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Triathlon - 22. October 2019.

Power display in Tongyeong as Dodet claims World Cup title

South Korea set the scene for today’s World Cup, in favourable race day conditions with scenic harbour views. Sandra Dodet claimed the gold medal in the elite women’s race, producing a striking run leg to earn the 2019 title. Matthew McElroy from USA stormed home, with a powerful running performance, to be awarded the gold medal in the elite men’s race.

Elite women’s race report
A stacked field of 63 elite women lined up to bid for World Cup success in Tongyeong. The sprint distance race format showcases harbour views and a challenging course with notable hills to attack. Vittoria Lopes, from Brazil, was the top-seeded woman to lead the field onto the startline.

Zsanett Bragmayer from Hungary, Australia’s Emma Jeffcoat, Lopes and Valerie Barthelemy from Belgium were the first of the field to complete the 750m swim, produce quick transitions and commence the 20km bike portion of the race.

The leading quartet were quickly caught by the masses and the field formed a long train of over 30-women, featuring all the top contenders. Swiss Olympic champion and triathlon royalty Nicola Spirig took front seat to lead the group across the 3-lapped course. Jeffcoat and Brazil’s Luisa Baptista were also in contention on the bike as they darted around Spirig, taking turns up front.

Power displays in Tongyeong as Dodet and McElroy claim World Cup titles

The chasing group of women were riding 1-minute-30-seconds down on the leaders and Mexico’s Adriana Barraza was working hard to drive this group.

The elite women charged into the second transition of the day and stormed out in a frenzy. Spirig and Jeffcoat led out but it wasn’t long before the likes of defending champion Ai Ueda, from Japan, and 2018 silver medallist Sandra Dodet, took control of the race.

The steep ascent, on course in Tongyeong, is renowned for sorting out the field and today was no exception as Dodet, Ueda, Claire Michel and Sophie Chase from USA moved into the leading positions with the rest of field, spreading out across the 5-kilometre run course.

Ueda, who has been battling injury for the latter part of the season, attempted to attack on the run to lead but Dodet had obviously conserved enough power in the legs, to take control of the final stage of the race and earn the 2019 title in Tongyeong. Dodet won the race in a time of 57-minutes-10-seconds across the powerful sprint distance format.

“The race was very good. The bike was aggressive and I knew I had to be very powerful on the run because of the hills and because of the strong girls. I gave everything today,” said Dodet.

Ueda, who was one of the last athletes to exit the water, produced a striking bike and run combination to be awarded the silver medal.

“Three months ago I was injured and to come back on the podium today, I am so happy,” said Ueda.

Michel showcased strong race form to round out the elite women’s podium with bronze.

“I came here with a lot of specific goals that I wanted to execute, I am happy with some things and some more progress to work on for Miyazaki,” said Michel.

Review the elite women’s results

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