World Triathlon Series- 2012 Yearbook

TRIATHLON 2012THE RACES – THE CHAM

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TRIATHLON 2012THE RACES – THE CHAMPIONS

TRIATHLON 2012THE RACES – THE CHAMPIONS

The International Triathlon Union is the world governing body for the Olympic sport of Tri-athlon and all related MultiSport disciplines including Duathlon, Aquathlon, Cross Triathlon and Winter Triathlon. It now has over 150 affiliated National Federations on five continents. Triathlon was awarded Olympic Games status in 1994 and made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000. Triathlon is also featured in the Asian Games, Pan American Games and Common-wealth Games. Paratriathlon was accepted into the Paralympic Games in 2010 and will make its Paralympic debut in Rio 2016. 2012 was an outstanding year for triathlon. The ITU World Triathlon Series wrapped up its fourth year and continues to produce nail-biting race action from the world’s best triathletes, set against stunning backdrops. This year’s series produced some of the most exciting ac-tion to date with numerous sprint finishes and spellbinding performances. Auckland was the setting for the Grand Final which saw over 3,000 athletes travel to the New Zealand event, making it the largest World Championships in ITU’s history. Sweden’s Lisa Norden and Great Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee were crowned deserving champions, rounding out amazing years for both athletes. London 2012 saw triathlon rise to new levels with both the fastest and closest Olympic races in the history of the sport. Switzerland’s Nicola Spirig just edged out Sweden’s Lisa Norden in a dramatic photo finish to be crowned Olympic Champion. Three days later Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee delighted the hundreds of thousands of fans who lined the streets to claim gold on home soil. This picture book beautifully portrays the inspirational athletes throughout their remarkable triathlon journey in 2012.

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3 PREFACE · TRIATHLON 2012

Dear Triathletes,

The 2012 ITU triathlon season was one of our most successful and exciting years

to date. It was a season that produced endless action, including photo finishes at

the London Olympic Games, continuous changes to the ITU World Triathlon Series

leader boards, and breakthrough World Cup performances.

With the first half of the season serving as Olympic qualification races, dreams

were realised and broken on both the World Cup and World Triathlon Series

courses. At the Grand Final, we were treated to incredible crowds, monumental

paratriathlete and age-group participation, and unforgettable finishes like that of

Jonathan Brownlee and Javier Gomez.

But it was the London Olympics that stole the show this year. Triathletes from a record number of National Olympic Committees vied for a

chance at Olympic glory in front of immense audiences. Who could forget the nail-biting battle between Nicola Spirig and Lisa Norden or

the Brownlee brothers standing atop the podium together on home soil alongside Javier Gomez.

Emerging from the excitement of the Games, our incredible athletes went on to complete their seasons, racing at events such as the

highly successful Mixed Relay World Championships. I would like to thank all of the athletes who raced this year for amazing us with your

athletic abilities and inspiring us with your perseverance and spirits.

This incredible year also would not have been possible without the support of so many people. A huge thank you to our executive board and

staff, ITU commissions and committees, as well as all of our commercial sponsors. Thank you also to the local organising committees,

host cities, and race officials, without whom ITU races would not be possible.

In looking ahead, I’m extremely excited for the direction our sport is headed. It is growing at a great rate, evidenced by the ever-increasing

number of National Federations in our triathlon family. In the coming four years, paratriathlon will debut at the 2016 Paralympics and we

will also continue to work tirelessly for the inclusion of the Mixed Relay into future Olympic programmes.

While the 2012 season is a wrap, it won’t be long before racing returns. We look forward to more great action in 2013 and hope to see

you at an ITU race soon.

Sincerely,

Marisol Casado

ITU President & IOC Member

ITU PRESIDENT

MARISOL CASADO

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6 LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES A Photo Finish

32 ROUND 1 SYDNEY An Australian Affair

46 ROUND 2 SAN DIEGO Back to the Birthplace of Triathlon

60 ROUND 3 MADRID Olympic Dreams Reached and Dashed

74 ROUND 4 KITZBÜHEL The Champ Returns

88 ROUND 5 HAMBURG A Sprint Spectacular

102 ROUND 6 STOCKHOLM Racing the Cobblestone Streets

116 TRIATHLON MIXED RELAY A Battle of Nations

124 ROUND 7 YOKOHAMA The Penultimate Race

138 ROUND 8 AUCKLAND The Grand Final

164 ITU TRIATHLON WORLD CUP SERIES The Original Circuit

168 2012 RANKINGS

188 MULTISPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

200 CREDITS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

7 LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES · TRIATHLON 2012

LONDON 2012

OLYMPIC GAMESA PHOTO FINISH

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ELITE WOMENTHE QUEEN OF THE SPRINTSPIRIG PIPS NORDEN IN CLOSEST OLYMPIC FINISH EVER

It was, by common agreement, one of the closest and greatest triathlon races ever.

The swimming, cycling and running course took in some of the British capital’s most famous landmarks, including Buckingham Palace. However, it was not the scenery which would captivate the massive crowds, but rather the closest finish in Olympic triathlon history.

Crowd support for the athletes was phenomenal. Every metre of the bike course was lined deep with spectators, and a lead group of 20 entered Transition 2. A lead group of five women on the run were split when Switzer-land’s Nicola Spirig launched a surge for home in the final 400 metres. Sweden’s Lisa Norden was the only athlete able to react sprinting alongside Spirig in the final stretch.

In the end, the times of Spirig and Norden, 1hr 59min 48sec, could not separate them. Both athletes cele-brated — but only after they’d fallen to the ground in exhaustion. Ultimately, it was only a photo finish of them tumbling across the line and the width of their vests that gave Spirig the gold. It was Switzerland’s first medal at the London Games.

Australia’s Erin Densham was third, two seconds back. Sarah Groff from the USA followed in fourth place and Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins didn’t have the dream day she’d imagined as she nursed a knee-injury over the line 31 seconds behind in fifth place.

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ACROSS BOTH PAGES · THE SPRINT FOR OLYMPIC GOLD



NEW FAME · A SMILE, A WAVE AND A POSE: LIFE FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE



DOWN TO THE LINE · THE PHOTO FINISH CAMERA RESULT OF THE WOMEN’S FINISH


WOMEN’S RESULTS

LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMESAUGUST 4, 2012

30 Pamela Oliveira (BRA) 2:04:02 (18:27-1:08:16-36:00)

31 Maria Czesnik (POL) 2:04:09 (19:28-1:07:17-36:09)

32 Svenja Bazlen (GER) 2:04:11 (19:28-1:05:29-38:01)

33 Lucy Hall (GBR) 2:04:38 (18:16-1:06:39-38:24)

34 Juri Ide (JPN) 2:04:43 (19:46-1:06:56-36:42)

35 Nicky Samuels (NZL) 2:04:48 (19:46-1:07:00-36:50)

36 Rachel Klamer (NED) 2:04:59 (19:26-1:07:14-36:58)

37 Mateja Simic (SLO) 2:05:35 (19:31-1:07:11-37:35)

38 Gwen Jorgensen (USA) 2:06:34 (19:26-1:11:06-34:43)

39 Ai Ueda (JPN) 2:06:35 (20:47-1:09:42-34:48)

40 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 2:06:37 (19:48-1:08:28-36:57)

41 Maaike Caelers (NED) 2:06:53 (20:49-1:09:41-35:03)

42 Fabienne St Louis (MRI) 2:07:37 (19:50-1:06:54-39:37)

43 Aileen Morrison (IRL) 2:08:16 (19:35-1:10:59-36:24)

44 Zurine Rodriguez (ESP) 2:08:44 (19:48-1:06:56-40:41)

45 Flora Duffy (BER) 2:08:54 (19:28-1:11:07-37:07)

46 Annamaria Mazzetti (ITA) 2:09:08 (19:24-1:11:09-37:19)

47 Alexandra Razarenova (RUS) 2:09:11 (19:47-1:10:36-37:26)

48 Lisa Perterer (AUT) 2:09:12 (20:16-1:10:12-37:22)

49 Elizabeth Bravo (ECU) 2:10:00 (19:49-1:10:44-38:12)

50 Yi Zhang (CHN) 2:10:01 (19:48-1:10:39-38:11)

51 Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) 2:10:39 (19:50-1:10:40-38:50)

52 Paula Findlay (CAN) 2:12:09 (19:51-1:10:42-40:16)

DNF Yuliya Yelistratova (UKR) 0:00:00 (20:50-0:00:00-00:00)

DNF Kathy Tremblay (CAN) 0:00:00 (19:49-0:00:00-00:00)

DNF Emma Moffatt (AUS) 0:00:00 (19:22-0:00:00-00:00)

1 Nicola Spirig (SUI) 1:59:48 (19:23-1:05:33-33:41)

2 Lisa Norden (SWE) 1:59:48 (19:17-1:05:33-33:42)

3 Erin Densham (AUS) 1:59:50 (19:24-1:05:33-33:42)

4 Sarah Groff (USA) 2:00:00 (19:20-1:05:40-33:52)

5 Helen Jenkins (GBR) 2:00:19 (19:19-1:05:35-34:10)

6 Andrea Hewitt (NZL) 2:00:36 (19:28-1:05:26-34:29)

7 Ainhoa Murua (ESP) 2:00:56 (19:21-1:05:37-34:47)

8 Emma Jackson (AUS) 2:01:16 (19:24-1:05:32-35:06)

9 Jessica Harrison (FRA) 2:01:22 (18:39-1:06:16-35:13)

10 Kate McIlroy (NZL) 2:01:28 (19:31-1:05:26-35:14)

11 Anne Haug (GER) 2:01:35 (19:44-1:06:59-33:42)

12 Anja Dittmer (GER) 2:01:38 (19:24-1:05:27-35:32)

13 Irina Abysova (RUS) 2:01:52 (19:20-1:05:34-35:41)

14 Mariko Adachi (JPN) 2:02:04 (18:25-1:06:29-35:50)

15 Vendula Frintova (CZE) 2:02:08 (19:30-1:05:27-35:57)

16 Barbara Riveros Diaz (CHI) 2:02:15 (19:44-1:07:03-34:14)

17 Laura Bennett (USA) 2:02:17 (18:36-1:06:22-36:10)

18 Emmie Charayron (FRA) 2:02:26 (19:48-1:06:58-34:26)

19 Gillian Sanders (RSA) 2:02:28 (19:29-1:05:31-36:17)

20 Radka Vodickova (CZE) 2:02:34 (19:18-1:05:40-36:21)

21 Claudia Rivas (MEX) 2:02:38 (18:28-1:06:26-36:27)

22 Kate Roberts (RSA) 2:02:46 (19:22-1:07:21-34:48)

23 Line Jensen (DEN) 2:02:47 (18:21-1:06:34-36:37)

24 Marina Damlaimcourt (ESP) 2:02:50 (19:20-1:05:36-36:40)

25 Agnieszka Jerzyk (POL) 2:02:52 (19:47-1:06:57-34:54)

26 Vicky Holland (GBR) 2:02:55 (19:21-1:07:23-34:57)

27 Helle Frederiksen (DEN) 2:03:10 (19:31-1:07:11-35:09)

28 Katrien Verstuyft (BEL) 2:03:38 (19:43-1:06:59-35:40)

29 Carole Peon (FRA) 2:03:58 (19:30-1:07:11-35:59)


ELITE MENBROTHERLY LOVEBROWNLEES COMPLETE HISTORIC MEDAL HAUL

Sullen skies, September temperatures and horrendous delays on the Piccadilly Line didn’t deter hundreds of thousands of people from showing up to see probably the fastest triathlon race ever. For the first time in Olympic history, the pre-race favourites did not disappoint. Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee took gold. Spain’s Javier Gomez earned silver, with Great Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee crossing the line in third for bronze.

Alistair took the lead before stepping off the blue carpet of Transition 2 and never relinquished it, winning the gold medal in front of deafening roars from an ecstatic home crowd. The defending World Champion commanded the race from the front, immediately setting a blistering pace and forcing every other racer to react. Only Javier Gomez and Jonathan Brownlee, Alistair’s younger brother, were up to the test.

They quickly separated from the rest of the field and were left to fight for the medals amongst themselves.

Jonathan Brownlee was forced to serve a 15 second penalty because of a penalty committed in Transition 1, and he waited until the later stages of the race to take his punishment. Gomez valiantly hung on to Alistair Brownlee as long as he could but could not match his mind-bending 29:07 run split – a truly remarkable feat considering that he didn’t race a full Olympic distance tri-athlon from late January, when he tore his hamstring, until six weeks before the Games.






