IN the world of endurance sport, the ultimate for a triathlete is to win admission to the World Championships.

After just 18 months in the code, 23 year-old Broken Hill nurse Bella Kolanic has won a position in the prized 2025 World Championship event at Kona in Hawaii during October.

For a girl hailing from the Silver City, it has been an amazing rise in the sport.

“I actually started triath...