The Detroit round of the ITU World Paratriathlon Series takes place this Sunday (16 August), with five Brits heading out to Motor City to win valuable ranking points before the ITU World Championships.
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The Detroit round of the ITU World Paratriathlon Series takes place this Sunday (16 August), with five Brits heading out to Motor City to win valuable ranking points before the ITU World Championships.
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Andy Lewis follows on from his medal-winning performance at the Rio Test Event earlier this month by racing this weekend. Former footballer Ryan Taylor joins him in the PT2 event.
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George Peasgood and Stefan Hoggan line up in the men’s PT4 event, and Clare Cunningham goes in the women’s PT4. The race will be held over sprint distance (750m swim/20km bike/5km run).
Detroit marks the final World Paratriathlon Series event before the World Championships in Chicago next month (15-19 September). Brits feature highly in the 2015 points race, with Phil Hogg (PT1), Lauren Steadman (PT4) and Alison Patrick (PT5) all leading their respective categories.
Paratriathlon will make its Olympic debut next year in Brazil, with six medal events confirmed for Rio 2016:
Men’s paratriathlon medal events
– PT1 (wheelchair users)
– PT2 (athletes with comparable activity limitation and an impairment of, but not limited to, limb deficiency, hypertonia, ataxia and or athetosis, impaired muscle power or range of movement)
– PT4 (as above, with less severe impairment)
Women’s paratriathlon medal events
– PT2 (athletes with comparable activity limitation and an impairment of, but not limited to, limb deficiency, hypertonia, ataxia and or athetosis, impaired muscle power or range of movement)
– PT4 (as above, with less severe impairment)
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– PT5 (athletes with a visual impairment)
A small group of British paratriathletes had a weekend to remember at the ITU World Paratriathlon Event in Detroit, USA yesterday (17 August), with two golds and two silvers in the bag.
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Ryan Taylor won gold in the PT2 category, finishing just over a minute ahead of second-place finisher Andy Lewis (GBR). George Peasgood won silver in the PT4 category, and Stefan Hoggan finished sixth.
good to b back home 4 easy couple of days,great results from all GB athletes always learning from every1 around me at training good weekend
— Ryan Taylor (@RyanTay93) August 17, 2015
On the women’s side, Clare Cunningham picked up gold in the PT4 category – her third ITU medal for 2015, having won the Buffalo City ITU World Paratriathlon event last March and picked up silver in London.
“Happy days!!!” We all raced well here, great success! @BritTri @TriClare @RyanTay93 @Bladerunnerandy @stefanhoggan pic.twitter.com/nUURqTQoZE
— George Peasgood (@george_peasgood) August 16, 2015
Detroit ITU World Paratriathlon Event: 750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run
Men’s PT2
1. Ryan Taylor, GBR, 1:05:32
2. Andrew Lewis, GBR, 1:06:51
3. Lionel Morales, ESP, 1:07:45
Men’s PT4
1. Chris Hammer, USA, 56:58
2. George Peasgood, GBR, 58:10
3. José Abraham Estrada Sierra, MEX, 58:42
6. Stefan Hoggan, GBR, 1:02:01
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Women’s PT4
1. Clare Cunningham, GBR, 1:06:07
2. Grace Norman, USA, 1:07:15
3. Kate Doughty, AUS, 1:08:59
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A small group of British paratriathletes had a weekend to remember at the ITU World Paratriathlon Event in Detroit, USA yesterday (17 August), with two golds and two silvers in the bag.
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>>> Three more paratriathlon medal events for Rio
Ryan Taylor won gold in the PT2 category, finishing just over a minute ahead of second-place finisher Andy Lewis (GBR). George Peasgood won silver in the PT4 category, and Stefan Hoggan finished sixth.
good to b back home 4 easy couple of days,great results from all GB athletes always learning from every1 around me at training good weekend
— Ryan Taylor (@RyanTay93) August 17, 2015
On the women’s side, Clare Cunningham picked up gold in the PT4 category – her third ITU medal for 2015, having won the Buffalo City ITU World Paratriathlon event last March and picked up silver in London.
