A FORMER competitive hockey player and pharmacist has been selected as the only British person to make the Zwift Global Triathlon Team.

Rebecca Duxbury, from Oxford will be joining six athletes from around the world as they prepare for the IRONMAN World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.

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Zwift, the online global fitness platform, will help the amateur athletes conquer their goals.

Athletes from Australia, America, Belgium and South Korea will join Ms Duxbury.

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