Dunedin triathlon brings thrilling finish

Photo: Stephen Jaquiery
Photo: Stephen Jaquiery
The field sprints towards the surf at the start of the Dunedin Triathlon Club super sprint team event at Aramoana yesterday morning.

The event attracted 35 competitors, who were randomly split into 11 teams of three and one unlucky group of two.

Each competitor completed a 300m swim, 7km cycle leg and 1.7km run. Former Olympian Tony Dodds outsprinted Grayson Westgate to clinch victory for his team in a thrilling finish to the race.

Dodds' team was in third place when he set off for the final leg.

He overhauled the second-placed team and pipped Westgate at the end. Dodds retired as a professional triathlete in May after spending 13 years competing on the international stage.

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