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Germany's Jan Frodeno Wins Gold in Men's Olympic Triathlon
August 19th, 2009
Jan Frodeno (Ger) outs printed the last three competitors to take the gold medal in the triathlon at the Beijing Olympics! After a solid swim and bike ride, the SRAM RED and Zipp equipped German triathlete fulfilled his Olympic dream by clinching the top prize. In the last meters of a thrilling triathlon Jan Frodeno dropped the Spanish world champion Gomez (Spa) and former Olympic Champion Simon Whitfield (Can).
Jan's gold brings the Zipp total medal count to 9 at the Beijing Olympics.
Photo and copy is courtesy of Dirk Belling.
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Sweet Sweep in Beijing.
August 18th, 2008
Zipp equipped athletes swept the podium in the Women’s Olympic Triathlon in Beijing. Australia’s Emma Snowsill, riding Zipp Wheels, captured the gold with a winning time of 1h58:27.66. Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal, also on Zipp Wheels, finished one minute and seven seconds behind Snowsill. Third place went to Zipp equipped Australian Emma Moffat. Congratulations to all the Zipp equipped athletes on their outstanding performance in Beijing.
The podium in the women's triathlon brings Zipp's 2008 Olympic medal count to 8.
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Big Haul at Great Wall! Zipp Athletes Earn Four Medals in Olympic Time Trial.
August 13th, 2008
Zipp Equipped Fabian Cancellara (Swi) captured the gold medal in today’s Olympic time trial. His time, over the 48K course was 1.02.11, achieved on a Zipp 900 Disc and a Zipp 1080 front. Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe), also on a Zipp 900 Disc but with a Zipp 808 front, got the silver medal with a time of 1.02.44.
American Kristin Armstrong was riding a Zipp 900 Disc and an 808 front, winning the women’s TT, and scorching the 23.5k course with a time of 34.51.27. Team Cervelo-Lifeforce teammate Karin Thürig (Swi), also on Zipp wheels, captured the bronze.
Congratulations to all of the Zipp equipped athletes on their Olympic performances!
Photo of Kristin Armstrong is courtesy of www.womenscycling.net
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Zipp Equipped Cancellara Captures Olympic Bronze in Beijing
August 9th, 2008
Team CSC Saxo Bank rider Fabian Cancellara was quite surprised that he was able to take the bronze medal Saturday in the Olympic road race after being the only Swiss rider in the race.
On the final descent Cancellara caught up with the favourites group chasing the five escapees, Andy Schleck, Alexandr Kolobnev, Davide Rebellin, Samuel Sanchez and Michael Rogers. And the Swiss tempo specialist quickly took off to catch up with the front group less than two kilometres before the finish.
"I managed to ride exactly the right race. I believe I did everything right which was actually quite simple most of the time, since all I could do was follow the favourites' moves baring in mind I had no team mates. I saw I had to do something otherwise I would not get up there. I knew that I had team mates from Team CSC Saxo Bank up there, but you don't ride with your team mates at the Olympics. I had to do it alone, which shows that I did very well today," concludede Cancellara.
The result brought Cancellara back in Top-5 in the unofficial World ranking from Cycling Quotient, where Team CSC Saxo Bank has 10 riders in Top-90, 5. Fabian Cancellara, 8. Fränk Schleck, 13. Carlos Sastre, 24. Jens Voigt, 26. Gustav Larsson, 36. Alexandr Kolobnev, 45. Andy Schleck, 58. Matti Breschel, 80. Chris Anker Sørensen, 87. Kurt-Asle Arvesen.
Copy is courtesy of www.team-csc.com
Photo is courtesy of www.tdwsport.com
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