Beijing 2008 Olympics Reflections from Joel Filliol and Simon Whitfield - Video + Slides + Audio file

This is a video recording of the presentation Joel Filliol did with Simon Whitfield following the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, where Simon raced to an historic second Olympic podium performance following his gold in Sydney 2000, achieving the silver medal.

Topics covered include:

• What Worked, and what we did well as a team
  
• The start of the Joel Filliol squad (BAMF squad at the time 2005-2008)
  
• The Quadrennial planning from Athens 2004-Beijing 2008
  
• Breakdown of the build up to the games, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  
• Selection of the Olympic Team: what went right, what went wrong
  
• The 2008 Olympic Year
  
• Key points: Flexibility, How we approached camps, and competitions
  
• Where things went wrong, key learnings in the build up process
  
• The turning point to Beijing and the final build up
  
• Team Racing: innovation using domestique roles (more common now, but less common pre 2008)
  
• Beijing Olympic planning and logistics
  
• Challenges, environment and weather
  
• Olympic staffing
  
• Team Environment
  
• What didn't work
  
• Athlete selection problems, media management
  
• Key Reflections

Note that the audio quality is not great, but the content has some important points which in reflection today in 2020 are more relevant than ever in high performance triathlon.