Numerous gold medal performances for British athletes across mixed relay, paratriathlon and Ironman headline the weekend action.
Jump to: Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Nottingham | Besancon ITU Paratriathlon World Cup | Nur-Sultan ITU Triathlon World Cup | Ironman 70.3 Les Sables D'olonne
Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Nottingham
Nothing beats feelings like this with such an incredible team! Thank you to everyone for all the support out there today, we’re all over the moon to have brought it home today! https://t.co/o9c6y19Qqq
— Ben Dijkstra (@Ben_Dijkstra) June 15, 2019
A dominant win from gun to tape saw the Great Britain Mixed Relay team win gold at the Accenture World Triathlon Mixed Relay Nottingham to further boost their qualification hopes for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
With persistant heavy rain prior to the event the decision was made to change the event to the duathlon format in the interest of athlete safety, but the young British quartet of Georgia Taylor-Brown, Ben Dijkstra, Sophie Coldwell and Alex Yee adapted to the change in circumstances and produced mature performance to finish over 40 seconds ahead of second place Switzerland, with France taking bronze.
The event also hosted the British sprint distance age-group championships, crowning 27 new winners for 2019, alongside opportunities for amatuers and young athletes with GO TRI and TriStar waves.
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Besancon ITU Paratriathlon World Cup
There was double gold in France for the paratriathlon team this weekend with Mellissa Reid guided by Elle Twentyman returning to the top step of the podium for the first time since 2017 as she continues her journey towards Tokyo 2020 qualification, whilst 2016 Paralympic gold medallist Andy Lewis who has been predominantly racing over the longer distance Challenge Family events this season showed his pace over the sprint distance course to take his first ITU gold medal of 2019.
Mens Results: Gold - Andrew Lewis (PTS2), 5th - Joshua Landmann (PTWC), 7th - Micheal Taylor (PTS4)
Womens Results: Gold - Melissa Reid guided by Elle Twentyman (PTVI), 4th - Jade Jones-Hall (PTWC)
Nur-Sultan ITU Triathlon World Cup
The ITU World Cup in the capital city of Kazakhstan was another event which was changed to the duathlon format this weekend. This didn't faze Britain's Kate Waugh however who despite being the youngest athlete in the line-up produced a controlled the bike leg, and managed to pull away from the rest of the chasers in the final kilometers of the run to secure her first World Cup podium and a bronze medal behind Ai Ueda (JPN) and Carolyn Hayes (IRL).
In the men's race Morgan Davies finished top out of the British contingent in 8th place, with Gordon Benson and Iestyn Harrett just outside the top ten in 11th and 12th respectively.
Ironman 70.3 Les Sables D'olonne
Frankie Sanjana picked up her first 70.3 pro Ironman win in France with a 1.25.40 half marathon giving her the lead towards the final 5km and eventually finishing almost two minutes ahead of her nearest rival. Fergus Roberts taking on his debut pro Ironman appearance came home in 9th place in a time of 4:19:23.
