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Nicole Hackett Shrine | A
page about Aussie Triathlete Nicole Hackett
F1 RACING AQUIRES NEW NAMING
RIGHTS SPONSOR
THE FOLLOWING IS A ONLINE
SPORTS MARKETING MEDIA RELEASE
Online Sports Marketing
announces today a new naming rights sponsor for Australia's
premier professional triathlon series. The 2002 Formula 1
Triathlon Series will be known as the "Eagle Tech F1
Triathlon".
Eagle Tech market consumer
electonic and communication products. OSM has formed a
partnership with Eagle Tech to develop marketing
opportunities for its products in Australia and the
triathlon sponsorship forms an important part of this
program.
Eagle Tech join support
sponsors New Balance, PowerAde, Fuji Xerox, Qantas and Rival
as the official partners for the 2002 Series.
The 2002 Eagle Tech F1
Triathlon will once again be contested over a three-round
series featuring 21 of the world's top triathletes in both
the men's and women's series. Each event in the series will
receive a two-hour TV broadcast. The top-10 competitors from
the 2001 series have automatically
qualified for 2002, and a
further six "Wildcard" slots have been allocated to top
International athletes. The final five "Qualifier" slots
will be decided later in the year.
The 2002 events and race
formats are as follows:
Round 1
20 January 2002 -
Geelong
Format - Enduro: 300m swim,
7km bike, 2km run, 300m swim, 7km bike, 2km run
Round 2
3 February 2002 -
Sydney
Format - Double Super
Sprint
Race 1: 2km run, 7km bike, 2km
run
Race 2: 300m swim, 7km bike,
2km run
10minute break between
races
Round 3
10 February 2002 - Gold Coast
Format: Eliminator
Race 1: 300m swim, 7km bike,
2km run
Last 10 eliminated, 10minute
break between races
Final: 300m swim, 7km bike,
2km run
NICOLE SERVES UP A
STORM
Today (Sat. 23rd June) Nicole
Hackett was a guest at the Mc Donalds in Erina Fair as a
part of Mc Happy Day.
Set up by the Central Coast
Community Chest, Nicole served and chatted with customers
for about 1/2 an hour.
Unfortunately I had to work
for the day and even though in the same center, coulnd't
make it down there, but fortunately my
sister got Nicole's autograph for me!
Thanks for being so obliging,
Nicole. And thanks sis! :)
HACKETT SETS RECORD IN
PHILIPPINES
Two time Aussie & reinging
World Champion Nicole Hackett has blown away any oposition
in the Subic Bay International Triathlon.
Competed over the Olympic
distance, Nicole finished with a time of 2:04:35 a whopping
11 minutes over her nearest rival, Yukako Inoue of Japan
(2:15:29).
Nicole also had the fastest
swim split of the day 0:20:25, with the fastest Male time
being 0:20:55 - Daniel Lee Chi Wo, Hong Kong, and the second
fastest female time being 0:23:13, swum by Inoue of
Japan.
One would have to say,
although this race lacked any "major names" that Nicole is
way on track for a World Championship double.
Go you good thing!
NEW FEATURES TO NICOLE
HACKETT SHRINE
Nicole
Hackett News Board
Nicole
Hackett Message Board
Click the above links to find
out more.
TRIATHLON ON THE TELLY
This Sunday, on Ch 10 from
1-1.30pm highlights from the Australian Championships will
be shown, make sure you tune in to watch some footage of
Nicole winning back-to-back Aussie champs.
HACKETT BOOKS SEAT TO WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Article -
suntoday.com.au
Nicole noted in this article
that "something always seems to come up" in relation to the
controversy she has been surrounded by the past year in
regard to championship races.
I feel for Nicole... It does
always seem that way.
Anyway, if you'd lie
check out the article, from one of the local Coast papers
just click the link at the top there.
2001 AUSTRALIAN
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Latest (an not so latest!)
Articles from sportstoday.com.au
Ashton tells TA what is at stake
Hackett wins controversey marred
race
T.A AGAIN FINDS IT HARD TO
MEASURE UP TO THE BEST
This time it was 450m too
short.
Triathlon Australia again
found it's self with much un wanted publicity after another
course length controversey, just 1 day off being a
full year since the 2000 Perth World Championships - the
site of their other course blunder, in which the run course
was measured 2km short.
Last time the error affected
Olympic selection. This time it is affecting World
Championship selection.
Sydney-based triathlete
Melissa Ashton and her coach Keiran Barry yesterday had
discussions with T.A. hoping to get her 3rd place
re-instated.
For the full story go
to:
smh.com.au - Row sparked by course blunder
NICOLE REIGNS SUPREME!
In a day that was
controversial, Nicole Hackett, having had her fair share of
controversies in championship races, had none of it as she
won her 2nd Australian title and after winning last year,
snaring back to back titles.
