Lake Wanaka Contact Tri Series – Elite Race, 20th January 2012
Late last year in an effort to increase the number of elite competitors and support the Contact Tri’s continued presence in Wanaka, local Wanaka triathlete and Olympic hopeful Doddsy (Tony Dodds) laid down the ‘Doddsy International’ challenge.
In a quest to bring more world class athletes to the race, Doddsy announced he would double the prize money from his own pocket if anyone could beat him. This generated a huge amount of media coverage, increased local spectator turnout with thousands showing up chanting ‘Doddsy, Doddsy’ and attracted several international triathletes including World Number 5 Frenchman Laurent Vidal who ended up narrowly beating Doddsy for first place in a nail biting race!
This year the event is recognised as an official ITU World Series race, meaning valuable points are on the board for international triathletes. Creating added incentive to come, but there’s more.....
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