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“Happy days!!!” We all raced well here, great success! @BritTri @TriClare @RyanTay93 @Bladerunnerandy @stefanhoggan pic.twitter.com/nUURqTQoZE
— George Peasgood (@george_peasgood) August 16, 2015
Detroit ITU World Paratriathlon Event: 750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run
Men’s PT2
1. Ryan Taylor, GBR, 1:05:32
2. Andrew Lewis, GBR, 1:06:51
3. Lionel Morales, ESP, 1:07:45
Men’s PT4
1. Chris Hammer, USA, 56:58
2. George Peasgood, GBR, 58:10
3. José Abraham Estrada Sierra, MEX, 58:42
6. Stefan Hoggan, GBR, 1:02:01
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Women’s PT4
1. Clare Cunningham, GBR, 1:06:07
2. Grace Norman, USA, 1:07:15
3. Kate Doughty, AUS, 1:08:59
With Kona fast approaching, Britain’s Rachel Joyce picked Ironman 70.3 Timberman in New England, USA to get in some race practice before the ‘big dance’ in Hawaii – and left others in her wake with some speedy splits.
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As expected, Joyce led the women out of lake Winnipesaukee in a time of 27:19mins, with Katy Blakemore (USA) hot on her heels. Behind them, Kaitlin Anelauskas (USA), Jeanni Seymour (RSA), and Kristen Marchant (CAN) exited the water in a pack 1:10mins back.
Pre-race favourite Angela Naeth (CAN) left the water 1:25mins back of the leader in seventh, with Heather Jackson (USA) 2:28mins back at the head of a chase pack.
Super-bikers Naeth and Jackson made their mark early on, and by the half-way point, Naeth had taken the lead of the race just ahead of Joyce, who’s no slouch in any of the three disciplines, and Jackson. Jackson passed Joyce late in the race and entered T2 second.
Disappointed to get my first ever drafting penalty and that it was from a pro male. #fairstarts @triequal
— Rachel Joyce (@RJoyce09) August 16, 2015
Naeth followed up her race-best bike (2:18:26) with a solid run to hold onto first with a winning margin of 4:27mins over Jackson—who had only a slightly slower run—and 8:52mins over Joyce, whose swim and run splits were both the fastest on the day. Naeth’s winning time was 4:16:14.
Potts battles Dye for the win
Recent Ironman Coeur d’Alene winner Andy Potts continued a strong season today with a win in New Hampshire’s classic race. The American was fifth out of the water in a steady stream of athletes spaced out by 10-second intervals behind swim leader Dylan McNeice (NZL). That lead pack also contained short-course specialist Cam Dye (USA), Tim O’Donnell (USA) and Jake Montgomery (AUS).
Once on the bike, Dye – who would go on to clock a race-best bike split of 2:06:06 – powered to the front, with O’Donnell, Montgomery, Potts, and Paul Matthews holding steady behind him. Behind them, somewhat weaker swimmers Leon Griffin (AUS) and Trevor Wurtele (CAN) began to put a dent in.
As the bike progressed, Dye sped away to enter T2 three minutes ahead of the chase pack, which included Potts, O’Donnell, and Montgomery. Two minutes behind them McNeice soloed his way into transition, with Wurtele, Griffin, and Taylor Reid (CAN) two minutes back of McNeice and seven minutes behind the leader.
Happy with the day, executed my plan, just beaten by faster boys! https://t.co/k6J4PYn5SL
— Cameron Dye (@camdyetri) August 16, 2015
With a race-best run of 1:15:30, Potts began to dig into Dye, and ultimately crossed the finish line first in a time of 3:50:24.
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With Kona fast approaching, Britain’s Rachel Joyce picked Ironman 70.3 Timberman in New England, USA to get in some race practice before the ‘big dance’ in Hawaii – and left others in her wake with some speedy splits.
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>>> Kona 2014: how the British pros got on in Hawaii
As expected, Joyce led the women out of lake Winnipesaukee in a time of 27:19mins, with Katy Blakemore (USA) hot on her heels. Behind them, Kaitlin Anelauskas (USA), Jeanni Seymour (RSA), and Kristen Marchant (CAN) exited the water in a pack 1:10mins back.
Pre-race favourite Angela Naeth (CAN) left the water 1:25mins back of the leader in seventh, with Heather Jackson (USA) 2:28mins back at the head of a chase pack.
Super-bikers Naeth and Jackson made their mark early on, and by the half-way point, Naeth had taken the lead of the race just ahead of Joyce, who’s no slouch in any of the three disciplines, and Jackson. Jackson passed Joyce late in the race and entered T2 second.
Disappointed to get my first ever drafting penalty and that it was from a pro male. #fairstarts @triequal
— Rachel Joyce (@RJoyce09) August 16, 2015
Naeth followed up her race-best bike (2:18:26) with a solid run to hold onto first with a winning margin of 4:27mins over Jackson—who had only a slightly slower run—and 8:52mins over Joyce, whose swim and run splits were both the fastest on the day. Naeth’s winning time was 4:16:14.
