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photogrAphy by topher rIley and Korupt vIsIonIsland House Invitational Triathlon. The
race attracts Ironman World Champions
and Olympic medalists to compete
alongside one another over several days of
fast and furious racing in a spectacular
location in the Bahamas. “I really enjoy
looking at ways we can make our sport
better, ways that we can bring people
together in the sport,” explains McKenzie,E
ight-time Ironman Champion,
Luke McKenzie, has had a
passion for the sport of triathlon
since he was a young boy,
volunteering alongside his family at
Ironman Australia, in Port Macquarie, year
after year, until he started racing himself.
Now entering the twilight years of his
professional triathlon career, McKenziewyN-iNg
AT LIFe
cannot imagine life outside of the sport.
“In the past few years, I’ve started to think
about life after racing professionally,”
reflects McKenzie, “and how I can make
a mark within the triathlon community
beyond just racing.”
McKenzie’s first entrepreneurial foray in
triathlon came in 2015, as producer and
race director of the highly successful© Delly Carr© Topher Riley