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AGE-GROUP WORLD TITLE SPURS NEW ZEALAND TRIATHLETES

Just in from Ian Hepenstal Tri NZ Media Commissioner

New  Zealand's elite triathletes received a confidence boost for  tomorrow's
world championships when Kiwi age-groupers scored two medals at Montreal
today.

London-based Fred Clatworthy, from North Harbour, won gold in the  men's
25-29 years division in the age-group world championships. Clatworthy was
first out of the water in a slick 16min 48sec for the  1500m swim, and
extended his advantage with one of only two sub-60  minute times for the 40
km ride which established the win.

Clatworthy clocked a competitive 1:53.24 to head off two Australians  for
the gold medal.

He was joined on the podium by Blenheim's Jon Spar who won a bronze  medal
in the men's 45-49 year division with a solid display to gain reward  at the
world championships after several years in the same-age group as  fellow New
Zealander and multi-world champion, John Hellemans, who  bypassed this
year's event.

Men: 16-19 years
17th    Kieran Doe (Feilding) 2:00.40
21st    Eddie  Smith (Dunedin) 2:01.01
26th    Jonathon Collett (Blenheim) 2:02.28

20-24:
7th    Simon Rollo (Christchurch) 1:54.50
47th    Nigel Mather  (Auckland) 2:02.56

25-29 years:
1st     FRED CLATWORTHY (North Harbour) 1:53.24
15th    Andrew Young (Christchurch) 1:59.17
40th    Chris McAteer (Christchurch)  2:03.40

30-34 years:
37th    Grant Ayson  (Wellington) 2:03.24
44th    Mike Thomason (Waikanae) 2:04.56

35-39 years:
16th    Craig Prior (Christchurch) 2:00.29
22nd   John Kerr     (Christchurch) 2:02.38
28th    Kerry Harford (Havelock North) 2:03.49
35th    Murray Doughty (Upper Hutt) 2:05.33
40th    Roger Bedford (New Plymouth) 2:07.28
46th    Shane Lye (Lower Hutt) 2:10.27
47th    Peter O'Brian (Christchurch) 2:10.34
DNF    Philip Morton (North Harbour)

40-44 years:
14th    Euan Mackenzie (Rotorua) 2:05.04
27th    Garry Boon (Auckland) 2:10.49

45-49 years:
3rd    JON SPAR  (Blenheim) 2:02.13
24th    Shorty Clark (New  Plymouth) 2:13.11
39th    Barry Larsen (North Harbour) 2:18.02

50-54 years:
53rd    Robert Loan  (Napier) 2:31.37
55th    Philip Morrison  (Wellington) 2:34.18

65-69 years:
19th    Anthony Sepie (Christchurch) 3:28.50

Women, 20-24 years:
27th    Anna Cheyne (Auckland) 2:19.41

25-29 years:
8th    Louise Thompson (Christchurch) 2:10.04
43rd    Kara Northcott (New Plymouth) 2:24.55

35-39 years:
9th    Josie Sinclair (North Harbour) 2:13.17

45-49 years:
6th    Julie Rooney (Ashburton) 2:24.29
16th    Lee Dawe (Tauranga) 2:32.50

50-54 years:
6th    Liz McFadden (North Harbour) 2:28.25
9th    Tiare Lund (Kumeu) 2:32.24
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KIWI STARTERS FOR ELITE AND JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS

World rankings in brackets

Men from New Zealand:
Hamish Carter (1),
Kris Gemmel (183),
Jamie Hunt(25),
Matthew Reed (51),
Shane Reed (14),
Craig Watson (16)

- Junior men from New Zealand:
Nathan Richmond ,
Nathan Stretch

- Women from New Zealand:
Shanelle Barrett (145),
Megan Evans (140),
Louise Soper (120),
Evelyn Williamson (22)

- Junior women from New Zealand:
Channelle Owen
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GETTING THE NEWS THROUGH

Triathlon stories in newspapers and on radio do not just happen.  Tri NZ
media commossioner Ian Hepenstal has had a very busy week leading up to the
world Champs

Have had morning interviews with Martin Devlin on Radio Sport with Hamish,
Craig Wattie and Evelyn. We've done longer pieces in Andrew Dewhurst's show.

Also interviews on Radio NZ Sport (3), IRN (with Hamish and Evelyn),
Newstalk Wgtn with Eve, Newstalk Chch with Wattie, Newstalk Auckland with
Evelyn (Saturday), live Nestalk with Deaker with Hamish and Evelyn on
Saturday.

Previews done by The Press (Watson), Dominion (Evelyn), Evening Post (Gary
Morley on hand), Herald (Hamish). Two NZPA stories also going out.
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AWESOME TRAINING PARTNERS

Word is that Bryan Rhodes has been doing the odd training session with Peter
Reid and Lori Bowden
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TYPO OF THE WEEK

from the Hawks harrier club guff sheet
"Henry Beex was 3rd overall in the 100k run held at Rotorua on Saturday and
took 112hr off his previous time. Henry was 2nd Vet home well done Henry."
Now that is what I call IMPROVEMENT

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NEW ZEALAND CONFIDENT OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIATHLON BID
By GARY MORLEY In Canada

Triathlon New Zealand has made a positive first step to hosting the 2002
world championships in Queenstown.

TriNZ president Terry Sheldrake and Wellington-based event organiser Arthur
Klap officially launched New Zealand's bid at the International Triathlon
Union's 10th annual congress meeting in Montreal, Canada, yesterday.
Klap ran the last world championships held in New Zealand - Wellington in
1994 - and is making his eighth bid.

He believed New Zealand made the best presentation yesterday, with 49 of the
70 ITU member nations present.

"We had feedback from several countries [including Australia] and they all
said it was the best presentation, and they were reminded of the good job we
made in '94," he said. "It puts us in the race."

France and Mexico also want to host 2002, with Mexico also bidding  for 2003
with England.

ITU general manager Michael Gilmore is expected to visit the Queenstown site
in the next month or so. He will write a report on all  venues to the ITU
executive board, who will report their recommendations at the next congress
in Perth in April.

Klap has spent 160 hours on preparing the bid. He produced a comprehensive
32-page colour booklet and a multimedia computer presentation. In
comparison, England and France produced thin, black and white summaries with
video and slide back-ups.

Klap's main pitch was Queenstown as an all-round tourist attraction -  or,
as Sheldrake said, "the multisport mecca of the world."

Klap said the key was to entice the age-group competitors, who sum more than
the four elite classes combined.

"The elite athletes will race anywhere, but the age group athletes go for a
whole other bunch of reasons," he said. "Queenstown is such a fantastic
place to visit. And it's got a small population, so it would be much easier
for the event to dominate the environment than in a big city."