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Podiatrist Jackson Clince of Havelock North ready for Ironman
24 Feb, 2021 11:22 PM
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Jackson Clince of Havelock North is excited for his first full Ironman event. Photo / Paul Taylor
Jackson Clince of Havelock North is excited for his first full Ironman event. Photo / Paul Taylor
A Hawke s Bay podiatrist is looking forward to his first full Ironman next month having battled through a leg injury that has hampered him for more than half a decade. Jackson Clince, 27, of Havelock North has entered the 2021 Nutri-Grain IRONMAN New Zealand to be held in Taupō on March 6.
Clince was a promising rugby player who was about to head to Canada for a contract when he suffered a nasty ankle injury at a training back in 2013.