{"id":488,"date":"1996-12-08T16:06:39","date_gmt":"1996-12-08T05:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepeantriathlon.com.au\/?p=488"},"modified":"2019-02-04T15:42:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T04:42:50","slug":"a-bridge-to-overcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepeantriathlon.com.au\/history\/a-bridge-to-overcome\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bridge to Overcome"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nepean Triathlon celebrated its 15th anniversary. While the swim remained the same, the run course as planned was cut to 10km (minus a few challenging hills).<\/p>\n

A major challenge though for the race organisers was the cycle course. A bridge on the course was being replaced so a last minute course change allowed the event to continue. The distance was trimmed by 4km but included a couple of mini \u2018alps\u2019 to keep things interesting.<\/p>\n

The 1996 champions were Tim Bentley who won his last of a record 5 titles (only equalled in 2018 by Aaron Royle). In the ladies, a young Victorian, Joanne King took victory and made her mark on the senior ranks after winning the world junior triathlon title in 1996.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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