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Sheila Taormina – Reflections

Last year, Sheila Taormina became the first woman to make the Olympics in three sports - swimming in 1996, triathlon in 2000 and 2004, and modern pentathlon in 2008. Before her USAT Hall of Fame induction, Taormina reflected on the meaning of her sporting career.

Chris Lieto – chasing Kona dreams

At age 36, the three-time Ironman winner is still seeking the perfect balance between his cycling prowess and a fast run on the Queen K. One step to finding that faster run is taking care of detail work on bike fit.

Gold Medal Mel Stewart

Melvin Monroe Stewart was one of the greatest butterfly swimmers in the late 80s and early 90's and held the 200m fly world record from January 1991 through June of 1995. The man known as Gold Medal Mel spoke to slowtwitch.

A Saul Raisin update

Saul Raisin is juggling quite a few things these days. He is managing his raisinhope foundation, is heavily involved with the Wounded Warrior project, and trains like possessed for an Ironman. He shared some of his thoughts with slowtwitch.

Tissink and Zelenkova win in South Africa

Raynard Tissink dominated the 2009 Spec-Savers Ironman 70.3 South Africa in a time of 4:02:04. In the women's race, Lucie Zelenkova was virtually unchallenged as she grabbed her title in 4:46:40.