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Simon Whitfield: Major Dad

Simon Whitfield cracks wise with the Toronto Star's Randy Starkman at his home in Victoria. The Olympic gold medallist in triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Games is gunning for gold again this summer in Beijing. This is another in the Toronto Star's continuing...

from YouTube on Mon, May 05 2008

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19 Oct 08 visit Simon Whitfield - University of Guelph  »  YouTube videoSimon Whitfield - Sunday, October 19, 2008 - University of Guelph - Provincial Triathlon Centre - Simon explain what he thinks about during his silver medal run portion of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - Triathlon Men - Excellent 2 hour presentation -...
21 May 08 visit Amazing Journey for Olympic shooter  »  YouTube videoAvianna Chao came to Toronto from China at age 11 and only picked up a gun seven years ago, but she's going to compete for Canada in pistol shooting at the Beijing Olympics. The 33-year-old tells the Toronto Star's Randy Starkman about her incredible...
03 Jun 08 visit Triathlete Kirsten Sweetland jokes about dream date  »  YouTube videoTriathlete Kirsten Sweetland of Victoria, a 20-year-old who will try to qualify for the Beijing Olympics at this weekend's 2008 Vancouver BG World Triathlon Championships in Vancouver, takes a dig at training partner and mentor Simon Whitfield when asked...
26 Sep 08 visit Olympic gold on sale  »  Shanghai Daily CHINA'S Olympic champion Zou Kai announced yesterday that he would auction one of his three gymnastics gold medals from the Beijing Games and donate all proceeds to the reconstruction of the earthquake-ravaged Sichuan...
13 Feb 08 visit China discovers five major gold mines  »  People's Daily China has made major achievements in the area of gold perambulation in 2007; and uncovered five major deposits. According to The China Geological Survey Bureau, these five large gold deposits are: the Gangdise Xiongcun copper-gold depos ...
15 Jun 08 visit WSJ: The great women of China  »  Shanghaiist China's secret for topping the Olympic medal tally is two X-chromosomes, writes Mei Fong of the Wall Street Journal:In China, it's the women who have traditionally racked up the medals. At the 2000 Games in Sydney, the Chinese women won five more gold...

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