Australia’s Snowsill Wins Women’s Triathlon

Australia’s Emma Snowsill, a three time world champion, won the women’s triathlon at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics earlier today.  She finished the event with a time of 1:58:27.  Just over a minute later, Portugal’s Vanessa Fernandes, the all-time World Cup wins leader came in second while Snowsill’s teammate Emma Moffatt took home the bronze medal. 

“I knew I had to get out on that run. Coming down on the last lap I had to throw in whatever I had left. There’s nothing like running scared. I had to make sure I didn’t leave anything out on that field. I put every ounce of energy into this,” said Snowsill after the race.  “This is a very challenging bike and I was very thankful to see the finish line.”