Elite Bronze and Under-23 Silver plus a huge haul of 37 Age-Group podium finishes mark a successful performance for the Great Britain team at the ETU Aquathlon European Championships in France on Saturday
While she wasn’t quite able to defend her 2015 ETU championship win, the Bronze medal earned by Hannah Kitchen on Saturday in the 2016 ETU Aquathlon European Championships means that, alongside her 2014 Silver, she has now earned a medal of each colour over the past three seasons. Well known for her speed in the water, it was a fourth fastest overall run time that was perhaps the key to her podium finish in France. Having suffered with long-term running injuries over the past 12 months or more that should provide great comfort and confidence for the rest of the 2016 season and beyond.
Joining Hannah with an Elite podium finish was Nathan Tweedie. Eleventh overall in the Men’s Elite race, Nathan earned the Silver medal in the concurrent Elite Under-23 Championship event.
The Great Britain Age-Group team was once again out in force in both numbers and quality. 14 Gold medals headline a total return of 37 podium finishes. Michael Lewis (Gold, M20-24) was the fastest British AG athlete overall with the second fastest time of the day, while the honour of the fastest female British AG athlete goes to Johanna Gascoigne Owens (Gold, F35-39), who was also the first AG finisher overall.
Châteauroux ETU Aquathlon European Championships – Saturday 25th June 2016
1km swim / 5km run
ELITE Women
1st - Valentina Zapatrina (RUS) - 30:38
2nd - Petra Kurikova (UKR) - 30:47
3rd – Hannah Kitchen (GBR) - 31:02
6th – Natalie Milne (GBR) – 31:51
ELITE Men
1st - Oleksiy Syutkin (UKR) - 27:33
2nd - Yegor Martynenko (UKR) - 27:33
3rd - Dmytro Malyar (UKR) - 27:38
9th – Philip Wolfe (GBR) – 28:53
ELITE U23 Men
1st - Jiri Calus (CZE) - 28:03
2nd - Nathan Tweedie (GBR) - 29:10
3rd - Ivan Menshykov (UKR) -29:33
GREAT BRITAIN AGE-GROUP MEDALLISTS (37)
GOLD (14)
Steven Hanly - 16-19 Male
Florie Mcleish - 20-24 Female
Michael Lewis - 20-24 Male
Natasha Raggett - 25-29 Female
Jessica Thorpe - 30-34 Female
Gregory Nicholas - 30-34 Male
Johanna Gascoigne Owens - 35-39 Female
Gary Laybourne - 35-39 Male
Caroline Greenaway - 40-44 Female
Glen Hall - 45-49 Male
Sara Northover - 50-54 Female
Jane Bell - 55-59 Female
Julia Hector - 60-64 Female
Michael Smallwood - 70-74 Male
SILVER (11)
Caroline Dunnett - 16-19 Female
Jacob Anson - 16-19 Male
Emily Moss - 25-29 Female
Amy Wilkinson - 30-34 Female
Richard Elwell - 30-34 Male
Hayley Hawes - 35-39 Female
Alison Grinnell - 40-44 Female
Joanna Crotch - 50-54 Female
James Howard Jeffrey - 60-64 Male
Ron Ames - 65-69 Male
Douglas Wood - 70-74 Male
BRONZE (12)
Kiera Tippett - 16-19 Female
Ryan Figgett - 16-19 Male
Jessica Prior - 20-24 Female
Kelly Wickens - 30-34 Female
Yiannis Christodoulou - 30-34 Male
Rachael Burns - 35-39 Female
Nigel Gaskin - 35-39 Male
Lynne Durrell - 40-44 Female
Claire Forbes - 45-49 Female
Kate Ross - 50-54 Female
Gordon Crawford - 50-54 Male
Dave Bethell - 55-59 Male
Full Results: triathlon.org/results/event/2016_chateauroux_etu_aquathlon_european_championships
