Grace Chan Qualifies for XTERRA Worlds

After a 6th place finish against a stella age-group field in the 84km race at the Sundown Marathon, Chan headed up to Kuantan for a shot at her first XTERRA race. Her 2nd place finish in the Women's 25-29 was good enough to earn her a slot to XTERRA Worlds in Maui later this year.

Grace Chan (right) finishing 2nd in the Womens' 25-29 race

If all goes well, Chan will be racing the Ironman 70.3 World Championships on 25 October in Clearwater, Florida and will then head down for the XTERRA World Championships on 14 November in Maui, Hawaii. Good luck Grace!

Hewitt Wins Madrid Sprint While Brownlee Destroys Field in Spain

The 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series continued its exciting start to the year with some breathtaking races at round two in Madrid, Spain.Andrea Hewitt outsprinted four other competitors to win in a photo finish ahead of Sweden’s Lisa Norden in the women’s race as they crossed the line together in 2:05:58, with the last ditch effort paying off for the Kiwi who suffered at the opening race of the series in Tongyeong when she crashed early on the cycle leg.

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Although the men’s race lacked the excitement of a sprint finish it too provided some exceptionally compelling competition as talented young Brit, Alistair Brownlee, put himself on the map with a dominant performance in the men’s competition whilst 2008 world champion, Javier Gomez, returned to the Caso de Campo in front of an expectant home crowd.

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