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Triathlon - 02. August 2015.

Athletes amaze at Paratriathlon Test Event

In preparation for paratriathlon’s debut next summer at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, paratriathletes tested the course on Saturday and scored points that go towards making their Paralympic dreams come true.



In the women’s race, Lauren Steadman (GBR) commanded the course and was the frontrunner from start to finish. She led out of the water and the bike, which gave her a comfortable last leg all the way to the gold medal finish line. Behind her, Grace Norman (USA) stepped up for silver, while Faye Mcclelland (GBR) followed two minutes later for bronze.

PT 2
Hailey Danisewicz, Melissa Stockwell and Allysa Seely carried on the US women’s stronghold on women’s medal this 2015 season when they swept the women’s PT2 sport class. While it was Paralympic swimmer Stockwell that was second out of the water, with Danisewicz trailing more than two minutes behind, a strong bike put Danisewicz back in the game with a bike split three minutes faster than the field. The move put her out in front heading into the two-lap 5km run. From there, the eventual gold medallist continued to surge ahead, as she scorched out the fastest run split as well. Danisewicz won the race in 1:24:37 followed by Stockwell two minutes later and Seely two minutes after Stockwell.

“It was critical to be here, just being able to see the course, I think that’s going to be huge for next year – to get a whole dry run in,” said PT2 winner Hailey Danisewicz. “Rio has been awesome, great food, great people, awesome hospitality. It’s surpassed all of my expectations.”

Vasily Egorov (RUS) continued his dominant career in paratriathlon with his fifth win of the year and lucky number 13 overall. One of the slower swimmers out of the water, it was a dominant bike performance that edged Egorov out in front. The Russian carried his lead into the two-lap run along the Copacabana Beach and never let up, scoring to the win in 1:08:58. Mark Barr (USA), who has the fastest swim of the day, finished second, while Andrew Lewis (GBR) took bronze.

PT5
Great Britain showed up on Saturday in the women’s race, taking home both the gold and silver. Alison Patrickwas the showstopper who was able to glide onto the blue carper untouched with a commendable minute lead. Second to cross the line, however, was compatriot Melissa Reid. The bronze was awarded to USA’s Patricia Walsh, who finished with a time of 1:10:05.

“She responds to the cheers, she wanted to run off” said Patrick’s guide of the local support. “I was like, ‘no, keep it steady’.”

“I can’t see, so I’m listening to everything and the spirit was really good,” said Patrick. 

The battle for fourth place saw Susana Rodriguez (ESP) and Joleen Hakker (NED) is an all-out sprint to the finish. Rodriguez was able to push a last burst of energy and land her fourth by a nose.

On the men’s side, Jose Luis Garcia Serrano (ESP) unquestionably claimed the PT5 title. Winning the overall race by an outstanding lead, the fresh Spaniard placed himself in the rights of being a name to keep in mind when next summer roles around.

 

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