Eric Shanteau was awarded the 2008 Golden Goggles Perseverance Award. Joining Eric at the Golden Goggles in New York to celebrate (left to right) from TYR were Jared Berger, Matt DiLorenzo, Jeremy Tongish, Eric Shanteau and Matt Zimmer.
November 26, 2008
Golden Goggle Awards
Golden Goggle Awards
At the Golden Goggle Awards, Olympic Gold medalist Matt Grevers and Jared Berger from the TYR design team enjoy the event.
November 21, 2008
Competitor Magazine
2-Time World Champion Chrissie Wellington appears on the December cover of Competitor Magazine.
CNN Fit Nation with Shanteau
Eric Shanteau was an expert on CNN Fit Nation with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Other celebrities included TV host Rachel Ray and Jillian Michaels of the Biggest Loser. The episode will run in December. More details to follow.
Eric offered the following healthy lifestyle tips:
1. Exercise with a purpose
2. Try new workouts
3. Get outdoors
4. Have a workout partner
5. Listen to music
The Price is Right
Mark your calendars for January 29th! You can watch Micha Burden and Pat Cary on the Price is Right wearing TYR swimwear.
World Champion Signs with TYR
We welcome 2-Time World Champion and Olympian Andy Potts to the TYR team of elite triathletes. He was the top American finisher at the 2008 Kona Ironman World Championship and World Championship 70.3.
Triple World Records for Marshall
Peter Marshall set the World Record in the 100m Backstroke and 50m Backstroke at the FINA World Cup in Sweden. Days later at the FINA World Cup Berlin, he broke his own World Record in the 100m Backstroke.
October 28, 2008
Lights...Camera...Action
Our elite athletes came out for a full week for our 2009 Summer Performance Photo Shoot. 2-Time Olympic Gold medalist Matt Grevers strikes a pose for the camera.
Lights...Camera...Action
Our TYR family of athletes take a break from the photo shoot.
Amanda Weir, 2-Time Olympic Medalist
Fun Fact: When I'm not swimming, you'll find me watching Brothers and Sisters or reading a good book.
Adam Ritter, 3-Time World University Games Medalist
Fun Fact: After 4 years of hard training, I took a month long vacation to South Africa and hunted for the first time. No, I didn't see Peter Marshall there (read below).
Mary DeScenza, World Champion & American Record Holder
Fun Fact: I still love to bake. Next time I visit TYR, I just may bring my infamous chocolate chip cookies. I like to make them for other swimmers when we travel to meets..
Matt Grevers, 3-Time Olympic Medalist
Fun Fact: I recently was the Grand Marshall at Northwestern's Homecoming Parade. I was able to visit my old stomping grounds where I graduated.
Swim Safari in South Africa
Peter hangs out with fellow competitors before his races. He competed in the 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly. He earned 2 Silver medals in his specialty backstroke events.
Swim Safari in South Africa
Athletes from Federations from around the world gathered in one pool for the FINA World Cup.
Swim Safari in South Africa
Peter packed his bags to fly to Durban. This is right outside the competition pool for the FINA World Cup. The racing took place on October 17-18.
Swim Safari in South Africa
World Champion Peter Marshall took a swim safari of a life time. He spent the last three weeks training and competing in the FINA Swimming World Cup in Durban, South Africa. He swam daily with a local swim team for a week in Praetoria. In between practices, he traveled through caves, encountered wild animals and even went cage less shark diving.
October 14, 2008
Chile Hosts TYR Open Water Swim
Our TYR partner in Chile, Sports One, sponsored Aqua Abiertas Aculeo on October 11. The open water swim race took place in Laguna de Aculeo, one hour south of Santiago.
October 13, 2008
Defending Ironman Champion
Chrissie Wellington defended her Ironman World Championship Title in Kona.
Just what does this mean... The race takes 9 plus hours to complete, more time than you spend at a 9-5pm job. She started with a 2.4 mile swim, jumped on her bike for a 112 mile ride and then finished the day with a marathon (26.5 mile run).
