Koorinya Moreton wants other Indigenous athletes to follow in her footsteps and tackle the gruelling sport of Ironman Triathlon.
When First Nations woman Koorinya Moreton ran across the finish line in the Ironman Australia triathlon she not only achieved a hard-fought personal goal, she showed other Indigenous athletes what was possible."My little nephew was there at the end and put my medal around my neck … I was just over the moon.
"The number of cheers we received at Ironman and other athletes coming up to us and saying, 'We love what you're doing, your athletes are the best thing to happen to triathlon'. It's been incredible."Mr Heath says the rising profile of the IronMob athletes is inspiring others to have a go and he is already starting to train his next group.
"The on-course support was insane … I think on the run, every person I passed was yelling out 'Up the mob' and it was just so nice," she says. Mr Heath is meanwhile preparing to represent "the mob" overseas, after placing in the top three in his age group at the Port Macquarie Ironman Australia event."I'll be having the opportunity to represent TriMob on a world stage which will be really, really cool."Training for Cairns Ironman will involve the TriMob group competing in a series of triathlon events in the lead up, with the first one coming up in about two weeks at Forster on the NSW Mid North Coast.
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