No better way to warm up those cold and dark southern hemisphere mornings than the Koa Sports Podcast. Nothing is off the table in this week’s episode, and we stick to our golden rule of politics and sport should never mix. A phone call from the world’s most powerful politician, is it AI or legit? You decide! The Busso Beer Mile collab is locked in, Greg talks about his behavioural changes on the road as a cyclist, perhaps he is starting to hit puberty? All that and more. Zoot store closes in a few days, get in! https://custom.zootsports.com/KoaSports27710
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EPISODE 204. ZOOT
Doug Vargo the CEO of Zoot Sports joins us on the Koa Sports Podcast, an Aussie leading the charge for the most dominant brand in Triathlon Apparel globally by some margin! They’ve undergone some recent changes and are now (again) the Official Partner of IRONMAN for Season 2025 and beyond. With an IRONMAN TriClub boasting over 6,500 members worldwide (12x Koa Sports), we chat about the program and how being the “Pride of Jenni” fits for their brand moving forward. Not without plenty of hot topics, fishing, Costa Rica, ayahuasca, Collingwood and what’s a podcast without a good bet! The Koa Sports Zoot Store is OPEN, check it out today, closes soon. https://custom.zootsports.com/KoaSports27710 Join the Tribe. www.koasports.com.au
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EPISODE 203. CHICKEN OR EGG
Claytonalia Fettallienae joins us as he prepares to take on the Queenstown slopes and like all parents survives the school holidays. What has the king been up to? Greg is locked in for Langkawi IRONMAN, but is choosing to take a different route to arrive on the island, a monsoon season bike ride through Southeast Asia and he fights his way to Break 85 by IRONMAN Busselton in December, he doesn’t appear to have left the starters gates just yet? Concerns? Doping Bans, Le Tour, New Points System for the IRONMAN TriClub program, just some of the topics on this week’s episode. The ZOOT X KOA SPORTS store is OPEN! Zoot Sports - Koa Sports Join the Tribe. www.koasports.com.au
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EPISODE 202. TINY DANCER
EXCLUSIVE never before seen footage of Greg McDermott cutting up the d-floor circa 1993, and we hate to admit it…. the kid could dance! There are two ways you can look at this story, what an amazing skill or what a waste of talent. It’s marathon season and coach Tim Franklin joins us in the studio to chat about his own marathon experience from the Gold Coast and also the 14,000 others! Also shares a few more stories from his Run Around the World. For those athletes in the Southern Hemisphere looking to take this season up a notch, it’s the season of gains, for those athletes in the north, it’s race time! Join the tribe. www.koasports.com.au
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EPISODE 201. 2026 IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AG QUALIFYING SYSTEM
IRONMAN has updated its age group qualifying process for both the IRONMAN and 70.3 World Championship events from 2026 onwards, and there is much to unpack and understand. As the #1 ranked coaching service in Kona 2024 we try to explain how it all works and even simulate some recent races to better explain how it would look. Why? ‘Based on athlete feedback and our own due diligence, we believe the new approach is even more consistent with our principle that the most competitive athletes are recognized and rewarded with qualifying slots. In the prior system, qualifying slots rolled down within gender and age group, and the number of slots allocated to each gender and age group was based on how many people were racing within that gender and age group. In some cases, highly competitive athletes were unable to earn a slot because their age group or gender was under-represented in a race. In contrast, some athletes who were less competitive relative to their age group would earn a slot because their age group was over-represented and thus had more slots allocated to it. In the new system, we rank athletes based on their relative performance (vs. their age-group), and irrespective of age or gender, the most competitive athletes on race day receive qualifying slots until all available slots for that race are claimed.’ Do we like it? Listen to find out. Join the Tribe www.koasports.com.au
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