HOMETOWN SUPPORT · CROWDS LINE THE BIKE COURSE AROUND TRIATHLON’S HYDE PARK VENUE






THE WORLD AT THEIR FEET · WITH MEDALS AROUND THEIR NECKS, THE TOP THREE POSE AT THE FINISH LINE


MEN’S RESULTS

LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMESAUGUST 7, 2012

30 Jan Celustka (CZE) 1:50:17 (17:25-0:58:49-32:54)

31 Maik Petzold (GER) 1:50:23 (17:23-0:58:47-33:00)

32 Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) 1:50:23 (18:06-0:59:40-31:29)

33 Ryan Sissons (NZL) 1:50:27 (18:05-0:59:45-31:31)

34 Tyler Butterfield (BER) 1:50:32 (18:58-0:58:32-31:52)

35 Brendan Sexton (AUS) 1:50:36 (18:53-0:58:51-31:41)

36 Reinaldo Colucci (BRA) 1:50:59 (18:56-0:58:47-32:07)

37 Stuart Hayes (GBR) 1:51:04 (17:17-0:59:04-33:29)

38 Gonzalo Tellechea (ARG) 1:51:07 (18:59-0:58:48-32:11)

39 Ruedi Wild (SUI) 1:51:10 (18:28-0:59:17-32:15)

40 Andreas Giglmayr (AUT) 1:51:14 (18:57-0:58:45-32:21)

41 Bruno Pais (POR) 1:51:22 (18:57-0:58:44-32:30)

42 Danylo Sapunov (UKR) 1:51:32 (18:08-0:59:35-32:38)

43 Yuichi Hosoda (JPN) 1:51:40 (18:06-0:59:37-32:43)

44 Diogo Sclebin (BRA) 1:51:51 (18:10-0:59:36-32:53)

45 Premysl Svarc (CZE) 1:52:08 (18:08-0:59:37-33:13)

46 Faquan Bai (CHN) 1:52:26 (17:55-0:59:46-33:26)

47 Marek Jaskolka (POL) 1:52:38 (17:58-0:59:45-33:45)

48 Leonardo Chacon (CRC) 1:52:39 (17:24-1:00:19-33:42)

49 Hervé Banti (MON) 1:52:42 (18:55-0:58:51-33:44)

50 Felipe Van de Wyngard (CHI) 1:53:02 (18:53-0:58:52-34:03)

51 Manuel Huerta (USA) 1:53:39 (18:57-0:58:51-34:39)

52 Christopher Felgate (ZIM) 1:53:53 (18:09-0:59:36-34:51)

53 Carlos Javier Quinchara (COL) 1:54:10 (18:02-0:59:37-35:13)

54 Min Ho Heo (KOR) 1:54:30 (18:02-0:59:46-35:36)

DNF Simon Whitfield (CAN) 0:00:00 (17:23-0:00:00-00:00)

1 Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 1:46:25 (17:04-0:59:08-29:07)

2 Javier Gomez (ESP) 1:46:36 (17:00-0:59:16-29:16)

3 Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) 1:46:56 (17:02-0:59:11-29:37)

4 David Hauss (FRA) 1:47:14 (17:24-0:58:50-29:53)

5 Laurent Vidal (FRA) 1:47:21 (17:27-0:58:42-30:01)

6 Jan Frodeno (GER) 1:47:26 (17:20-0:58:46-30:06)

7 Alexander Bryukhankov (RUS) 1:47:35 (17:22-0:58:51-30:10)

8 Sven Riederer (SUI) 1:47:46 (17:22-0:58:52-30:23)

9 Joao Silva (POR) 1:47:51 (17:22-0:58:54-30:33)

10 Alessandro Fabian (ITA) 1:48:03 (17:01-0:59:10-30:43)

11 Vincent Luis (FRA) 1:48:18 (17:20-0:58:53-31:00)

12 Bevan Docherty (NZL) 1:48:35 (17:26-0:58:51-31:12)

13 Ivan Vasiliev (RUS) 1:48:43 (17:03-0:59:04-31:22)

14 Hunter Kemper (USA) 1:48:46 (17:25-0:58:44-31:20)

15 Kris Gemmell (NZL) 1:48:52 (17:26-0:58:48-31:31)

16 Steffen Justus (GER) 1:49:12 (18:07-0:59:36-30:16)

17 Richard Murray (RSA) 1:49:15 (18:11-0:59:38-30:25)

18 Courtney Atkinson (AUS) 1:49:19 (17:26-0:58:48-31:58)

19 Mario Mola (ESP) 1:49:23 (18:09-0:59:40-30:27)

20 Hirokatsu Tayama (JPN) 1:49:24 (17:24-0:58:45-31:57)

21 Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS) 1:49:24 (17:14-1:00:35-30:28)

22 Richard Varga (SVK) 1:49:25 (16:56-0:59:15-32:03)

23 Gavin Noble (IRL) 1:49:47 (17:24-0:58:50-32:26)

24 Jose Miguel Perez (ESP) 1:49:53 (18:07-0:59:40-30:57)

25 Kyle Jones (CAN) 1:49:58 (18:31-0:59:17-31:03)

26 Simon De Cuyper (BEL) 1:50:00 (17:58-0:59:45-31:10)

27 Brent McMahon (CAN) 1:50:03 (18:04-0:59:40-31:09)

28 Crisanto Grajales (MEX) 1:50:08 (18:10-0:59:36-31:11)

29 Davide Uccellari (ITA) 1:50:09 (18:26-0:59:16-31:13)

33 SYDNEY · TRIATHLON 2012

ROUND 1

SYDNEYAN AUSTRALIAN AFFAIR

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THE OLYMPIC JOURNEY BEGINSDENSHAM STAKES HER CLAIM ON OLYMPIC BERTH

The Sydney Opera House was the stunning backdrop for the season opener for the third successive year. It was fitting that the site of triathlon’s Olympic debut was the opening race for what was to be one of the most exciting Olympic season’s ever.

Australia’s Erin Densham proved her incredible World Cup win in Mooloolaba wasn’t just a one-off performance at the season opener in Sydney, when she blitzed the field in the run again to claim her first ITU World Triathlon Series win and further stake her claim for Olympic selection.

In another brilliant run just three weeks after her turn in Mooloolaba, the 26-year-old powered ahead in the final kilometre to take the win from reigning ITU World Champion Helen Jenkins, while Andrea Hewitt collected her sixth straight ITU podium, tak-ing bronze.

It was a further exclamation point on a comeback from surgery to correct a congenital heart problem three years ago, and Densham said she hoped it would put any doubts to rest that she was back.



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SYDNEY · BOTANICAL GARDENS


SUPERB START · DENSHAM TAKES HER INAUGRAL WTS WIN


WOMEN’S RESULTS – TOP 30

SYDNEYAPRIL 14, 2012

1 Erin Densham (AUS) 2:01:29 (19:43-1:05:24-34:28)





6 Ainhoa Murua (ESP) 2:02:26 (19:42-1:05:15-35:21)

7 Anne Haug (GER) 2:02:32 (20:32-1:04:31-35:26)

8 Kathy Tremblay (CAN) 2:02:34 (19:43-1:05:25-35:27)


10 Ashleigh Gentle (AUS) 2:02:40 (20:31-1:04:40-35:30)

11 Non Stanford (GBR) 2:02:43 (20:05-1:04:58-35:35)


13 Emma Moffatt (AUS) 2:02:55 (19:35-1:05:26-35:52)

14 Emma Snowsill (AUS) 2:02:59 (20:09-1:04:55-35:46)


16 Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (AUS) 2:03:08 (20:28-1:04:40-35:51)

17 Lisa Norden (SWE) 2:03:09 (19:47-1:05:08-36:08)

18 Liz Blatchford (GBR) 2:03:12 (19:38-1:05:27-35:57)

19 Debbie Tanner (NZL) 2:03:15 (19:46-1:05:17-36:10)

20 Anja Dittmer (GER) 2:03:16 (20:11-1:04:47-36:09)

21 Yuka Sato (JPN) 2:03:17 (19:48-1:05:17-36:05)

22 Juri Ide (JPN) 2:03:25 (19:46-1:05:21-36:14)


24 Lauren Campbell (CAN) 2:03:28 (20:30-1:04:38-36:13)



27 Kate McIlroy (NZL) 2:03:41 (19:50-1:05:15-36:34)


29 Mateja Simic (SLO) 2:03:53 (20:22-1:04:38-36:41)



NEW YEAR, NEW FACESA FIRST FOR JUSTUS AND A FIRST FOR AFRICA

Germany’s Steffen Justus broke through for the big-gest win of his ITU career, in an elite men’s ITU World Triathlon Series race that had twists and turns at every corner in Sydney.

After a two-man breakaway on the bike leg stuck coming into Transition 2, Russia’s Ivan Vasiliev dropped his breakaway partner, James Elvery of New Zealand, in the first few hundred metres and managed to stay out front on the run until the sec-ond last lap. It wasn’t until the final 15 minutes that the trio of Justus, South Africa’s Richard Murray and France’s Laurent Vidal pulled ahead of the Rus-sian. It set up a final lap showdown, but Justus didn’t look back after passing Vasiliev. rocketed to the front and stayed there, to claim his first ITU World Triathlon Series win and first major ITU title.

Murray shook off Vidal to claim his first ITU World Triathlon Series medal and the first in history by an African athlete. He said he had expected a podium in his career, just maybe not so soon.



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59 ATHLETES ENTER T2



GERMANY’S STEFFEN JUSTUS TAKES HIS INAUGURAL WTS WIN


MEN’S RESULTS – TOP 30

SYDNEYAPRIL 14, 2012

BEVAN DOCHERTY AND SIMON WHITFIELD SHOW THEY STILL HAVE WHAT IT TAKES




4 David Hauss (FRA) 1:51:30 (17:51-1:00:44-31:08)



7 Kris Gemmell (NZL) 1:51:42 (17:58-1:00:33-31:26)

8 William Clarke (GBR) 1:51:43 (18:03-1:00:34-31:21)


10 Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) 1:51:51 (18:13-1:00:26-31:22)

11 Tim Don (GBR) 1:52:02 (18:19-1:00:09-31:41)


13 Kyle Jones (CAN) 1:52:03 (17:55-1:00:38-31:41)


15 Jonathan Zipf (GER) 1:52:12 (18:04-1:00:34-31:43)

16 Valentin Meshcheryakov (RUS) 1:52:13 (17:59-1:00:37-31:47)


18 Simon Whitfield (CAN) 1:52:20 (17:59-1:00:34-32:04)



21 Gregor Buchholz (GER) 1:52:31 (17:59-1:00:39-32:08)



24 Joao Pereira (POR) 1:52:34 (18:13-1:00:31-32:09)

25 Reto Hug (SUI) 1:52:39 (18:14-1:00:25-32:17)

26 Clark Ellice (NZL) 1:52:43 (18:18-1:00:22-32:19)

27 Sebastian Rank (GER) 1:52:45 (17:55-1:00:41-32:27)


29 Christian Prochnow (GER) 1:52:54 (17:50-1:00:49-32:33)

30 Igor Polyanskiy (RUS) 1:53:00 (17:52-1:00:41-32:42)

47 SAN DIEGO · TRIATHLON 2012

ROUND 2

SAN DIEGOBACK TO THE BIRTHPLACE OF TRIATHLON

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TRIATHLON RETURNS TOSAN DIEGO JENKINS RETURNS TO THE TOP

The first ITU race in San Diego, the original birth-place of modern triathlon, started under a clear blue sky and perfect conditions. Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins continued her brilliant start to 2012 with a dominating run to crush the field in San Diego, in a race that had a huge impact on London Olympic qualification.

After an eight-women bike breakaway put 2 minutes and 30 seconds on the first chase group coming out of Transition 2, Jenkins and Australia’s Erin Den-sham went to the lead into the first lap of the 10km run. In a see-saw battle between the Australian Olympic hopeful and Jenkins, Densham pulled away to almost 10 metres in front on the second lap before Jenkins stunningly reeled in the difference and turned the tables.

In an incredible second half, she went ahead to record a time of 1 hour 58 minutes and 21 sec-onds, over a minute ahead of Densham’s time of 1:59:26. USA’s Laura Bennett claimed third, her first series podium, and with it her second consecu-tive Olympic Games berth.



LAURA BENNETT AND SARAH HASKINS (FAR LEFT) BATTLE FOR THE FINAL US OLYMPIC POSITION

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HELEN JENKINS CONTINUES WHERE SHE LEFT OFF IN 2011


SAN DIEGOMAY 11, 2012


2 Erin Densham (AUS) 1:59:26 (18:34-1:04:52-34:39)




6 Flora Duffy (BER) 2:00:46 (18:34-1:04:52-35:59)

7 Anne Haug (GER) 2:00:50 (19:31-1:06:07-33:44)

8 Sarah Haskins (USA) 2:00:56 (18:30-1:04:48-36:07)

9 Emma Moffatt (AUS) 2:01:18 (18:34-1:07:04-34:08)




13 Juri Ide (JPN) 2:01:51 (18:59-1:06:39-34:42)

14 Emma Jackson (AUS) 2:01:59 (18:57-1:06:48-34:48)

15 Sarah Groff (USA) 2:02:01 (18:32-1:04:50-37:13)


17 Emma Snowsill (AUS) 2:02:10 (19:01-1:06:40-35:01)


19 Sarah-Anne Brault (CAN) 2:02:13 (19:33-1:06:10-35:04)


21 Non Stanford (GBR) 2:02:26 (19:06-1:06:31-35:21)

22 Kate Roberts (RSA) 2:02:31 (19:08-1:06:31-35:22)


24 Sarah Fladung (GER) 2:03:06 (19:34-1:06:10-35:55)






30 Lois Rosindale (GBR) 2:03:36 (19:31-1:06:14-36:22)


NORMAL SERVICE RESUMES ANOTHER BROWNLEE ATOP OF THE PODIUM

Great Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee admitted to hav-ing pre-race nerves after almost seven months with-out racing. However with his Olympic sport already assured, he had nothing to lose and Brownlee showed no signs of nerves as he kicked off his Olym-pic season with a dominant performance in San Diego.

With his older brother Alistair still out with an injury it was Jonathan’s chance to win his second ITU World Triathlon Series event ahead of Switzerland’s Sven Riederer and South Africa’s Richard Murray.

In the race that had a huge impact on the Olympic picture, Brownlee was part of a small break at the start of the bike. However that didn’t last long, as a huge pack of over 50 athletes hit Transition 2 together. From there it came down to the run, and Brownlee and Murray charged to the front on the first lap. They went toe to toe for almost half of the 10km run, before Brownlee laid down the trademark family kick to claim the win, his first race in almost seven months.



