Cameron Wurf talks “massive man crush” on Alistair Brownlee!

"I'm as excited as anyone in the sport to see what he does." Cameron Wurf on the prospects for Alistair Brownlee's Kona debut
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“I’m a huge fan of Alistair… he’s a racer”

Australia’s Cameron Wurf returns to the IRONMAN World Championship as the bike course record holder and seeking to improve further from his ninth position in 2019. Winner just three weeks ago at IRONMAN Emilia-Romagna, Italy – with an impressive 2:45 marathon – the former Olympic rower and professional cyclist is showing the development in his triathlon skills to be able to do just that.

One new name he’ll be facing this year is Alistair Brownlee, and Simon Ward (www.thetriathloncoach.com) grabbed a few words with Cameron in the Expo at Kona this week. Fair to say, that Cameron is a fan of the two-time Olympic Gold medallist:

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Written by
John Levison
TRI247's Chief Correspondent, John has been involved in triathlon for well over 30 years, 15 of those writing on these pages, whilst he can also be found commentating for events across the UK.

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