In what has become quite a
great 'habit', Nicole mirrored her '98,'99 double world
championships as a junior, with two differences 1) shes now
a senior competitor and 2) it's the Aussie champs, not
Worlds. Nicole will now have the chance to make it Worlds!.
After being the first competitor and Australian across the
line,later this year Nicole, along with close friend Loretta
Harrop who finished second and Liz Blatchford who finished a
controversial third will be four of the six Aussie Girls
(the other being Michellie Jones) contesting the World
Championships. The other 2 places will be chosen in the
Edmonton World Cup race.
(click
here for the final times)
As they have done so many
times before, and no doubt will continue to do, Nicole
Hackett and Loretta Harrop showed and un-canny ability of
each others races as they again worked off each other for a
blistering swim and emerged for a nice lead into the bike
leg.
As is always expected, our
handy pair then spread the lead on the bike and went
shoulder to shoulder into the run with a mind-blowing
4 minute lead ahead of the rest of the field!
Shoulder to shoulder for the
whole 10k. Nic was the one who broke away to record a 12 sec
win!
(below from
www.tridu.com)
"Loretta and I know each other
so well now we don't even talk about what we're going to do
before the race, we just know. I'm extremely happy to have
won here today. I'm very happy with my form and the way
things are going," said Hackett
With yesterdays win, that also
secured the 2001 Triathlete of the year award for, yup you
guessed it.
Congratulations on the double
Nicole! Your a legend!
And the controversey.
Rina Hill from NZ, assited Mel
Ashton (NSW) over the line as Mel, over come with exhaustion
half-stumbled half-collasped metres short of the line and
Rina instinctively helped her, with medical staff, across
the line. The next Aussie to cross the line, 5th placed Liz
Blatchford, then appealed - as she believed that without the
assitance shown to Mel Ashton, she would have been the 3rd
Australian across the line and a subsequential World
Championship berth would be hers.
It was with her appeal being
sucessful.
Apparently, TA is considering
an appeal from Ashton.
news.com.au - Hackett edges out Harrop
tridu.com - The Macca & Nicci show
Elite Female
Place | Name Overall
time
================
1 Nicole Hackett
2:06:37.6
2 Loretta Harrop
2:06:49.6
3 Rina Hill 2:10:00.9
4 Liz Blatchford
2:10:17.4
5 Pip Taylor 2:13:59.3
6 Heather Evans
2:14:16.9
7 Helena Edmonston
2:15:06.2
8 Jennifer Erskine
2:17:21.7
9 Megan Hall 2:18:40.6
10 Maria Kosztovits
2:19:13.3
Back
to where I was reading
2001 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- MOOLOOLABA
Click here for the preview
REBACK WINS GAMAGORI
Laura Reback (USA) was
the winner of the Gamaorgi World Cup race today in Japan
with a time of 1:57:12.
20 seconds later Nicole
Hackett crossed the line in second and Loretta Harrop was
third (1:57:45).
Other Aussies in the top 10
were Mel Ashton in 8th place with a time of 1:59:31 and Emma
Carney (9th 2:00:06)
Some of the Aussies will be
staying in Japan and competing in the Ishigaki World Cup
race next Sunday, also in Japan, while others will be
returning home to train for the Australian Championships. If
I can find out what Nicole is doing I'll post it up
Full Results
triathlonlive.com -
Reback, McCormack victorious in
Gamagori
The Daily Telegraph -
McCormack repeats win
Check the ITU Website
for the full wrap.
GAMAGORI WORLD CUP
** 14/04/01: With
the start list now online at triathlon.org the Aussies
competing are: Emma Carney (highest world ranked
competitor), Loretta Harrop, Nicole Hackett,
Melissa Ashton, Josie Loane, Rebekah Keat, Pip Taylor and
Belinda Cheney. Loretta makes a return from racing since she
last raced in Rd 2 of the KIA F1 Series. For Womens &
Mens start list & Much more visit Gamagori World Cup info page **
Today Nicole Hackett flies out
to Gamagori in Japan in search of one of the only events she
hasn't won in triathlon - A World Cup race.
With Junior (97,98) and Senior
(2000) World Championships as well as the youngest female
World Champion and the only Australian to win two junior
championships -- There's not much this girl can't do!
In '99 Hackett finished second
behind her good friend Loretta Harrop - this year she hopes
to go one better.
In the lead up to this year's
Australian Championships in Mooloolaba (April 29th), Nicole
has chosen to compete in the event although, she admits
she's been "pretty choosey" about what fits in with her
training.
Hackett sees this weekends
race as a good way to see what she needs to work on before
the Australian Champs. and she feels pretty good.
The race is on Sunday (15th)
and Japan is only *about* 1 hour ahead, the race starts at
10am local (Japan) time, so about 11am Aussie time, with
Olympic distance being applied (1.5km swim ,40km cycle,10km
run).
As always, Go Nicole.
The Daily Telegraph -
Hackett out to erase blemish
triathlon.org - Gamagori World Cup info page
TMSM
In the next edition of
Triathlon and Multisport
Magazine there will be a
feature on Nicole Hackett ... Be sure to check it
out!