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ANOTHER BROWNLEE WIN



SAN DIEGOMAY 12, 2012




4 Mario Mola (ESP) 1:49:09 (18:22-0:59:16-30:14)

5 Hunter Kemper (USA) 1:49:18 (17:50-0:59:39-30:27)

6 Ryan Sissons (NZL) 1:49:22 (18:23-0:59:09-30:29)

7 Tim Don (GBR) 1:49:25 (18:22-0:59:03-30:39)



10 Kris Gemmell (NZL) 1:49:40 (17:42-0:59:42-30:57)

11 Simon Whitfield (CAN) 1:49:44 (17:47-0:59:46-30:52)

12 Kyle Jones (CAN) 1:49:46 (18:02-0:59:29-30:57)


14 Tony Moulai (FRA) 1:49:49 (17:51-0:59:39-31:00)

15 Gregory Billington (USA) 1:49:50 (18:21-0:59:09-30:59)




19 Vladimir Turbayevskiy (RUS) 1:50:06 (17:42-0:59:49-31:14)


21 Clark Ellice (NZL) 1:50:08 (17:57-0:59:37-31:10)


23 David McNamee (GBR) 1:50:10 (18:03-0:59:30-31:15)


25 Aurelien Raphael (FRA) 1:50:16 (17:38-0:59:53-31:29)



28 Ivan Rana (ESP) 1:50:22 (17:42-0:59:43-31:41)


30 Chris McCormack (AUS) 1:50:25 (18:25-0:59:03-31:35)

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MADRIDOLYMPIC DREAMS BOTHREACHED AND DASHED

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A FEROCIOUS FINISHER SPIRIG POWERS HOME

Madrid saw Olympic dreams realised and shattered as the final London 2012 spots were decided in this, the concluding race for Olympic qualification.Switzerland’s Nicola Spirig powered away to her sec-ond ITU World Triathlon Madrid title after showing incredible strength in the final metres of the run. In what would become her trademark feature in 2012 Spirig showed both incredible nerve and flair as she powered home in the final 400 meters. By lap two of the four-lap run, the gruelling bike leg was beginning to take its toll on some of the women with only Aileen Morrison, Anne Haug and Barbara Riveros Diaz.

On the final lap, none of the four were giving any-thing away and it was not until the final stretch that Spirig began to push. Morrison and Riveros Diaz fol-lowed suit, but the sprint to the line was won by Spi-rig who claimed her second ITU World Triathlon Series title in Madrid. Morrison claimed silver and Riveros Diaz took bronze.



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ABOVE: ATHLETES CLIMB 12% OVER 400 METRES EACH OF THE EIGHT LAPS

RIGHT: AILEEN MORRISON BRIDGES UP TO THE LEADERS


SPIRIG TRIUMPHS IN MADRID AGAIN



MADRIDMAY 26, 2012




4 Anne Haug (GER) 2:06:43 (21:09-1:08:57-35:13)


6 Ainhoa Murua (ESP) 2:07:18 (19:42-1:10:19-35:47)







13 Jodie Stimpson (GBR) 2:07:57 (19:45-1:10:18-36:24)

14 Carole Peon (FRA) 2:08:08 (20:07-1:10:00-36:35)


16 Juri Ide (JPN) 2:08:29 (19:41-1:10:26-36:55)





21 Vanessa Raw (GBR) 2:08:54 (20:04-1:10:03-37:10)

22 Melanie Hauss (SUI) 2:09:06 (19:45-1:10:17-37:27)

23 Hideko Kikuchi (JPN) 2:09:16 (20:04-1:10:02-37:43)

24 Mariya Shorets (RUS) 2:09:28 (20:12-1:09:52-37:51)

25 Ricarda Lisk (GER) 2:09:44 (20:12-1:09:48-38:12)

26 Natalie Van Coevorden (AUS) 2:09:48 (19:40-1:10:24-38:14)

27 Felicity Abram (AUS) 2:09:55 (20:32-1:09:35-38:10)

28 Tomoko Sakimoto (JPN) 2:09:58 (19:40-1:10:22-38:21)

29 Yuka Sato (JPN) 2:10:14 (19:43-1:10:23-38:38)



KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY JONATHAN RETAINS TITLE FOR THE BROWNLEES

Madrid occupies a notable section of the Brownlee trophy cabinet as for the fourth successive year the title went to one of the Brownlee brothers.

This time it was Jonathan’s turn, as he continued his incredible start to the Olympic year in Madrid, with another all-round dominant display to claim his sec-ond consecutive ITU Word Triathlon Series win in 2012. Older brother Alistair Brownlee claimed a hat trick of titles in Madrid in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Brownlee admitted afterwards that it played out perfectly for him, with a fast swim and a pack of nine athletes who were all dedicated to working together on the tough bike course to maintain their lead.

The breakaway group built a lead of over two min-utes on the field coming out of Transition 2, before he put the hammer down in the first lap of the run. He surged ahead to win by a comfortable 38-second margin over Russian pairing of Alexander Bry-ukhankov and Dmitry Polyanskiy.





TWO FROM TWO FOR JONATHAN BROWNLEE



MADRIDMAY 27, 2012






6 Maik Petzold (GER) 1:53:33 (17:48-1:01:43-32:39)



9 Mario Mola (ESP) 1:54:23 (19:23-1:02:46-30:55)






15 Franz Loeschke (GER) 1:54:50 (18:27-1:03:34-31:29)





20 Reto Hug (SUI) 1:55:23 (19:13-1:02:50-31:59)

21 Fernando Alarza (ESP) 1:55:25 (18:00-1:04:02-31:58)


23 Aaron Harris (GBR) 1:55:29 (18:31-1:03:09-32:24)




27 Ruedi Wild (SUI) 1:55:49 (19:29-1:02:32-32:24)

28 Joao Pereira (POR) 1:56:05 (18:51-1:03:12-32:45)

29 Ryosuke Yamamoto (JPN) 1:56:12 (18:52-1:03:01-32:46)


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ROUND 4

KITZBÜHELTHE CHAMP RETURNS

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THE FINISHING KICK SPIRIG SHOWS FINAL SPRINT PROWESS YET AGAIN

In a town famous for its ski hills, the people of Kitz-bühel are becoming accustomed to the world’s best triathletes racing through their city streets each summer. The beautiful Austrian town has played host to the World Triathlon Series since its inception in 2009.

In what were to be podiums in both the men’s and women’s races which almost foreshadowed the Lon-don Olympic Games, Swiss star Nicola Spirig showed off her brilliant finishing kick again as she powered to her second straight victory in the 2012 ITU World Triathlon. The win continued her torrid winning streak after recording wins at the European Championships and Madrid earlier in the season.

In a ferocious running battle with five other women, Spirig edged out Sweden’s Lisa Norden who suc-cessfully returned from injury since not having raced since April in Sydney to take her place on the Kitz-bühel podium once again. Andrea Hewitt out-duelled Chile’s Barbara Riveros Diaz for the bronze.



ANDREA HEWITT LEADS THE ATHLETES THROUGH THE CITY CENTRE

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ABOVE: THE ELITE WOMEN SET A TORRID PACE OUT OF T2


NICOLA SPIRIG NOTCHES HER SECOND STRAIGHT WIN



KITZBÜHELJUNE 23, 2012


2 Lisa Norden (SWE) 2:05:40 (19:42-1:09:49-34:55)





7 Sarah Groff (USA) 2:06:20 (19:34-1:09:59-35:37)

8 Kate McIlroy (NZL) 2:06:23 (19:44-1:09:48-35:41)

9 Anja Dittmer (GER) 2:06:39 (19:50-1:09:42-35:58)






15 Anja Knapp (GER) 2:07:18 (19:40-1:09:55-36:37)

16 Mariya Shorets (RUS) 2:07:27 (19:51-1:09:42-36:43)





21 Anna Burova (RUS) 2:09:15 (20:19-1:10:40-37:00)

22 Yuka Sato (JPN) 2:09:35 (19:51-1:11:09-37:21)

23 Yuko Takahashi (JPN) 2:10:02 (19:52-1:11:03-37:51)

24 Kelly Whitley (USA) 2:10:45 (20:22-1:10:39-38:30)


26 Vanessa Raw (GBR) 2:11:22 (19:55-1:11:03-39:03)

27 Simone Ackermann (NZL) 2:11:42 (19:53-1:11:09-39:26)

28 Lydia Waldmuller (AUT) 2:11:52 (20:20-1:10:37-39:43)

29 Ai Ueda (JPN) 2:12:50 (20:32-1:15:27-35:34)

30 Eri Kawashima (JPN) 2:14:26 (19:51-1:11:06-42:08)


BROWNLEE IS BACKMASTERFUL COMEBACK SETS THE STANDARD FOR

LONDON

All eyes were on World Champion Alistair Brownlee in his comeback race and he made certain to impress. Brownleeproduced a masterful perfor-mance in Kitzbühel, punctuated by an eye-popping 29:51 10km run split, and ascended back to the top of the podium for the 12th time in an ITU World Tri-athlon Series race. The result resoundingly answered questions around his Achilles injury as he re-asserted his position as the gold medal favourite at the London Olympic Games.

Younger brother Jonathan Brownlee finished sec-ond, his third consecutive podium, after wins in San Diego and Madrid. It was his 14th consecutive podium in an ITU race, an astounding streak that started in July 2010 in London.

The real battle behind the Brownlees was for bronze between Spain’s Javier Gomez and the big Russian Alexander Bryukhankov. At one point both he and Polyanskiy had passed Gomez but the Spaniard came charging back to run clear of both Russians. Gomez held on for bronze to complete the podium after holding off a late surge by Bryukhankov before the reaching the blue carpet.



ALL THE FAVOURITES POSITIONED WELL FOR A

RUN SHOWDOWN


GREAT BRITAIN’S STUART HAYESPUSHES THE PACE ON THE BIKE


BROWNLEE 1-2: ALISTAIR ANNOUNCES HIS RETURN FROM INJURY IN STYLE



KITZBÜHELJUNE 24, 2012

1 Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 1:50:13 (18:06-1:01:15-29:51)


3 Javier Gomez (ESP) 1:51:18 (18:14-1:00:59-30:51)





8 Tony Moulai (FRA) 1:52:07 (18:22-1:00:58-31:42)


10 Tony Dodds (NZL) 1:52:19 (18:14-1:01:09-31:51)

11 David Hauss (FRA) 1:52:26 (18:20-1:00:58-32:02)



14 Maik Petzold (GER) 1:52:42 (18:10-1:01:06-32:16)

15 Clark Ellice (NZL) 1:52:46 (18:15-1:01:06-32:17)

16 Jan Frodeno (GER) 1:53:09 (18:13-1:01:05-32:45)



19 Aaron Harris (GBR) 1:53:29 (18:26-1:00:56-33:00)


21 Aaron Royle (AUS) 1:54:02 (18:08-1:01:15-33:36)



24 Denis Vasiliev (RUS) 1:54:27 (18:13-1:01:01-33:53)

25 Bryce McMaster (NZL) 1:54:27 (18:16-1:01:09-33:57)

26 Vincent Luis (FRA) 1:54:38 (18:08-1:01:15-34:12)

27 Alois Knabl (AUT) 1:54:51 (18:08-1:01:16-34:24)

28 Andrea Salvisberg (SUI) 1:54:51 (18:12-1:01:10-34:23)

29 Stuart Hayes (GBR) 1:55:09 (18:10-1:01:24-34:28)

30 Mehdi Essadiq (MAR) 1:56:05 (18:21-1:01:02-35:36)

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ROUND 5

HAMBURGA SPRINT SPECTACULAR

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THE FINAL SPRINT TO LONDONDENSHAM IMPRESSES IN PRE-OLYMPIC TUNE UP

ITU triathlon returned to Hamburg for the 10th year in a row in 2012, as a host of London-bound athletes got ready for a fast and furious sprint distance race in their final pre-Games preparation. It was the first sprint distance race of the season and the perfect tune-up for London.

While Erin Densham’s win in Sydney started with a strong swim, in Hamburg she came out of the water almost 30 seconds behind the leaders. However in a busy first bike lap, she had managed to get herself into the 19-strong lead bike pack.

Out of Transition 2, Densham, Emma Moffatt and Kate Roberts quickly worked their way to the lead but it wasn’t long until Densham made her move. Roberts dropped first, and while Moffatt hung on for a while longer, she couldn’t stay with Densham who pulled away in the final kilometre to win. Moffatt held on for silver and American Sarah Groff claimed bronze.

It was the third time Densham had raced in Hamburg and her first podium, and she said it was brilliant to win in front of the great Hamburg crowd.



LANDMARK SITES · ATHLETES RIDE THROUGH WELLINGTON ARCH

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ATHLETES RACE THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN STREETS


DENSHAM CONTINUES HER STELLAR SEASON



HAMBURGJULY 22, 2012

1 Erin Densham (AUS) 0:56:07 (09:48-0:29:34-15:50)

2 Emma Moffatt (AUS) 0:56:19 (09:27-0:29:48-16:04)

3 Sarah Groff (USA) 0:56:21 (09:29-0:29:49-16:05)

4 Anne Haug (GER) 0:56:35 (09:59-0:29:28-16:13)

5 Kate Roberts (RSA) 0:56:40 (09:41-0:29:34-16:25)

6 Agnieszka Jerzyk (POL) 0:56:49 (09:44-0:29:38-16:29)


8 Kate McIlroy (NZL) 0:56:56 (09:32-0:29:42-16:38)

9 Ainhoa Murua (ESP) 0:57:01 (09:31-0:29:40-16:44)


11 Anja Dittmer (GER) 0:57:07 (09:36-0:29:39-16:47)


13 Ricarda Lisk (GER) 0:57:20 (09:37-0:29:32-17:07)

14 Carole Peon (FRA) 0:57:22 (09:33-0:29:45-17:03)




18 Kathrin Muller (GER) 0:57:37 (09:36-0:29:39-17:21)

19 Alice Betto (ITA) 0:57:42 (09:30-0:29:45-17:26)




23 Anja Knapp (GER) 0:57:55 (09:30-0:29:54-17:30)







30 Fabienne St Louis (MRI) 0:58:14 (09:55-0:29:32-17:49)


A BLISTERING PACEMURRAY BECOMES FIRST AFRICAN TO WIN A

WORLD TRIATHLON SERIES EVENT

A plan to go all out in the run carried South Africa’s Richard Murray to his first ITU World Triathlon Series win in spectacular style, as he blew away everyone except Javier Gomez from Spain and then outsprinted him in the final few hundred metres.

