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Three generations of Anglims family compete for Great Britain at the 2024 World Triathlon Multisport Championships in Townsville, North Queensland, Australia

03:00, 30 August 2024

THREE generations of a family competed for Great Britain at the 2024 World Triathlon Multisport Championships in Townsville, North Queensland, Australia.

Mick Anglim of New Forest Cycling Club and Hardley Runners was joined by son Brendan and granddaughter Erin in the GB age group squad for the third consecutive year.

The trio competed in the sprint duathlon on Friday with a 5k undulating run, a flat but windy 20km draft legal bike leg using basic hired road bikes, and a 2.5k run to the finish.

The Anglim family at the 2024 World Triathlon Multisport Championships in Australia
The Anglim family at the 2024 World Triathlon Multisport Championships in Australia

Mick won the silver medal in the M75 category, while Erin finished as the second-placed Great Britain and fifth overall, so both have once again qualified automatically for the 2025 event in Pontevedra, northern Spain.

Father and son then competed in the standard duathlon on Sunday, which is over double the distance of the sprint race.

Using road bikes with clip-on aero bars could not match the specialist time trial bikes, and Mick finished in fourth.

Mick Anglim on the run section at the 2024 World Triathlon Multisport Championships in Australia
Mick Anglim on the run section at the 2024 World Triathlon Multisport Championships in Australia

Then, the action moved to the hills near Pallarenda, and a switch to mountain bikes was made for the cross triathlon, which involved a 1km sea swim, a rocky and technical 20km bike leg and a two-lap 6.6k off-road run with a beach finish.

A fierce wind stirred up a very choppy sea and lowered the water temperature enough for wetsuits to be allowed for the over-60 age groups.

Mick’s swimming is his weakest discipline, so he was surprised to win M75 silver.

Two days later, Mick and Brendan took on the cross duathlon over the same courses but with the 6k run, 20k bike and a 3.5k final run.

Mick took home the M75 gold to bring his international medals to 43 – the highest of any GB age group triathlete.

Brendan, unfortunately, saw his rear gear ripped off and had to run the last 8k of the bike leg. On the final run, he ran the second fastest time of any M50 category member.

The following day, they both competed in the Aquathlon, a 2.5k run, a 1k calmer sea swim and a 2.5k final run, where Mick placed fourth again.

As the event came to an end, Mick and his son Brendan were one of only four GB athletes to be recognised as legends at the closing ceremony for competing in five world championships, and they were awarded engraved and decorated boomerangs and a koala stuffed toy.

Over 3,000 athletes from all over the world competed in 19 world championship races across five different levels of athletes, including age group, para triathletes, juniors, U23s and elite.

The racing was split across two venues, with road-based events such as the duathlon, aquathlon, long course triathlon, and aquabike based out of Jezzine Barracks, using the beautiful setting of the seafront strand.

Offroad events – cross triathlon and cross duathlon – were held in the challenging hills of Cape Pallarenda.

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