Para triathlete Grace Brimelow is one of 32 athletes from 32 different sports who will share $150,000 in funding through the Sport Australia Hall of Fame 2026 Scholarship and Mentoring Program, and one of 10 athletes selected as a Tier 2 scholarship holder.
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Celebrating Wollongong World Championships 2025
2025 Triathlon World Championship Finals in Wollongong have officially wrapped and what a celebration of sport, spirit, and community it was.
Matt Hauser Wins Australia’s First World Triathlon Series Championship Title in 20 Years
Queensland's Matt Hauser has won Australia's first Men's World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) Title in 20 years after an emphatic victory in front of a raucous crowd in Wollongong tonight. The 27-year-old proved unstoppable at the WTCS Grand Final, claiming both...
Aussies Set Podium Alight At World Triathlon World Championships on Super Saturday
Australia’s (para and able bodied) triathletes produced a triumphant day of racing at the World Triathlon Championships in Wollongong, with world titles, podium finishes, and breakthrough performances across all Para categories and culminating with the U23/Junior...
Age Group Athletes Shine Bright in Wollongong
Over 1,260 Age Group athletes took to the start line for the Sprint Distance World Championships in Wollongong, proudly representing their nations in what was a spectacular showcase of short, fast age-group racing. Swimmers were greeted with slightly cooler, overcast...
Junior Women Show Grit and Determination in Wild Wollongong Conditions on Day 2
Australia’s best young triathletes faced testing conditions at the World Triathlon Junior Championships in Wollongong today. The women’s race saw the southerly winds arrive just minutes before the swim started with the tighter, more congested M-shape course keeping...
Aussie Men Push To The Limit in Fast Junior World Championship Final
In a fast and tactical Junior men’s race, Oscar Wootton led the Australian charge, finishing a strong ninth against a world-class field. Teammates Zahn Spies (24th) and Oliver Moxon (38th) also showed grit in the tough conditions. “The swim was tough. We knew it was...
Team Australia Dominates Opening Day of Age Group Racing in Wollongong
It was a sea of green and gold on the streets of Wollongong as Team Australia made a stunning start to the World Triathlon Championship Finals, storming to 39 World Championship titles across the Standard Distance and Aquabike events on day one. Australia fielded the...
Richelle Hill Storms Home for World Triathlon Championship Title on Night One in Wollongong
Queenslander Richelle Hill, daughter of Olympian Rina Hill, had the city of Wollongong pumping this evening as she produced an outstanding sprint finish to take out the U23 Women's World Triathlon Championship Title in front of a roaring home crowd. In an enthralling...
Aussie U23 Men Go To Battle on Day One of World Triathlon Championship in Wollongong
In the first elite race of the Championships, the Men's U23 race saw the Australian men battle not only their rivals but also the intensity of the sun and heat in the middle of the day with Brayden Mercer finishing in 12th, Toby Powers 37th, Rory Thornhill 40th and...
Ironman Dean Mercer’s son Brayden chasing Olympic dream
His father Dean Mercer was a surf life saving legend and Wollongong sporting royalty and his mother Reen Corbett one of Australia’s best known ironwomen in Australia. Now Brayden Mercer is out to make his own mark in a different sport entirely - but inspired by a...
Aussie Women Set to Take on Kona at IRONMAN World Championship
In the early hours of Sunday morning (Australian time), three of Australia’s leading long course professional triathletes, Katie Remond, Penny Slater, and Regan Hollioake, will represent the green and gold at the 2025 IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona,...