The new sprint format in Hamburg promised a fast race, but it was even faster than predicted when the men hammered out an 8:32 swim and 29 recorded a sub-15 minute time on the run. Gomez was first out of the 750m swim, with Germany’s Maik Petzold and Slovakia’s Richard Varga just beside him. The field formed into three distinct chase packs, two close behind and a third one minute down after the first lap.

Within the second lap, the first chase had merged with the leaders. Onto the run midway through the first lap Murray, Gomez and Justus had the lead on their own. Soon it was clear it was going to come down to Gomez and Murray, who had an incredible battle with multiple lead changes, bringing the crowd to its feet.

Germany’s Steffen Justus excited the home crowds, taking bronze in a furiously fast race in Hamburg.



RICHARD MURRAY EXECUTES A PERFECT GAME PLAN


LONG SHADOWS: THE SUN DRIFTS DOWN IN HAMBURG




HAMBURGJULY 21, 2012


2 Javier Gomez (ESP) 0:51:53 (08:32-0:28:13-14:10)



5 Maik Petzold (GER) 0:52:05 (08:35-0:28:13-14:19)


7 Reinaldo Colucci (BRA) 0:52:05 (08:54-0:27:12-14:47)



10 Jan Frodeno (GER) 0:52:09 (08:46-0:28:01-14:24)


12 Tony Moulai (FRA) 0:52:13 (08:44-0:28:00-14:33)


14 Clark Ellice (NZL) 0:52:17 (08:49-0:27:33-14:57)

15 Florin Salvisberg (SUI) 0:52:18 (08:45-0:27:58-14:33)




19 Vincent Luis (FRA) 0:52:27 (08:41-0:28:10-14:42)

20 Aaron Royle (AUS) 0:52:27 (08:43-0:28:04-14:42)


22 Tony Dodds (NZL) 0:52:36 (08:45-0:28:06-14:50)

23 Tim Don (GBR) 0:52:40 (09:01-0:27:48-14:55)

24 Valentin Meshcheryakov (RUS) 0:52:41 (08:51-0:28:01-14:46)





29 Bruno Matheus (BRA) 0:52:46 (09:02-0:27:44-15:01)

30 Matt Chrabot (USA) 0:52:49 (08:50-0:28:02-14:58)

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ROUND 6

STOCKHOLMRACING THE COBBLESTONE STREETS

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HOMETOWN HEROA PERFECT DAY FOR LISA NORDEN

A jubilant Lisa Norden gave the home crowd what they were hoping for, a win on home soil as she claimed her third ITU World Triathlon Series win in a dominant all around performance by the Swedish superstar in Stockholm.

Norden fended off the efforts of the Netherlands’ Maaike Caelers and Chile’s Barbara Riveros Diaz who claimed silver and bronze respectively. Anne Haug from Germany finished fourth for the third consecutive ITU World Triathlon Series race, after also finishing just off the podium in Madrid and Ham-burg.

In summing up what the win meant to her, Norden said she couldn’t think of a more perfect outcome.“If you have kind of a dream scenario how could my life possibly turn out as its best, this would have been it and I’m in it which is incredible,” Norden said. “Going out on the second lap knowing I had a gap, I knew all I had to do was keep running and I felt I had the strength, I had the legs and I had the crowd for it. It was so incredible.”



STOCKHOLM’S OLD TOWN AND ROYAL PALACE

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LISA NORDEN THRILLS THE HOME CROWD



STOCKHOLMAUGUST 25, 2012

1 Lisa Norden (SWE) 1:00:36 (10:06-0:32:50-16:03)



4 Anne Haug (GER) 1:00:59 (10:35-0:32:28-16:25)

5 Erin Densham (AUS) 1:01:04 (10:06-0:32:54-16:29)

6 Non Stanford (GBR) 1:01:14 (10:28-0:32:30-16:33)

7 Ainhoa Murua (ESP) 1:01:17 (10:15-0:32:40-16:38)


9 Alice Betto (ITA) 1:01:28 (10:22-0:32:34-16:52)

10 Rebecca Robisch (GER) 1:01:33 (10:18-0:32:38-16:59)

11 Carole Peon (FRA) 1:01:37 (10:13-0:32:49-16:58)

12 Anja Knapp (GER) 1:01:39 (10:09-0:32:52-17:07)

13 Radka Vodickova (CZE) 1:01:42 (10:23-0:32:34-17:02)

14 Margit Vanek (HUN) 1:01:57 (10:15-0:32:57-17:03)



17 Celine Schaerer (SUI) 1:02:07 (10:25-0:32:28-17:33)


19 Danne Boterenbrood (NED) 1:02:15 (10:31-0:32:29-17:32)




23 Anja Dittmer (GER) 1:02:47 (10:22-0:32:34-18:02)

24 Emma Moffatt (AUS) 1:02:51 (10:05-0:34:36-16:29)



27 Yuka Sato (JPN) 1:02:56 (10:22-0:32:50-17:58)


29 Carolina Routier (ESP) 1:03:14 (10:05-0:33:44-17:46)



THE KING OF THE SPRINTBROWNLEE TAKES CHARGE OF THE SERIES

A normally ultra-prepared Jonathan Brownlee had to stand on the Stockholm start line less than his usual organised self as the full demands of a home Olympic Games made their mark. However Brownlee showed great composure to claim his fourth ITU World Tri-athlon Series win in style, besting Spain’s Javier Gomez and France’s Vincent Luis.

It was also enough to send the former World Sprint Champion into the overall ITU World Triathlon Series rankings lead, putting him in the driver’s seat to take the overall ITU World Championship title, with just Yokohama and the Grand Final in Auckland left in the season.

Brownlee always remained confident, however. “I was confident on this distance, I know I do quite well at the sprint, it wasn’t that long ago I was a junior,” said Brownlee. “But I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel as I usually like going into races really prepared, so usually when I go into a race I’ve been thinking about it for months before but this one I didn’t, so I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel.”



SPEEDWAY: ATHLETES CRANK UP THE PACE FOR SPRINT DISTANCE







2 Javier Gomez (ESP) 0:54:31 (09:16-0:29:47-13:59)

3 Vincent Luis (FRA) 0:54:35 (09:00-0:29:51-14:15)




7 Tony Moulai (FRA) 0:55:02 (09:08-0:29:48-14:37)



10 Dan Wilson (AUS) 0:55:27 (09:15-0:29:43-14:58)

11 Aaron Royle (AUS) 0:55:29 (08:57-0:29:56-15:04)


13 Kris Gemmell (NZL) 0:55:41 (09:27-0:29:36-15:12)


15 Rostyslav Pevtsov (UKR) 0:55:43 (09:23-0:30:34-14:15)

16 David Hauss (FRA) 0:55:47 (09:15-0:30:42-14:23)


18 Joao Silva (POR) 0:55:52 (09:14-0:30:47-14:20)



21 Adam Bowden (GBR) 0:55:59 (09:12-0:30:33-14:35)

22 Mario Mola (ESP) 0:56:02 (09:19-0:30:42-14:32)

23 Joao Pereira (POR) 0:56:05 (09:08-0:30:51-14:35)

24 Andrea Salvisberg (SUI) 0:56:10 (09:00-0:29:51-15:44)

25 Ryan Bailie (AUS) 0:56:11 (09:29-0:30:28-14:45)


27 Uxio Abuin Ares (ESP) 0:56:22 (09:00-0:30:04-15:48)

28 Oleksiy Syutkin (UKR) 0:56:28 (09:05-0:30:41-15:04)

29 Marco Van der Stel (NED) 0:56:28 (09:03-0:29:53-16:02)



GREAT BRITAIN RETAIN MIXED RELAY TITLE

Triathlon Mixed Relay is racing at its most thrilling. It’s energetic, exciting, uncompromising and action-packed. This innovative format comprises of two men and two women. Each athlete completes a ‘super-sprint’ triathlon of swimming, biking and run-ning, before tagging off to their next team mate. It is non-stop action from the very beginning, and the pace is relentless. It is survival of the fastest. ITU is bidding to get Mixed Relay added to the programme of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games.

A stellar final leg from Jonathan Brownlee helped Great Britain defend its ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championship in tough wet conditions on the cobblestone streets of Stockholm. After sitting in 14th after the first 300m swim, 6km bike and 2km leg completed by Vicky Holland, Great Britain had to come from behind the entire race, but William Clarke and Non Stanford helped them edge back before Brownlee took the lead in dramatic fashion on the first lap of the bike and stormed home to help his team retain their world title.

France’s team of Jessica Harrison, Tony Moulai, Carole Peon and Vincent Luis claimed silver, while Russia’s Irina Abysova, Dmitry Polyanskiy, Alexandra Razarenova and Alexander Bryukhankov claimed bronze.

A BATTLE OF THE NATIONSTRIATHLON MIXED RELAY:



EQUALITY, PASSION, TEAMWORK





JOINT EFFORT: SMILES ALL ROUND AT THE MIXED RELAY


MIXED RELAY RESULTS


1 GREAT BRITAIN 1:26:48 (23:24-20:39-22:56-19:51)

2 FRANCE 1:26:58 (23:07-20:41-23:26-19:45)

3 RUSSIA 1:27:31 (23:09-21:17-22:46-20:20)

4 GERMANY 1:28:06 (23:21-20:45-22:56-21:06)

5 SWITZERLAND 1:28:38 (23:10-20:54-23:13-21:22)

6 SPAIN 1:28:43 (23:08-20:51-24:04-20:41)

7 ITALY 1:28:52 (23:11-20:33-24:05-21:05)

8 HUNGARY 1:29:05 (23:08-20:59-23:52-21:08)

9 UKRAINE 1:29:20 (23:24-21:16-24:02-20:38)

10 NEW ZEALAND 1:29:27 (23:18-21:07-23:48-21:16)

11 CZECH REPUBLIC 1:29:42 (23:29-21:32-23:37-21:05)

12 SWEDEN 1:29:44 (22:59-21:25-24:17-21:04)

13 NETHERLANDS 1:29:49 (23:00-21:48-23:53-21:09)

14 JAPAN 1:30:02 (23:03-21:39-23:59-21:22)

15 AUSTRALIA 1:31:15 (24:29-21:41-24:08-20:59)

16 CANADA 1:31:26 (23:40-21:40-23:49-22:18)

17 SOUTH AFRICA 1:31:30 (23:45-21:30-24:04-22:12)

18 BELGIUM 1:31:48 (24:02-21:30-24:33-21:44)

19 BRAZIL 1:32:57 (23:20-21:51-25:14-22:34)

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ROUND 7

YOKOHAMATHE PENULTIMATE RACE

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TWO IN A ROW FOR NORDENTHE SWEDISH STAR CLOSES THE GAP ON DENSHAM

After many days of strong winds and choppy waters which threatened the event, the elite women were greeted on race morning by glorious calm condi-tions. In what was to be a year dominated by sprint finishes the crowds that lined the streets of Yoko-hama were to be once again treated to a spectacle.

Sweden’s Lisa Norden added to her victory on home soil in Stockholm as she edged out Germany’s Anne Haug at the finish line to claim her second straight victory in the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series.

Erin Densham retained her lead atop the ITU World Triathlon Series but the victory pulled Norden within 30 points, ensuring an epic showdown for the World Championship at the Auckland Grand Final.

“Coming to Japan with such a nice atmosphere and getting very well welcomed is so important for me. Maybe it is the sushi that works in my favour,” Nor-den joked.

After running in the final leading group with a num-ber of World Series and World Cup winners, it was rising Dutch star Maaike Caelers who took bronze.



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YOKOHAMASEPTEMBER 29, 2012

1 Lisa Norden (SWE) 1:59:07 (19:45-1:04:48-33:21)

2 Anne Haug (GER) 1:59:07 (20:54-1:03:42-33:26)


4 Emma Moffatt (AUS) 1:59:17 (19:40-1:04:56-33:24)

5 Erin Densham (AUS) 1:59:22 (19:47-1:04:49-33:35)


7 Sarah Groff (USA) 1:59:36 (19:37-1:05:01-33:45)





12 Kate McIlroy (NZL) 2:00:48 (19:47-1:04:47-35:00)



15 Kiyomi Niwata (JPN) 2:00:57 (19:50-1:04:41-35:06)


17 Yuka Sato (JPN) 2:01:14 (19:44-1:04:48-35:22)





22 Ai Ueda (JPN) 2:01:51 (21:25-1:04:23-34:44)


24 Juri Ide (JPN) 2:02:17 (19:55-1:04:38-36:28)



27 Celine Schaerer (SUI) 2:04:34 (19:52-1:04:43-38:42)

28 Ricarda Lisk (GER) 2:06:18 (20:53-1:03:46-40:26)


JOAO SILVA CLAIMS SECOND CONSECUTIVE ITU

WORLD TRIATHLON YOKOHAMA WIN

Hot and humid conditions greeted the elite men as they dove into Yokohama harbour in the penultimate World Triathlon Series race of 2012. A 50 second breakaway on the bike by Yuichi Hosoda and Kris Gemmell threatened to upset the favourites but the pair could not match the running pace of the Iberian pairing of Spain’s Javier Gomez and Joao Silva from Portugal.

By the bell lap Silva pushed a few meters ahead of the Spaniard and held on to the line to claim his sec-ond consecutive ITU World Triathlon Yokohama win.Russia’s Dmitry Polyanskiy followed close behind for bronze just one week after winning the Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup.

