Lets get the bad news out of the way first, boys... she's taken. The pleasing-to-the-eye person pictured here is South African tiathlon star Dominique Donner, 27.

Lakeside, Cape Town based professional athlete Dominique, who boasts Springbok triathlon and biathlon colours, is a former WP swimmer hoping to bring glory to the country through our triathlon team already hungrily anticipating the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

In heavy training, she runs 50km a week, swims 20km and cycles 250km, but she confesses that despite the watchful eye of SA coach John Hawley, of the Sports Science Institute, and assistant Gary Palmer, she is permitted to let her hair down at times.

"You have to, otherwise you'd go out of your mind," she says. "But I do have to stay away from oily foods and go easy on the ice-cream and chocolate."