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- Updated: January 11, 2015
QUEENSLAND’S Matt Hauser has made it two wins from two outings in the Australian Junior Triathlon Series, continuing his triumphant return from serious injury last year.
The 17-year-old from Hervey Bay backed up his success in the first round at Runaway Bay last month to claim victory in the second round at Penrith.
Hauser broke his collarbone early last year, robbing him of berths in both the Youth Olympic and World Championship teams, and, making up for lost time, is now chasing a place on the Australian team for this year’s ITU World Junior Championships in Chicago.
Hauser, who is now training with Dan Atkins’s Gold Coast Performance squad, edged fellow National Talent Academy member and world championship bronze medalist Calvin Quirk by 11 seconds, with New Zealand’s Youth Olympic Games silver medalist Daniel Hoy pipping Matt Roberts (Queensland) for third.
“I didn’t have the best of starts and got stuck in the swim but managed to get onto the pack for the bike and made sure I was well placed coming into the transition onto the run,” Hauser told Triathlon Australia.
Hauser reveled in the hot, humid conditions that saw temperatures reach 30 degrees on land and 28 degrees in the water, finishing in a time of 52min 6sec.
He completed the 750m swim in 8min 56sec, the 20km bike ride in 27min 04sec and 5km run in 15min 32sec.
“I expected the Kiwi boys to be hurting on the run because of the conditions and coming from Hervey Bay and doing that training on the Gold Coast I was feeling pretty comfortable,” he said. “But I knew the boys would all be pushing hard and it would be a tough race to the finish.”
It was a different story in the women’s race, with round one winner Sophie Malowiecki beaten this time by Kira Hedgeland.
The West Australian, who was runner-up in last year’s series, is returning from her own injury – a stress fracture in her shin.
She won in a time of 59min 56sec, ahead of Queenslanders Malowiecki (1hr 25sec) and Dimi Coventry (1hr 54sec).
“It was tough sitting back watching the opening round of the Series at Runaway Bay last month but there is no doubt it was for the better,” she told Triathlon Australia.
“I suffered no ill-effects in the run at all and I have pulled up really well. I actually felt good right throughout the whole race. The stress fracture prevented me from running hard and I just had to take things easy and did a lot of walking.”
Source: Triathlon Australia
Photo credit: Keith Hedgeland Photography
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