“I’m really, really pleased with this result here. I’m really emotional as some of the best moments of my career are here so I’m really proud to perform like this in Yokohama,” said Silva.

In the overall series rankings, Gomez moved ahead of Alexander Bryukhankov for the second spot. While Gomez still trailed Jonathan Brownlee, he cut the deficit to 180 points, which set up a phenomenal clash for the World Championship at the Auckland Grand Final.

SILVA SHINES IN YOKOHAMA AGAIN




LEFT: YOUNG TRIATHLON SUPPORTERS SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE ATHLETES


SILVA DEFENDS HIS YOKOHAMA TITLE



YOKOHAMASEPTEMBER 29, 2012

1 Joao Silva (POR) 1:48:44 (18:06-0:59:50-29:42)

2 Javier Gomez (ESP) 1:48:57 (17:55-0:59:57-29:59)



5 David Hauss (FRA) 1:49:43 (18:04-0:59:51-30:40)

6 Adam Bowden (GBR) 1:49:55 (18:08-0:59:41-30:55)

7 Tony Moulai (FRA) 1:50:10 (18:15-0:59:37-31:10)






13 Akos Vanek (HUN) 1:50:50 (18:06-0:59:45-31:53)

14 Aaron Harris (GBR) 1:51:05 (18:51-0:59:02-32:02)




18 Pierre Le Corre (FRA) 1:51:38 (18:11-0:59:39-32:41)



21 Kohei Shimomura (JPN) 1:51:51 (19:10-0:58:59-32:35)

22 Harunobu Sato (JPN) 1:52:10 (18:52-0:59:01-33:06)


24 Denis Vasiliev (RUS) 1:52:28 (17:57-0:59:51-33:26)

25 Benjamin Shaw (ITU) 1:52:41 (17:59-0:59:57-33:37)

26 Phil Wolfe (GBR) 1:52:54 (18:05-0:59:47-33:49)


28 Kris Gemmell (NZL) 1:54:04 (18:17-0:58:47-35:53)

29 Przemyslaw Szymanowski (POL) 1:54:13 (19:17-0:58:54-34:52)

30 Marco Van der Stel (NED) 1:54:48 (18:00-0:59:52-35:43)

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ROUND 8 - GRAND FINAL

AUCKLANDTHE GRAND FINAL

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ONE TOUGH LADYNORDEN BATTLES ILLNESS TO TAKE WORLD TITLE

It was billed as a battle between Lisa Norden and Erin Densham for the 2012 world title but it nearly was a very different outcome. Sweden’s Lisa Nor-den spent the previous night in hospital being treat-ed for food poisoning and was doubtful to start just hours before the race. Also, it soon became appar-ent that not all was right with Densham either, as the Australian who had been sick all week, couldn’t keep up on the tough Auckland course and dropped out.

In an unexpected turn of events Germany’s Anne Haug pulled away easily on the run from the lead pack after a brutally tough bike leg to claim gold in the Grand Final. American Gwen Jorgensen staged a ferocious comeback to finish in second, while post-ing a race-best 34:10 run split. Barbara Riveros Diaz took the bronze.

Norden now needed a top six finish to ensure her of the world title, but dehydrated and struggling from her illness, she had to battle all the way to the finish line to claim fourth place which was good enough to be crowned World Champion. Clearly having given everything, Norden broke down in tears in the inter-view zone.

Haug’s win catapulted her to number two in the overall series rankings, making her the ITU World Championships silver medallist. Home favourite Hewitt finished seventh in the race which was enough to lock up bronze in the series.



TOUGH DAY AT THE OFFICE: THREE SHARP INCLINES ON EACH OF THE EIGHT LAPS TESTED

EVEN THE STRONGEST CYCLISTS

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TWELVE ATHLETES LEAD OUT OF T2



SPRINT FINISHES: HAUG TAKES THE WIN; NORDEN THE TITLE



AUCKLANDOCTOBER 20, 2012

1 Anne Haug (GER) 2:10:48 (20:17-1:13:37-35:13)



4 Lisa Norden (SWE) 2:11:03 (19:09-1:14:37-35:24)




8 Kate McIlroy (NZL) 2:11:12 (19:10-1:14:40-35:31)

9 Sarah Groff (USA) 2:11:20 (19:06-1:14:46-35:33)

10 Juri Ide (JPN) 2:11:21 (19:08-1:14:40-35:43)

11 Ainhoa Murua (ESP) 2:11:44 (19:11-1:14:39-35:58)

12 Anja Knapp (GER) 2:12:04 (19:09-1:14:42-36:32)

13 Flora Duffy (BER) 2:12:20 (19:11-1:14:33-36:43)

14 Ai Ueda (JPN) 2:12:33 (20:16-1:14:46-35:42)





19 Yuka Sato (JPN) 2:12:49 (19:16-1:14:31-37:06)




23 Alice Betto (ITA) 2:13:16 (19:10-1:14:41-37:31)




27 Danne Boterenbrood (NED) 2:14:33 (19:21-1:15:40-37:38)





JONATHAN BROWNLEE MAKES IT A FAMILY AFFAIR

The race was set up as an all-star clash of triathlon titans and Javier Gomez and Jonathan Brownlee did not disappoint in Auckland against tough, wet condi-tions. With older brother Alistair out of the equation with early season injuries and a post Olympic break, the pressure was on Jonathan Brownlee to keep the world title in the family. The Spanish and British pairing produced one of the most exciting finishes in ITU World Triathlon Series history. With three lead changes in the final three hundred metres, Gomez charged to his first ITU Grand Final victory and finished the season as the overall World Championships silver medallist.

Brownlee settled for second place after being out-sprinted by Gomez, but the podium finish was more than enough to secure his first elite World Champi-onship. He also joins Alistair and Gomez as the only men to win an Under-23 and elite world champion-ship.

“It’s great to keep the title in the family, pretty spe-cial,” said Brownlee.

While the overall gold and silver were locked up, bronze was very much up for grabs and the battle came down to Switzerland’s Sven Riederer and Rus-sia’s Dmitry Polyanskiy . While Riederer took the final spot on the Grand Final podium, the Russian claimed World Championship bronze after his sev-enth place finish gave him just enough points to fin-ish third in the series.

CLASH OF THE TITANS







LESS THAN 10 METRES AND 100 POINTS SEPARATE TWO CHAMPIONS



AUCKLANDOCTOBER 21, 2012

1 Javier Gomez (ESP) 2:00:29 (17:44-1:10:36-30:34)





6 Kyle Jones (CAN) 2:01:48 (17:42-1:10:33-31:48)


8 Ivan Rana (ESP) 2:01:56 (17:41-1:10:30-31:59)



11 Ryan Sissons (NZL) 2:02:15 (18:12-1:10:29-31:50)






17 Maik Petzold (GER) 2:03:27 (17:34-1:10:56-33:04)

18 Andrew Yorke (CAN) 2:03:28 (18:09-1:10:32-33:06)

19 Clark Ellice (NZL) 2:03:32 (18:10-1:10:32-33:06)

20 Kris Gemmell (NZL) 2:04:08 (17:36-1:09:39-35:11)

21 Joao Silva (POR) 2:04:31 (17:38-1:12:23-32:29)

22 Tony Moulai (FRA) 2:04:42 (18:13-1:11:54-32:51)


24 Mario Mola (ESP) 2:05:20 (17:45-1:12:25-33:26)

25 Benjamin Shaw (ITU) 2:05:48 (17:40-1:10:36-35:49)

26 Jan Celustka (CZE) 2:05:58 (17:45-1:12:21-34:06)

27 Bruno Matheus (BRA) 2:06:19 (18:18-1:11:36-34:38)

28 Aaron Harris (GBR) 2:06:31 (17:47-1:14:12-32:45)

29 Mark Buckingham (GBR) 2:07:25 (18:15-1:13:45-33:35)



UNDER23 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSTHE AUSTRALIAN DROUGHT BROKEN

WOMEN

In tough conditions on a challenging course, Great Britain’s Non Stanford grinded out her most impressive performance to date to claim the 2012 ITU Under23 World Championship.

After going toe-to-toe for almost the entire 10km run, Stan-ford pulled away from the Netherlands Sarissa De Vries with a few hundred metres to go to win in a time of 2 hours 13 minutes and 6 seconds, just eight seconds ahead of De Vries.

Canada’s Joanna Brown was a clear bronze medal winner, although she was almost a minute behind De Vries she ran solo for almost the entire run leg, well clear of the rest of the field.

MEN

An almost perfect all-round performance across the three dis-ciplines carried Australia’s Aaron Royle to his first ITU World Championship, and broke a 10-year drought for Australian men in the Under23 category.

Royle was in the lead group in the swim, bike and run and out-sprinted Spain’s Fernando Alarza and Great Britain’s Thomas Bishop in a frenetic finishing chute finale to win in 1 hour 57 minutes and 17 seconds, just three seconds ahead of Alarza with Bishop following close behind to claim bronze. Royle said his strategy to hold back until the end paid off, as he became the first Australian man since Brad Kahlefeldt in 2002 to win the category and the first Australian man to win a world title since Peter Robertson was crowned World Champion in 2005.



JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSJAPAN’S FIRST WORLD CHAMPION

WOMEN

The day of World Championship races opened with a bit of triathlon history and a tale of redemption for Japan’s Fumika Matsumoto. The pint-size junior dominated torrid conditions to claim her place in history in Auckland, pulling away at the top of the finishing straight to claim the 2012 ITU Triathlon Junior World Championship.

Matsumoto surged ahead of France’s Leonie Periault and the USA’s Tamara Gordon with less than 100 metres left to be-come the first Japanese ITU World Champion across the elite, U23 and junior levels. Matsumoto said afterwards she was driven by a poor per-formance in the same race at the World Championships in Beijing last year, where she was lapped and failed to finish.

MEN

The Junior Men’s race also altered the history books. South Africa’s Wian Sullwald‘s solid all-round performance in dismal conditions helped him win the 2012 ITU Triathlon Junior World Championship. Sullwald was part of a eight-man lead group for most of the bike leg before he ran clear of France’s Simon Viain and Ire-land’s Constantine Doherty on the second of two 2.5km laps to become the first ITU World Champion from Africa at the junior, U23 and elite level. Doherty also became the first ITU World Championship medallist from Ireland.



PARATRIATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSTHE ROAD TO RIO

It might be four years away, but paratriathletes already have Rio on their mind after a record breaking ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Auckland.

A field of 109 athletes started the race, from a total of 21 dif-ferent countries; made it the largest Paratriathlon World Championships in ITU history and the competition was fierce. Great Britain finished on top of the overall paratriathlon medal tally with five golds, their best result from a Paratriathlon World Championships.

The United States and France each won two world titles in the women’s TRI-5 and TRI-2 respectively and the men’s TRI-4 and men’s TRI-2 respectively, while Australia, Canada and Spain each took home one Paratriathlon World Championship.

The USA finished with the most overall medals, with 13, com-pared to Great Britain’s nine. Serbia won its first Paratriathlon medal, as Lazar Filipovic claimed silver in the men’s TRI-6.

There are currently six categories for physically challenged ath-letes to compete in over the sprint paratriathlon distance of 750m swim, 20km bike (hand cycle/tandem), 5km run (wheel-chair) at the ITU World Triathlon Championships each year.


1 Melissa Stockwell (USA) 1:22:14 (04:52-0:43:22-28:43)

2 Hailey Danisewicz (USA) 1:26:54 (07:00-0:44:39-29:53)

3 Jennifer Clark (USA) 1:34:23 (06:45-0:49:49-31:47)

PARATRIATHLON FEMALE TRI-1

1 Bill Chaffey (AUS) 0:57:20 (04:45-0:00:00-00:00)

2 Andre Kajlich (USA) 0:59:21 (00:00-0:36:35-13:54)

3 Kennedy Geoffrey (USA) 1:00:33 (05:44-0:35:37-14:22)

PARATRIATHLON MALE TRI-1

1 Melissa Stockwell (USA) 1:22:14 (04:52-0:43:22-28:43)

2 Hailey Danisewicz (USA) 1:26:54 (07:00-0:44:39-29:53)

3 Jennifer Clark (USA) 1:34:23 (06:45-0:49:49-31:47)


1 Stephane Bahier (FRA) 1:09:41 (05:03-0:32:24-26:17)

2 Daniel Molina (ESP) 1:11:00 (03:59-0:37:56-24:07)

3 Matt Perkins (USA) 1:11:19 (04:54-0:37:17-24:08)


1 Jennifer Hopkins (CAN) 1:08:28 (06:18-0:37:58-20:07)

2 Beth Price (USA) 1:24:45 (07:19-0:41:03-31:43)

3 Miriam Jenkins (NZL) 1:28:34 (05:08-0:48:13-29:49)


1 Steven Judge (GBR) 1:02:55 (05:17-0:33:49-20:44)

2 David Kyle (USA) 1:04:04 (06:08-0:33:57-20:56)

3 Geoffrey Wersy (FRA) 1:05:39 (05:53-0:34:13-22:27)


1 Faye McClelland (GBR) 1:02:33 (05:06-0:34:45-20:15)

2 Clare Cunningham (GBR) 1:04:55 (04:53-0:36:15-20:46)

3 Claire McLean (AUS) 1:08:36 (08:25-0:32:59-23:25)


1 Yannick Bourseaux (FRA) 0:54:30 (04:53-0:30:36-16:57)

2 Martin Schulz (GER) 0:55:27 (03:59-0:31:09-17:50)

3 Peter Boronkay (HUN) 0:57:52 (04:41-0:31:38-18:47)


1 Patricia Collins (USA) 1:11:07 (05:21-0:35:14-25:42)

2 Danielle McLaughlin (USA) 1:11:32 (06:07-0:37:58-23:25)

3 Allysa Seely (USA) 1:17:43 (05:44-0:38:25-29:36)


1 Matthew Emmerson (GBR) 1:01:07 (04:48-0:33:54-19:10)

2 Yan Guanter (FRA) 1:01:14 (04:19-0:32:00-22:10)

3 Jamie Brown (USA) 1:02:02 (05:19-0:33:23-19:55)


1 Susana Rodriguez (ESP) 1:02:41 (05:02-0:31:34-22:31)

2 Melissa Reid (GBR) 1:03:20 (04:42-0:33:51-21:33)

3 Patricia Walsh (USA) 1:05:15 (06:29-0:33:35-20:57)


1 Iain Dawson (GBR) 0:57:38 (04:30-0:29:53-20:27)

2 Lazar Filipovic (SRB) 0:58:13 (05:45-0:30:34-18:44)

3 Rodrigo Feola (BRA) 0:58:19 (04:45-0:30:30-20:00)



AGE-GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSRECORD AGE-GROUP ENTRIES MAKE FOR LARGEST GRAND

FINAL EVER

A record number of athletes helped to put the 2012 ITU Age-Group World Championships in the International Triathlon Union history books, with more than 3000 athletes from 45 different countries racing at Queens Wharf in Auckland across two dif-ferent race categories, sprint and standard distance.

