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 Encyclopedia: 2000 Summer Olympics
China wins the gold medal in the men's team all-around gymnastics competition, after being the runner-up in the previous two Olympics.
Triathlon made its Olympic debut with the women's race.
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 Australia and Oceania
According to a TA press release: To be known as the 2000 St George Triathlon Australia Series, the new program will include five special elite events in five separate state and territories, which will commence on 30 January in Geelong, Victoria, and finish with the Australian Triathlon Championships in Mooloolaba, Queensland, on 26 March.
Peter Robertson, who landed on Australia's Olympic team in spite of a lack of support from Triathlon Australia, is in hot water now after ill-spited comments his coach made to a Melbourne journalist in an article published on Monday.
With four of the events in the new Series conducted over the Olympic distance and under international rules, athletes will be in a position to finetune their Olympic preparation and earn ITU Triathlon World Ranking points for the Triathlon World Championships and Olympic Games Qualification -- without having to travel overseas.
www.slowtwitch.com /headings/regions/oceania1.html

  
 Australia and Oceania
Peter Robertson, who landed on Australia's Olympic team in spite of a lack of support from Triathlon Australia, is in hot water now after ill-spited comments his coach made to a Melbourne journalist in an article published on Monday.
According to a TA press release: To be known as the 2000 St George Triathlon Australia Series, the new program will include five special elite events in five separate state and territories, which will commence on 30 January in Geelong, Victoria, and finish with the Australian Triathlon Championships in Mooloolaba, Queensland, on 26 March.
With four of the events in the new Series conducted over the Olympic distance and under international rules, athletes will be in a position to finetune their Olympic preparation and earn ITU Triathlon World Ranking points for the Triathlon World Championships and Olympic Games Qualification -- without having to travel overseas.
www.slowtwitch.com /headings/regions/oceania1.html

  
 Australia and Oceania
According to a TA press release: To be known as the 2000 St George Triathlon Australia Series, the new program will include five special elite events in five separate state and territories, which will commence on 30 January in Geelong, Victoria, and finish with the Australian Triathlon Championships in Mooloolaba, Queensland, on 26 March.
With four of the events in the new Series conducted over the Olympic distance and under international rules, athletes will be in a position to finetune their Olympic preparation and earn ITU Triathlon World Ranking points for the Triathlon World Championships and Olympic Games Qualification -- without having to travel overseas.
One Summer officials found 20 syringes on the beach and alongside the pier on Friday and Saturday as they were setting up for the festival, according to The Australian.
www.slowtwitch.com /headings/regions/oceania1.html   (11925 words)

  
 Start to Finish: Training for Your First Race
The sport of triathlon made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games.
Since making its Olympic debut last summer, the sport of triathlon has attracted a growing number of fans that are drawn to the challenge of this exciting multi-sport event.
If you're thinking about doing a triathlon or duathlon, know this: the real challenge is the training, which can require a serious commitment of time and energy, particularly if you decide to go the half or full Ironman distance.
www.adksportsfitness.com /back_issues/mar2001/articles/first_triathlon.html   (11925 words)

  
 Olympics
She is better known as a former Olympic 3000m runner; however, she has dabbled in triathlon and placed as high as 10th last year in the age-group race of the Australian Triathlon Championships.
Today is the day that the ITU has requested national Olympic committees (NOCs) to indicate exactly how many Olympic slots they will be using for the Olympic triathlon.
Friday's deadline for National Olympic Committees to indicate the makeup of their teams across all sports has allowed Triathlonlive.com to piece together the final fields for the Olympics.
www.slowtwitch.com /headings/olympics.html   (11925 words)

  
 Sharon Donnelly, Triathlete
By 1989, she entered her first triathlon in Grimsby, Ont. She won the K Town Tri in Kingston in 1993 and '95, which was the year the International Olympic Committee accepted the Sydney Olympic Committee's proposal to put three-part sport on its program for the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Donnelly competed in the 200o Sydney Olympics, which was the first year the triathlon became a full medal sport, but her own medal dream was dashed when was involved in a pileup during the cycling leg of the event.
When she met the Canadian Olympic Association criteria for selection to the 2000 Sydney team, she automatically qualified as one of the first four triathletes to receive a monthly federal government stipend of about $1,100 a month.
www.runnersweb.com /running/sd_frontpage_archive_2004.html   (11925 words)

  
 Olympics
She is better known as a former Olympic 3000m runner; however, she has dabbled in triathlon and placed as high as 10th last year in the age-group race of the Australian Triathlon Championships.
Today is the day that the ITU has requested national Olympic committees (NOCs) to indicate exactly how many Olympic slots they will be using for the Olympic triathlon.
Friday's deadline for National Olympic Committees to indicate the makeup of their teams across all sports has allowed Triathlonlive.com to piece together the final fields for the Olympics.
www.slowtwitch.com /headings/olympics.html   (11925 words)

