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Update from Coach Pam – Everyone slept well and went for a morning run, the girls went for a cycle whilst the boys rested. Unfortunately unable to use the pool facilities for swim training so the gang went exploring around the Athletes Village and surrounds. Plans to visit the race venue this evening are […]
We hope you have had a good winter rest and are looking forward to the new season. The season calendar has been sent out by email but can be downloaded from the website – look under TRIATHLON – CALENDARS – please study it and diarise race dates. Printed versions will be available at races for […]
Update from Coach Pam Today at the Africa Games in Morocco, Triathlon went to support Equestrian. What an amazing venue. Sadly Zimbabwe narrowly missed the bronze medal, but fantastic to watch. Tomorrow Triathlon have our course orientation in the morning and we start competing on Saturday with the Individual men’s and ladies race. Sunday we […... read more
Update from Coach Pam Today we went to meet Rick and his team of organizers for our course orientation. Triathlon Zimbabwe have 2 Technical Officials, Rick Fulton and Dave Ellis officiating at the event. A beautiful scenic course which promises some exciting racing tomorrow. Athlete briefing went well and the team are race ready The [&hellip... read more
Update from Coach Pam An exciting day for Triathlon Zimbabwe in the Individual ladies and men’s events. Our ladies started racing at 10am and the men at midday in 28 degree humid heat and 25,5 degree water. Laurelle had an amazing come back to triathlon by winning the silver medal after an exceptionally gutsy performance […]
Today saw the end of our racing at the Africa Games in Morocco. We participated in the Mixed Team Relay event. 8 teams participated. The order for all teams is girl/boy/girl/boy. Our order was Andie, Matt, Laurelle, Jordyn- starting with our strongest swimmers to ensure we are up near the front to enable us to be part […]
From Coach Pam This will be my last post whilst here in Rabat Morocco for the Africa Games, as Triathlon Zimbabwe depart tomorrow after a very memorable, fun time. Thank you and congratulations Morocco for hosting a spectacular event. You have treated us well. Laurelle, Matt and Jordyn depart for Zimbabwe whilst I travel with Andie... read more
Updates from Coach Pam Fulton who is in Lausanne, Switzerland with athlete Andie Kuipers who is competing in the Junior Women’s Grand Final event on Friday. Zimbabwe also have an AG athlete competing, Anthea Erasmus, who will be racing in the 50-54 Women’s Sprint. Pam and Andie travelled to Lausanne straight from the Africa Games [&hel... read more
From Coach Pam Fulton I am sure this will be my last post from Lausanne Switzerland, The Grand Final! Andie had a fantastic race today. The ladies Junior event started with a false start and 99% of the ladies swam 150m before being stopped and turned back. That doesn’t do much for the nerves. The second […]
Congratulations to Anthea Malan Erasmus who raced for Zimbabwe in the World Grand Finals AG Women 50-54 Sprint distance in Lausanne this morning 🙂 crossing the line in 35th place in a field of 87 competitors !!!! Absolutely fantastic 🙂 🙂 thanks to Pamela Fulton and Andie Kuipers for th... read more