at Ironman 70.3 Germany.

Jenny Gowans’ Norseman report

Jenny Gowans won the 2008 Norseman Extreme Triathlon and was kind enough to send us her race report. She was looking for an adventure and a race she would need to treat with more respect than a conventional Ironman.

Johannessen and Gowans win 2008 Norseman

Øyvind Johannessen won the 2008 Norseman Extreme Triathlon in Norway and battled a tough course and an unhappy stomach along the way. Jenny Gowans was the first woman to finish the event.

Al-Sultan and Berasategui superb in Germany

Faris Al-Sultan led the 2008 Ironman 70.3 Germany from start to finish and held off hard charging Enrico Degasperi. Virginia Berastagui won the women's race and thus defended her 2007 title.