The conditions in Kona are anything, but pleasant. Rough, twirling winds, 1,700 competitors. Bodies tangling together in the long ocean swim. And don't forget the marathon run.
Chrissie was in a strong spot entering into bike race. Unfortunately, things didn't go as smoothly as she had hoped on the bike. She got a flat tire, delaying her 10 minutes. Another competitor tossed her a canister to fill air in the tire. She was extremely grateful for this.
Her reaction, "I dealt with this with a smile. That's all you can do!" said Chrissie at a post race press conference.
Nonetheless she went on to win the race and defend her title from 2007.
Defending Ironman Champion
Chrissie kept very busy in Kona. And rightfully so! She has a charming personality that attracts people everywhere to her.
She did media interviews with NBC, Associated Press, Ironman Live, an exclusive cover photo shoot with Triathlete Magazine. Don't forget her pre-race and post race press conference and awards banquet.
Read up on her interview with Ironmanlive.com.
http://ironman.com/events/ironman/worldchampionship/kona2008/kevin-mackinnon-catches-up-with-the-prohibitive-race-favorite-chrissie-wellington
Defending Ironman Champion
All the way from the UK, Chrissie's family supports her start to finish. Chrissie raced in honor of her Grandmother who passed away 6 weeks ago from Breast Cancer.
Go Chrissie!
Defending Ironman Champion
Foregoing everything on her mind, Chrissie takes time to sign autographs of a young fan. She is defined as an ambassador for the sport and role model for the young, the old and anyone in between.
September 11, 2008
Stepbrothers: TYR on the Big Screen
Crazy, wild and hilarious!
Yes, that's TYR Guard Visor and Mask.
Click to see movie details...
http://www.stepbrothers-movie.com/
Stepbrothers: TYR on the Big Screen
In theaters now, Sony Pictures present Stepbrothers which features TYR apparel and accessories. The dynamic duo, Will Farrell and John C. Reilly wear TYR fins, goggles and racers.
September 10, 2008
Olympic Medalist on Fox Las Vegas
Matt talks about how his life has changed how that he is an Olympic medalist. This week he appeared on Oprah Winfrey Show with other Olympic medalists. He kindly offered his Olympic Gold medal for the host to wear during the interview.
Olympic Medalist on Fox Las Vegas
Matt Grevers appeared on Fox KVVU News, the largest news show in Las Vegas on Friday, September 5.
September 9, 2008
ASCA 2008
Matt brought his Olympic medals for even the youngest fans to hold. What an inspiration to all!
ASCA 2008
TYR's VIP guests Matt Grevers and Mary DeScenza break from their busy autograph signing for a picture.
ASCA 2008
Queen Mary spent time with TYR in Vegas signing autographs of adoring fans. Wait...who's signing autographs here?
Fun fact about Mary?
She bakes the most delicious and decorative cookies, cupcakes, cakes. At swim meets if you're lucky, she'll have a batch of her recent creation to share. She plans to go to culinary school someday. Watch out Food Network, this Swimming World Champion is a terrific pastry chef!
ASCA 2008
Inside the TYR booth, our latest products shined for coaches to see what's new from the leading swimwear manufacturer.
ASCA 2008
Lightboxes were displayed on TYR's booth of Olympic Silver medalist Amaury Leveaux and Olympic Gold medalist Matt Grevers.
ASCA 2008
ASCA, American Swimming Coaches Association hosted his annual clinic at the Riviera in Las Vegas. Who's Who in the swimming industry were in Vegas from swim coaches, dealers, reps, Matt Grevers, Mary DeScenza and our TYR team.
Click on the picture to see the entire exhibition hall.
August 25, 2008
2009 Triathlon Photo Shoot
After Timberman 70.3 Triathlon, triathletes Chrissie, Pip Taylor and T.J. Tollakson joined the TYR crew for the 2009 Triathlon Collection photo shoot in New Hampshire.
Timberman 70.3 Triathlon
Champion Chrissie Wellington not only won the woman's race, she beat all but five men. Even more she beat the old race record by more than 18 minutes. She's undefeated since Ironman Hawaii. That's 4 for 4.
