Lucy Makaea made the perfect start to Oceans 15 but the Orewa surf lifesaver hopes to build on her golden haul over the next three days of the New Zealand under-14 championships.

The focus turns to the Middle East this weekend for the inaugural Challenge Dubai triathlon on Friday 27 and the event has drawn out a million dollar field and triathlon royalty.

In an ominous sign a year out from the Rio OLympics, Jo Brigden-Jones, Alana Nicholls, Naomi Flood and Bernadette Wallace raced the fastest K4 500 time of 1:32.51 ever recorded in Australia.

Lake Wanaka will be setting the scene this week for hundreds of adventure racing competitors arriving for the start of the seven day GODZone event this Saturday (Feb 28th).

World champions will take a step back at this week's Oceans 15 New Zealand under-14 surf lifesaving championships in Mount Maunganui.

Records were broken on the final day of racing at Grand Prix 2 in Penrith today. In an ominous sign a year out from Rio, Jo Brigden-Jones, Alana Nicholls, Naomi Flood and Bernadette Wallace raced the fastest K4 500 time of 1:32.51 ever recorded in

London Olympic finalists Jesse Phillips and Steve Bird have dominated the men’s K2 200 final at Grand Prix 2 in Penrith today. The reigning National champions got off to a strong start before powering to victory

Day two of canoe Sprint Grand Prix 2 (GP2) has come to a close with a host of Australian athletes putting their names forward for national selection with some strong performances at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.

Murray Stewart has demolished the field in the K1 1000 final at Grand Prix 2 in Penrith today. The 2014 World Championship finalist demonstrated his elite pedigree by finishing more than 25 metres clear of Ken Wallace

Jo Brigden-Jones has all but secured herself a place on the Australian canoe sprint team this year after she combined with Naomi Flood to win the K2 500 final at Canoe Sprint Grand Prix 2 (GP2) in Penrith today.