Pre-race talk centred on the stacked field for WTS Abu Dhabi, but all that faded when Gwen Jorgensen unleashed a run of incredible ferocity to overhaul leader Flora Duffy (BER) and take gold in stunning fashion.
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Pre-race talk centred on the stacked field for WTS Abu Dhabi, but all that faded when Gwen Jorgensen unleashed a run of incredible ferocity to overhaul leader Flora Duffy (BER) and take gold in stunning fashion.
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The 2015 World Triathlon Series got off to a beautiful start with air temperature a balmy 26° as they started the sprint distance race (750m swim/20km bike/5km run) just after 3pm local time. Carolina Routier (ESP) took a firm lead of the swim, followed by Britain’s Lucy Hall.
Jorgensen left the water 38secs down on Routier, with Jodie Stimpson (GBR) further back still. Routier quickly established a lead pack of 10 or 11 athletes that included Lucy Hall, Flora Duffy (BER), Lisa Norden (SWE) and a number of American athletes including last year’s WTS Stockholm winner, Sarah True (née Groff).
By the halfway point and around half an hour on the clock, a large chase pack including Jorgensen, Stimpson, Aileen Reid (IRL) and Emma Moffatt (AUS) was chasing hard but found themselves unable to bridge up to the leaders, who reached T2 with a lead of around 1min.
Onto the run and the only thing that could happen, did happen – Jorgensen unleashed her ferocious run, blowing through the field with an astonishing pace of 20kph according to the speed gun.
Jorgensen overtook Duffy just after the end of lap one, with her fellow US athletes nipping at the heels of the Bermudan. There was only one outcome possible though, with Jorgensen crossing the line in 58:59mins, followed by Katie Zaferes (USA) and Flora Duffy.
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Britain’s top finisher was Jodie Stimpson in 17th position with a time of 1:00:11, followed by Lucy Hall in 35th with a time of 1:00:56. Heather Sellars placed a respectable 42nd on her WTS debut with a time of 1:01:18, and Emma Pallant finished 50th in 1:02:05.
Full results and splits here. For our report on the men’s race, head here.
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Pre-race talk centred on the stacked field for WTS Abu Dhabi, but all that faded when Gwen Jorgensen unleashed a run of incredible ferocity to overhaul leader Flora Duffy (BER) and take gold in stunning fashion.
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The 2015 World Triathlon Series got off to a beautiful start with air temperature a balmy 26° as they started the sprint distance race (750m swim/20km bike/5km run) just after 3pm local time. Carolina Routier (ESP) took a firm lead of the swim, followed by Britain’s Lucy Hall.
Jorgensen left the water 38secs down on Routier, with Jodie Stimpson (GBR) further back still. Routier quickly established a lead pack of 10 or 11 athletes that included Lucy Hall, Flora Duffy (BER), Lisa Norden (SWE) and a number of American athletes including last year’s WTS Stockholm winner, Sarah True (née Groff).
By the halfway point and around half an hour on the clock, a large chase pack including Jorgensen, Stimpson, Aileen Reid (IRL) and Emma Moffatt (AUS) was chasing hard but found themselves unable to bridge up to the leaders, who reached T2 with a lead of around 1min.
Onto the run and the only thing that could happen, did happen – Jorgensen unleashed her ferocious run, blowing through the field with an astonishing pace of 20kph according to the speed gun.
Jorgensen overtook Duffy just after the end of lap one, with her fellow US athletes nipping at the heels of the Bermudan. There was only one outcome possible though, with Jorgensen crossing the line in 58:59mins, followed by Katie Zaferes (USA) and Flora Duffy.
Britain’s top finisher was Jodie Stimpson in 17th position with a time of 1:00:11, followed by Lucy Hall in 35th with a time of 1:00:56. Heather Sellars placed a respectable 42nd on her WTS debut with a time of 1:01:18, and Emma Pallant finished 50th in 1:02:05.
Full results and splits here. For our report on the men’s race, head here.
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All eyes were on two athletes ahead of the men’s WTS season opener in Abu Dhabi: reigning ITU World Champ Javier Gomez and Great Britain’s Jonny Brownlee.
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The stats made for interesting reading too – Jonny Brownlee had won four out of the seven previous WTS sprint distance races, while this was Gomez’s 100th ITU race start, but he had never won at Sprint distance before. As it turned out though it was a different Spanish athlete, Mario Mola, that was the one to watch.
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The men’s event followed a thrilling women’s race which saw 2014 champ Gwen Jorgenson put in a ferocious performance on the run to take the win during the hottest part of the day (full report here). The men’s race began two hours later at just after 5pm local time and followed the same 750m swim/20km bike/5km run course. Conditions were warm and breezy with a 28 degree air temperature and 23 degree water temperature meaning no wetsuits, but great conditions for a fast race.
The one-lap swim was fast and tightly packed, with Anthony Pujades (FRA) exiting first in 08:48 followed closely by Aurelien Raphael (FRA) and Richard Varga (SVK). Jonny Brownlee came out of the water and into transition 21sec down. That time was soon made up on the bike leg though as by the end of lap one of four Brownlee and Gomez were cycling side-by-side with the gap to the race leader reduced to just 4sec.
For the remainder of the bike a huge lead pack of around 30 athletes formed including Brownlee and Gomez alongside Mario Mola (ESP), Henri Shoeman and Richard Murray (RSA), Vincent Luis (FRA) and Joao Silver (POR), leading to a tense and frenetic T2 as athletes jostled for position.
