The 2012 ITU World Cup season starts in Mooloolaba......

It’s the sixth year in a row that Mooloolaba will open the ITU World Cup season, which makes it the second time that it’s opened an Olympic year. Back in 2008, three-time ITU World Champion Emma Snowsill took out the Mooloolaba title and went on to win Gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, while two-time ITU World Champion Javier Gomez took the men’s and then finished fourth in Beijing.

A host of triathlon legends have topped the podium over the years, plenty of them Australian, as they have dominated this race at home. This year, with Olympic qualifying hanging in the balance, the races could be anyones as some of the best in the world line up to try their chances over the mass beach start and challenging course on Australia’s Sunshine coast.