MELBOURNE, August 21, 2008 – 2XU sponsored Adventure Racer, Jarad Kohlar has once again proven one of Australia’s top multisport athletes, taking first place at this year’s Go Natural Multisport in Sydney on August 18. Kohlar’s win came only a week after his equally impressive second place performance at the Anaconda Adventure Race on August 10. The first Australian over the line at the grueling Gold Coast annual challenge, Kohlar posted an impressive time of 4 hours, 10 minutes and 10 seconds.

Kohlar has now won the Go Natural Multisport competition for four years running, however this year’s win did not come easy, with a strong fight from Max Adventure regular and Kathmandu Royal champion, Kris Plain.

Go Natural Multisport involves a 55km challenge (32km road bike, 12km flat water paddle and 12km trail run), while the Anaconda Adventure Race involves a four stage competition (1.9km swim, 13km kayak, 12.5km adventure run and 18km mountain bike).

Kohlar is a proud 2XU devotee; gearing up in the brand’s leading high performance apparel throughout his rigorous training sessions and ongoing punishing competitions. 2XU garments provide him with the support, reliability and performance edge he requires to achieve such impressive August results.

2XU congratulates Jarad on his brilliant results for winter 2008.

MELBOURNE, August 21, 2008 – 2XU sponsored German triathlete, Jan Frodeno, has taken gold in the Men’s Triathlon at Beijing 2008, crossing the line in one hour 48 minutes and 53 seconds. Frodeno’s win delivers a brilliant result for 2XU – also the choice high performance apparel brand of Australia’s female champion triathlete Emma Snowsill, who also took gold in Beijing this week.

The gold medal wins from Frodeno and Snowsill deliver an exceptional result for 2XU, which is now worn widely by elite athletes around the globe throughout their rigorous training and competition schedules.

Learn more about 2XU and its leading compression garments in the feed on Emma Snowsill's Olympic triumph below!

MELBOURNE, August 19, 2008 – 2XU sponsored triathlete, Emma Snowsill, has taken gold for Australia at the Beijing Olympics, crossing the finish line in one hour 58 minutes and 27 seconds. A proud 2XU ambassador, Snowsill becomes the first triathlete to achieve the Olympic-distance triple crown – winning Olympic, Commonwealth and world titles.

2XU, Australia’s fastest growing sports apparel brand, is leading the way in developing high performance products, by athletes for athletes. With an obsessive focus on delivering superior fabrics and tangible benefits for the wearer, 2XU has built a highly technical range of sports apparel that reflects relentless research and development. Snowsill is one of the many leading international athletes sponsored by 2XU and wears the brand’s highly acclaimed compression garments during her rigorous training program.

While compression has been used in the medical industry for 150 years, only recently have a number of research articles and studies been published which confirm the benefits of wearing compression garments during and after exercise.

With stronger fabrics and a superior, well researched design, 2XU Compression sets new standards in high performance compression wear. Compression apparel is one of the fastest growing segments of 2XU. Feedback from elite athletes and sporting institutes has been a pivotal in developing the successful formula. It therefore comes as little surprise that, in addition to Emma Snowsill, 2XU has a long list of sporting clubs and sporting elite wearing their gear.

The team at 2XU congratulates Emma Snowsill on her magnificent win and looks forward to celebrating with her upon return to Australia.

Football Federation Australia (FAA) have announced their 2008 Young Matilda’s Camp Squad with
ACT Academy of Sport (ACTAS) scholarship holders Bronwyn Studman and Chrissy Walters being
named in the national squad.

ACTAS Head Coach and Matilda’s Assistant Coach Robbie Hooker says – “These two ACTAS players
that have been named in the squad have been striving for two years through the ACTAS football
program to achieve their selection. It has been a combination of hard work and the great resources,
expertise and professionalism of the ACTAS program that has given these girls the opportunity to be
selected in the Young Matildas squad.”

Studman and Walters will join 23 other players selected from across the country at the Young Matildas
camp being held at the AIS from Saturday 26 to Monday 28 July.

2XU are partner and official supplier ACTAS.

www.footballaustralia.com.au

BY STEVE SPINKS and AAP sport@northernstar.com.au LENNOX HEAD-based triathlete Simon Thompson has finished 12th at the World Championships in Vancouver, Canada, as Australia missed a third men's position for the Beijing Olympics. Thompson, who has been based in Lennox since November, was the best-placed Australian as Greg Bennett's Olympic dream vanished.

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The Australian Women’s and Men’s Eight have won gold medals at the first rowing World Cup in Munich, Germany.

In an exceptional performance the Women’s Eight crossed the line in a time of 6:36.29 to lead home the Chinese by two boat lengths, while Romania won the bronze medal.

In calmer conditions than the first three days, China led Australia by just under a second at the halfway mark before Australia lifted their rate to charge to the line over the last 750 metres.

Sarah Tait, captain of the Women’s Eight, says that the crew was forced to change their race plan after a tricky start.

“We got caught in a bit of dirty water at the start of the race which put us further back than we wanted”, Tait said. “We wanted to build a lead from the start but we changed our plan which shows the great versatility of the group.”

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It has been a quick ride up the ranks for track cyclist Alison Shanks. The former netballer switched to the bike less than three years ago, a decision which has paid off with her recent Olympic selection.

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