A small lead pack of three formed in the run shortly after T2 of Richard Murray, Mario Mola and Vincent Luis. Initially it looked like Brownlee and Gomez could bridge the gap from the chase pack, but at the halfway point and with 2.5km to go the gap was extended to 10 sec.
Shortly after, Mario Mola kicked early to put some serious pace into the run and managed to hold on until the finish – taking the win in 52:32 and achieving his second ever WTS podium gold, with Luis second and Murray third. Fourth was taken by Silva, while Jonny was fifth and Gomez sixth.
Interviewed post-race, Mola said: “I knew how fast Luis and Murray were [when sprinting] so I tried to put the hammer down before that… In the run I put in 110 per cent.”
Full results and splits here.
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All eyes were on two athletes ahead of the men’s WTS season opener in Abu Dhabi: reigning ITU World Champ Javier Gomez and Great Britain’s Jonny Brownlee.
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The stats made for interesting reading too – Jonny Brownlee had won four out of the seven previous WTS sprint distance races, while this was Gomez’s 100th ITU race start, but he had never won at Sprint distance before. As it turned out though it was a different Spanish athlete, Mario Mola, that was the one to watch.
The men’s event followed a thrilling women’s race which saw 2014 champ Gwen Jorgenson put in a ferocious performance on the run to take the win during the hottest part of the day (full report here). The men’s race began two hours later at just after 5pm local time and followed the same 750m swim/20km bike/5km run course. Conditions were warm and breezy with a 28 degree air temperature and 23 degree water temperature meaning no wetsuits, but great conditions for a fast race.
The one-lap swim was fast and tightly packed, with Anthony Pujades (FRA) exiting first in 08:48 followed closely by Aurelien Raphael (FRA) and Richard Varga (SVK). Jonny Brownlee came out of the water and into transition 21sec down. That time was soon made up on the bike leg though as by the end of lap one of four Brownlee and Gomez were cycling side-by-side with the gap to the race leader reduced to just 4sec.
For the remainder of the bike a huge lead pack of around 30 athletes formed including Brownlee and Gomez alongside Mario Mola (ESP), Henri Shoeman and Richard Murray (RSA), Vincent Luis (FRA) and Joao Silver (POR), leading to a tense and frenetic T2 as athletes jostled for position.
A small lead pack of three formed in the run shortly after T2 of Richard Murray, Mario Mola and Vincent Luis. Initially it looked like Brownlee and Gomez could bridge the gap from the chase pack, but at the halfway point and with 2.5km to go the gap was extended to 10 sec.
Shortly after, Mario Mola kicked early to put some serious pace into the run and managed to hold on until the finish – taking the win in 52:32 and achieving his second ever WTS podium gold, with Luis second and Murray third. Fourth was taken by Silva, while Jonny was fifth and Gomez sixth.
Interviewed post-race, Mola said: “I knew how fast Luis and Murray were [when sprinting] so I tried to put the hammer down before that… In the run I put in 110 per cent.”
Full results and splits here.
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Have you heard of the 50 Women To Kona campaign yet? The premise is simple – parity for pro men and women on the start line. At present the men get 50 race slots to compete for, while the women get 35, and this has got quite a few people riled…
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With International Women’s Day over the weekend, the campaign kicked up a notch with vocal support on Twitter from men and women, pros and age-groupers alike… Here are just a few of the comments that grabbed our attention in the past 48hrs:
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Did you join the call for 50 Women To Kona? Let us know in the comments below!
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Have you heard of the 50 Women To Kona campaign yet? The premise is simple – parity for pro men and women on the start line. At present the men get 50 race slots to compete for, while the women get 35, and this has got quite a few people riled…
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With International Women’s Day over the weekend, the campaign kicked up a notch with vocal support on Twitter from men and women, pros and age-groupers alike… Here are just a few of the comments that grabbed our attention in the past 48hrs:
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Did you join the call for 50 Women To Kona? Let us know in the comments below!
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Did you catch the start of this year’s World Triathlon Series in Abu Dhabi last Saturday?
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We’ve got a full race report and video highlights here, as usual there are some amazing images too – take a look…
In the women’s race a few hours earlier, Gwen Jorgensen (USA) put in an astonishing run to take her first WTS gold of 2015 – full report and video highlights here. Gallery here.
(Images: Janos Schmidt / ITU)
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Did you catch the start of this year’s World Triathlon Series in Abu Dhabi last Saturday?
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We’ve got a full race report and video highlights here, as usual there are some amazing images too – take a look…
In the women’s race a few hours earlier, Gwen Jorgensen (USA) put in an astonishing run to take her first WTS gold of 2015 – full report and video highlights here. Gallery here.
(Images: Janos Schmidt / ITU)
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What did you think of the races? Let us know in the comments below!
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We knew Gwen Jorgensen was a top runner, but last weekend’s race was something special, even by her standards (full report here).
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As usual there are some amazing images, take a look:
In the men’s race an hour or so later, Mario Mola (ESP) took honours with another superb run – full report and highlights here. Gallery here.
(Images: Janos Schmidt / ITU)
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What did you think of the races? Let us know in the comments below!
We knew Gwen Jorgensen was a top runner, but last weekend’s race was something special, even by her standards (full report here).
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As usual there are some amazing images, take a look:
In the men’s race an hour or so later, Mario Mola (ESP) took honours with another superb run – full report and highlights here. Gallery here.
(Images: Janos Schmidt / ITU)
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What did you think of the races? Let us know in the comments below!
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