One of the unique aspects of triathlon remains the ability to unite people of all walks of life and ages, this race offering cate-gories ranging from 16 – 84 years. Triathlon is perhaps one of the only Olympic sports to stage an Age-Group World Champi-onships alongside its Elite events.

Australia came out on top of the medal table with 19 gold med-als and 47 medals in total, just beating out host nation New Zealand in second place who also had 47 medals but with one less gold medal. Great Britain’s haul of 33 medals including 12 gold saw them take third place in the overall medal tally. The USA and Canada made up the top five nations.

Participation in triathlon is on the rise across all levels. Last year, almost 28,000 amateur athletes participated in the ITU World Triathlon Series, up more than 6,000 from the previous 2010 season.


TRIATHLON 2012 · 2012 RANKINGS 164

1 Lisa Norden (SWE) 4531

2 Anne Haug (GER) 4340

3 Andrea Hewitt (NZL) 3893

4 Barbara Riveros Diaz (CHI) 3707

5 Erin Densham (AUS) 3611

6 Nicola Spirig (SUI) 3264

7 Sarah Groff (USA) 3232

8 Ainhoa Murua (ESP) 3065

9 Gwen Jorgensen (USA) 3048

10 Kate McIlroy (NZL) 3044

11 Emma Moffatt (AUS) 2856

12 Jessica Harrison (FRA) 2688

13 Helen Jenkins (GBR) 2668

14 Rachel Klamer (NED) 2493

15 Ashleigh Gentle (AUS) 2405

16 Maaike Caelers (NED) 2273

17 Aileen Morrison (IRL) 2231

18 Juri Ide (JPN) 2010

19 Jodie Stimpson (GBR) 1919

20 Nicky Samuels (NZL) 1854

21 Vicky Holland (GBR) 1813

22 Flora Duffy (BER) 1570

23 Yuko Takahashi (JPN) 1507

24 Carole Peon (FRA) 1484

25 Anja Knapp (GER) 1481

26 Emma Jackson (AUS) 1472

27 Anja Dittmer (GER) 1461

28 Pamela Oliveira (BRA) 1422

29 Mariko Adachi (JPN) 1378

30 Laura Bennett (USA) 1372

31 Ai Ueda (JPN) 1361

32 Gillian Sanders (RSA) 1324

33 Yuka Sato (JPN) 1309

34 Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (AUS) 1299

35 Kate Roberts (RSA) 1294

36 Svenja Bazlen (GER) 1245

37 Annamaria Mazzetti (ITA) 1240

38 Maria Czesnik (POL) 1238

39 Agnieszka Jerzyk (POL) 1228

40 Alexandra Razarenova (RUS) 1218

41 Alice Betto (ITA) 1169

41 Kiyomi Niwata (JPN) 1169

2012 RANKINGS ELITE WOMEN


43 Non Stanford (GBR) 1122

44 Liz Blatchford (GBR) 1095

45 Kathy Tremblay (CAN) 1084

46 Vendula Frintova (CZE) 1070

47 Rebecca Robisch (GER) 1053

48 Lauren Campbell (CAN) 1049

49 Zurine Rodriguez (ESP) 982

50 Radka Vodickova (CZE) 934

51 Irina Abysova (RUS) 931

52 Tomoko Sakimoto (JPN) 877

53 Lisa Perterer (AUT) 839

54 Kathrin Muller (GER) 837

55 Felicity Abram (AUS) 823

56 Melanie Hauss (SUI) 805

57 Marina Damlaimcourt (ESP) 804

58 Margit Vanek (HUN) 785

59 Sarah-Anne Brault (CAN) 732

60 Claudia Rivas (MEX) 696

60 Debbie Tanner (NZL) 696

62 Ricarda Lisk (GER) 679

63 Sarah Haskins (USA) 652

64 Natalie Van Coevorden (AUS) 630

65 Katrien Verstuyft (BEL) 609

66 Hideko Kikuchi (JPN) 608

67 Helle Frederiksen (DEN) 598

67 Mariya Shorets (RUS) 598

69 Mateja Simic (SLO) 584

70 Danne Boterenbrood (NED) 582

71 Emmie Charayron (FRA) 540

72 Charlotte McShane (AUS) 530

73 Emma Snowsill (AUS) 520

74 Anna Burova (RUS) 516

75 Elizabeth Bravo (ECU) 505

76 Line Jensen (DEN) 502

76 Elizabeth May (LUX) 502

78 Vanessa Raw (GBR) 479

79 Lois Rosindale (GBR) 456

80 Paola Diaz (MEX) 445

81 Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) 428

82 Inna Ryzhykh (UKR) 422

83 Arina Shulgina (RUS) 391

84 Alia Cardinale Villalobos (CRC) 375

85 Sarah Fladung (GER) 372

85 Celine Schaerer (SUI) 372

87 Manon Letourneau (CAN) 354

88 Chantell Widney (CAN) 347

89 Lindsey Jerdonek (USA) 323

90 Katie Hewison (GBR) 300

91 Rebecca Kingsford (NZL) 289

92 Eri Kawashima (JPN) 284

93 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 282

94 Elena Danilova (RUS) 281

95 Kaitlin Shiver (USA) 278

96 Tamsyn Moana-Veale (AUS) 276

97 Yun-Jung Jang (KOR) 258

98 Carolina Routier (ESP) 255

99 Ashlee Bailie (AUS) 254

100 Simone Ackermann (NZL) 253

101 Charlotte Morel (FRA) 243

102 Ellen Pennock (CAN) 237

103 Anahi Leon (MEX) 236

104 Carlyn Fischer (RSA) 235

105 Joanna Brown (CAN) 229

106 Yuliya Yelistratova (UKR) 226

107 Marta Jimenez (ESP) 207

108 Keiko Tanaka (JPN) 205

109 Kaisa Lehtonen (FIN) 196

110 Lydia Waldmüller (AUT) 192

111 Kelly Whitley (USA) 173

112 Akane Tsuchihashi (JPN) 170

113 Kseniia Levkovska (UKR) 164

114 Alexandra Coates (CAN) 149

114 Ayami Kawaguchi (JPN) 149

116 Victoria Perez (VEN) 138

116 Daria Pletikapa (CRO) 138

118 Inna Tsyganok (RUS) 136

119 Fabienne St Louis (MRI) 133

120 Hanna Philippin (GER) 130

121 Dominika Jamnicky (CAN) 127

121 Yi Zhang (CHN) 127

123 Grace Musgrove (AUS) 118

123 Sara Vilic (CRO) 118

125 Vanessa Fernandes (POR) 114

126 Yi Wang (CHN) 109

127 Favia Diaz (CHI) 106

128 Paulina Kotfica (POL) 104

129 Anna Battiata (USA) 101

129 Sophie Corbidge (NZL) 101

131 Romina Palacio Balena (ARG) 97

132 Jessica Broderick (USA) 93

133 María Ortega de Miguel (ESP) 86

133 Militza Rios (PUR) 86

135 Flavia Fernandes (BRA) 83

135 Lisa Mensink (NED) 83

137 Olga Zausaylova (RUS) 82

138 Mikayla Nielsen (NZL) 80

138 Melissa Rios (PUR) 80

140 Anna Godoy Contreras (ESP) 74

140 Liubov Ivanovskaya (RUS) 74

140 Caiping Jiao (CHN) 74

140 Maira Alejandra Vargas (COL) 74

144 Sarissa De Vries (NED) 71

145 Carolina Grimaldo (COL) 68

146 Lucy Hall (GBR) 66

147 Miriam Casillas García (ESP) 58

147 Eszter Dudas (HUN) 58

147 Claudia Ruiz (MEX) 58

150 Teresa Adam (NZL) 54


1 Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) 4935

2 Javier Gomez (ESP) 4845

3 Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS) 3822

4 Sven Riederer (SUI) 3773

5 Richard Murray (RSA) 3575

6 Steffen Justus (GER) 3564

7 Alexander Bryukhankov (RUS) 3285

8 Laurent Vidal (FRA) 2772

9 Joao Silva (POR) 2682

10 David Hauss (FRA) 2519

11 Ivan Vasiliev (RUS) 2411

12 Alessandro Fabian (ITA) 2406

13 Tony Moulai (FRA) 2328

14 Bevan Docherty (NZL) 2223

15 Kyle Jones (CAN) 2077

16 David McNamee (GBR) 2059

17 Kris Gemmell (NZL) 2054

18 Maik Petzold (GER) 1989

19 Ryan Sissons (NZL) 1924

20 Mario Mola (ESP) 1852

21 Tim Don (GBR) 1713

22 Adam Bowden (GBR) 1634

23 Richard Varga (SVK) 1621

24 Gregor Buchholz (GER) 1617

25 Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 1600

26 Christian Prochnow (GER) 1569

27 Hirokatsu Tayama (JPN) 1529

28 Vincent Luis (FRA) 1363

29 Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) 1334

30 Clark Ellice (NZL) 1324

31 Aurelien Raphael (FRA) 1315

32 William Clarke (GBR) 1309

33 Ivan Rana (ESP) 1215

34 Simon Whitfield (CAN) 1213

35 Jan Frodeno (GER) 1187

36 Matt Chrabot (USA) 1179

37 Jose Miguel Perez (ESP) 1174

38 Fernando Alarza (ESP) 1110

39 Davide Uccellari (ITA) 1090

40 Crisanto Grajales (MEX) 1085

41 Brent McMahon (CAN) 1067

42 Igor Polyanskiy (RUS) 1059

2012 RANKINGS ELITE WOMEN

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43 Simon De Cuyper (BEL) 1042

