Going into the 2008 Beijing Olympics it was Emma Snowsill and Javier Gomez that were marked as the top-favourites to take the titles home. Gomez had won the ITU World Cup Series the past three years and Snowsill’s reign ran even further back. However, she had a big rival in Portugal’s Vanessa Fernandez. Where Snowsill delivered the goods in a steaming hot race, finishing well before Fernandez and Moffat (AUS), Gomez fell short in an exciting sprint and finished a devastating 4th (out of 4). The spoils went to Jan Frodeno (GER) – his first ever ITU win, 2000 Olympic Champion, Whitfield (CAN) and 2004 Olympics runner up, Bevan Docherty (NZL).
Beijing Olympic Champions Frodeno and Snowsill are now life partners.
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