Grand Final Opening Ceremony photo gallery

by Paula Kim on 08 Sep, 2011 03:46 • Español

The Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Grand Final officially opened in spectacular fashion at Changping stadium tonight. Age-group athletes, paratriathletes and their family and friends were treated to an evening of Chinese performances and culture. Olympic champions Emma Snowsill and Jan Frodeno spoke to the audience about what Beijing meant to them as it was the site of the one of the finest moments of their careers: Olympic gold. ITU President Marisol Casado also spoke and thanked the Local Organising Committee for their hard work hospitality.

Photo Gallery from the Opening Ceremony:
(All photos: Janos Schmidt / ITU)

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09 - 11 Sep, 2011 • event page • all results

Results: Elite Women
1.	Andrea Hansen	NZL	01:58:26
2.	Helen Jenkins	GBR	01:58:40
3.	Melanie Hauss	SUI	01:58:58
4.	Lisa Norden	SWE	01:59:00
5.	Laura Bennett	USA	01:59:02

Results: Elite Men
1.	Alistair Brownlee	GBR	01:48:07
2.	Sven Riederer	SUI	01:48:14
3.	Jonathan Brownlee	GBR	01:48:17
4.	Dmitry Polyanskiy	AIN	01:48:20
5.	Laurent Vidal	FRA	01:48:24

Results: U23 Men
1.	Matthew Sharp	GBR	01:52:12
2.	David McNamee	GBR	01:52:17
3.	Thomas Bishop	GBR	01:52:19
4.	Greg Billington	USA	01:52:38
5.	Franz Löschke	GER	01:53:01

Results: U23 Women
1.	Agnieszka Jerzyk	POL	02:07:07
2.	Zsófia Kovács	HUN	02:07:08
3.	Rebecca Robisch	GER	02:07:14
4.	Kaitlin Donner	USA	02:07:18
5.	Yuliya Yelistratova	UKR	02:07:30

Results: Junior Men
1.	Lukas Verzbicas	USA	00:56:21
2.	Justus Nieschlag	GER	00:56:54
3.	Tony Smoragiewicz	USA	00:56:59
4.	Ron Darmon	ISR	00:57:06
5.	Matt Brown	AUS	00:57:11

Results: Junior Women
1.	Mikayla Nielsen	NZL	01:03:40
2.	Ashlee Bailie	AUS	01:03:42
3.	Hanna Philippin	GER	01:03:47
4.	Eszter Pap	HUN	01:04:02
5.	Kelly Whitley	USA	01:04:12

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