Australia’s Gold Coast has attracted triathletes young and old to a flat and fast course in Robina for two full-on days of racing at the Gatorade Queensland Tri Series. (The Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series is Queensland’s largest triathlon series with events from September to February at Kawana, Raby Bay, Robina and Caloundra.)
A release from Triathlon Australia notes that the series event in Robina is sold out with 1,700 entries across a variety of sub-events including the Australian Paratriathlon Championships, round two of the Australian Junior Triathlon Series and the Australian Age Group Championships and World Championship qualifying races.
The weekend of 21-22 January is seen as the start of an exciting two years for the triathlon community on the Gold Coast, which will again welcome the World Triathlon Series/World Paratriathlon (April 8,9), the Commonwealth Games (April 2018) and the WTS Grand Final (September 2018).
Action gets underway on Saturday with the Open Water swimming events from 10:00 local time, followed by the double rounds of super sprints for Youth, Junior, Under 23s and Opens from 13:00.
Sunday morning from 06:30 will see the Kool Kids and Enticer events followed by wave starts for age groupers, some looking to represent at this year’s World Championships in the Netherlands and the National Paratriathlon Championships.
The Commonwealth Games will also take focus for some of Australia’s rising stars as well as the PT1 (wheelchair) paratriathletes with the category included in the 2018 Commonwealth Games program on the Gold Coast.
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