For the first time since Coyote was created over ten years ago, Coyote’s director of Marketing missed the AOPA National Assembly. But it turned out to be for a pretty good reason. Perkins, the 2006, 2007, and 2008 triathlon world champion added to his win list by winning the World Championships for a fourth straight time. The race was held in Gold Coast Australia. The distance for travel and the desire to see some of the sights in Australia is what prevented Perkins from returning to Seattle for the national assembly. This also marked the last Paratriathlon Olympic Distance race (1.5k swim, 40k bike, 10k run). The International Triathlon Union has decided to make the 2010 World championships a sprint distance race (750m swim, 20k bike, 5k run) in an effort to get Paratriathlon into the Paralympics. “I didn’t have the race I wanted, but it’s rare that I do, I just feel fortunate to come away with a win today, I think I got lucky. It was also nice to win the last Olympic distance race, now I just have to learn how to race the Sprint distance. It would be nice to win a 5th title, but I think it will be a long and tough spring and summer preparing for the sprint in 2010.”
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