Becky Lavelle claims the crown of the 2008 Accenture Chicago Triathlon to place her as the leader of the Lifetime Fitness Triathlon Series. Jumping off the plane from Beijing as the alternate for the U.S. Olympic team, Becky kept her momentum going as she raced the international distance of 1.5k swim, 40k bike and 10k run.

Becky was first out of the water, leading the pack as she jumped on her bike. After an impressive performance on the bike, she was minutes ahead of the next competitor. Finishing off with a solid run, Becky broke the finish line tape in a time of 2:00:19 as she secured victory.

“I tried to build as much of a lead as I could before the run. I knew I had to keep pushing on the run to secure a win so that’s what I did and managed to win in 2:00.19, my fastest time on the course in the 10 plus times I’ve raced there,” expresses Becky.

She continues, “It was such a fun race to win again and it puts me in the lead for the Lifetime Fitness Series.”

Becky will race the Los Angeles Triathlon on September 7, the next stop of the Series. TYR is an official sponsor of the Chicago Triathlon and the complete Lifetime Fitness Triathlon Series. The Chicago Triathlon drew 8,700 registered athletes, this year’s largest U.S. triathlon.

Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova of the Russian Synchronized Swimming Team performed a flawless water ballet performance to earn the Olympic Gold medal on the Beijing world stage.

Our TYR synchronized swimmers are undefeated as they won Gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, two Gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and 7 World Championship titles.

Competing in the Duet Technical Routine event in Beijing, our tandem team garnered perfect 10’s for technical merit. Their complexity in performance elements paired with their elegant grace demonstrate Anastasia Davydova and Ermakova’s elite talent. In the artistic impression category, they performed with three perfect 10’s to earn a total of 49.83 out of 50 points.

The ladies will perform in the Team Event Free Routine on Saturday, August 23.

Amaury Leveaux captured the Silver medal in the 50m Freestyle. His time of 21.45 garnered an Olympic Games’ podium finish. He earned 2 Silver medals, 2 European Records and an Olympic Games Record.

Matt Grevers secured Gold in the Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay with teammates. He led off the prelims relay with the fastest prelims backstroke time of 53.59. With his successful debut on the Olympic stage, Matt garnered 2 Gold medals, a Silver and a World Record.

Member of the Russian Diving Federation, Julia Pakhalina won a Silver medal in the Women’s 3m Diving. Yulia’s grace and perfection in her dives earned a total score of 398.60. She narrowly followed the leader by a mere 16.75 points. In TYR, the Russian Diving Federation, won 2 Silver and a Bronze at the 2008 Olympic Games diving competitions.

Chrissie Wellington proves once again she is a dominant force in any triathlon race she takes on. At the 2008 Timberman Triathlon in New Hampshire, she set the Timberman 70.3 Triathlon race course record and won the women’s race by more than 18 minutes. Chrissie also finished sixth overall, only five men completed the race ahead of her time of 4:11:46.

The course consisted of a 1.2 mile fresh water swim in Lake Winnipesaukee, 56 mile bike ride around Ellacoya State Park and 13.1 run around the lake.

Chrissie remains undefeated since the 2007 Ironman World Championship Hawaii as she has won every race she’s entered including Ironman Europe and Ironman Australia.

Amaury Leveaux set a new Olympic Record at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the 50m Freestyle. Amaury made history with a time of 21.46, performing well below the tough 22 second time standard.

His record-breaking performance was faster than swimmer in Olympic Games’ history. In Beijing, Amaury earned an Olympic Silver medal in the 4×100m Freestyle Relay, while setting 2 European Records.

Watch for Amaury as he will swim in the 50m Freestyle Semi-finals on Friday, August 15.