"Ironwoman Harriet Brown leads Aussies to world lifesaving win with injury so severe she is out for season" - The Daily Telegraph

The surgeon couldn’t believe what he was hearing when surf ironwoman Harriet Brown went to him with a sore foot.

Barely able to walk, Brown had actually raced 13 events over two days of elite competition after suffering an injury so severe to her foot it has since required surgery.

So serious it has forced the 28-year-old to concede defeat in her quest to win the Nutri-Grain ironwoman crown this season, the state championships and Australian titles.

Harriet Brown's season is over after foot surgery this week.

“I’m out for the duration,” said Brown after undergoing surgery this week to insert screws in her foot after a high level separation and torn ligaments between her big and second toe.

“The doctor was in disbelief I raced on it at all.”

Browns injured her foot on the first race of a two-day campaign of races for Australia at the recent world lifesaving championships in Adelaide.

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