The day got off to a sobering start when Gunnar Bursell crashed badly on the first bike leg on the descent over the water bars off Aranda Ridge. He was airlifted out to Canberra Hospital with two fractured vertebrae in his neck.
Earlier indications are very positive so far of a full recovery.
We wish Gunnar and his family all the best for a speedy recovery. In the individual race Stuart Bardsley was in a lead swim pack of 4 and rode away on the first bike leg. Mark Davis chased hard all day and finally passed Stu on the last bike leg. Competition in the teams categories was ferocious. The top male teams of three build the hype between themselves by e-mail in the preceding months and were truly fired up on the day.