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Being Simon Whitfield

Cleve Dheensaw, Canwest News Service
Published: Sunday, August 03, 2008

He sprinted to gold in the first Olympic men's triathlon.
Refocused and rejuvenated, he heads to Beijing ready to swim, bike and run for the podium
Simon Whitfield

Born: May 16, 1975, Kingston, Ont.
Home town: Kingston, Ont.
Residence: Victoria
Height: Five foot nine
Weight: 154 pounds
On team since: 1994
Career Highlights:
- 2000 Olympic champion, becoming the first male triathlete to win a gold medal in triathlon at the Olympic Games.

More at the Ottawa Citizen


Cervelo Cycles a major player in Tour de France, Olympics

Successful riders like billboards for the Canadian company

Posted By BY DONNA SPENCER, THE CANADIAN PRESS

Posted 1 month ago

Some of the fastest legs in the world will pedal Canadian- made bikes in both the Tour de France and at the Olympic Games this summer.

This is the sixth year of the Tour that the bottoms of the multi-national Team CSC will be on bikes designed by Toronto's Cervelo Cycles.

The 95th Tour de France opens Saturday in Brest, France. The 21- stage, 3,500-kilometre race ends July 27 in Paris.

CSC Saxo Bank includes previous stage winners Fabian Cancellera of Spain, Jens Voigt of Germany and perennial contender Carlos Sastre of Spain.

The Canadian men's triathlon team -- Paul Tichelaar, Colin Jenkins and gold medallist Simon Whitfield -- will be on Cervelo bikes in the Olympic Games. World champion Javier Gomez of Spain will also be on a Cervelo in Beijing.

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Canadians bring several compelling plot lines to Beijing

John MacKinnon, Canwest News Service
Published: Sunday, August 03, 2008

BEIJING - Finally, Olympic competition may be about the journey, after all, not the destination.
Yes, yes, all athletes want to perform on the day and win, if possible. Or at least, win a medal.
But if getting there isn't half the fun, it sure makes for some compelling plot lines.

I arrived in Beijing having followed significant parts of the Olympic journey of a wide swath of Canadians over the last several years, and virtually all those from Edmonton.
It will be hugely compelling to see how these stories turn out.

More at the Vancouver Sun


BEIJING OLYMPICS PREVIEW: PART 2 OF 6: CANADA'S CHANCES: DESPITE THE COMPETITION, THERE'S OPTIMISM THAT CANADA'S DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF OLYMPIC MEDALS WILL END

Buoyant athletes sense a turnaround

JAMES CHRISTIE
August 4, 2008
Canada's athletes came out of the Athens Olympic Games looking like Napoleon's bedraggled soldiers returning from Russia.

Canada brought home 12 medals, the smallest take of hardware since the scandal-darkened days of Seoul in 1988. The country was shut out in the marquee sports of track and swimming. The first whitewash in the Olympic pool in half a century was followed by a mutiny against coach Dave Johnson. The performance continued a downward spiral in Summer Olympic success, from 22 medals at Atlanta in 1996 to 14 at Sydney in 2000.

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