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Bennett earns 2008 U.S. Olympic Team spot
By Nick Esares // U.S. Olympic Committee // September 19, 2007
The third time was the charm for American triathlete Laura Bennett (N. Palm Beach, Fla. / Boulder, Colo.), who claimed the first spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team with a third-place finish at the ITU BG Beijing World Cup in Beijing, China on Saturday.
The 32-year-old Bennett, who earned the spot by being the first American to finish, accomplished the feat on the same course she will now race for an Olympic medal in 2008 at the Beijing Olympic Games.
Jarrod Shoemaker (Sudbury, Mass.) earned the first spot in the 2008 Olympic Games for the U.S. men with an 11th place finish at the ITU BG Beijing World Cup on Sunday. Shoemaker held off two-time Olympian Hunter Kemper (Longwood, Fla. / Colorado Springs, Colo.) by :13 seconds, with 2004 Olympian Andy Potts (Princeton, N.J. / Colorado Springs, Colo.) another :22 seconds back.
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