Triathlon NZ

The weekend saw Gina Ferguson (Christchurch) and Terenzo Bozzone (Auckland) achieve podium results in Europe and America respectively as both build for Ironman races later in the season.

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The number of new property listings throughout New Zealand continues to decline for the third consecutive month, with listings in May dropping a further 5% on April.

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In a complete role reversal from the opening Dextro Energy ITU World Champs Series race in Korea, the New Zealand men failed to fire in race two in Madrid this morning New Zealand time, unable to back up the stunning win from Christchurch’s Andrea Hewitt.

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In a complete role reversal from the opening Dextro Energy ITU World Champs Series race in Korea, the New Zealand men failed to fire in race two in Madrid this morning New Zealand time, unable to back up the stunning win from Christchurch’s Andrea Hewitt in the women’s race.

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Christchurch Triathlete Andrea Hewitt has completed a stunning victory at the Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon World Championship Series race in Madrid, winning after a 5 minute delay as officials pored over the photo finish before calling Hewitt home first, just centimetres ahead of Lisa Norden (Sweden).

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Kris Gemmell is intent on an aggressive approach to this weekend’s Dextro Energy World Championship Series Triathlon in Madrid, hoping to replicate the form that saw him finish second at the season opening World Cup in Mooloolaba in late March.

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Following disappointing returns at the opening Dextro Energy World Championship Series triathlon in Korea, the New Zealand women are looking for an improved showing in Madrid this weekend in the second race of the lucrative ITU Series.

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Kate McIlroy and Callum Millward scored breakthrough victories at the Pan American Cup Triathlon in Austin, Texas earlier today with fellow Kiwi Martin van Barneveld in third.

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Gina Ferguson (Christchurch) has had a race she would rather forget on her European campaign, finishing 7th in a 70.3 half Ironman in Austria.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Near perfect conditions greeted participants in the Contact Duathlon Series in Christchurch today, race one in the three race series that takes in Auckland and Palmerston North this winter and it was Whangarei’s Katherine Anton and German born Cantabrian Axel Reiser who proved victorious.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The Contact Duathlon Series makes its debut appearance north of Rangiora this Saturday as the first in a three race national series takes place at Ashley School.

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New Zealand Ironman champion Cameron Brown has led a strong Kiwi charge at the Noumea International Triathlon in New Caledonia today, finishing second behind defending champion Aaron Farrow (AUS).

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DOCHERTY AND GEMMELL SIZZLE IN WORLD CUP OPENER   New Zealand enjoyed one of its best days in Triathlon with Bevan Docherty and Kris Gemmell first and fourth respectively in the opening round of the Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series in Tongyeong Korea today.

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 The New Zealand women have finished outside the medals at the opening Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series triathlon in Tongyeong, Korea today.

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Fans that enjoyed the Olympic triathlon in Beijing are in for a treat on Sunday as the best in the world assemble for the opening round of the Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series in Tonyeong Korea this Sunday.

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The International Triathlon Union this weekend launches the Dextro Energy World Championship Series with the historic first event set for Tonyeong in South Korea and New Zealand will be to the forefront of the action.

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Nicky Samuels has finished 8th at the Ishigaki World Cup Triathlon in Japan this afternoon, continuing her strong return to the sport after a 2008 season wrecked by injury.

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WAIKATO — The Contact Schools National Triathlon Championships concluded at Lake Karapiro today with teams racing rounding out a stunning weekend that highlighted the future talent in the sport.

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Triathlon NZ today took a significant step towards continuing their strong performances at Olympic Games and major championships, inducting 30 athletes into the sports High Performance Programme with London 2012 and the 2016 Olympics high on the list of priorities.

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The honour of being the finale to the triathlon season falls this year to the Contact National Schools Championships, with the event to be held at Lake Karapiro from April 25th to 26th with teams and individuals set to do battle for national honours and school pride.

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NEW PLYMOUTH — Taranaki turned on its Sunday best for the finale to the Port Taranaki World Tri Festival with the ITU Continental Cup races held in New Plymouth today.

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NEW PLYMOUTH — It will be an international line up to challenge the best of the Kiwi triathletes in Sundays ITU Continental Cup Triathlon at New Plymouths Ngamotu Beach, the highlight of this weekends World Tri Festival activities.

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NEW PLYMOUTH — New Plymouth hosts the World Tri Festival this weekend and the highlight of the three days of action is without question the ITU Continental Cup races on Sunday which will feature a reunion of Beijing Olympic Games mens team.

