Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter
TWO local high school students have qualified for the elite ITU World Triathlon Grand and World Championship that will be held in Chicago, United States of America from September 15-20.Rebecca Duncan from Chisipite Senior School and Drew Williams from St John’s College in Harare got their qualifying times at the recent ITU Triathlon African Cup which was held in Egypt.

Drew competed in the Junior Women and clocked 1 hour, 07minute 51 seconds while her counterpart Rebecca clocked 1 hour 03 minutes 49 seconds in the Junior Women section. The Zimbabwe team was under the guidance of coach Pamela Fulton.

The Chicago Championships will see 150 of the world’s top Olympic-distance triathletes compete for a world championship title less than a year prior to the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. In addition to the elite races, the event features top-flight sprint and Olympic-distance races for age-group athletes, paratriathletes, juniors and Under-23s, as well as an aquathlon to kick off the action. More than 8,000 of the world’s best triathletes will compete for world titles over five days of competition.

The ITU World Triathlon Grand Final and World Championships are hosted by USA Triathlon, the National Governing Body for the sport of triathlon in the United States, and Lagardère Unlimited Events North America. Launched in 2009, the ITU World Triathlon Series is televised in more than 160 countries.

A triathlon is a multiple-stage competition involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance disciplines. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall course completion time, including timed “transitions” between the individual swim, cycle, and run components.

Aquathlon consists of a continuous, two-stage race involving swimming followed by running .

Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Triathlon Association will hold its 27th annual general meeting at the Borrowdale Brooke Golf Club on July 5.

Rick Fulton is the association’s president.

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