Pentathlete set for global stage

A BALLARAT Grammar student and rising sports star has been selected to represent Australia at two international championships following a recent national pentathlon win.

After taking home the title for the under 17s females category in the Australian Laser Run championship in Sydney in early June, Zoe Addinsall is headed overseas to represent her country.

She said the national games were an important stepping stone.

“Before the event, there was a leadup of qualifications to go to the world championships in Bath,” she said. “That was the final qualification to make it into it if you made the time.

“This was just the running and shooting part of pentathlon. I made the time in Sydney at 10.59 and I had to make it at 11.45 so I made it by a fair bit.”

Addinsall will now be taking part in the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne Laser Run in Germany next week before being one of eighteen Australian athletes in the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in England.

She previously took part in last year’s UIPM Laser Run in Portugal, where she placed sixth in her category, and said she’s excited to compete on the world stage again.

“I’m looking forward to get out there in the world and competing against all the best people there are,” she said.

“I reckon I’ve improved a lot certainly by my running because I’ve been training more and putting in more effort into it.

“I reckon I’m going to hit my peak soon with everything.”