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New Zealanders Nicky Samuels and Debbie Tanner finished inside the top ten at the opening ITU World Cup Triathlon in Mooloolabah on Australia’s Sunshine Coast today while Kris Gemmell stood on the podium in second place, the Kiwi in the Australian sandwich of Courtney Atkinson and Brad Kahlefeldt.

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Debbie Tanner and Kris Gemmell are the leading hopes at the opening ITU World Cup triathlon on Australia’s Sunshine Coast this weekend.

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NEW PLYMOUTH — Triathlon New Zealand has thrown an interesting curve ball into the mix for the upcoming Port Taranaki ITU Continental Cup race at New Plymouth in the form of a winner takes all bonus with the elite men and women going head to head.

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WELLINGTON CITY — The cream came to the top at the final round of the Contact Tri Series in Wellington today, a race that also carried National Championship honours and ITU Continental Cup points.

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WELLINGTON CITY — Double Olympic medalist Bevan Docherty headlines a powerful list of elite athletes, including fellow Beijing Olympians Shane Reed and Debbie Tanner and current Contact Cup leader Nicky Samuels at the final round of the Contact Tri Series in Wellington this Saturday.

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While creating our promotional campaign for the new Contact 3:9:3 series this year, we heard a great story from Tri NZ about a guy called Anthony Sepie.

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New Zealand will return home with 3 Oceania Triathlon titles after victories to Rebecca Spence (U23), Jos Hoetjes (U19) and Ryan Sissons (U23) on the Gold Coast today.

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Christchurch triathlete Jos Hoetjes has spectacularly won the Oceania U19 Triathlon Championships with a heady race on the Gold Coast this afternoon.

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New Zealand triathlete Bryan Rhodes has finished second at Ironman Malaysia this morning (NZT), backing up his two previous wins in 2001 and 2002.

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This weekend sees a large contingent of mainly young New Zealand Triathletes taking on the best in the region at the Oceania Championships on Australia’s Gold Coast with U23 and U19 athletes having the added incentive of qualifying for the World Championships in September.

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Triathlon New Zealand has today been granted 4.8 million dollars of funding from SPARC, money that will fund the High Performance Programme over the next four years as the sport looks to build further on successive medals at the Athens and Beijing Olympic Games.

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NORTH SHORE CITY — Andrea Hewitt and Kris Gemmell were victorious at the Takapuna Round of the Contact Tri Series today, Hewitt winning from a fast finishing Sam Warriner and Gemmell out sprinting Laurent Vidal (France) and young star Ryan Sissons (Auckland).

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NORTH SHORE CITY — World number two triathlete Bevan Docherty is a late and reluctant withdrawal from tomorrows Contact Tri Series race at Takapuna.

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NORTH SHORE CITY — World number one ranked women’s triathlete Sam Warriner is a late entry for Saturday’s Contact Tri Series race at Takapuna.

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Kiwi and world number one triathlete with the ITU Sam Warriner has won her second 70.3 or Half Ironman event, taking out the Geelong 70.3 to go with her Port of Tauranga Half Ironman title earned in January.

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TAUPO — The Contact Tri Series continued in the blistering heat of Taupo today, with close to 700 athletes taking part in the National Sprint Triathlon Championships and the Contact 3:9:3 beginners event.

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TAUPO — World number two and Olympic Games bronze medalist Bevan Docherty headlines the triathletes turning out in the latest round of the Contact Tri Series in Kinloch on the shores of Lake Taupo this Sunday, a round that doubles as the New Zealand Sprint Championships.

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Triathlon New Zealand has concluded an exhaustive selection process with the appointment today of Greg Fraine to the position of National Coach for the sport.

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TIMARU — As expected the Timaru round of the Contact Tri Series was dominated by Bryan Rhodes (Taupo) and Nicky Samuels (Wanaka), with both winning by comfortable margins in stunning conditions today.

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TIMARU — The Contact Tri Series moves to Timaru this weekend with round 3 of the overall series featuring two of New Zealand’s leading triathletes.

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Christchurch athlete Jos Hoetjes (18) sprinted to AYOF gold today beating the Australians in a nail-biting finish of the men’s team triathlon at the Sydney Regatta Course.

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WANAKA — The Contact Tri Series moved to the stunning setting of Wanaka today for round three in the seven event series but anyone hoping for warm temperatures, blue skies and flat water was soon disappointed.

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Tri NZ is today delighted to confirm that the national body has been gifted the hugely popular TriWoman Series by event promoter Shane Hooks, effective from the end of the current series.