44 Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) 1005

45 Ruedi Wild (SUI) 997

46 Aaron Royle (AUS) 944

47 Carlos Javier Quinchara Forero (COL) 942

48 Manuel Huerta (USA) 906

49 Yuichi Hosoda (JPN) 905

50 Hunter Kemper (USA) 876

51 Jonathan Zipf (GER) 856

52 Aaron Harris (GBR) 805

53 Tony Dodds (NZL) 787

54 Leonardo Chacon (CRC) 749

55 Franz Loeschke (GER) 740

56 Tyler Butterfield (BER) 706

57 Jan Celustka (CZE) 688

58 Andrew Yorke (CAN) 683

59 Gonzalo Raul Tellechea (ARG) 677

60 Joao Pereira (POR) 667

61 Akos Vanek (HUN) 656

62 Courtney Atkinson (AUS) 624

63 Brendan Sexton (AUS) 622

64 Premysl Svarc (CZE) 606

65 Ryan Bailie (AUS) 579

66 Sergio Sarmiento (MEX) 578

67 Ryosuke Yamamoto (JPN) 565

68 Reinaldo Colucci (BRA) 553

69 Marek Jaskolka (POL) 547

70 Dan Wilson (AUS) 546

71 Valentin Meshcheryakov (RUS) 538

72 Bruno Pais (POR) 522

73 Peter Croes (BEL) 517

74 Pierre Le Corre (FRA) 513

75 Reto Hug (SUI) 508

76 Lukas Verzbicas (USA) 503

77 Gregory Billington (USA) 500

78 Ryan Fisher (AUS) 494

79 Bruno Matheus (BRA) 481

80 Diogo Sclebin (BRA) 459

81 Rostyslav Pevtsov (UKR) 450

82 Grégory Rouault (FRA) 445

83 Denis Vasiliev (RUS) 410

84 Benjamin Shaw (ITU) 401

85 Vladimir Turbayevskiy (RUS) 400

86 Sylwester Kuster (POL) 394

87 Cesar Saracho (MEX) 391

88 Harunobu Sato (JPN) 379

89 Arturo Garza (MEX) 377

90 Bryce McMaster (NZL) 368

91 Irving Perez (MEX) 364

92 Peter Kerr (AUS) 359

93 Hiroki Sugimoto (JPN) 339

94 Danylo Sapunov (UKR) 331

95 Drew Box (AUS) 328

96 Ji Hwan Kim (KOR) 321

97 Andrea Salvisberg (SUI) 312

98 Daniel Hofer (ITA) 301

99 Etienne Diemunsch (FRA) 300

100 Andreas Giglmayr (AUT) 297

101 Juraci Moreira (BRA) 296

101 Gavin Noble (IRL) 296

103 Sebastian Rank (GER) 293

104 Kohei Shimomura (JPN) 291

105 Dan Alterman (ISR) 284

106 Alexander Hinton (CAN) 278

107 Matthew Sharpe (CAN) 275

108 Florin Salvisberg (SUI) 269

109 Uxio Abuin Ares (ESP) 266

110 Jesus Gomar (ESP) 264

111 Min Ho Heo (KOR) 263

112 Anthony Pujades (FRA) 257

113 Aurélien Lescure (FRA) 248

114 Andrey Bryukhankov (RUS) 242

115 Mark Buckingham (GBR) 237

116 Alberto Alessandroni (ITA) 236

117 Ivan Ivanov (UKR) 220

118 Phil Wolfe (GBR) 211

119 Chris McCormack (AUS) 210

120 Hernan Dario Valero (COL) 207

121 Kevin Collington (USA) 204

122 Ethan Brown (USA) 199

122 Nils Frommhold (GER) 199

124 Erhard Wolfaardt (RSA) 192

125 Andrew Russell (CAN) 190

125 Oleksiy Syutkin (UKR) 190

125 Ivan Tutukin (RUS) 190

128 Fabio Carvalho (BRA) 189

129 Ruben Dario Chavez (COL) 188

129 Octavio Oliveros (MEX) 188

131 Faquan Bai (CHN) 179

132 Jesse Featonby (AUS) 177

133 Brice Daubord (FRA) 174

133 Miguel Angel Fidalgo (ESP) 174

133 Oscar David Preciado (COL) 174

136 Hervé Banti (MON) 167

136 Aleksandr Latin (EST) 167

138 Balazs Pocsai (HUN) 161

138 Raoul SHAW (FRA) 161

140 Tommy Zaferes (USA) 160

141 Ramon Ejeda Medina (ESP) 155

142 Felipe Barraza (CHI) 149

142 David Mendoza (MEX) 149

142 Andreas Schilling (DEN) 149

142 Ognjen Stojanovic (SRB) 149

146 Todd Leckie (GBR) 144

147 James Elvery (NZL) 143

148 Jan Van Berkel (NED) 140

149 Stuart Hayes (GBR) 138

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MOOLOOLABA - THE SEASON OPENERDENSHAM DELIGHTS ON HOME SOIL

For the sixth year in a row Mooloolaba opened the ITU World Cup season, a second time that it’s opened in an Olympic year. Australia’s Erin Den-sham put in one of the most impressive perfor-mances of her career, leading out of the swim for the first time and setting a marker for a hugely successful season. Densham crushed the field with a stellar run leading from start to finish to win her

second career ITU World Cup. Switzerland’s Nicola Spirig took silver, a result which completed her Olympic qualification. New Zealand’s Andrea Hew-itt finished seven seconds behind Spirig for bronze.Frenchman Laurent Vidal claimed his first ITU World Cup win with an electrifying sprint in Moolo-olaba, just pipping reigning champion Brad Kahl-efeldt and another Frenchman, David Hauss. In the end, it came down to an all-out sprint for the line, Vidal made his move with 400m to go. With an impressive kick, he not only stayed ahead of Kahl-efeldt and Hauss, but pulled away in the final 100 metres.

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1 Erin Densham (AUS) 2:03:32 (23:37-1:04:33-34:48)





6 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 2:05:30 (23:59-1:04:15-36:46)



9 Emma Moffatt (AUS) 2:05:49 (23:53-1:04:19-37:05)

10 Lisa Norden (SWE) 2:06:12 (24:39-1:04:56-36:04)



3 David Hauss (FRA) 1:53:22 (22:01-0:59:09-31:41)

4 Mario Mola (ESP) 1:53:28 (22:32-0:58:40-31:45)



7 Sebastian Rank (GER) 1:53:55 (22:20-0:58:46-32:17)

8 Kyle Jones (CAN) 1:54:09 (22:32-0:58:37-32:29)


10 Maik Petzold (GER) 1:54:20 (22:09-0:58:56-32:36)

WOMEN – TOP 10 MEN – TOP 10

2012 MOOLOOLABA ITU TRIATHLON WORLD CUP MARCH 24-25, 2012


ISHIGAKI - 17 YEARS AND COUNTINGTREMBLAY AND HAUSS CELEBRATE IN JAPAN

The small island southwest of Japan’s mainland has been on the World Cup circuit since 1996, the longest event in ITU history.Kathy Tremblay of Canada was one of the first out of the water, rode in the lead pack of 23, before making her move out of Transition 2. She quickly blew away the rest of the field, and went on to win by 20 seconds ahead of Ireland’s Aileen Morrison. Fellow Canadian Sarah-Anne Brault claimed bronze and her first trip to the World Cup podium.

France’s David Hauss continued his brilliant form after his podium in Mooloolaba. Hauss was among the leaders after the swim and was part of a sev-en-man breakaway that led the field for almost five laps. After being reeled in, another group of five surged away in the late stages of the bike leg and took a 50-second lead into Transition 2. But the five weren’t in front for long as Hauss brought them back in and cruised home for his first major ITU win.The other two podium spots were filled by a pair of breakthrough performances - Italy’s Davide Uccel-lari and Gonzalo Raul Tellechea of Argentina.


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6 Yuka Sato (JPN) 2:06:54 (18:04-1:12:06-36:00)


8 Anna Burova (RUS) 2:07:20 (18:15-1:11:52-36:16)



1 David Hauss (FRA) 1:50:06 (16:36-1:01:57-30:48)




5 Ivan Ivanov (UKR) 1:50:30 (17:29-1:01:08-31:10)

6 Reto Hug (SUI) 1:50:33 (17:32-1:01:05-31:10)




10 Harunobu Sato (JPN) 1:50:50 (17:34-1:01:03-31:27)



HOT, HUMID AND HILLY IN HUATULCODUFFY AND DE CUYPER WIN GOLD

Despite an early start time, the elite women com-peting in Huatulco were confronted with debilitat-ing heat. The high air and water temperatures, combined with a steep climb on the bike and a hilly run, provided the scene for a challenging day. While some athletes fell victim to the brutal condi-tions, others prevailed, making it a day of “firsts”.With a powerful run, Bermuda’s Flora Duffy claimed the top spot, earning her first World Cup victory. Similarly, Pamela Oliveira from Brazil and

home favourite Claudia Rivas took their first-ever World Cup medals with second and third respec-tively.While the high temperatures for the women were punishing, the men battled through even more intense conditions. With a start time close to high noon, the men dove into 28.6 degree Celsius water and ran under the sun at its strongest.Like the ebbing water at the swim start, the full moon also seemed to have a tidal affect on the men’s race, as each leg brought in a new wave of leaders. In the end, Belgium’s Simon De Cuyper, Ryan Sissons of New Zealand and Danylo Sapunov from Ukraine stood atop the podium.


2012 HUATULCO ITU TRIATHLON WORLD CUP MAY 6, 2012

1 Flora Duffy (BER) 2:13:17 (18:52-1:15:17-37:53)




5 Line Jensen (DEN) 2:14:27 (19:01-1:15:07-39:01)


7 Yuliya Yelistratova (UKR) 2:15:51 (20:05-1:17:23-36:58)

8 Mateja Simic (SLO) 2:16:21 (20:05-1:17:16-37:39)




2 Ryan Sissons (NZL) 2:02:50 (19:03-1:09:34-32:56)

3 Danylo Sapunov (UKR) 2:02:54 (18:23-1:10:15-33:00)



6 Andrew Yorke (CAN) 2:03:13 (18:25-1:09:19-34:16)



9 Ruedi Wild (SUI) 2:03:41 (19:10-1:09:27-33:48)

10 Ryan Bailie (AUS) 2:03:48 (18:24-1:09:21-34:50)



BANYOLES - USA ALL THE WAYUS STARS WIN BOTH MEN’S AND WOMEN’S RACES

Following a successful European Cup in 2011, the Spanish city of Banyoles hosted the fourth ITU Tri-athlon World Cup. The race took place in and around Lake Banyoles, the rowing venue at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.An early break in the swim that amounted into one minute and 40 seconds into Transition 2 failed to be enough for Lucy Hall and local favourite Carolina Routier. The running prowess of Gwen Jorgensen, Erin Densham and Ashleigh Gentle eventually over-

hauled their large lead and demanded notice from all other athletes leading into the London Olympics.While the temperatures certainly heated up at the men’s race, the competition didn’t get steamy until the final discipline. The race was a game of wait and see, as a pack of more than 50 men competed in one large group until the run.It was worth the wait for young Lukas Verzbicas, as the run proved to be a pivotal moment in the com-petition and his career. The 19-year old Junior World Champion made his debut on the elite inter-national circuit with a tremendous final run lap to earn him his first World Cup title.


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2 Erin Densham (AUS) 1:59:55 (21:05-1:01:50-35:30)




6 Arina Shulgina (RUS) 2:01:27 (21:26-1:01:35-36:53)

7 Elena Danilova (RUS) 2:01:38 (21:36-1:01:24-37:06)


9 Anna Burova (RUS) 2:02:07 (21:33-1:01:22-37:35)

10 Tamsyn Moana-Veale (AUS) 2:02:12 (21:26-1:01:27-37:48)

1 Lukas Verzbicas (USA) 1:47:28 (19:49-0:55:23-30:55)



4 Mark Buckingham (GBR) 1:48:16 (20:04-0:54:59-31:51)

5 Adam Bowden (GBR) 1:48:22 (19:25-0:55:38-31:58)

6 Vladimir Turbayevskiy (RUS) 1:48:33 (19:27-0:55:30-32:06)


8 Aaron Harris (GBR) 1:48:40 (19:29-0:55:37-32:10)

9 Uxio Abuin Ares (ESP) 1:48:45 (19:29-0:55:39-32:17)

10 Andreas Schilling (DEN) 1:48:50 (20:01-0:55:10-32:20)



EDMONTON – THE CANADIAN CARTELCANADA SWEEPS GOLD MEDALS AT HOME

At the site of her ITU World Cup debut ten years ago, Canadian Lauren Campbell brought it all full cir-cle, running away to her first career World Cup title in Edmonton. In a race that doubled as the Canadian Championships, Campbell was crowned National Champion as well, anchoring a Canadian gold-silver sweep as Sarah-Anne Brault came across second

for silver. Bermuda’s Flora Duffy took bronze.In a powerful sprint to the finish line, a jubilant and Olympic bound Kyle Jones surged to gold and his first World Cup and National title win. Jones’ perfor-mance sealed a golden Canadian sweep, the first in an ITU World Cup since 2001. Fellow Canadian Alex-ander Hinton took the podium in his World Cup debut for silver. Jarrod Shoemaker followed the Canadian pair to take bronze.


2012 EDMONTON ITU TRIATHLON WORLD CUP JULY 8, 2012



3 Flora Duffy (BER) 1:04:56 (08:41-0:37:19-17:38)

4 Ellen Pennock (CAN) 1:05:24 (09:18-0:36:42-17:58)

5 Chantell Widney (CAN) 1:05:31 (09:39-0:36:24-18:09)

6 Manon Letourneau (CAN) 1:05:39 (09:43-0:36:18-18:11)

7 Joanna Brown (CAN) 1:05:45 (09:44-0:36:19-18:19)

8 Lindsey Jerdonek (USA) 1:06:10 (09:17-0:36:47-18:40)

9 Eri Kawashima (JPN) 1:06:16 (08:55-0:37:02-18:47)

10 Alexandra Coates (CAN) 1:06:23 (09:18-0:36:42-18:59)

1 Kyle Jones (CAN) 0:57:33 (08:30-0:32:49-14:59)

2 Alexander Hinton (CAN) 0:57:36 (08:38-0:32:49-14:52)


4 Tim Don (GBR) 0:57:45 (08:32-0:32:42-15:12)


6 Adam Bowden (GBR) 0:57:51 (08:24-0:33:00-15:15)

7 Cesar Saracho (MEX) 0:57:54 (08:34-0:32:56-15:08)

8 Matthew Sharpe (CAN) 0:58:11 (08:27-0:32:51-15:28)

9 Andrew Yorke (CAN) 0:58:24 (08:34-0:32:55-15:46)

10 Nils Frommhold (GER) 0:58:33 (08:15-0:33:02-15:56)



A NOVEL TWIST INTISZAUJVAROSTWO-DAY SPRINT SEMI-FINALS AND FINALS

STRUCTURE TESTED

Tiszaujvaros celebrated its 16th anniversary this year with an innovative new twist. The iconic triath-lon stop in Hungary became the first World Cup to be decided with an exciting two-day sprint semi-fi-nals and finals structure.Ashleigh Gentle, Charlotte McShane and Annama-ria Mazzetti thrived in a new race format during the women’s semi-finals. While twenty-five men advanced to the finals led by semi-final winners

Lukas Verzbicas, Bryce McMaster and Andrey Bry-ukhankov.The women’s final provided a tight battle for gold, with Ashleigh Gentle claiming her second career World Cup title. Maaike Caelers , who collected sil-ver, pushed Gentle to the end, giving the crowd an exciting finish. Mazzetti pipped McShane for third in another close finish.In the men’s finals the day belonged to the French, as they controlled the course from start to finish. Aurelien Raphael opened the day with the fastest swim, while teammate Pierre Le Corre closed it out for his first ITU World Cup victory. Le Corre was followed shortly thereafter by Raphael and Anthony Pujades for a French sweep of the podium.


