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Winners Return

Rapid Ascent / 10.08.2007

The race was run in perfect conditions for the nearly 500 competitors, and with the absence of both runners-up from last year (Jody Zerbst and Karla Gilbert) - offset partly by a host of new contenders - Andrews & Sym both stormed to emphatic wins.

In the men’s race, 2006 Anaconda Lorne winner and number 1 seed Jarad Kohlar got off to a poor start, losing time to all his major rivals in relatively benign conditions in the 2km 2XU swim. Guy Andrews was not Jarad’s only concern, as a number of emerging stars also put space between themselves and the off-road running specialist. Young surf-ironman specialist Ben Allen from Wollongong, former Coolangatta Gold winner Caine Eckstein, Bribie Island multisport champion Robert Pomie, Geoquest runner-up (and Kohlar’s team-mate) Simon Manson and Bribie Island runner-up Glenn Kirby all opened up significant gaps. Allen, Eckstein and Andrews started the paddle together with a 10 minute gap over Kohlar, while Pomie, Manson & Kirby were only 4 minutes behind the leaders.

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