Potts battles Dye for the win
Recent Ironman Coeur d’Alene winner Andy Potts continued a strong season today with a win in New Hampshire’s classic race. The American was fifth out of the water in a steady stream of athletes spaced out by 10-second intervals behind swim leader Dylan McNeice (NZL). That lead pack also contained short-course specialist Cam Dye (USA), Tim O’Donnell (USA) and Jake Montgomery (AUS).
Once on the bike, Dye – who would go on to clock a race-best bike split of 2:06:06 – powered to the front, with O’Donnell, Montgomery, Potts, and Paul Matthews holding steady behind him. Behind them, somewhat weaker swimmers Leon Griffin (AUS) and Trevor Wurtele (CAN) began to put a dent in.
As the bike progressed, Dye sped away to enter T2 three minutes ahead of the chase pack, which included Potts, O’Donnell, and Montgomery. Two minutes behind them McNeice soloed his way into transition, with Wurtele, Griffin, and Taylor Reid (CAN) two minutes back of McNeice and seven minutes behind the leader.
Happy with the day, executed my plan, just beaten by faster boys! https://t.co/k6J4PYn5SL
— Cameron Dye (@camdyetri) August 16, 2015
With a race-best run of 1:15:30, Potts began to dig into Dye, and ultimately crossed the finish line first in a time of 3:50:24.
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Manchester City Pep Guardiola has insisted that he does not have “one thought about the Champions League final” with Chelsea ahead of this weekend’s league clash.
Man City and Chelsea both booked their place in the Champions League final in midweek. City beat PSG 4-1 on aggregate to reach the final for the first time.
Then on Wednesday night, Chelsea beat Real Madrid 2-0 at Stamford Bridge to win 3-1 on aggregate.
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The Champions League final is still 22 days away as it is set for 29 May. City and Chelsea face off at the Etihad in the Premier League this weekend.
Guardiola told reporters on Friday, as cited by BBC Sport, that his side “just have to focus” as Sunday’s result will not have an impact on the outcome of the Champions League final:
“If we played the final in one week, six days, there could be,” Guardiola said. “But after tomorrow there are 21-22 days. Many things can happen. We just have to focus.
“Right now, believe me when I say, there is not one thought about the final of the Champions League.
“But congratulations to Chelsea. They made two good performances against the king of this competition in Real Madrid. We are going to try to play with the players we decide who suit perfectly for the way they play and have the qualities to beat them.”
Guardiola also insisted that he wants to secure the Premier League title as soon as possible. If City beat Chelsea on Sunday, they will be crowned champions.
He added: “I’ve always said the Premier League is the most important title. We have four games left to get one victory and tomorrow we will try to get it.
“When we have the Premier League, the focus will be the final of the Champions League and everything will be related to the final. I am a cautious guy. In sport you don’t talk about it until you have it.
“People might think the guys who played against Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Monchengladbach are going to play the final. Right now, I don’t know. What I want is everyone involved in the next two to three weeks to prepare for the final.”
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says that as soon as people were injured the Man Utd protests were “not right anymore”.
Manchester United will now play three Premier League matches in just five days after their postponed game against Liverpool was rearranged for next Thursday.
Sunday’s clash between the bitter rivals was called off due to Man Utd fans’ anti-Glazer protest, which saw some supporters get into Old Trafford and onto the pitch.
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That match has now been rearranged for May 13, which follows hot on the heels of the May 9 trip to Aston Villa and home match against third-placed Leicester on May 11.
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said on Tuesday that six officers were injured as flares were let off and bottles thrown, with one sustaining a fractured eye socket and another a facial wound.
A man has been charged for his behaviour outside the Lowry Hotel and the force spokesman said the incident had been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct to “ensure complete transparency and independence”.
Liverpool boss Klopp was frustrated that the match was called off and thinks the Man Utd protests went too far.
Klopp told reporters on Friday: “We were sitting the whole time. An hour before the team meeting they told me there were problems at Old Trafford. We did the meeting and after that we got told about the delays. We just had to sit around in the lobby. It was not cool.
“I heard some police were injured and these things should not happen. It was not completely peaceful and then it was not right anymore.
“Then we got told the game was postponed. We saw some pictures to see what was going on. Was I surprised to see it happen? No. I am a believer in democracy. I am happy for people to say their opinion, but I know this doesn’t happen often that no-one is hurt.”
