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2012-08-09 7:36 PM

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Subject: have any of the top triathletes every compete in any other olympic event
just wondering is there any of the top guys or girls out that came from olympic sports and is there any of the top tri's that could place top 10 in 10km swim, time trial bike or marathon . i think Alistair Brownlee would go good in the 10000m he was only 1:20 something of the winner and 1 second behind his fellow englishman who was in the final and he had to make 180' turns and up and down foot path


2012-08-09 7:57 PM
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A few, Sheila Taormina won gold on the US 4x200 free relay before she started tri. Carol Montgomery qualified in both tri and track in 2000 and crashed out of the Tri and scratched the 10 000 on the track.
2012-08-09 10:29 PM
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Sheila Taormina also went on to compete in pentathlon.  I've held her gold medal.  Laughing
2012-08-10 8:01 AM
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Subject: RE: have any of the top triathletes every compete in any other olympic event

thecouch - 2012-08-09 8:36 PM just wondering is there any of the top guys or girls out that came from olympic sports and is there any of the top tri's that could place top 10 in 10km swim, time trial bike or marathon . i think Alistair Brownlee would go good in the 10000m he was only 1:20 something of the winner and 1 second behind his fellow englishman who was in the final and he had to make 180' turns and up and down foot path

 

there are tones of people (triathletes) who keep comparing AB's time to Chris Thompson's Olympic final time. As great as Brownlee's performance was I don' tthink it is a real fair  to compare the 2 races for multiple reasons. What everyone fails to mention is that Chris Thompson has run a sub 27:30 10km and I don't believe AB has ever run under 29 on a certified (for running record purposes) 10km.

 

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