Meares books flight to Beijing
Athens Olympic gold medallist Anna Meares has confirmed her place in the Beijing Games with a stunning flying 200m at Vodafone Arena in Melbourne tonight.Five months after a horror crash that left Meares with a fractured C2 vertebra in her neck and severe shoulder injuries that threatened to end her Beijing aspirations, Meares’ demonstrated that she is back in Olympic medal contention.
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Boonen out of Tour
Tom Boonen, last year's Green Jersey winner in the Tour de France, is the first casualty to a positive test for this year. The Tour, which seems to be plagued by this sort of scandal every year, faces yet another crisis as one of its biggest stars sits out the biggest bike race in the world.
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Last hit out for key athletes
The Revolution Track series is about as cool track cycling event as you can get. Thumping tunes, great riders and a packed program gives it a real 'blink and you'll miss it' feel. 'Rev series' as it is known, was a huge success in Melbourne when it premiered last season. That being said, Melbournians will go and watch two flies walking up a wall if you call it sport. But the Rev series certainly delivered. June 12 sees Revolution three hit the boards and being so close to the Beijing Olympics it will no doubt generate plenty of interest.
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Australian Olympic Team suffers huge blow!
Australia's Olympic medal chances took a significant dive this morning after news filtered through from the latest World Cup round in Madrid, with possible implications for Australia's Greg Bennett. Unraveling this mystery takes some patience! US athlete Matt Reed has thrown the ranking system into turmoil after he made a top ten finish to move his country up the pecking order. The equation is very simple. The top eight countries in the world get to field teams of three at the games.
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Triathlon World Rankings
World Rankings are always interesting to look at. You get to see who is on top, who has fallen from grace and who might be the next big thing. In an Olympic year the rankings take on more significance. The ITU season is a tough one with over 13 events all over the world. To be successful at this caper the trick is, for most ITU racers, is to peak for a few key races and try to hang in there on the razors edge of form for the others. This year with the focus firmly on Beijing for the upper echelon of the ITU athletes the start to the season is important because athletes can peak early and then build for the most important race of the year.
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