Turia Pitt to testify at marathon fire inquiry
Runner Turia Pitt will testify this week at an inquiry into last year’s Racing the Planet marathon . She was trapped with other runners in a bushfire that burned 64 percent of her body at El Questro...
View ArticleRacing the Planet: Badly-burned runners testify
Marathon runners Kate Sanderson and Turia Pitt testified at an inquiry into Racing the Planet yesterday. They said the marathon, in which they were almost killed in a bushfire, was understaffed and...
View ArticleRacing the Planet ‘should give evidence’ says Premier
Premier Colin Barnett said he hoped Racing the Planet would cooperate with an inquiry into the bushfire disaster. He said, if necessary, the police should lay negligence charges against the ill-fated...
View ArticleRacing the Planet CEO fronts inquiry
Racing the Planet CEO Mary Gadams gave evidence into the inquiry into the disastrous marathon bushfire event yesterday. She described the event, in which several runners were almost burned to death, as...
View ArticleRacing the Planet ‘not to blame’ for burned runners
Racing the Planet CEO Mary Gadams said the company was not to blame for injuries suffered by marathon runners. Ms Gadams gave evidence yesterday at a parliamentary inquiry into the bushfire that badly...
View ArticleRacing the Planet: Tourism WA ‘not well placed’ to assess risks
Tourism WA’s chairperson said the agency was not well placed to assess risk-management plans. She was giving evidence yesterday at an inquiry into the bushfire that badly burned several marathon...
View ArticleRacing the Planet: Victims to get $450k
The State Government is offering Kate Sanderson and Turia Pitt $450,000 each. Tourism minister Kim Hames described the sums as “act of grace” payments to compensate the women for near fatal burns...
View ArticleIndigenous marathon runners wanted
Aboriginal runners are invited to try out for the Indigenous marathon project. Kununurra’s Joseph Davies competed in the New York Marathon as part of Robert De Castella’s original program in 2010....
View ArticleTreatment continues for Turia
Burns victim Turia Pitt says she will probably have to endure operations for the rest of her life. A bushfire burned 80 percent of her body as she competed in the Racing the Planet marathon at El...
View ArticleTuria Pitt is racing again
Marathon runner Turia Pitt, who was badly burned when an El Questro bushfire trapped her, is racing again. She is planning to cycle from Sydney to Uluru next month, then to compete in the Lake Argyle...
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