Age-groupers snap up entries for London

by Masa Takaya on 27 Jan, 2011 11:26 • Español

The opportunity to race at an Olympic Games venue was too good to pass up as entry slots for London’s age-group race have sold out in just eight weeks. Over the weekend of August 6th and 7th in Hyde Park, the 4,500 lucky age-groupers who booked their spot will compete alongside the world’s top elite triathletes, including World Champions and Olympic medallists.

The sixth round of the 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in London will be held at the same venue as the triathlon competition in the 2012 Olympic Games. The age-group athletes will have the privilege to feel some of the atmosphere which the Olympic Games would bring the following year.

This year’s entries sold out in record time with the Buckingham Palace route filling up just 72 hours after entries officially opened.

“In only our third year of operation with this event, the response has been somewhat overwhelming. We’ve been bombarded with requests for further entries”, said Robert Puestow, the Event Director from Upsolut Sports UK.

The elite race is also a London 2012 test event, plus the 2011 ITU World Olympic Qualification Event, where athletes will be vying for coveted Olympic slots for their National Olympic Committees (NOCs). The world’s eyes will certainly be on London this summer.

The 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series will start from Sydney in April, followed by Yokohama, Madrid, Kitzbühel, Hamburg, London, and conclude in Beijing in September with the Grand Final.

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Related Event: 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series London

06 - 07 Aug, 2011 • event page • all results

Results: Elite Women
1.	Helen Jenkins	GBR	02:00:34
2.	Gwen Jorgensen	USA	02:00:41
3.	Anja Dittmer	GER	02:00:49
4.	Emma Jackson	AUS	02:00:51
5.	Emma Snowsill	AUS	02:00:52

Results: Elite Men
1.	Alistair Brownlee	GBR	01:50:09
2.	Alexander Bryukhankov	RUS	01:50:34
3.	Jonathan Brownlee	GBR	01:51:04
4.	Javier Gomez Noya	ESP	01:51:16
5.	Steffen Justus	GER	01:51:25

Results: Para Triathlon Male TRI-6
1.	Sean Grundy	GBR	01:12:21
2.	Haseeb Ahmad B1	GBR	01:12:22
3.	Jack Garner	GBR	01:41:34

Results: Para Triathlon Male TRI-5
1.	JP Theberge	USA	01:11:58
2.	Martin Falch	AUT	01:12:29
3.	Matthew Emmerson	GBR	01:16:20
4.	Mikel Garmendia	ESP	01:18:10
5.	Kev Flint	GBR	01:18:38

Results: Para Triathlon Male TRI-4
1.	Péter Boronkay	HUN	01:09:11
2.	Martins Drusts	LAT	01:11:04
3.	Tommy Knapp	USA	01:13:18
4.	Tom Perkins	GBR	01:14:46
5.	Rob Noordzij	NED	01:15:07

Results: Para Triathlon Male TRI-3
1.	Steven Judge	GBR	01:16:37
2.	Sebastian Averesch	GER	01:20:51
3.	James Smith	GBR	01:26:16
4.	Paul Thomas	GBR	01:43:56
DSQ.	Chris Wagner	RSA	DSQ

Results: Para Triathlon Male TRI-2
1.	Stephane Bahier	FRA	01:17:05
2.	Oswald Kydd	RSA	01:19:35
3.	David Peiffer	FRA	01:21:03
4.	Javier Merida	ESP	01:43:48

Results: Para Triathlon Male TRI-1
1.	Francesc Sola Garcia	ESP	01:14:08
2.	James Goddard	GBR	01:17:41
3.	Pierre Ouellet H1	CAN	01:23:49
4.	Rafael López Ordoñez	ESP	01:27:54
5.	Alan Rayment	GBR	01:31:20

Results: Para Triathlon Female TRI-6
1.	Joleen Hakker B1	NED	01:16:57
2.	Melissa Reid B3	GBR	01:17:41
3.	Susana Rodriguez B1	ESP	01:17:42
DNF.	Sara Butler	GBR	DNF

Results: Para Triathlon Female TRI-4
1.	Faye McClelland	GBR	01:13:35
2.	Lauren Steadman	GBR	01:15:45
3.	Clare Cunningham	GBR	01:17:32

London and Sydney Entries Now Open
Organisers of both the London and Sydney rounds of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series have opened entries to Age Group athletes for the 2011 events.
01:39 - 03 Dec, 2010