Great day of racing in Tunisia - 2008 African Championships

Host hotel in Yasmine -Hammamet, Tunisia

Mari Rabie in full flight heading out on the run.

Libby Burrell and Gergely Markus at race hotel in Tunisia

Tunisia Triathlon Federation played host to the 2008 African Triathlon Championships and while the weather was uncharacteristically cold the racing was exciting and the race course itself proved itself to be a prospective World Cup venue for sure. Hendrik De Villiers and Mari Rabie ran out worthy winners with Mari winning the title by over 3 minutes from Kate Roberts but Hendrik had to fight hard for his victory after being chased down by Erhard Worlfaardt who made his intentions known coming within 10 seconds of a victory. Ashley Finaughty (Zimbabwe) had a great race winning the junior girl's category and Wikus Weber (RSA) lead from the gun to the finish winning his first ever African Championship title. Abrahm Louw (Namibia) walked away with the boy's under 17 title and earned himself a start at the World Championships in Vancouver in June.