2012 TISZAÚJVÁROS ITU TRIATHLON WORLD CUP JULY 15, 2012




4 Charlotte McShane (AUS) 0:59:24 (09:45-0:30:40-17:33)

5 Anja Knapp (GER) 0:59:31 (09:37-0:30:49-17:42)


7 Arina Shulgina (RUS) 0:59:33 (10:00-0:30:23-17:37)

8 Inna Ryzhykh (UKR) 0:59:45 (09:46-0:30:37-17:57)

9 Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) 0:59:46 (09:57-0:30:34-17:55)


1 Pierre Le Corre (FRA) 0:51:54 (08:37-0:26:34-15:24)


3 Anthony Pujades (FRA) 0:52:10 (08:34-0:26:38-15:40)

4 Ryan Fisher (AUS) 0:52:17 (08:44-0:26:30-15:47)


6 Lukas Verzbicas (USA) 0:52:21 (09:09-0:27:11-14:42)

7 Grégory Rouault (FRA) 0:52:24 (09:02-0:27:18-14:46)

8 Andrey Bryukhankov (RUS) 0:52:29 (08:36-0:26:36-15:52)

9 Balazs Pocsai (HUN) 0:52:35 (08:43-0:26:30-16:03)

10 Dan Wilson (AUS) 0:52:37 (08:37-0:26:32-16:09)



GUATAPÉ - RACING AT ALTI-TUDEMEXICO AND GREAT BRITAIN DOMINATE

With a hill nearly two kilometres long set at an alti-tude of 6,300 feet, the Colombian stop on the World Cup Series pushed athletes to the limit.Great Britain’s Jodie Stimpson put up a stagger-ingly dominant performance to capture not only her first World Cup podium, but first World Cup victory as well. Following a breakaway on the first lap of the bike, Stimpson continued to surge fur-ther and further ahead of silver medallist Maria

Czesnik and bronze medallist Paola Diaz to win by nearly five minutes.The men’s race saw a very different strategy than the women’s, with the men working together over the three disciplines to conquer the challenging course. Mexico’s Crisanto Grajales timed his final lap surge to perfection as he ran away with his first career ITU World Cup title, leading a gold-sil-ver sweep for Mexico. His teammate Sergio Sarmiento out-sprinted U.S. Olympian Manuel Huerta down the finish chute for silver. It was the first World Cup podium for both Huerta and Sarmiento.


2012 GUATAPÉ ITU TRIATHLON WORLD CUP SEPTEMBER 9, 2012



3 Paola Diaz (MEX) 2:20:42 (20:11-1:20:10-40:20)

4 Alia Cardinale Villalobos (CRC) 2:22:40 (21:05-1:19:55-41:40)

5 Maira Alejandra Vargas (COL) 2:23:04 (22:05-1:18:37-42:22)

6 Victoria Perez (VEN) 2:23:35 (21:40-1:19:29-42:24)

7 Militza Rios (PUR) 2:25:06 (20:15-1:20:20-44:30)

8 Lina Maria Raga (COL) 2:25:27 (21:06-1:19:44-44:37)

9 Carolina Grimaldo (COL) 2:27:50 (22:02-1:23:51-41:57)

10 Favia Diaz (CHI) 2:28:42 (21:59-1:23:59-42:43)


2 Sergio Sarmiento (MEX) 2:02:23 (19:29-1:09:44-33:10)



5 Arturo Garza (MEX) 2:04:06 (19:25-1:09:50-34:50)

6 Irving Perez (MEX) 2:05:33 (18:51-1:10:24-36:18)

7 Ruben Dario Chavez (COL) 2:05:38 (21:41-1:07:35-36:21)

8 Oscar David Preciado (COL) 2:06:33 (19:35-1:09:39-37:19)

9 Hernan Dario Valero (COL) 2:06:48 (20:02-1:09:16-37:30)

10 Felipe Barraza (CHI) 2:07:12 (19:15-1:09:57-38:00)



TRIATHLON RETURNS TO TONGYEONGSAMUELS AND POLYANSKIY DOMINATE IN KOREA

New Zealand Olympian Nicky Samuels scored a dom-inating wire-to-wire victory in Korea. Following a suc-cessful two-woman bike breakaway with Korea’s Yun-Jung Jang, Samuels held off the hard-charging Maria Czesnik and Yuka Sato for her second career ITU World Cup title.Russia’s Dmitry Polyanskiy claimed his second

Tongyeong World Cup title in a row finishing ahead of Poland’s Marek Jaskolka. Polyanskiy was joined on the podium by younger brother Igor Polyanskiy who took his first ITU World Cup medal with bronze. The Polyanskiy brothers worked together on the swim and bike to set each other up for the run. Within the first lap, Dmitry dropped his challengers and never looked back all the way to the finish line.


2012 TONGYEONG ITU TRIATHLON WORLD CUP SEPTEMBER 22, 2012



3 Yuka Sato (JPN) 2:02:03 (17:31-1:06:36-36:46)

4 Charlotte McShane (AUS) 2:02:29 (17:34-1:06:33-37:14)


6 Charlotte Morel (FRA) 2:03:37 (17:37-1:06:28-38:24)

7 Rebecca Kingsford (NZL) 2:03:40 (17:34-1:06:33-38:27)

8 Anna Burova (RUS) 2:04:11 (17:37-1:06:31-38:53)

9 Ashlee Bailie (AUS) 2:04:20 (17:49-1:06:16-39:05)

10 Yun-Jung Jang (KOR) 2:04:52 (17:30-1:04:50-41:27)


2 Marek Jaskolka (POL) 1:49:06 (15:36-1:00:30-32:00)


4 Sylwester Kuster (POL) 1:49:40 (15:41-1:00:26-32:29)

5 Ji Hwan Kim (KOR) 1:49:51 (15:29-1:00:38-32:46)

6 Akos Vanek (HUN) 1:49:54 (15:33-1:00:28-32:49)

7 Ryan Fisher (AUS) 1:49:59 (15:30-1:00:34-32:53)

8 Ryan Bailie (AUS) 1:50:06 (15:45-1:00:20-32:59)

9 Raoul SHAW (FRA) 1:50:21 (15:01-1:01:01-33:19)

10 Drew Box (AUS) 1:50:25 (15:33-1:00:30-33:21)



THE SEASON CONCLUDES IN CANCÚNA GREAT DAY FOR MEXICO

After a five-year break from action, Cancún returned to host its tenth World Cup and the final event of the 2012 series in the form of the fast-paced sprint dis-tance race.Katie Hewison of Great Britain added to her already successful duathlon season with her first win in an ITU World Cup when she pounded out an ultra-

speedy run. Kaitlin Shiver of the USA also recorded her first World Cup podium when she crossed over in second, while Austria’s Lisa Perterer took her sec-ond bronze in an ITU race as an elite athlete.For the second time in the 2012 ITU Triathlon World Cup season, Mexican athletes occupied the top two spots when Sergio Sarmiento and Crisanto Grajales sprinted to first and second place respectively in a reversal of the Guatapé World Cup results. Sarmien-to’s win was a historic one for Mexico, as the coun-try had never earned gold in the previous nine World Cup events Cancún has hosted. Gregory Rouault from France rounded out the podium.


2012 CANCÚN ITU TRIATHLON WORLD CUP OCTOBER 7, 2012

1 Katie Hewison (GBR) 1:00:19 (10:00-31:45-17:02)

2 Kaitlin Shiver (USA) 1:00:54 (09:49-31:58-17:39)

3 Lisa Perterer (AUT) 1:00:56 (09:54-31:50-17:35)

4 Kathy Tremblay (CAN) 1:00:59 (09:49-31:52-17:44)

5 Rebecca Robisch (GER) 1:01:21 (09:43-32:01-18:02)

6 Inna Ryzhykh (UKR) 1:01:33 (09:46-33:58-18:14)

7 Paola Diaz (MEX) 1:01:35 (09:56-31:52-18:18)

8 Elizabeth Bravo (ECU) 1:01:50 (09:58-31:44-18:32)

9 Flora Duffy (BER) 1:01:57 (09:25-32:21-18:42)

10 Lindsey Jerdonek (USA) 1:02:08 (09:30-32:18-18:47)

1 Sergio Sarmiento (MEX) 0:53:33 (8:58-0:28:19-15:07)


3 Grégory Rouault (FRA) 0:53:49 (9:01-0:28:19-15:13)



6 Cesar Saracho (MEX) 0:54:04 (9:15-0:28:08-15:28)

7 Kyle Jones (CAN) 0:54:08 (8:55-0:28:25-15:37)

8 Brice Daubord (FRA) 0:54:22 (9:13-0:28:09-15:47)

9 Irving Perez (MEX) 0:54:24 (8:59-0:28:22-15:55)

10 David Mendoza (MEX) 0:54:27 (9:05-0:28:14-16:00)


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WINTER TRIATHLONWORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSTRIATHLON ON ICE

Winter triathlon involves a run, mountain bike and cross country ski (langlauf) – all on snow. Course distances are set on the day to achieve a winning time of around 80-90 minutes, after taking into account the snow conditions.

Russia’s Pavel Andreev claimed his second ITU world title, while the Czech Republic’s Helena Erbenova won her first at the 2012 ITU Winter Triathlon World Championships in Jamijarvi, Finland.In the elite women’s race, brilliant run and cross-country ski legs propelled Erbenova to victory over Finland’s Maija Oravamäki and reigning champion Borghild Løvset from Norway. Erbenova posted the quickest run and ski legs of the day to claim the world title.

In the elite men’s race, Andreev bettered Italy’s ris-ing star Daniel Antonioli and 2010 Winter Triathlon World Champion Andreas Svanebo from Sweden in the first two legs, to claim his second consecutive world title in Jamijarvi.

Andreev was in control from the start, recording the second fastest cross-country run split before adding to his lead with the fastest mountain bike split of the day, almost 30 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. While the Russian’s ski leg was the 12th fastest of the day, the lead he gathered in the first two legs was enough to secure his title.

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CROSS TRIATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSTAKING THE LESS-BEATEN PATH

Lesley Paterson overcame a mechanical failure on her bike when her chain came off mid -race to win gold at the Shelby County ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships.

The British athlete came from behind with a late surge and passed Canada’s Melanie McQuaid in the final lap of the run. McQuaid, the defending cham-pion who led for much of the race, took silver and South Africa’s Carla Van Huysteen claimed the final place on the podium.

Former Olympian, South Africa’s Conrad Stoltz stormed through the bike and run to win the ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships in Shelby County, Alabama. Craig Evans of the USA finished a strong race for silver and Christopher Legh of Aus-tralia, took home the bronze.

This is Stoltz’s second consecutive ITU Cross Triath-lon World Championship win after he took the inau-gural title in Spain last year.

“I am really really proud, “said Stoltz. “It is something massive to achieve so I am really proud to do this for my country.” It was a great day for South Africa with Stoltz’s gold medal adding to the bronze from Carla Van Huysteen earlier in the day.



LONG DISTANCE TRIATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSSURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

A killer bike leg helped Caroline Steffen to her second ITU Long Distance World Triathlon Championship, as she turned a lead at Transition 2 into a world title winning margin ahead of Denmark’s Camilla Peder-sen and Great Britain’s Jodie Swallow in Vito-ria-Gasteiz.

Steffen - who also won in 2010 - paid tribute to the Spanish crowd, as thousands lined the streets to cheer on the elite and age-group athletes in Spain’s Basque country.

“Of course I’m very happy, it’s another title, my sec-ond one, I’m really glad I had a good race today,” she said. “I never saw as many people on a race course before. It was unbelievable on the bike and on the run.”

In the men’s race, Australia’s Chris McCormack added the ITU Long Distance World Championship to his already impressive resume with a stellar run leg in Vitoria-Gasteiz, bettering Spain’s Eneko Llanos and Luxembourg’s Dirk Bockel over the 4km swim, 120km bike and 30km run.

The 1997 ITU World Champion and two-time Kona winner said it was one of the most special wins of his career. “It was incredible…there were so many peo-ple on the run course today and it really made the run fast,” McCormack said. “It’s a fantastic victory for me, I’ve won lots of races in my life but this one is very special.”



DUATHLON WORLDCHAMPIONSHIPSDRY-TRI

The shaded run and technical bike course that wound around UNESCO heritage site Place Stanislas provided the perfect backdrop for the 2012 ITU Duathlon World Championships. Duathlon is a mul-tisport which involves a run-bike-run sequence over 10km, 40km and 5km distances respectively. In the elite women’s race Australia’s Felicity Sheedy-Ryan claimed gold at the 2012 ITU Duathlon World Championships in Nancy, France. Although Sheedy-Ryan has been absent from the duathlon scene since earning bronze at the 2010 World Championships, she made a seamless return to the two-discipline sport, besting defending champion Katie Hewison of Great Britain and four-time World Championship medallist Sandra Levenez of France.

The elite men’s race was loaded with previous World Championship medallists and the battle for the men’s podium at the 2012 Nancy ITU Duathlon World Championships was hard fought. After a technical bike that saw a strong group of men ride together, Spain’s Emilio Martin overtook Belgium’s Antoine Duvivier down the finish chute for his first world title. Duvivier returned to the podium for the first time since 2009 with a silver medal, while France’s Benoit Nicolas earned his second consecutive World Cham-pionship bronze.



LONG DISTANCE DUATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSA BATTLE OF ENDURANCE

Zofingen, Switzerland was the beautiful location for the 2012 ITU Powerman Long Distance Duathlon World Championships. The event consisted of a 10km run, followed by a gruelling 150km bike and fin-ished with another 30km run.

In the women’s race, the day belonged to Sweden’s Eva Nystrom who led from nearly start to finish at the ITU Powerman Long Distance Duathlon World Championships. With a masterful bike leg, Nystrom secured an insurmountable lead to claim her first world title and second consecutive World Champion-ship podium. Lucy Gossage of Great Britain was the closest to Nystorm for second place, while May Ker-stens from the Netherlands made a come-from-be-hind dash to the finish for third.

Belgium’s Joerie Vansteelant proved his supremacy in Long Distance Duathlon is far from over after charging to his fourth consecutive World Champion-ship title and fifth Duathlon title overall. Vansteelant controlled the pace throughout the race and never looked in trouble. He cruised over the finish line almost five minutes before his nearest rival, silver medallist and fellow countryman, Rob Woesten-borghs. Soren Bystrup of Denmark claimed the bronze medal a further nine minutes behind.


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TRIATHLON 2012

The Races – The Champions

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