Go Chrissie!
Timberman 70.3 Triathlon
Competitors lined up early on August 17 for the Timberman Triathlon in Lake Winnipesaukee. Wetsuits were needed for the chilly waters.
Olympic Open Water Recap by Mark
Mark Warkentin reflects on his Olympic 10k race.
“At the beginning of the historic race, levity triumphed over tension at the starting dock.
Nothing of significance happened in the first lap of the race and all I really remember was trying to establish a good drafting position, which I believe I did. The race was physical from the start with a lot of jostling for position within the pack for the entire first lap. At the start of the second lap I was the unfortunate recipient of an elbow to my shoulder blade that, now 2 days later, still hurts.
I don’t know who it was that got me, but I must have made an aggressive retaliation move because I was given a Yellow Card a few moments later. The race official blew his whistle at me, held up a yellow flag and produced a board with #18, my number, written on it. The only thing you can really do is adjust your race strategy accordingly, knowing that a second infraction will result in a disqualification from the race. A Yellow Card makes the athlete more apprehensive at the critical moments, and there was one critical moment where I had to back down when I normally would have stood firm.
Going into a turn on the third lap the Russian and I were battling for position. I had an inside position (technically the better position) but the Russian was making it clear that he was going to try and angle me inside the course. His goal was to try and slam me into the buoy instead of going around it cleanly. I knew what he was trying to do and, under normal circumstances without a Yellow Card, I would have held my position. However, holding position would have required a lot of physical contact, and I didn’t want to draw the attention of the race officials. So, I backed down, lost my position, and had to try and scramble to get back into the thick of the pack.
At the start of the 4th lap the pace picked up tremendously, and this is when I knew that I was in trouble. My heart rate shot up, my technique started to flag, and my mind lost a bit of coherency. This isn’t abnormal to 10K races, in fact it happens every time, but in good races I can usually keep my composure at least until the 9,000 meter mark. I fought like crazy from the 7,500 to the 9,500 to stay in the race but I kept getting tangled with the Dutchman (the eventual winner) the Russian (previous world champion) and a whole bunch of other swimmers.
I scrapped my way through the last very painful 800 meters, and the closer I got the more it became apparent that I wasn’t going to win a medal. I won a small battle by out-touching a few of the other competitors at the finish line, but my 8th place finish was about 20 seconds behind the winner. I put my hand on the touchpad 1 hour 52 minutes and 13 seconds after the start of the race.
Looking back on it now I feel good about my race experience. No I didn’t win a medal, but I was in the race the entire time and I gave it my best effort. To wrap up the race analysis I thought I’d share the Olympic Creed:
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as in life the most important thing is not the triumph but the struggle, The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well.”
August 14, 2008
Amaury Leveaux Sets Olympic Record
One of France's most prominent athletes and TYR team member, Amaury Leveaux has been breaking records left and right this year. His spontaneity brings a smile to fans' faces.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Amaury set a new OLYMPIC RECORD in the 50m Freestyle in the prelim event. He swam faster than any swimmer has in the history of the Olympic Games. He helped fellow Frenchmen set 2 European Records in the 4x100m Freestyle (one in prelims, then one in finals).
Amaury is the 2nd Fastest Man in History in the 50m Freestyle, swimming an incredible time of 21.38. Just last year, Amaury was ranked 74th in the world in the 50m Freestyle. Now he's 2nd!
Watch Amaury swim in the 50m Freestyle Prelims and Final at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
The Today Show - Tracer Rise
USA exclusive Tracer Rise Full Body appeared on The Today Show on August 13.
This segment ran during the most watched Olympic morning show and featured on The Today Show website as a top story.
The Today Show - Tracer Rise
Men's Health Magazine worked with TYR to get a Tracer Rise within hours of the Today Show airing this piece. Matt Zimmer in Beijing scrambled to get to the Water Cube in time for the messenger to pick up the elite swimsuit technology.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/26153029#26178153
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