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It is not shown well in this photo but the tide was well out and the men swam at least 100meters less than the females 2 1/2 hours earlier.
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Start line action from New Zealand
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Richard Stannard was first out of T1.
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Terenzo Bozzone about to leap onto his seat.
Wish I captured the next split second; he let go of his handle bars and leaped into the air to land on the seat. Have never seen someone mount a bike like this and it was very effective.
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Disapointed N.Z crowd still wondering about Bevan Docherty's whereabouts.
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Javier Gomez leading from the front and notholding back from doing the hard work.
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The Canadian athletes are looking well prepared early in the season.
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Bevan Docherty pulled out during the swim due to fatigue.
Not surprising given he was racing hard to place 4th only a week earlier in Mooloolaba.
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Paul Tichelaar had another great race and looks like a strong contender this year.
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The first group of runners only several 100meters from T2.
Gomez had over a minute to make up on these front runners and put in a scorching sub 30mins run to take it out comfortably.
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Andrew Johns showing that experience helps.
This course has provided the more experienced with some good racing results such as Rina Hill in 2006.
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Gold – Javier Gomez (ESP) 1:47:33
Silver – Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) 2:01:07 1:48:03
Bronze – Andrew Johns (GBR) 2:01:16 1:48:16
4 – Kris Gemmell (NZL) 1:48:26
5 – Peter Croes (BEL) 1:48:30
6 – Paul Tichelaar (CAN) 1:48:46
7 – Brendan Sexton (AUS) 1:48:54
8 – Dmitriy Gaag (KAZ) 1:48:57
9 – Stuart Hayes (GBR) 1:48:58
10 – Dan Wilson (AUS) 1:49:03
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Two from two starts in 2008. Incredible.
I know it is not a sharp image. My shutter speed was still on slow due to some of the earlier zoom action shots.
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