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WEEKENDS HIGHLIGHTS
Tara Lee Marshall winning Ironman  Switzerland by over 10 minutes.
Ockiwi Rina Hill beating all the men onto her bike at the start of Ironman
Switzerland. Hill finished fifth Pro Women.
Evelyn Williamson winning Zuri triathlon in Switzerland beating Dolorita
Fuchs-Gerber(SUI) and Ute Miekel (GER) , in the process.
Shane Reed second at the ITU World Cup race in Hungary
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LOADER WINS AGAIN
Te Awamutu farmer Phil Loader made it four from four in the latest round
of the Du Tri 1 duathlon series.  Raced on a flat fast multilap course
passing transition 11 times Loader was content to pace himself off other
runners during the opening Nike 5km run.  Once on the 17km Cycle Time bike
leg Loader pulled away with ease then extended his lead over the final 2km
run.  Hamilton's Grant Budd finally managed to finish ahead of Ken Stephens
for the minor places.  Budd has been the improver of the series so far.
Hamilton's Dot Larsen was unchallenged in the womens event.
Short Course winners were Calenb Hill of Taupiri and Chloe Davidson of Mount
Maunganui.
Over 60 competitors enjoyed perfect conditions - no wind and clear sunny
skies.
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Waikato River Race Day 2000
Sunday 27 August 2000 11:00 am start time
2 courses 15km or 32 km   -  Canoe, Kayak and Outrigger divisions
For additional information please contact: Scott Gemmill 07/834.3957 or via
email at scottg@waikato.ac.nz
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Wellington Mountain Bike Duathlon
Sunday 3rd September - 10am Start - Totara Park, Upper Hutt
Approx - 20km Mt Bike and 6km run. Teams and Mt Bike only options.
Registration 8.30-9.30, Bridge Park - North side of Totara Park Bridge -
$10, entry on the day.
For more info contact - John Cussins - 938 4045 or
strickson.cussin@xtra.co.nz or download a entry form from
www.huttmultisports.co.nz.
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Invitations to the Leppin 2000 half Ironman in Taupo will be in the mail
today Monday.
The first wave of invitations have been made up and will be posted out to
last years competitors and also to the Taupo Triathlon club.  These will be
going out on Monday August 7.
Those triathletes wishing to enter the race this year must return their
entries by August 20.  At that stage, the balance of places in the race will
be extended to the rest of the Triathlon community.
We are looking forward to providing a race for triathletes, by triathletes
with the party of the year to follow.
If you enter the last year and have not received an invitation by the end of
next week, get in touch with me and I will sort it out.
Shane Hooks.
021939519
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POWERMAN
2000 Powerman event in Adelade is off.
Zofingin  is now 23 Sept 2001
The series' finals will be in Adelaide in early Nov 2001.
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IRONMAN RACE REPORTS
Ironman Austria and Ironman USA race reports have just been published on
www.xtri.com
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CHANGES TO OLYMPIC FIELD
from www.triathlonlive.com
There will be probably be 100 athletes in the Olympic triathlon -- but not
necessarily the field of 50 men and 50 women that the ITU, federations or
athletes have been expecting.
The ITU has received permission from the International Olympic Committee, as
of Monday, to adjust the configurations of the fields slightly. Currently,
the ITU leaders who are figuring the fields are leaning toward 48 women and
52 men.
The adjustment would save the women's field from the possibility of having
any one athlete finishing well behind all the others -- sort of avoiding an
"Eddie the Eagle" situation. (The reference, now part of Olympic lore, is
for Eddie Edwards, the British ski jumper who was miles behind the rest of
the ski jumpers in the 1988 Olympics).
ITU Secretary General Mark Sisson noted, "while ITU has always led the way
among all federations in terms of equality for women, in this situation we
also have an obligation to the IOC and the Olympic Games to field the
strongest athletes from the largest collection of countries."
The ITU is building the fields according to a complicated formula that was
laid out for all federations in January 1997. Athletes have accumulated
world-ranking points since then, and the intended fields of 50 women, 50
men, were to be drawn directly from the rankings.
The problem of filling the field down to 50 competitive women became clear
to the ITU in the last few weeks. Little was officially said, and, as could
be expected, the rumour of "as few as 45 women" started circulating between
countries and continents. The rumour hit a height on Monday morning -- the
same day that the ITU received a communique from the IOC granting the
exception.
As things have worked out in the ITU's carefully constructed rankings
system, there are actually only 56 women eligible for the original 50 slots
(not counting the 4th-, 5th-ranked etc., women from a country). With New
Zealand giving up two slots (one by rankings, one by regional), Australia
rolling down one slot (host slot) and South Africa giving up two (one by
rankings, one by regional), that leaves only 51 women eligible for the 50
places.
Clearly, there is not the same breadth of talent on the women's side of the
sport as on the men's: The women's talent is concentrated in fewer
countries. It's a startling realization that, unfortunately, is suddenly
staring the sport in its face -- just seven weeks before the Olympics.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"...run was tough - I was struggling to keep my legs going - struggling to keep
warm - it took 15km's for my legs to come right - I did it - I'm very
excited"
Tara-Lee Marshall
One of the best things in life is .....
Running through sprinklers.
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