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Q&A with Technical Delegate Eugene Kraus on Gijón, host city of 2011 Duathlon Worlds

By Merryn Sherwood | 15 Aug, 2011

ITU Technical Delegate Eugene Kraus (LUX) recently visited Gijón, the host city of this year’s 2011 Duathlon World Championships which will be held on September 24 and 25. In a Q&A, he tells us what he thinks of the preparations in this Spanish city.

With the experience in lot of international events, tell us, what was your impression when you saw the city and the venue?
I was impressed by the beauty of Gijón, great beach in the middle of the city, beautiful surroundings that is green and hilly. The stadium with its interesting cycle track offers a lot of facilities like many offices, internet, a public address system, changing and shower rooms etc.. Strong and enthusiastic Local Organising Team, well-structured team all parties like National and Regional Federation, and the City of Gijón involved.

During the day, you have checked the venue and the courses; which do you think that are the key aspects, that makes attractive these event for the athletes?
Especially for the Age Group athletes the difficult bike course with a long uphill each lap, this avoids drafting situations (pelotons), passing in front of the beach and the city centre is also very attractive for the athletes.
The LOC offers a beautiful rain jacket to all athletes and the planed final party is in a traditional place in the region, to enjoy a party called “Espicha” that will be very interesting for the participants.

Tell us something about the AG Courses
All courses and the layout of the race venue is well chosen, congratulations to the race organisers and many thanks to Jorge Garcia with his long and great organising experience.

What would you say to the athletes not registered yet, on why they should come?
It is a well prepared venue with good courses, easy to reach by plane from different directions like Madrid, Barcelona, London, Paris and more. An interesting city, nice beaches and good shopping offers.

Related Event: 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships
24 - Sep, 2011 • event pageall results
Results: U23 Women
1. Alexandra Cassan Ferrier FRA 02:05:43
2. Sofie Hooghe BEL 02:09:24
3. Arina Shulgina KAZ 02:13:32
4. María Ortega De Miguel ESP 02:14:17
5. Ami Haishima JPN 02:14:53
DNF. Alice Capone ITA DNF
DNF. Elena Danilova RUS DNF
DNF. Nelmare Loubser RSA DNF
DNF. Thays Dos Santos BRA DNF
DNF. Yasuko Yatogi JPN DNF
Results: U23 Men
DSQ. Erick Peña VEN DSQ
DNF. João Amorim POR DNF
DNF. Zsombor Deak ROU DNF
DNF. Tsuyoshi Ohno JPN DNF
DNF. Shigeki Yoshida JPN DNF
DNF. Mart Suurkivi EST DNF
DNF. Jose Luis Cordova MEX DNF
DNF. José Veiga POR DNF
DNF. Eduardo Espinoza MEX DNF
DNF. Collier Kempton USA DNF
Results: Junior Women
1. Joselyn Daniely Brea Abreu TRI 01:03:12
2. Elena Maria Petrini ITA 01:03:37
3. Melina Alonso Aradas ESP 01:03:51
4. Georgina Schwiening GBR 01:04:07
5. Aleksandra Antkiewicz POL 01:04:31
6. Rita Lopes POR 01:04:32
7. Laura Gomez Ramon ESP 01:04:37
8. Sinem Francisca Tous Servera ESP 01:04:45
DNF. Anna Godoy Contreras ESP DNF
DNF. Miriam Casillas García ESP DNF
Results: Junior Men
1. Matthias Steinwandter ITA 00:56:31
2. David Mendoza MEX 00:56:36
3. David Castro Fajardo ESP 00:56:36
4. Nan Oliveras ESP 00:56:38
5. Delian Stateff ITA 00:56:42
6. Rodolphe Von Berg USA 00:56:49
7. Michael Pienaar RSA 00:56:55
8. Rhys Park GBR 00:56:59
9. Anton Melnikov RUS 00:57:06
DNF. Erick De La Torre MEX DNF
Results: Elite Women
1. Katie Hewison GBR 02:02:45
2. Jenny Schulz GER 02:02:47
3. Sandra Levenez FRA 02:02:54
4. Stefanie Bouma NED 02:03:29
5. Ainhoa Murua Zubizarreta ESP 02:03:47
6. Ana Burgos Acuña ESP 02:04:02
DNF. Karla Urbina VEN DNF
DNF. Estefania Dominguez ESP DNF
DNF. Rachel Chambers USA DNF
DNF. Alae Brand RSA DNF
Results: Elite Men
DSQ. Sergio Silva POR DSQ
DSQ. Daniel Antonioli ITA DSQ
DNF. Gered Dunne USA DNF
DNF. Masaaki Kurihara JPN DNF
DNF. Wouter Kegge NED DNF
DNF. Travis Johnston RSA DNF
DNF. Carlos Guanchez VEN DNF
DNF. Damien Derobert FRA DNF
DNF. Luís Almeida POR DNF
DNF. Raul Amatriain Arraiza ESP DNF
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