Pre Kona chat with Jodie Swallow and James Cunnama

Having won the ITU Long Distance World Champs for the 2nd time in her career, Jodie Swallow most certainly has the skills to improve on her Kona-best.

By John Levison

Chief Correspondent

Last updated -

8 Jan 2017

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Having recently won the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championship for the second time in her career, Jodie Swallow most certainly has the skills to improve on her Kona-best of fourth two years ago.

Joanne Murphy (www.tritalkingsport.co.uk) grabbed a few moments with Jodie and her soon to be husband, James Cunnama (RSA), at the Pro briefing for Saturday’s IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii.

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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