Posts from — July 2008

Here’s the list of triathletes expected to compete in Beijing. Note that they’re listed here according to their start number as determined in a random draw by the International Triathlon Union.

The Olympian to watch in this event would be Austria’s Kate Allen [above] who will try to defend her Olympic title at the ripe old age of 38. Some of you, of course, know that this blog has a soft spot for older athletes [that's why we have the Dara Mama Club], so we will be cheering for Kate. Go, Kate!

By the way, can you smell triskadekaphobia in the start numbers below? I’m not gonna judge because I sort of have the phobia too

From triathlon.org:

Women
1 Bonin Charlotte ITA
2 Cortassa Nadia ITA
3 Dittmer Anja GER
4 Lisk Ricarda GER
5 Pilz Christiane GER
6 Di Marco Messmer Magali SUI
7 Ryf Daniela SUI
8 Spirig Nicola SUI
9 Harrison Jessica FRA
10 Peon Carole FRA
11 Allen Kate AUT
12 Dollinger Eva AUT
14 Haiboeck Tania AUT
15 Ide Juri JPN
16 Niwata Kiyomi JPN
17 Ueda Ai JPN
18 Czesnik Maria POL
19 Dederko Ewa POL
20 Groves Lauren CAN
21 Murray Carolyn CAN
22 Tremblay Kathy CAN
23 Frintova Vendula CZE
24 Zemanova Lenka CZE
25 Hewitt Andrea NZL
26 Tanner Debbie NZL
27 Warriner Samantha NZL
28 Duffy Flora BER
29 Corona Adriana Fabiola MEX
30 Avil Hollie GBR
31 Tucker Helen GBR
32 Densham Erin AUS
33 Moffatt Emma AUS
34 Snowsill Emma AUS
35 Riveros Diaz Barbara CHI
36 Szabo Zita HUN
37 Burgos Ana ESP
38 Murua Ainhoa ESP
39 Mensink Lisa NED
40 Bennett Laura USA
41 Ertel Julie USA
42 Haskins Sarah USA
43 Sapunova Yuliya UKR
44 Xing Lin CHN
45 Zhang Yi CHN
46 Rabie Mari RSA
47 Roberts Kate RSA
48 Ohata Mariana BRA
49 Mak So Ning Tania HKG
50 Norden Lisa SWE
51 Abyssova Irina RUS
52 Zausaylova Olga RUS
53 Davis Emma IRL
54 Fernandes Vanessa POR
55 Dimaki Deniz GRE
56 May Elizabeth LUX

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Here’s the provisional list of Olympians expected to participate in the sailing events to be held in Qingdao. Among those to watch in the list: two-time gold medalist Ben Ainslie of the United Kingdom [above]; he is favored to win another gold. Photo via sailing.org

Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial
28 entries confirmed, 28 athletes
Argentina – Cecilia CARRANZA
Australia – Sarah BLANCK
Belarus – Tatiana DROZDOVSKAYA
Belgium – Evi VAN ACKER
Canada – Lisa ROSS
Croatia – Mateja PETRONIJEVIC
Finland – Tuula TENKANEN
France – Sarah STEYAERT
Germany – Petra NIEMANN
Great Britain – Penny CLARK
Greece – Eftychia MANTZARAKI
Ireland – Ciara PEELO
Israel – Nufar EDELMAN
Italy – Larissa NEVIEROV
Lithuania – Gintare VOLUNGEVICIUTE
Mexico – Tania ELIAS CALLES
New Zealand – Jo ALEH
Norway – Cathrine GJERPEN
Paraguay – Florencia CERUTTI
Peru – Paloma SCHMIDT
Poland – Katarzyna SZOTYNSKA
PR China – Xu LIJIA
Russia – Anastasia CHERNOVA
Singapore – Man Yi LO
Spain – Susana ROMERO
Sweden – Karin SODERSTROM
Switzerland – Nathalie BRUGGER
USA – Anna TUNNICLIFFE

Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser
43 entries confirmed, 43 athletes
Argentina – Julio ALSOGARAY
Australia – Tom SLINGSBY
Austria – Andreas GERITZER
Barbados – Gregory DOUGLAS
Brazil – Bruno FONTES
Canada – Mike LEIGH
Chile – Matias DEL SOLAR GOLDSMITH
Croatia – Luka RADELIC
Cyprus – Pavlos KONTIDES
Czech Republic – Martin TRCKA
Denmark – Anders NYHOLM
Dominican Republic – Raul AGUAYO
Estonia – Deniss KARPAK
Finland – Pierre Angelo COLLURA
France – Jean Baptiste BERNAZ
Great Britain – Paul GOODISON
Greece – Evangelos CHIMONAS
Guatemala – Juan I MAEGLI
Hungary – Zsombor BERECZ
Italy – Diego ROMERO
Japan – Yoichi LIJIMA
Korea – Jeemin HA
Luxembourg – Marc SCHMIT
Malaysia – Kevin LIM LEONG KEAT
Netherlands – Rutger VAN SCHAARDENBURG
New Zealand – Andrew MURDOCH
Norway – Kristian RUTH
Poland – Maciej GRABOWSKI
Portugal – Gustavo LIMA
PR China – Shen SHENG
Russia – Igor LISOVENKO
Seychelles – Allan JULIE
Singapore – Seng Leong KOH
Slovenia – Vasilij ZBOGAR
Spain – Javier HERNANDES
Sweden – Rasmus MYRGREN
Switzerland – Christoph BOTTONI
Turkey – Kemal MUSLUBAS
United Arab Emirates – Mohammed ADIL KHALID
Uruguay – Alejandro FOGLIA
USA – Andrew CAMPBELL
US Virgin Islands – Thomas BARROWS LLL
Venezuela – Jose Miguel RUIZ

