More than 1000 Otago and Southland children became triathletes yesterday.
They came from all over Otago to swim, run and bike their way through a New Zealand sporting tradition - the Weet-Bix Tryathlon.
Now in its 18th year, the event encourages children to participate in sporting activities and has become the world's largest sporting event for children.
It has also been the breeding ground for many national athletes, including triathletes Debbie Tanner, Maddie Dillon and Aaron Barclay.
Barclay joined fellow triathlete Hamish Carter and cyclist Alison Shanks to award the Dunedin participants their medals and cheer them on with their friends and families.
Tryathlon marketing manager Peter Davis said Dunedin turned on a "cracker of a day" for the event, held at Peter Johnson Park in Mosgiel, and "everything went swimmingly".
The event attracted 1050 children who were supported to the finish line by 179 community volunteers.
"It's all about the kids having a go," he said.
Photos by Gregor Richardson; prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.
