Double gold for GB Paratriathletes in Italy

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In very hot conditions, Britain's paratriathletes continued to build upon strong early season performances with gold medals from Lauren Steadman and Karen Darke and a silver at the ITU Paratriathlon World Cup in Iseo-Franciacorta, Italy.

2017 Iseo - Franciacorta ITU Paratriathlon World Cup RESULTS:

PTWC Women

1. Karen Darke H1 GBR 01:27:37
2. Mona Francis H2 FRA 01:40:12

PTS3 Men

1. Antun Bošnjaković CRO 01:36:31
DNF. Ryan Taylor GBR DNF

PTS5 Men

1. Jairo Ruiz Lopez ESP 01:04:33
2. George Peasgood GBR 01:05:20
3. Yannick Bourseaux FRA 01:06:14

PTS5 Women

1. Lauren Steadman GBR 01:13:21
2. Gwladys Lemoussu FRA 01:18:47
3. Alisa Kolpakchy UKR 01:22:37

PTVI Women

1. Anna Barbaro B1 ITA 01:26:22
2. Vita Oleksiuk B3 UKR 01:28:09
3. Annouck Curzillat B1 FRA 01:32:26
DNF. Alison Patrick B3 GBR DNF

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Paralympic silver medallist and recently crowned ETU European Champion, Lauren Steadman (PTS5), continued her winning form after a seven month break from training following the Paralympic Games.  

Steadman said: "It was a really hot day and the focus was on testing the body core temperature throughout the race to see how I would cope at such intensity. After seven months out, training has picked up and I'm really pleased."

The second gold medal was won by current Paralympic Champion handcyclist, Karen Darke, in the wheelchair (PTWC) category as she looks to secure a place on the Scottish team for the Commonwealth Games next Arpil.

George Peasgood continued to demonstrate performance gains this season with a silver medal in the men's PTS4 category. Peasgood commented: "The heat has been a big issue for me in the past and I came to this race to try to find out about how I react to hot conditions. I'm happy with the result, especially the learning involved with racing in the heat considering Tokyo will be similar."

Unfortunately, both Alison Patrick, guided by Nicole Walters (PTS5) and Ryan Taylor (PTS3) didn’t finish their races in the Italian heat.   

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