What a weekend of racing for British triathletes, with a couple of successful sprint finishes topping the bill in Bermuda and Marbella.
If you missed the much-anticipated MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda on Saturday, we recommend you watch the highlights! You can find them here
2018 ITU World Triathlon Bermuda RESULTS:
Elite Men
| 1. | Casper Stornes | NOR | 01:54:47 |
| 2. | Kristian Blummenfelt | NOR | 01:55:08 |
| 3. | Gustav Iden | NOR | 01:55:10 |
| 4. | Mario Mola | ESP | 01:55:45 |
Elite Women
| 1. | Flora Duffy | BER | 02:01:39 |
| 2. | Vicky Holland | GBR | 02:03:25 |
| 3. | Katie Zaferes | USA | 02:03:25 |
| 4. | Kirsten Kasper | USA | 02:05:40 |
| 8. | Jodie Stimpson | GBR | 02:06:37 |
| 14. | Georgia Taylor-Brown | GBR | 02:08:06 |
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The women’s race was full of excitement, as Flora Duffy showcased her talent on home soil, making her attack less than two kilometres into the bike leg to go on to take the win. Jodie Stimpson and Vicky Holland worked hard on the bike, staying within the chase pack, before Holland and Katie Zaferes (USA) stormed out of transition breaking free of the pack. It came down to a sprint finish where Holland edged in front of Zaferes to take silver. Stimpson took eighth in her first World Triathlon Series race of 2018 with Georgia Taylor-Brown finishing in her highest position on the World Triathlon Series to date, coming in 14th.
There were no British Men racing in Bermuda, but the men’s race did see a first in the ITU World Triathlon Series as the Norwegians locked out the podium. Casper Stornes broke away from the main pack to ride solo for 30km and kept the momentum through the run to take the win. Kristen Blummenfelt came in second followed by teammate Gustav Iden.
IRONMAN Texas
It was the IRONMAN North American Championships in Texas on Saturday with two Brits competing. Will Clarke had a strong race to come in third, arguably his best IRONMAN performance to date. Kim Morrison made a bold move for the podium but slipped from second to eighth in the latter stages of the run. Full results can be found here
IRONMAN 70.3 Marbella
Kona podium finisher David McNamee started his long-distance season in top form, coming in first after a sprint finish with USA’s Chris Leiferman. Both athletes were awarded the same finishing time of 3:57:47. Suzie Richards was seventh in the women’s race. Full results can be found here
Oulton Park
Oulton Park held the sprint distance duathlon Age Group Qualifier this weekend with a close finish for the top two overall in the women’s race, as Gwen Kinsey came in five seconds ahead of Ellie Campbell; Jessica Kaye completed the podium coming in third. In the men’s race it was Ian Lawton who took the overall win, Matt Barnes took second and Jonathan Currie closely followed to finish third. Full Results can be found here
Xterra
Competing on a mountain bike instead of a tandem, Rio 2016 Paralympic medal winner, Nicole Walters, won her first major Xterra title in Greece. Walters guided Melissa Reid to bronze in the visually impaired paratriathlon two years ago.
