2008 wrap-up 6th November 2008
4th place in Noosa has wrapped up Kris' year of racing. read his reflections on that race and the year 2008 here.
Mexico World Win race win 27th October 2008
Kris has taken out the last
round of the ITU World Cup for the year. Kris was always at the front
of the race and in hot conditions on a hard course proved to be the
strongest on the day. Read more here.
Mexico World Cup preview 18th October 2008
The end of the racing year is almost here for Kris. This weekend he races the last round of the ITU World Cup in Mexico before, all things being equal, racing in Noosa Australia. Read more here.
Mixed emotions! 21st August 2008
The big day finally arrived and is now
history. Kris' best mate wins bronze and his German flatmate is the
Olympic champion. Its been an emotional time for Kris as he reflects on
his friends success and his own misfortune as his cut foot came back to
haunt him on the the run course. Read more here.
Getting close to GO time! 10th August 2008
Just over a week till the big race in Beijing and Kris is with the rest of the TriNZ team in Juju, Korea. Kris is also happy to report his cut foot is healing well and he can't wait to put all the hard work down on the road. Read more here.
Kitzbuhel race report 21st July 2008
Just over 4 weeks out from the Olympics Kris came second to Ivan Rana of Spain in a ITU World Cup race in the Austrian Alps. Read Kris' race report here.
A win in Paris! 8th July 2008
Kris won his first French Grand Prix race of the year in what was his first race for his new club Beauvias. The field included no less then 10 guys heading to Beijing in August so it was a great test coming down from altitude. Read Kris' full report here.
New Zealand magazine article 24th June 2008
Sky Sport magazine recently published
an excellent interview / bio on Kris and his build up to Beijing. Click
here or the
picture to view a pdf of the article.
Schliersee race report 24th June 2008
Kris took third place at the
Schliersee ITU European Cup race on the weekend. Schliersee is one of
the hardest courses around as well as being one of the most scenic.
Kris couldn't spend too much time looking around of course but he did
have a good hit out coming down from altitude. Read Kris' full report here.
Font Romeu altitude training 3rd June 2008
Kris is in a major
block of altitude training at the moment. Find out about Font Romeu and
some of the reasons Kris loves it up there so much.
Read more here.
Running, London and altitude 14th May 2008
An update from Kris. Kris has
worked his way through a block of training that had him running some
big miles. This weekend he will race an invitational sprint race in
London before heading up to Font Romeu for a session of altitude
training.
At the same time as Kris is in London the New Zealand cricket team will be playing England in the first test, lets hope they can both get a great result.
Read more here.
Ishigaki and New Plymouth reports 17th April 2008
Kris as arrived safely into his European home base and started work at once by writing up a report on Ishigaki and some more on his race in New Plymouth. Read more here.
Kris forced to pull out of Ishigaki 14th April 2008
Kris pulled out of the Ishigaki World Cup race due to illness yesterday. However he is now off to Europe looking forward to a quick recovery and getting into his next big block of training as he prepares for the Beijing Olympics. Stay tuned for more!
Kris Gemmell in the news 8th April 2008
After a good start to the ITU
season, Kris is on the way to Japan for the next round of the ITU World
Cup. But before he left New Zealand TV3 interviewed Kris and talked to
him about the next few months leading up to Beijing.
To watch click here.
New Plymouth ITU World Cup 6th April 2008
Kris finished a strong 4th in his first World Cup race of the year. The race was won by Javier Gomez after a breakway on the bike established a 1 minute+ lead. Kris had the 3rd fastest run leg as he caught all of the breakways except Britons Andrew Johns who just held on to 3rd by a matter of seconds. Hear from Kris here.
(Kris's fourth place finish was the 8th time he has finished one spot outside the podium to go with his 10 podium places.)
Preview of New Plymouth ITU World Cup 3rd April 2008
This weekend the ITU World Cup circuit rolls into New Plymouth, New Zealand for the second round of racing. The worlds best will be their along side Kris on home turf. Read Kris' preview of the race here.
Easter, Evel Knievel and Beijing 20th March 2008
Enjoy the easter break and read an
interview Kris recently did with Australian Triathlete 'Professor'
Chris Hill.
Read full interview here.
2 plus 1 makes 3! 11th March 2008
The Oceania and New Zealand championships are done for the year and Shane Reed took out the title. A great result for him and New Zealand as it insures 3 Kiwis will be starting at Beijing. As to which Kiwi will be joining Kris and Bevan this will not be know till after Mooloolaba. Read Kris' race report from Wellington here.
Living high... 6th March 2008
...Training low. Kris has been up
at Snowfarm again with a number of NZ and overseas athletes at a
training camp. The camp now over, Kris reports on progress and looks
forward to racing on home turf at the Oceania and New Zealand
Championships this weekend in Wellington. Read more here.
1, 2, 3...., 4? 6th February 2008
The first triathlon of the year is
out of the way, but not with out some confusion on Kris' part!
Read more here.
What is 'Box'? 31st Jan 2008
Another cycle tour and more pain for Kris!
Read more here.
Hawkes Bay tour 23rd Jan 2008
Kris has just completed three days of fun in the Hawkes Bay racing with some of the New Zealand's top cyclists. Read more here.
Happy New Year and the year ahead 10th Jan 2008
Kris is well into
his training for the year as he prepares for his olympic debut in
August.
Read more here.