Viceroy Deon Coetzee competed for South Africa in the ITU World Championships, but for him one event was not enough, competing in both the  aquathlon and standard distance champs.

‘Aquathlon –  I had a very good swim to come out near the front and then hung on for a 7th place finish in my age group- this was a tough race.

Standard race- they cut the swim by half saying it was too cold so I didn’t have the advantage I had hoped for going onto the bike. Came out of the swim near the front and hit the transition and bike hard. Rode well but was still passed by a few people. I hit my targeted bike split despite the wind blowing gales for our race, which I was happy with and then I hit the run leg. I felt pretty strong on the run and proceeded to reel back some of the time lost on the bike. Passed loads of people and finished with a good enough run split. I ended up 58th in my age group. The level was the best I have seen at a world champs so was not to disappointed with this placing as I performed as well as I had trained.’