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Top athletes line up for Duathlon World Championships in Denmark

By Courtney Akrigg | 06 Jul, 2018
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A stacked international field of World Champions and medallists will make their way to the starting line of the opening event of the Multisport Festival, vying to be crowned with Duathlon World Championship status.

The duathlon course, set in charming Odense, is flat, fast course and fast times are surely expected. The course will take in iconic sights of the city and surrounds, offering an exciting combination of technical sections in the middle of Odense and firing bike sections north of the town centre.

Wearing number one in the men’s field is Søren Bystrup who will be looking to claim victory in front of a home crowd. While Spain’s Emilio Martin and experienced French duathlete Benoit Nicolas will mix it up and stick to the heels of the Dane.

Also on the men’s start list is Benjamin Choquert from France and Great Britain’s Mark Buckingham.

The women’s race welcomes an experienced class including Sandrina Illes from Austria and Switzerland’s Melanie Maurer. Australia’s Felicity Sheedy-Ryan, renowned as one of the world’s best duathletes, will no doubt prove a threat to the field and will be aiming to dominate the format from the start.

Georgina Schwiening from Great Britain and Ai Ueda from Japan will be ones to watch in the women’s race.

A stellar field of athletes will also take to the duathlon course across the age group, open, junior and U23 categories in search World Championship prestige and personal best performances.

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Click here for the full schedule of event for the 2018 FYNSKE BANK Multisport World Championships Fyn

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Related Event: 2018 Fyn ITU Duathlon World Championships
06 - Jul, 2018 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
1. Andreas Schilling DEN 01:35:56
2. Yohan Le Berre FRA 01:35:57
3. Mark Buckingham GBR 01:36:47
4. László Tarnai HUN 01:37:48
5. Arnaud Dely BEL 01:37:59
6. Benjamin Choquert FRA 01:39:50
7. Vincent Bierinckx BEL 01:39:56
8. Philip Wylie GBR 01:40:06
9. Nicklas Røssner DEN 01:40:10
10. Thomas Springer AUT 01:40:20
Results: Elite Women
1. Sandrina Illes AUT 01:49:29
2. Ai Ueda JPN 01:49:38
3. Georgina Schwiening GBR 01:49:47
4. Felicity Sheedy-Ryan AUS 01:50:20
5. Sandra Levenez FRA 01:50:42
6. Melanie Maurer SUI 01:51:45
7. Gillian Sanders RSA 01:51:48
8. Lesley Smit NED 01:51:58
9. Jony Heerink NED 01:52:19
10. Garance Blaut FRA 01:52:21
Results: U23 Men
1. Arnaud Dely BEL 01:37:59
2. Krzysztof Hadas POL 01:40:35
3. Wesley Mols NED 01:41:14
4. Thomas Cremers NED 01:41:30
5. Nicolas Tilman BEL 01:41:43
6. Aoba Yasumatsu JPN 01:41:47
7. Stijn Jansen NED 01:42:06
8. Matt Smith AUS 01:42:40
9. Thijs Wiggers NED 01:42:48
10. Niels Te Pas NED 01:43:21
Results: U23 Women
1. Lucie Picard FRA 01:54:25
2. Sophie Van Der Most NED 01:54:43
3. Hikari Tamura JPN 01:55:10
DNF. Laura Smith GBR DNF
LAP. Sayu Arizono JPN LAP
LAP. Mami Tateoka JPN LAP
Results: Junior Men
1. Matthew Willis GBR 00:56:30
2. Thor Bendix Madsen DEN 00:57:00
3. Joey Van 't Verlaat NED 00:57:11
4. Frederik Holm Wester DEN 00:57:57
5. Oscar Gladney Rundqvist DEN 00:59:38
6. Christian Nass DEN 01:03:49
7. Cody Salter AUS 01:04:28
8. Georgios Lavdas GRE 01:08:48
Results: Junior Women
1. Costanza Arpinelli ITA 01:03:24
2. Shirin Van Anrooij NED 01:03:26
3. Leana Bissig SUI 01:04:03
4. Olivia Keiser SUI 01:04:28
5. Marije Hijman NED 01:07:11
6. Maaike Telkamp NED 01:07:20
7. Sam Wennink NED 01:10:16
8. Caitlin Sendt AUS 01:14:58