Emma Snowsill

In the spirit of the Olympics, here’s a look back at the women’s triathlon event at Beijing in August, 2008—and the woman who won gold.

Yesterday, 2008 Olympic gold medalist Emma Snowsill of Australia announced her retirement in a blog post.

Reigning Olympic champion Emma Snowsill will not defend her gold medal.

"When they told me who made the women’s team, my jaw hit the ground. I could not believe it."

The reigning Olympic gold medalist will make her case for inclusion on Australia's 2012 London Olympic team.

The reigning Olympic champion has reportedly filed an appeal.

The women’s circuit is the Wild Wild West in that any woman can win on any given day.

Emma Snowsill insists she still has what it takes to defend her Olympic title.

In honor of this year's 2012 London Olympics, here's a photo gallery featuring 2008 gold medalist Emma Snowsill.

Australian triathlon star Emma Snowsill will not race in Australia's biggest triathlon at Noosa this weekend.

Given that Canada’s Paula Findlay has been the only real consistent figure on the podium over the last season and a half, predicting the medalists for the women at the 2012 London Olympic triathlon is an extremely difficult task.

It was an all-Emma, and all-Aussie, podium in the women's race at the ITU World Championship Series - Hamburg. Photo: Delly Carr/Triathlon.org

Australia's Olympic triathlon gold medalist Emma Snowsill is back home to start her 2011 competition season after a four-month base training camp in Stellenbosch, near Cape Town in South Africa.

Inside Triathlon magazine announces its picks for the 10 greatest female triathletes of all time.

While attending the Laureus Sports Awards festivities in Abu Dhabi this past week, ITU stars Emma Snowsill (AUS) and Jan Frodeno (GER) hit the desert sand dunes with skateboard legend Tony Hawk.

Reigning Olympic gold medalist Emma Snowsill will continue to ride with Felt Bicycles as she works towards the 2012 London Olympics.

Snowsill runs away with the Grand Final win, as Moffatt finishes as the runner-up to secure her second consecutive ITU World Championship.