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New Zealand has shown there is a bright future beyond Bevan Docherty and Sam Warriner with some great performances at the Youth Olympics Festival in Sydney today with the highlight being Jos Hoetjes bronze medal in the mens race.

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There are few greater contrasts than traveling from Luxembourg to New Zealand.

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WANAKA — Wanaka is the next stop on the Contact Tri Series with the southern holiday town hosting round three in the series that offers something to every competitor regardless of age or ability.

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WHANGAMATA — Perfect conditions greeted competitors in the Contact Tri Series race at Whangamata today, with flat surf, warm temperatures and a light breeze the order of the day for the second event in the nationwide Contact Tri Series.

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WHANGAMATA — While most Kiwis will be enjoying BBQ’s, beers and lazy days at the beach, others will be shedding a few Christmas kilos by competing in the Contact Tri Series at Whangamata on January 4th.

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NEW PLYMOUTH — Triathlon New Zealand has today confirmed the return of the Port Taranaki World Tri Festival for April next year, with a line up of events and activities to cater for every prospective triathlete regardless of age or ability.

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The South Island Club Challenge Triathlon Series has been confirmed with seven events included on the calendar, the first of which is in Southland this Sunday at Hokonui.

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Christchurch triathlete Gina Ferguson has led from the front to win Ironman Western Australia in Busselton today.

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NEW PLYMOUTH — Triathlon New Zealand has today confirmed that New Plymouth will not host a World Cup race in April next year, however talks are well advanced to host an ITU Continental Cup event featuring top local and overseas athletes as part of the Port Taranaki World Triathlon Festival.

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Tri NZ today confirmed 6 athletes selected to race in both the individual and the team triathlon at the Australian Youth Olympics in Sydney next January, albeit one is subject to a fitness test.

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Round one of the Contact Tri Series took place at Rotorua’s Blue Lake today, with strong representation in all races from the Contact 3:9:3 for beginners to the Contact Trophy for elite athletes.

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ROTORUA — Rotorua plays host to the opening round of the Contact Tri Series this Sunday, with a variety of races on offer at Blue Lake on Sunday morning.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Triathlon New Zealand today celebrated another great year of elite performances with the Annual Athlete Luncheon in Auckland, to acknowledge and toast the milestone results of 2008.

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ROTORUA — World number one triathlete Sam Warriner has revealed she will be amongst the starters in this weekends inaugural Contact 3:9:3 triathlon at Rotorua, but novice athletes need not fear her presence, she is there to watch and help others if needed.

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ROTORUA — The first ever Contact 3:9:3 triathlon is now just over a week away from its November 23rd debut in the Contact Tri Series with Rotorua’s Blue Lake set to host the first of a new race designed for the novice or nervous athlete with Rotorua Mayor Kevin Winters amongst the starters.

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New Zealand has a new world champion in brilliant North Harbour triathlete Terenzo Bozzone who won the World 70.3 (Half Ironman) Championship in USA today.

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Terrenzo Bozzone has this morning won the World Half Ironman (70.3) Championships in Clearwater, USA.

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Australias Olympic triathlon champion, Emma Snowsill has continued her golden streak claiming a fifth Noosa title despite a limited preparation, while team mate Courtney Atkinson claimed his first after a string of second places spanning more than a decade.

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New Zealand triathlete Kris Gemmell backed up less than a week after winning the toughest race in his career in Mexico with a fourth place at the hugely popular Noosa Tri Festival on Australia’s Sunshine Coast today.

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2XU, one of the world’s fastest growing high performance sporting apparel brands, has just signed as an Official Sponsor of fast growing national sporting body Triathlon New Zealand (Tri NZ).

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Sam Warriner has ended the triathlon season in style, with a commanding victory at the Huatulco ITU BG World Cup this morning and in doing so, earning the world number one ranking for the year.

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New Zealand triathlete Kris Gemmell has shown tremendous character and a fair dose of talent in winning the final ITU BG World Cup of the season in Mexico this morning (NZT).

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Bevan Docherty has shaken enough hands and met so many new people this week he feels like he is running in the upcoming parliamentary election  and he is loving every minute of it!

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The first round of the Contact Tri Series at Rotorua’s Blue Lake on November 23rd will feature a one off trial race for next January’s Australian hosted Youth Olympics Festival in Sydney.

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The ITU BG World Cup Series concludes this weekend in Mexico with Huatulco hosting the final World Cup race of the season, the 17th time Mexico has played host to such a race.

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Beijing Olympic Games bronze medalist Bevan Docherty will this week embark on a whistle stop tour of the South Island, speaking at schools, clubs and public meetings about his Olympic experience in both Athens (silver medal) and Beijing (bronze medal).

