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Island Olympic hopefuls hit pre-Games stride

Cleve Dheensaw, Times Colonist, Published: Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Thursday will be nine months out from the start of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Not to belabor an obvious metaphor, but what Canada gives birth to at that time is being created now on Elk Lake, Saanich Commonwealth Place and roads all over the region.
Simon Whitfield of Victoria looks to be rounding into form just fine for Beijing after winning his third triathlon World Cup race of the season Sunday in Cancun, Mexico.
Whitfield, fourth at the 2007 world championships over the summer in Hamburg, Germany, heads into the Olympic year on a decided upswing. Inspired by the birth of a daughter -- Pippa Kathryn -- in June in Victoria, first-time dad Whitfield seems revitalized this year and is racing with a fresh sense of purpose and determination following a few down years after his blazing success in the early part of this decade with gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.
Continued: Victoria Times Colonist

News Round Up

Whitfield victorious in Cancun
en.beijing2008.cn

Whitfield leads gold-silver Canadian finish in Cancun
http://triathloncanada.com/en/newsdetails.ch2?uid=Home&newsarticle_id=2801

Breakaways, wind, and fast finishes as Whitfield and Ertel win the 2007 Cancun BG ITU World Cup
slowtwitch.com

Bout of flu hampers Gemmell's race form
www.stuff.co.nz

Julie Ertel wins first World Cup at Cancun
insidetriathlon.com

Whitfield, Ertel win Cancun World Cup
triathletemag.com

Triathlon: Whitfield leads gold-silver Canadian finish in Cancun
runnersweb.com

Whitfield, Ertel win triathlon World Cup at windy Cancun
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/04/sports/LA-SPT-TRI-World-Cup.php

Whitfield and Canadians dominate in Cancun
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0711/S00043.htm

Kiwis tri but can't in Cancun
Bevan Docherty and Samantha Warriner could only manage 12th place their Elite races on Sunday's ITU Cancun triathlon world cup event.
www.triupdate.co.nz

More awful than awesome, Pollution in Beijing a big problem
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2008Beijing/RoadToBeijing/2007/11/02/4626119-sun.html

'Venues are incredible'
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2008Beijing/RoadToBeijing/2007/11/05/4632867-sun.html

Cancun Pics

The BIG flag...

Paul and Coach

Colin Jenkins the great...

Rollin with the crew...

Courtside comment

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Courtside comment
By Sports Writer

To hear Simon Whitfield tell the story over the phone, it sounds as though he's writing his own made-for-TV movie as we speak. It was 1992. "I was 17 years old, going to school in Sydney, Australia. And one day in class, ...

http://www.ubyssey.bc.ca/2007/11/02/courtside-comment/

It's Not Over Yet

"Highlighting a stacked men's start list is 2000 Olympic gold medalist Simon Whitfield of Canada, who narrowly owns the number two spot in the World Cup rankings, and the deadly Kiwi duo of Kris Gemmell and Bevan Docherty. Gemmell, ranked number five, comes fresh from a victory at the Rhodes BG Triathlon World Cup October 7, while fourth-ranked Docherty got down and dirty with a fifth-place finish at the XTERRA world championship in Maui October 28."

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Triathlon: Whitfield leads Canadians into Cancun world cup

CANCUN, Mexico – Simon Whitfield looks to solidify his spot as the world number two when he and the rest of the Canadian triathlon team head south to Cancun for the 14th stop of the BG Triathlon World Cup series. After locking a spot on his third Olympic team, Whitfield sets his sights on a third world cup title of the year after posting wins in Vancouver and Kitzbuehel earlier in the summer. Joining him in the Cancun field will be a strong Canadian team that includes national champion Paul Tichelaar and Pan Am Games silver medalist Brent McMahon.
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