Local Deborah Fuller is all set to compete in the World Triathlon Multisport World Championships taking place in Townsville from Friday, August 16.
The 12-day event features 19 World Championship races across five categories of athletes: Age Group, Para triathletes, Junior, Under 23, and Elites.
Deborah Fuller has realised her lifelong dream of representing Australia in the sports she loves: running and cycling.
Despite the disappointment of a cancellation due to Covid, Deb seized another opportunity to try out for the Australian team and successfully qualified for the her age category (60-64 years) in the sprint duathlon (5km run and 20km cycle) at the World Qualifying events held in 2023.
‘The qualifying events were in Brisbane which I won, and the Australian Championships were held in Townsville in August last year. If you place in the top five of the nationals you are automatically invited to the team. I placed second and wasn’t required to do any more qualifying races,’ she said.
The event will host eight World Championship competitions: Duathlon Sprint, Duathlon Standard, 2×2 Mixed Relay, Cross Triathlon, Cross Duathlon, Aquathlon, Long Distance Triathlon, and Aquabike.
In what will be Townsville’s largest sporting spectacle to date, 3,000 competitors from over 40 countries will converge on North Queensland.
This is the first time the Multisport World Championships are being held in Australia, with previous events hosted in Canada, Denmark, and Spain.
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