British Youth and Juniors Shine in Hyde Park

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In the 2010 British Youth and Junior Aquathlon Championships,  Britain’s Lucy Smith used the tactical advantage of wearing a wetsuit to establish a lead during the swim in the junior, and was never caught. European Junior Triathlon Champion, Lucy Chittenden, ran well to finish second, but Smith was well ahead and also set the fastest run time to assure the win by 53 seconds.
                                                        

Lucy Smith who is based at Loughborough University said: “I decided to wear a wetsuit and it seems to have paid off. I got out of transition in the lead and felt really good on the run and just went for it. There was so much support, it’s such a great course, I really enjoyed it.�

Tom Bishop won the men’s junior event, with twin brother, David, taking third. Greg Turner split the brothers for silver. Tom Bishop was fourth out of the swim, but used his run strength to take the victory by nearly a minute.

The race featured Andy Hood, who will join Thorogood at the Youth Olympic Games. He finished seventh, and said: “It was a tough swim, it was pretty quick. I found some free water and managed to come out pretty high up. The run was very fast, and the heat made the run tough.�

In the Youth events Sky Draper won the women’s race. She set the pace on the swim, and ran out for the win half a minute ahead of Georgia Taylor-Brown. Maddy Winzer was third.

Gordon Benson won the men’s youth race narrowly from Morgan Davies. His margin of victory was just 4 seconds. Grant Sheldon was third after exiting the water first.

The event is also the third of six races in the British Triathlon Youth and Junior Super Series, with competitors next competing in the London Triathlon on 8 August. Today’s event was part of the festival of triathlon as part of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship London  presented by Tata Steel.

See all our videos of the days action from Hyde Park on youtube.

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