BARB THE COASTIE
Yet another headliner about
Barb Lindquist on a Nicole Hackett webpage.
Huh?
Being Nicole's training
partner and all, I thought when I found these articles that
I'd post them incase anyone was interested.
They are from the Central
Coast Express Advocate which was published on the 14th March
2001.
Express - Top triathlon
performance by coast pair
(KIA F1, Manly - also
about Hackett)
Express - Lindquist's
clock ticking (coming
really soon!)
BARB WINS IT IN TASSIE
USA's Barb Lindquist has taken
the honours in the 2001 Devonport Classic Triathlon.
In front of an 8,000 strong
crowd Nicole Hackett came second in a polished display with
Emma Carney third.
Hackett, Lindquist and Leanda
Cave all exited the water together with Mel Ashton &
Carney heading the second pack
Emma Carney had a good go on
the bike and did it alone, the effects of the Tour de Snowy
obviously not that bad, but it was still Lindquist and
Hackett who racked their bikes together with Emma in
pursuit.
In the run Lindquist set an
early pace and stormed home for the win with Nic getting
second place comfortabley from a fast finishing
Carney.
Podium Results :
1. Barb Lindquist (USA)
2.00.36
2. Nicole Hackett (NSW)
2.01.58
3. Emma Carney (VIC)
2.02.33
1. Chris Hill (QLD)
1.48.44
2. Luke Harrop (QLD)
1.49.12
3. Bryce Quirk (VIC)
1.49.50
The Daily Telegraph -
Barb breaks mould
triathlonlive.com
- Lindquist steals Devonport from
Aussies
TA SERIES HITS
DEVONPORT
The 4th race of the St George
TA Series sees a host of Australian and International
athletes competiting in Tasmania this Sunday.
The elite field will contain
Olympians and athletes from 6 overseas countries, including
Australian Olympians Miles Stewart, Nicole Hackett and Peter
Robertson along with other Olympians Steph Forrester (UK),
Hamish Carter and Craig Waton (NZ).
Other Aussie competing are:
Emma Carney, ('fresh' (?!?) from her Tour de Snowy 5 stage
bike race), Chris Hill, Brad Bevan, Melissa Ashton, Marc
Lees and Tracey Hargreaves
F1 entrants Barb Lindquist and
Laura Reback will also be racing.
This is also the second year
this race is an ITU points race.
The action kicks off at
11.30am.
Just a reminder that
the Rd 3 of F1 will be shown on Ch 10 at 3pm this Saturday
(10th).
DISAPPOINTED HACKETT GOING
FOR HAT TRICK
Nicole Hackett will be looking
for a hat trick of major races after winning this years
famous sprint series the Formula 1 Triathlon.
Nicole is looking to emulate
her feats of 2000 by now winning the Australian
Championships in March and the World Championships in
Edmonton, Canada later in the year.
Nicole also expressed her
disappointment of not clean sweeping the series, but added
she was very proud of the feat she now shares with Jackie
Gallagher
I will upload an article which
elaborates on this ASAP, as I can't find it on the
internet.
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.
More in 2001 F1 Section
BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR
HACKETT
For all the info read the
official KIA F1 Rd 3 preview.
Click here and
follow links to news and results menu
HACKETT SET TO SHINE
Nicole Hackett is set to equal
the now retired Jackie Gallagher's record of three
consecutive Formula 1 Triathlon titles.
Racing on the Gold Coast this
Sunday the 28th, Many believe the only competitor who could
defeat a white-hot Hackett would be friend and race mate,
Loretta Harrop. It is not yet known if Harrop will be racing
as she didn't race in Manly.
Hackett needs only a top 6
finish to claim the title, although some might say it would
take a lot for her to be beaten.
It would be safe to say that
Hackett will go into the race full of confidence, and
rightfully so. After completely blowing the field away in Rd
1 at Geelong with a devastating solo-charge which surprised
many after all, this was her second 'real' race after the
Olympics, Hackett even surprised herself with the results
after only a small amount of training and not much race
fitness.
Round 2 at Manly Beach
provided a spectacular display by Nicole on how to control
the wild Manly surf. You would be right in saying that her
Surf Life Saving background played a part, but in waters
like that, luck also plays a huge part. Nicole also managed
to win both races hands down, once again proving to be
dominant all race.
My bet is that Nicole Hackett
will probably use the same race tactics that has bought her
two previous round wins,But, with a champion like Nikki, you
just never know what the 'Coastie' has up her sleave.
Go Hackett.
HACKETT TAKES STRANGLE HOLD
ON SERIES
Nicole Hackett has won the 2nd
round of the F1 series at Manly Beach on Saturday.
In shocking conditions which
saw competitors get rescued during the swim leg, Hackett
looks set to take out her 3rd consecitive F1 title and equal
the recently retired Jackie Gallagher.
More in 2001 F1 Section
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