Men’s Two Person Dinghy – 470
29 entries confirmed, 58 athletes
Argentina – Javier CONTE and Juan DE LA FUENTE
Australia – Nathan WILMOT and Malcolm PAGE
Austria – Matthias SCHMID and Florian REICHSTADTER
Belarus – Sergei DESUKEVICH and Pavel LOGUNOV
Brazil – Fabio PILLAR and Samuel ALBRECHT
Canada – Stephen LOCAS and Oliver BONE
Croatia – Sime FANTELA and Igor MARENIC
Finland – Niklas LINDGREN and Heikki ELOMAA
France – Nicolas CHARBONNIER and Olivier BAUSSET
Great Britain – Nick ROGERS and Joe GLANFIELD
Greece – Andreas KOSMATOPOULOS and Andreas PAPADOPOULOS
Ireland – Gerald OWENS and Philip LAWTON
Israel – Gideon KLIGER and Ehud GAL
Italy – Gabrio ZANDONA and Andres TRANI
Japan – Tetsuya MATSUNAGA and Taro UENO
Korea – Cheul YOON and Hyeongtae KIM
Netherlands – Sven COSTER and Kalle COSTER
New Zealand – Carl EVANS and Peter BURLING
Poland – Patryk PIASECKI and Kacper ZIEMINSKI
Portugal – Álvaro MARINHO and Miguel NUNES
PR China – Wang WEIDONG and Deng DAOKUN
Russia – Michael SHEREMETIEV and Maxim SHEREMETIEV
Singapore – Yuan Zhen XU and Seng Kiat Terence KOH
Slovenia – Karlo HMELJAK and Mitja NEVECNY
Spain – Onan BARREIROS and Aaron SARMIENTO
Sweden – Anton DAHLBERG and Sebastian OSTLING
Switzerland – Tobias ETTER and Felix STEIGER
Turkey – Deniz CINAR and Ates CINAR
USA – Stuart MCNAY and Graham BIEHL

Women’s Two Person Dinghy – 470
19 entries confirmed, 38 athletes
Argentina – Fernanda SESTO and Consuelo MONSGUR
Australia – Elise RECHICHI and Tess PARKINSON
Austria – Sylvia VOGL and Carolina FLATSCHER
Brazil – Fernanda OLIVEIRA and Isabel SWAN
Czech Republic – Lenka SMIDOVA and Lenka MRZILKOVA
France – Ingrid PETITJEAN and Gwendolyn LEMAITRE
Germany – Stefanie ROTHWEILER and Vivien KUSSATZ
Great Britain – Christina BASSADONE and Saskia CLARK
Israel – Nike KORNECKI and Vered BOUSKILA
Italy – Giulia CONTI and Giovanna MICOL
Japan – Ai KONDO and Naoko KAMATA
Netherlands – Marcelien DE KONING and Lobke BERKHOUT
PR China – Wen YIMEI and Yu CHUNYAN
Singapore – Liying TOH and Hui Min Deborah ONG
Slovenia – Vesna DEKLEVA PAOLI and Klara MAUCEC
Spain – Natalia VIA-DUFRESNE and Laia TUTZO
Sweden – Therese TORGERSSON and Vendela SANTEN
Switzerland – Emmanuelle ROL and Anne-Sophie THILO
USA – Amanda CLARK and Sarah MERGENTHALER

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How much money do Olympians make? It depends on a lot of variables: whether they come from rich countries or poor ones, whether they won medals during the Games, whether they compete in the popular sports events, and many other factors.

Anyways, I’ve been blogging about this question for sometime now and I think it’s a good idea to put together the separate posts I’ve made into a single one. This way, those of you who are googling “How much money do Olympians make” will see the bigger picture without needing to go through all the previous entries.

I hope to update this in the future as I come across more information. As you will note, this mainly focuses on the incentives/allowances that athletes receive from their country’s sports authorities. I hope to include the income of Olympians from endorsement deals and sponsorships in a future update.

So here’s our list. Please follow the link for details.

Thai Incentives
Gold medalist = $314,000
Silver medalist = $187,788
Bronze medalist = $125,213

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Synchronized swimmers Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen of China placed fourth during the 2007 World Aquatic Championships in Melbourne. Can they improve their ranking in Beijing?

Photo sources: chinadaily and beijing2008

Merlene Ottey is 48 years old — 4 years older than Dara Torres — but she just might make it to her 8th Olympic Games if she manages to qualify before the qualification deadline on Wednesday. Merlene has been participating in the Olympics since 1980 representing Jamaica and Slovenia [in 2004]. She boasts of three gold medals from the World Championships but is less successful in the Olympics where she bagged three silvers and five bronzes.

Merlene will be joining our Dara Mama Club if she makes it to Beijing. Go Merlene.

Photo source: virginmedia