NOWRA-born triathlete Jonathan Goerlach has strengthened his case for Paralympic selection after claiming line honours at Devonport on Saturday.
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At the 2020 Devonport ITU World Paratriathlon Series, the Bomaderry High School alumnus and his partner Sam Douglas clocked a time of 1:06:36, to finish 20 seconds ahead of Serbia's Lazar Filipovic.
The 36-year-old, fresh off a win at Newcastle's OTU Paratriathlon Oceania Championships, recorded splits of 10:48 (swim), 32:23 (bike) and 17:48 (run) - with the latter sealing the victory.
This result moves the pair up to third PTVI men's rankings with 2079.57 points - sitting only behind Great Britain's Dave Ellis (2328.74) and Spain's Héctor Catal Laparra (2261.31).
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While not official until the end of June (when the Paralympic qualification period ends), Goerlach and Douglas are now in a very strong position to be heading to the Tokyo 2020 Games - with the top 10 athletes at that date guaranteed positions.