BBC World Service - Ever 'hit the wall' and felt like giving up? Triathlon legend, Paula Newby-Fraser, collapsed during a race but determination got her through. Iran's first female triathlete, Shirin Gerami,
![Counting back to Kona: 2009 - Wellington takes Newby-Fraser's record and a pair of Canadians in the top-5 - Triathlon Magazine Canada Counting back to Kona: 2009 - Wellington takes Newby-Fraser's record and a pair of Canadians in the top-5 - Triathlon Magazine Canada](https://triathlonmagazine.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/tereza_story.jpg)
Counting back to Kona: 2009 - Wellington takes Newby-Fraser's record and a pair of Canadians in the top-5 - Triathlon Magazine Canada
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