Triathlon in New Zealand is growing at a faster rate than any other sport, now that growth is set to include Paratriathletes with the very first National Championships set down for Wellington on March 13.

On the Western Coast of Australia there sits the most isolated city in the world. Sandwiched neatly between vast red desert and the Indian Ocean lies the city of Perth.

Katharine Eustace describes herself as “a bit of a sport junkie” and reckons she’d have a go at any sport – except maybe base jumping – but don’t tempt her! From being a 400mm runner at school and competing at Junior International level she then took on adventure racing and multisport, competing in the Coast to Coast and Southern Traverse. Her rule for racing is “If you’re not having fun, it’s not worth doing”. Fair enough too, but how does that then translate to hurling yourself down an ice track at 125km p/h with only a small sled and no brakes for company? Katharine is a skeleton racer.

The Takapuna streets were jammed packed for the latest round of the Contact Tri Series and fans were not disappointed with both elite races concluding with sprint finishes.

New Zealand sports fans will be treated to the rare sight of world leading triathletes and great mates Bevan Docherty and Kris Gemmell racing head to head in the Contact Tri Series at Takapuna this Sunday.