LOCAL HERO TAKES MR PRICE

Local favourite Simon Finch shocked national champion Glen Gore and Olympic team fixture Lieuwe Boonstra to win the Mr Price Triathlon on the Durban beachfront on Sunday morning. The 24-year-old Finch completed the two-lap 800m swim, 20km cycle and 5km run in a brisk 1 hour 02 minutes 53 seconds. Gore finished 43 seconds behind him with Claude Eksteen third at 1:03:45 and Boonstra fourth in 1:04:31. Carl Storm clocked the fastest swim leg at 13 minutes 30 seconds with Finch taking fourth. Finch dominated the bike leg and the rest of the event with a 29:12 second split.