Gentle persuasion leads to triathlon team gold

Three gold medals have been added to the Team Griffith haul after an absorbing day three of sport at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018). It brings to 13 the number of medals won by students, staff and alumni of Griffith University during the opening days of GC2018.
A powerhouse performance by alumnus Ashleigh Gentle (above), on the back of a strong showing by Business student Matt Hauser, guided Australia to a magnificent gold in the Mixed Team Triathlon Relay at Southport Broadwater Parklands yesterday.
Ashleigh put the disappointment of Thursday’s individual triathlon behind her to turn the tables on England and put Australia into a near unassailable position going into the anchor leg. In the second leg Matt Hauser had maintained the form that brought him within a place of a medal in the men’s individual event on Thursday.
In the first staging of the Para Triathlon at a Commonwealth Games,

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