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>> confidence. just know anybody can do a triathlon. >> see you at the finish line. >> wow. so the first wave leaves to go into the hudson river tomorrow morning before 6:00 a.m. >> alisyn: oh my gosh, anna, you are so macho. >> clayton: you wear this in the hudson river. >> if it's wet suit legal. if it's too hot nobody will be wearing the wet suit. >> clayton: hudson you need to protect yourself from the trash and garbage. >> the garbage, the oil, the bodies everywhere. >> alisyn: is this your first one. >> i have done sprint triathlons this is my first olympic distance. >> dave: what are th...

St. louis 107. extremely hot. guys back to you. >> thanks. >> time to run a triathlon. that type of weather get outside and jog. >> let's do that or have anna coy man do it. anna is going to be participating in a triathlon. what are you thinking? >> oh my gosh. this heat, right? sweating bullets just walking into work this morning. but anyway, i'm getting ready for the new york city triathlon with 3,000 other try athlete in the area. let's take a look. >> triathlons are one of the fastest growing sporting events in the nation. nearly 2 million participants in 2011. the new york city triathlon ...

>> certainly the argument is there that this is unfair because he is the bionic man. if this were that unfair, he would be winning gold medals in world record time. this is about inclusion for an athlete who deserves it, who has been shunned in the past because of his disability. >> reporter: pistorius tweeted, saying, this is one of the happiest days of my life. he will face ferocious competition on the track. he may not win but he will have the world watching in awe as he tries. jeffrey kofman, abc news, london. >> what an amazing story. >> it really its hard to tell what is more impressive,...

Meter relay. >> certainly the argument is there that this is unfair because he is the bionic man. if this were that unfair, he would be winning gold medals in world record time. this is about inclusion for an athlete who deserves it, who has been shunned in the past because of his disability. >> reporter: he's said this is one of the happiest days of my life. he will face ferocious competition on the track. he may not win but he will have the world watching in awe as he tries. jeffrey kofman, abc news, london. >> what an amazing story. >> it really its hard to tell what is more impressive, the...

Armstrong had been training in france for an ironman triathlon next weekend. he is now suspended from that and other triathlons because of this investigation. jenna: you can understand some of his frustrations with some of the facts he presents there, but what do u.s. authorities say they actually have on armstrong? >> reporter: for one thing the usada has more than 10 witnesses cyclists and armstrong employees who testified armstrong used or spoke about use of blood boosting drugs and steroids from 1996 to 2005. agency says it has new evidence that blood samples from armstrong in 2009 and 201...