On the rearranged fixture, Klopp added: “We were informed about the [re-arrangement] process, but we were not consulted. It’s not good for us, I would have preferred the game last week. It’s not cool but there’s nothing to complain about.”
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Get ready for some swearing, Hawaii – it looks like Gordon Ramsay is making a return to Big Island for this year’s Ironman World Champs.
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The ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ star raced Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens on Saturday (15 August) and posted a sub-6hr time with splits of 42:11mins for the 1.9km swim, 3:06hrs for the bike and 1:51hrs for the run.
Lake Stevens 70.3 IRONMAN….Done ! http://t.co/FQBr2rPMtp
— Gordon Ramsay (@GordonRamsay) August 16, 2015
Asked by Ironman afterwards if he’s working on anything specific in preparation for Kona, Ramsay said: “I’d say efficient riding and climbing to help with smooth power output.”
He added that at this year’s Kona, he wants to “improve on the bike and improve on the run without any hamstring issues”.
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Ramsay finished Kona 2013 in a time of 14:04:48, but injury woes scuppered his plans to take part last year. More recently, he raced Ironman 703. Staffordshire, finishing in a time of 5:53:49 as part of his GR100 squad.
Jack Wilshere has revealed that a lot of “proper Arsenal people” such as physios and other staff have been let go during the Kroenke ownership.
The Kroenke’s have received a lot of backlash of late. This has been upped a level as a result of their involvement with the controversial European Super League.
Protests have taken place at the Emirates in recent weeks and Spotify owner Daniel Ek is planning a takeover of the club.
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Ek is an Arsenal fan and his bid is being backed by Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Dennis Bergkamp. Wilshere has told talkSPORT that their involvement means that this takeover proposal can only be “good” for the club:
“It wouldn’t be fair for me to comment on the current owners. One thing I will say is from when I was there there’s a lot of people not there anymore.
“They were proper Arsenal people who had been there for years. I’m not just talking about [former manager] Arsene Wenger, it was physios, staff around the place who were all let go.
“You need those people in the club who know what it means for fans. They know what the fans want and can relay that to the people in charge.
“In terms of someone taking over. With people like Thierry and Dennis, who are proper Arsenal people and can have a say at what goes on at the top, I think it can only be good at the club.”
Arsenal were knocked out of the Europa League by Unai Emery’s Villarreal on Thursday. Wilshere said this was a “disappointing” result for the fans:
“I watched the game. It was tough to watch. They needed that one moment in the game, someone to take the game, but unfortunately it didn’t come,” Wilshere said.
“It is disappointing for the fans, I’m an Arsenal fan, it will be hard not to see them in Europe next year.
“The first leg, I thought Villarreal were the better team but Arsenal gave themselves a chance in the home leg, where you’d like to think they’d get at least a 1-0 win.
“With no fans it is a bit different, but you’d expect to see more urgency.”
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Dean Smith has confirmed that Jack Grealish will miss this weekend’s game against Manchester United, but he will return to training with the full squad on Saturday.
Grealish has been out of action since Aston Villa’s 0-0 draw with Brighton in February. He has suffered an injury to his shinbone.
The Englishman was due to have returned already, but he suffered a setback during his rehabilitation.
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Grealish has missed eleven Premier League games so far, and Villa’s game against Man United this Sunday will be his twelfth.
Smith has confirmed that the midfielder is “on his way back” and he should be fit to play a part against Everton next Thursday:
“It will be 12 games that he misses,” Smith said. “He’s out on the grass loading the injury, so he’s on his way back, but this game will be too soon for him.
“He starts training with the actual group tomorrow.
“As I’ve said many times, we want him back as soon as possible, but we’ve got to do it right as well.
“We had a spike in his loading last time and we had a reaction, so we have to make sure that we’re very conservative with our approach this time with it. He’s itching to get back, we’re itching to get him back, but we’re led by the medical staff.”
Aston Villa were in the chase for a European place during the first few months of the season. But their form has dipped of late as they sit tenth with five games to go.
Man City, Chelsea and Man United have all booked their place in European finals this week. Smith has suggested that Villa’s aim is to compete for a spot in Europe:
“It shows the strength of the Premier League, the strength of the sides. The Champions League final is between the two best squads in the league, if not in Europe. Manchester United. who are in the Europa League final, are probably the third best squad.
“The aim of this football club is to compete in European competition. Our owners want that.”
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