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Australia, Spain Take ITU Junior World Titles in Budapest

By Brad Culp | 12 Sep, 2010
Spain’s Fernando Alarza sprints to Junior World Title

It’s been an incredible weekend for the Australian women’s triathlon team, winning ITU World Championships in the Elite, Under 23 and Junior (16-19) categories. Only two hours after Emma Moffatt earned her second consecutive Elite world title, 19-year-old Ashleigh Gentle took top honors in the Junior World Championship race, sprinting away from the rest of the field on the 5K run.

“I didn’t know that Emma won the world championships,” Gentle said at the finish. “I was in the water swimming when her race was finishing so this is great to hear that we swept all three categories!”

The win didn’t come easy for Gentle, who started the race in 33rd place after the 750-meter swim in Lágymányosi Bay along the banks of the River Danube. The Aussie found herself with a solid pack of cyclists, however, and was able to ride up to the front group on the 20K bike leg.

I get to train with both Brownlees on a daily basis and I see how hard they train. It’s so motivating to be around them on a regular basis.
Thomas Bishop

Just as teammate Emma Jackson had done in the U23 race a day before, Gentle flew out of the second transition to take the early lead on the run. She never looked back, clocking an amazing 16:42 run split to win in 57:48. Next to cross the line was Germany’s Charlotte Bauer, who finished just over one minute back of Gentle. Bauer held off a hard-charging Joanna Brown of Canada, who came from 41st place at T2 to finish third overall.

The men’s race was a much tighter contest, coming down to three-man race between Spain’s Fernando Alarza, Briton Thomas Bishop and American Kevin McDowell. Alarza had the strongest legs at the end of the run, surging away in the final stretch to take the win in 52:15. Bishop held off McDowell for second, finishing three seconds back of Alarza.

Bishop, a training partner of Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, was quick to credit his teammates for helping him earn the silver medal.

“I get to train with both Brownlees on a daily basis and I see how hard they train,” Bishop said. “It’s so motivating to be around them on a regular basis.”

Related Event: 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU Triathlon World Championship Grand Final Budapest
08 - Sep, 2010 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Women
DNF. Szandra Szalay HUN DNF
DNF. Lydia Waldmüller AUT DNF
DNF. Carla Moreno BRA DNF
DNF. Helle Frederiksen DEN DNF
DNF. Annabel Luxford AUS DNF
DNF. Erin Densham AUS DNF
DNF. Maria Czesnik POL DNF
DNF. Irina Kirchler AUT DNF
DNF. Yi Zhang CHN DNF
DNF. Evgenia Sukhoruchenkova RUS DNF
Results: Elite Men
1. Alistair Brownlee GBR 01:42:26
DSQ. Oliver Freeman GBR DSQ
DNF. Jan Celustka CZE DNF
DNF. Andriy Glushchenko UKR DNF
DNF. Csaba Rendes HUN DNF
DNF. Daniel Unger GER DNF
DNF. Balázs Pocsai HUN DNF
DNF. Kris Gemmell NZL DNF
DNF. Ben Pattle NZL DNF
DNF. Tim Don GBR DNF
Results: U23 Men
1. Jonathan Brownlee GBR 01:44:24
DSQ. Yegor Martynenko UKR DSQ
DNF. Ivan Lo Ching Hin HKG DNF
DNF. Johan Sandberg SWE DNF
DNF. Mario Mola ESP DNF
DNF. Carlos Arcadia Vargas MEX DNF
DNF. Amit Fein ISR DNF
DNF. Pedro Palma POR DNF
DNF. Evert Scheltinga NED DNF
DNF. Samuli Keisu FIN DNF
Results: U23 Women
DNF. Gili Richman ISR DNF
DNF. Agnieszka Cieslak POL DNF
DNF. Barbara Clemente POR DNF
DNF. Sarissa De Vries NED DNF
DNF. Hee Ju Kim KOR DNF
DNF. Katerina Lhotova CZE DNF
DNF. Charlotte Morel FRA DNF
DNF. Claudia Rivas MEX DNF
DNF. Diana Vizcarra Montes ECU DNF
DNF. Alexandra Tondeur BEL DNF
Results: Junior Men
1. Fernando Alarza ESP 00:52:15
2. Thomas Bishop GBR 00:52:17
3. Kevin McDowell USA 00:52:22
4. Lukas Verzbicas USA 00:52:36
DSQ. Lukas Kocar CZE DSQ
DSQ. Rafal Gajewski POL DSQ
DNF. Allyson Tonelly Lde Queiroz PAR DNF
DNF. Jarno Lehtinen FIN DNF
DNF. Ryan Denman Gunn BER DNF
DNF. Kais Baccour TUN DNF
Results: Junior Women
1. Ashleigh Gentle AUS 00:57:47
2. Charlotte Bauer GER 00:58:52
3. Joanna Brown CAN 00:59:07
4. Kelly Whitley USA 00:59:20
5. Yuka Sato JPN 00:59:29
6. Neiske Becks NED 00:59:34
7. Tanelle Berard USA 00:59:46
8. Theresa Baumgartel GER 00:59:50
9. Amy Roberts AUS 00:59:51
10. Annika Vössing GER 00:59:55
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