  
 Olympics
She is better known as a former Olympic 3000m runner; however, she has dabbled in triathlon and placed as high as 10th last year in the age-group race of the Australian Triathlon Championships.
Today is the day that the ITU has requested national Olympic committees (NOCs) to indicate exactly how many Olympic slots they will be using for the Olympic triathlon.
Friday's deadline for National Olympic Committees to indicate the makeup of their teams across all sports has allowed Triathlonlive.com to piece together the final fields for the Olympics.
www.slowtwitch.com /headings/olympics.html   (11925 words)

  
 Olympics
She is better known as a former Olympic 3000m runner; however, she has dabbled in triathlon and placed as high as 10th last year in the age-group race of the Australian Triathlon Championships.
Today is the day that the ITU has requested national Olympic committees (NOCs) to indicate exactly how many Olympic slots they will be using for the Olympic triathlon.
Friday's deadline for National Olympic Committees to indicate the makeup of their teams across all sports has allowed Triathlonlive.com to piece together the final fields for the Olympics.
www.slowtwitch.com /headings/olympics.html   (15604 words)

  
 Olympics
Friday's deadline for National Olympic Committees to indicate the makeup of their teams across all sports has allowed Triathlonlive.com to piece together the final fields for the Olympics.
She is better known as a former Olympic 3000m runner; however, she has dabbled in triathlon and placed as high as 10th last year in the age-group race of the Australian Triathlon Championships.
Today is the day that the ITU has requested national Olympic committees (NOCs) to indicate exactly how many Olympic slots they will be using for the Olympic triathlon.
www.slowtwitch.com /headings/olympics.html   (15604 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
The Olympic triathlon comprises a 1.5 kilometre swim, a 40km bike ride, and a 10km run.
Triathlon races are held over four distances, labelled Sprint, Olympic, Long Course and Ultra.
Relive the magic of the Athens Olympic Summer Games
www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=TR   (15604 words)

  
 Summer Olympics 2000 Index
A day earlier, Switzerland's Brigitte McMahon pulled away from Michellie Jones in the final 100 meters to win the Games' first women's triathlon.
The host nation, hoping for a men's triathlon medal sweep, instead saw Whitfield recover from a cycling mishap to claim gold for Canada on Saturday.
espn.go.com /oly/summer00/triathlon   (15604 words)

  
 CNN/SI - - 2000 Summer Olympics Triathlon Schedule - September 12, 2000
CNN/SI - - 2000 Summer Olympics Triathlon Schedule - September 12, 2000
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/schedules/2000/sked.triathlon.html   (15604 words)

  
 Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Brazil was represented by three men and three women.
Brazil competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney under the IOC country code BRA.
National Olympic Committees at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brazil_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics   (734 words)

  
 Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Switzerland was represented by three men and three women.
Switzerland competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
National Olympic Committees at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Switzerland_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics   (734 words)

  
 Sweden at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sweden sent only one triathlete to the first Olympic triathlon competition.
Sweden competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
National Olympic Committees at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sweden_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics   (734 words)

  
 Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, the Netherlands was represented by three men and three women.
The Netherlands competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
National Olympic Committees at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Netherlands_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics   (734 words)

  
 Jamaica at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jamaica sent one triathlete to the first Olympic triathlon competition.
Jamaica competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Jamaica placed 25th in the only Sailing event they competed in at the 2000 Olympics.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamaica_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics   (296 words)

  
 Belgium at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Belgium was represented by two women.
Belgium competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
National Olympic Committees at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belgium_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics   (296 words)

  
 Articles - Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia was the debut of the triathlon at the Olympic Games.
The women's triathlon was run on 16 September 2000.
The men's triathlon was run on 17 September.
lastring.com /articles/Triathlon_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics?...   (296 words)

  
 Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Brazil was represented by three men and three women.
Brazil competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
National Olympic Committees at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brazil_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics   (330 words)

  
 EXP-Summer Olympics
New additions to the Summer Olympics this year include synchronized diving, women's weight lifting, trampoline, women's pole vault and the triathlon.
The Summer Olympic and the Winter Olympic Games used to be held in the same year, every four years.
Lenny Krayzelburg was born in the former Soviet Republic, Ukraine.
www.manythings.org /voa/00/000913ex_t.htm   (330 words)

  
 History of Women in Sports Timeline - Part 8 - 2000
Sydney will mark the first time the triathlon will be a medal sport at the Olympics.
She was instrumental in Greece’s winning the 2004 summer games bid in 1997.
2000 - ABC airs a movie about the life of Special Olympics athlete Loretta Claiborne who was born partially blind, ran in 25 marathons, and carried the torch in the International Special Olympics where she has won medals in dozens of events.
www.northnet.org /stlawrenceaauw/timelne9.htm   (330 words)

  
 Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
The events in the Summer Olympics include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pentathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, taekwando, tennis, track and field (many running, jumping, and throwing events), triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman).
For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
The Olympic flag was first used in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics   (330 words)

  
 Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
The events in the Summer Olympics include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pentathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, taekwando, tennis, track and field (many running, jumping, and throwing events), triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman).
The Olympic flag was first used in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics   (1311 words)

  
 Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
The events in the Summer Olympics include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pentathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, taekwando, tennis, track and field (many running, jumping, and throwing events), triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman).
For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
The Olympic flag was first used in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics   (1311 words)

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