Marketing Director Wins 3rd Straight World Championship

VANCOUVER, B.C.—Due to unseasonably cold temperatures, the swim portion of the 2008 ITU Triathlon World Championships on June 8th was shortened from 1500 meters to 1100 meters. The bike and run courses were not altered and featured a 24.6 mile bike ride, followed by a 6.2 mile run. As in previous victories, Coyote Design’s director of marketing, and above the knee amputee, Matt Perkins came from behind to win the race after coming out of the water in third place. He took the overall lead on the bike, then extended his lead all the way to the ἀnish for his third straight world championship. Perkins was born with PFFD, and later underwent a Symes amputation. He was not interested in running or triathlon until the end of his ski racing career when he needed to add some endurance to his training. After retiring from ski racing he started using triathlon to stay in shape (apparently tradeshow food was catching up to him). After a couple of years he discovered he could compete at the highest level in the sport, and the rest is history. Perkins will be trying for his 4th straight championship next fall in Australia.