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last updated: 25th
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Hackett takes title
Nicole Hackett has won her 3rd
straight Formula 1 Triathlon title in QLD today.
Despite being beaten by USA's
Barb Lindquist, Hackett had enough points, by far to take
the title.
Michellie Jones and Emma
Carney sprinted for 3rd with Jones taking it.
For more info follow the links
below:
suntoday.com.au - Hackett equals record *new*
sportstoday.com.au -
Training partnership pays off
foxsports.com.au -
Youngsters dominate triathlon
smh.com.au - High flying Hackett (pre race)
*new*
Telegraph - Nicole has right formula (pre race) *new*
Congrats. Nicole!
Business as usual for
Hackett
Third and final Round of F1
action
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HACKETT SET TO
SHINE.
Official preview
(KIA site) SERIES SET FOR THRILLING FINALE AT THE GOLD
COAST .
Sunday 25 February 2001,
Coolangatta Beach, Queensland
Eliminator Format
11:30am start
Race 1
300 metre swim
Between Coolangatta and
Greenmount beaches
7 kilometre bike race
Transition area, Marine Pde,
Warner St.
2 kilometre run
Transition area, McDonald and
Warner Sts.
LAST 10 ELIMINATED AND 10
MIN. BREAK BETWEEN RACES
Race 2
300 metre swim
Between Coolangatta and
Greenmount beaches
7 kilometre bike race
Transition area, Marine Pde,
Warner St.
2 kilometre run
Transition area, McDonald and
Warner Sts.
TV Broadcast:
Network TEN, Saturday 10 March
2001, 3:00pm 5:00pm
Hackett has series in her
sights
Nicole Hackett needs only a
top 6 finish in the next F1 race in 3 weeks time to win the
series for the 3rd consecutive time.
In what Nicole described as
"one of the hardest races" she has even had to do, her Surf
skills came to the fore in chunderous conditions at Manly
Beach as she won both races in the 'Double Super sprint' and
confirmed it would now be her goal to win the series for a
record equalling 3rd time.
Michellie Jones and USA's Bard
Lindquist are now the only two competiors who can
realistically win the series form here. If Nicole wins the
QLD race of the F1 she will be only the 3rd person in the
womens race to have clean sweeped the series.
The Mens and Womens races will
be shown on Ch 10 next Saturday afternoon from 3-5pm.
Hackett's time for
run/bike/swim (race 1): 26min 5s
Race 2 swim/bike/run: 22min
40s
In the Men's race, although
McCormack was supposedly the winner, Courtney Atkinson was
on the right side of a succesful appeal after footage saw
that McCormack and others, didn't round a turning bouy in
the tough race conditions.
For more on the appeal click
here. For a
review of the men's race click the Triathlon Live like (see
below)
sportstoday.com.au
- Hackett soliders on in difficult
conditions
SMH - Hackett on course for third straight
title
Triathlon Live - Hackett repeats, McCormack breaks
through
The Australian - Hackett looks beyond (pre-race)
Wild surf may force swim
cancellation
See this article
at sportstoday.com.au
F1 comes to
Sydney
Round 2 of the 2001 KIA F1
Triathlon series hits Manly beach on the 3rd of
February.
This time the 'Double Super
Sprint' format will test the World's best Triathletes --
including Canada's Olympic Gold Medallist, Simon Whitfield.
This will be Whitfield's first race due to an injury which
kept him out of Round 1 ('Enduro' format) in Geelong early
last month.
The Double Super Sprint format
is:
Race 1
2 kilometre run
South Steyne Rd
between Raglan and Wentworth Sts.
7 kilometre bike race
South Steyne Rd
between Raglan and Victoria Sts.
300 swim
Off Manly
Beach
10 minute break
Race 2
2 kilometre run
South Steyne Rd
between Raglan and Wentworth Sts.
7 kilometre bike race
South Steyne Rd
between Raglan and Victoria Sts.
300 swim
Off Manly
Beach
This format is sure to test
the athletes and the variation of the order in which the 3
legs are raced could well see some of the stronger runners
come through & put up a challenge to those athletes who
base their race plan on a tear-away strong swim-ride
combination. On the other hand, stronger runners who may
have a less-stronger swim may see all the hard work 'eaten
up' in the swim by those who have a top-rate swim!.
Interesting to note, In last
years series Race 3 on the Gold Coast was the round which
staged the Double Super Sprint.
In those races Nicole placed
3rd in the first race and 1st in the second race.
Also, in this format
last year, and the years before hand, the Men did a Triple
Super Sprint, Not double.
11.30
Kia F1
Womens Triathlon Series, Round One,1.30 Kia F1 Mens
Triathlon Series, Round One
Official KIA F1 Series
site.
To visit the Official KIA
Formula 1 Series site. Click here
Hackett and Stewart 1st round
winners
Defending F1 champions Nicole
Hackett and Miles Stewart have both had 1st round wins in
the Kia F1 series in Geelong today.
Hackett finished with a time
of 46.06 mins. which put her 9 seconds ahead of Michellie
Jones in 2nd (46.15 mins.) Loretta Harrop finished 3rd with
a time of 46.22 mins. Nicole Hackett's training partner,
Barb Linquist was 4th.
In the Mens race Miles Stewart
won in 41.37 mins over training partner Courtney Atkinson
(41.39 mins.) Brad Bevan made a comeback after his accident
before the Olympic trials coming 3rd in 41.51 mins.
Sportstoday.com.au -
(Archieved)
Triathlon section (various F1 articles)
SMH - Stewart and Hackett shine by relying on
their strengths
Triathlon Live
also has a good article.
What is the Kia F1
Series?
The series is 3 races
(previously 5 and previously the 'St George F1 Series')
which are sprint races in a Formula 1 style, much like the
car racing, which is made for Television and the enjoyment
of the audience there at the venue.
Where are the races being
held?
The first race is this weekend
(7th Jan.) in Geelong, Victoria which is the 'Enduro'
format.
Round 2 - February 3, Manly, New South Wales [Double
Super Sprint].
Round 3 - February 25, Gold Coast, Queensland
[Eliminator].
Who's racing?
The field is 20 men and 20
women from 10 countries all over the world.
They included Men Triathlon
Gold Medallist, Canadian Simon Whitfield as well as one of
the 'guns' of F1 racing, Barb Lindquist.
As well as those, the field
includes Aussies such as World #1 Michellie Jones, reigning
World Champion Nicole Hackett and '99 World Champ. Loretta
Harrop, and there's Emma Carney thrown in for some feeling!
(Olympic selection rivalry! ;)
In the Mens - Miles Stewart,
Brad Bevan and all the other top Aussie boys will try to
make amends if there is any disappointment from the 2000
Olympic campagin.
Favourites?
As bias as this may sound,
Nicole Hackett along with Michellie Jones would have to be
considered as one of the Favourites for this years'
title.
Winning it 2 times in a row
(1999,2000) the question on everybodies lips would be can
Nicole Hackett equal Jackie Gallagher's F1 record and make
in 3 in a row?.
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above this preview when they become avaliable
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