EDMONTON – To bring the 2014 International Triathlon Union’s world championship to Edmonton, Sheila O’Kelly had to embark on a global journey of her own.

The executive director of the Edmonton Triathlon Academy was in Auckland, N.Z., for the ITU’s Grand Final in 2012 when the idea of Edmonton as a host for the event was born.

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