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Triathlon New Zealand has secured something of a coup with the appointment of well respected coach and former elite athlete Brendon Downey to the position of Sport Development Director.

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Triathlon NZ has today announced the pending departure of High Performance Director Stephen Farrell.

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Taupo Ironman competitor Bryan Rhodes has thrown his hat into the ring at Kona this weekend, making a late decision to contest the World Ironman Championship.

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The New Zealand team performed with distinction at the World Duathlon Championships in Rimini, Italy over the weekend with the age group athletes collecting three gold and one bronze medal.

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On a sunny and crisp morning in northwestern France, Sam Warriner from Whangarei raced to silver in the first BG World Cup since the Olympic Games, finishing behind Lisa Norden of Sweden.

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Lorient World Cup Preview

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Serbia yesterday (NZT) hosted the Balkan Triathlon Championships in Belgrade but it was a relatively unknown Kiwi from the other side of the world who stood atop the podium.

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New Zealand Triathletes continue to fly the flag proudly in Europe and North America with podiums on both continents this weekend thanks to Graham O’Grady and Callum Millward.

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Kiwi Triathlete Sam Warriner has made her intentions to continue racing well and truly clear with todays announcement that she will work with a new coach, former world number one athlete Siri Lindley.

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Cameron Brown has rounded out his European build up for the Hawaiin Ironman with a comprehensive victory at the Auch International Triathlon this morning NZT.

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Cameron Brown races for the first time since Ironman Germany when he takes part in a standard distance event in Toulouse this weekend, a race he is using as a hit out before taking on Kona in October.

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Nicky Samuels made a remarkable return to competitive racing with a win in a French club race over the weekend.

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Taupo Ironman athlete Bryan Rhodes has won Ironman Canada this morning (NZT), fending off fatigue and numerous challengers over the final 20km of the marathon to cross the line in 8 hours 32 minutes and 12 seconds.

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A determined and focused Bevan Docherty secured New Zealand’s third Olympic medal in consecutive Olympiads with bronze at Beijing today, backing up the two top ten finishes for the women yesterday to cap a good Olympics for the sport.

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Andrea Hewitt and Debbie Tanner ran into top ten at the Beijing Olympic Games today, with Sam Warriner coming home in a disappointing 16th after a fall in transition from bike to run.

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A number of New Zealands emerging elite triathletes raced in London over the weekend in the London Triathlon, one of the biggest triathlons in the world with close to 12,000 competitors across all levels.

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New Zealand Triathlete Kris Gemmell has picked up a minor injury while racing in Germany on the weekend but it is not one that will keep him from the start line in Beijing in a fortnight’s time.

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Triathlon New Zealand and Contact Energy today announced a significant long-term partnership that will contribute to the sport’s continued growth and success.

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New Zealanders secured two top ten placings at the latest European Cup triathlon in Poznan, Poland overnight.

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Former world champion Ivan Rana sent a strong signal that Javier Gomez will not be the only Spanish contender at the Beijing Olympic Games with a stunning win at the ITU Kitzbuehel World Cup in Austria this morning New Zealand time.

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New Zealand’s leading female triathlete Sam Warriner picked up her 12th career podium finish in a World Cup, earning bronze at the Kitzbuehel race in Austria tonight NZT.

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The majority of the six strong New Zealand triathlon team for the Beijing Olympic Games will have a final competitive hit out at the Kitzbuehel World Cup in Austria this weekend before turning their attention fully to the race for Olympic gold.

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The next round of the ITU World Cup Triathlon Series is in Kitzbuehel, Austria this weekend and will feature all six of New Zealand’s Olympic triathletes in a final hit out before Beijing.

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Taryn McLeod has finished 16th in the latest round of the ITU World Cup in Hungary today.

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Beijing bound triathlete Kris Gemmell proved too strong amongst a quality field of Olympic athletes when winning the third round of the French Grand Prix season in Beauvais.

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New Zealand Olympic triathlon team member Debbie Tanner raced superbly to finish on the podium at the Hamburg round of the ITU World Cup in Germany this morning, behind debutante winner Ricarda Lisk (GER) and Felicity Abram (AUS).

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With the 2008 Olympic Games now less than 45 days away the focus of New Zealand triathletes is increasingly on Beijing in mid August but for Debbie Tanner Hamburg is top of mind this weekend.

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New Zealand triathlete Joanna Lawn has continued her build up for Hawaii with another strong podium performance, this time at the 70.3 Half Ironman in Lubbock, Texas.

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