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Allen is a specialist in power monitoring on the bike,
and he was brought to NZ by Bike NZ in collaboration
with triathlon. This was a great example of cross-sport
collaboration, aided to a large degree by the number
of people with a foot in the bike and triathlon “camps”.
Thanks in particular must go to Bike NZ and the Academy
of Sport South Island.
The opportunity to attend the Daniels and Allen
workshops, respectively, was taken up by most of triathlon’s
11 carded (Performance + and Performance) coaches.
By being carded these coaches have an opportunity to
tap into the NZ Academy of Sport coach support and
development network.
Other notable achievements in the past 12 months
have been the part-time appointment of Chris Pilone
as a specialist run coach in the HP programme, and the
appointment of Tim Brazier as a specialist swim coach.
Pilone brings a wealth of running, triathlon and HP
coaching experience to the programme at a time when
running performance is a key contributor to triathlon
success over the Olympic distance. Brazier has joined the
HP team through the Coach Accelerator Programme run by
SPARC, and his integration into triathlon’s HP programme
has guaranteed a consistently high level of swim support is
now available to the athletes and coaches, both in NZ and
overseas.
Lastly, thanks must go to all the High Performance coaches
for their time and expertise. While coaching brings its
own rewards, it also demands a high level of personal
commitment, without which the triathletes would be
unable to deliver the outstanding results they do.
Develop a World Leading High Performance Culture
Good progress has been made towards athletes being
more ‘professional’ athletes and living a high performance
lifestyle. Athletes have a clearer idea of what it takes to be
professional and what is expected as they developed their
own athlete code of conduct with the mental conditioner.
The programme has had successful athlete inductions,
annual athlete celebration and press conference.
Athletes are consulted and have input into the programme
enabling ownership of their future plans.
ITU World Champs Results 2009
Elite
Bevan Docherty, Tongyeong (1st)
Andrea Hewitt, Madrid (1st)
Andrea Hewitt, Kitzbuhel (3rd)
Kris Gemmell, London (3rd)
Kris Gemmell, Yokohama (2nd)
Andrea Hewitt, Yokohama (2nd)
U23
Tony Dodds (4th)
U19
Sophie Corbidge (15th)
ITU World Champs Results 2010
Bevan Docherty, Sydney (1st)
Andrea Hewitt, Sydney (2nd)
ITU World Cups
No World champs in this financial year
(Kate McIlroy – Tiszaujvaros (1st)
Kris Gemmell – Des Moines (2nd)
London Olympics Update
Planning for Olympics is underway this year with a trial
venue an hour out of London city planned.
Athletes will race in Hyde Park, London again this year.
The development of the selection policy for the London
Olympics is in progress.
Acknowledgements
We would like to give special acknowledgment to every
member of our High Performance Advisory Group who
provided us with strategic direction and wonderful support
on all challenges and ideas we passed their way.
We would also like to acknowledge the commitment and
work of our High Performance Elite Selectors in their role
of selecting the elite teams to represent NZ.
Thank you to all the Academy Providers existing and new
who integrated so well at our inaugural sport testing camp
in Christchurch.
Year in Review