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Victory for World Champion Don at 2012 Venue Tim Don won today's Corus Elite Series triathlon in Hyde Park, the proposed venue for London 2012. In a new super sprint race format, which included heats and a final over a 300m swim, 7km bike, 2.5km run course in and around The Serpentine, World Champion Don cruised through to the 20 strong final along with a host of international and home nation athletes. The swim was led out by Surrey's Richard Stannard with all of the athletes in close contention, and this transpired onto the bike where 13 of the top competitors forged a breakaway pack. Scotland's Fraser Cartmell was first onto the run, but it wasn't long before Don hit the front and raced to victory. Christian Weimer from Germany held on for second whilst World Junior Champion, Alistair Brownlee, outsprinted Londoner Stuart Hayes for third. Tim commented: 'It was an amazing experience to race at the future Olympic venue and I enjoyed the super sprint format. The sun was shining and the crowd were enthusiastic - a perfect combination for a triathlon. I've got a big month ahead of me including defending my World title in Hamburg, so this was great preparation.' The women's race saw a head to head battle between Australian Erin Densham and Britain's rising talent, Hollie Avil. Avil, the European Junior Champion, almost crashed into the course boards on the bike, but managed to stay upright and re-joined the main cycle pack. Densham, the World Under 23 Champion, exited for the run ahead of Britain's Andrea Whitcombe and Kerry Lang; but it was Avil who ran through from 10 seconds down to put up the strongest challenge. Densham held on for the win with Avil in second and Whitcombe in third. Erin commented: 'I really enjoyed racing here. It's almost like a rite of passage for Australian's to do well on the European race circuit, so today's win is rewarding.' Corus Elite Series Hyde Park Men's Results:
Corus Elite Series Hyde Park Women's Results:
For further information on British Triathlon, please see www.britishtriathlon.org or call: British Triathlon, Peter Holmes - Tel: +44 (0)7795 415 452
About British Triathlon The British Triathlon Federation is the National Governing Body for triathlon, the UK's fastest growing sport. At elite level we are striving for Olympic success and currently boast the current world champion in Tim Don, current World Under 23 Champion in Will Clarke and current World Junior Champion, Alistair Brownlee. Looking towards 2012 and beyond, British Triathlon has emerging some outstanding young talent from its youth programmes. Since becoming an Olympic sport in 2000, British Triathlon has seen large annual membership increases and now totals over 10,000 members throughout its Home Nation Associations. There are over 500 triathlon events conducted in Great Britain each year including the London Triathlon, the largest triathlon event in the World; and the BG Triathlon World Cup race in Salford, one of the leading international events. About Corus Corus is Europe's second largest steel producer with revenues of £9.7 billion and crude steel production of 18.2 million tonnes in 2006, primarily in the UK and the Netherlands. Combining international expertise with local customer service, the Corus brand represents quality and strength, providing innovative solutions to the construction, automotive, packaging, mechanical engineering and other markets worldwide. Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel, the world's sixth largest and second most global steel producer. With a combined presence in nearly 50 countries, Tata Steel including Corus has 84,000 employees across five continents and a pro forma crude steel production of 27 million tonnes in 2007. | |
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