Paraduathlon a gold rush for Aussies in Adelaide

by World Triathlon on 18 Oct, 2015 11:13 • Español

The Paraduathlon was a gold rush for the home nation with six of eight gold medals staying in Australia at the 2015 Adelaide ITU Duathlon World Championships.

Today’s winners included Sarah Tait (AUS) – FPT1; Alex Welsh (AUS) – MPT1; Alessandro Carvani Minetti (ITA) – MPT2; Sally Pilbeam (AUS) – FPT3; Fiona Southorn (NZL) – FPT4; Tony Scoleri (AUS) – MPT4; Casey Hyde (AUS) –FPT5; and Jonathon Goerlach (AUS) – MPT5.

The first medal’s decided was the men’s PT5 with Aussie athlete Jonathon Georlach (and guide Jack Bigmore) grabbing the gold in a close fought race with Amaud Grandjean (FRA) with Daniel Searle (AUS) picking up the bronze.

“My run is my strength and it really played into our favour in a duathlon. The French really pushed us on the run and kept us honest on the bike. We had to push the whole way.”

“We gain our advantage from our guides on the bike, they can’t drag us in the run or in the swim of the triathlon. Jack really left it all out there on the bike and unusually was hurting on the run but we had a good enough lead out there and managed to hold them off and enjoy the victory coming down the finish chute.”

“I have only been in the sport a few years and Jack is similar but the guys I am racing against around the world have much more condition and experience than me. I am on a steep learning curve to catch up.”

“When I started triathlon I hadn’t learned to swim, so I had a challenge within a challenge to become a good swimmer, so I could give myself further opportunities.”

“It is disappointing that we aren’t on the program for Rio 2016 but on the positives it gives me another four years to get that swim right. I am 33 and I am still learning every day. I will just keep training and follow the processes laid down by my coach Corey Bacon and come Tokyo 2020 we will be ripping and raring to go,” Jonathon said.

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Related Event: 2015 Adelaide ITU Duathlon World Championships

17 - 18 Oct, 2015 • event page • all results

Results: 16-19 Female AG Sprint
1.	Joanne Miller	AUS	01:04:16
2.	Brittany Yarde	AUS	01:06:57
3.	Alexandra Ogden	AUS	01:09:24
4.	Hayley Stanford	AUS	01:09:34
5.	Brandi Alberts	AUS	01:10:22

Results: 16-19 Male AG Sprint
1.	Matt Smith	AUS	00:56:56
2.	Dean Cane	AUS	00:56:56
3.	Cameron Low	NZL	00:57:39
4.	Cameron Richardson	GBR	00:57:43
5.	Christian Davey	NZL	00:57:48

Results: 18-19 Male AG
1.	Benjamin Walton	AUS	01:59:32
2.	Daniel Bluff	GBR	02:05:58
3.	Ben Snider-Mcgrath	CAN	02:08:39
4.	Ronan Phillips Johns	AUS	02:11:12
5.	John Micklethwaite	GBR	02:13:46

Results: 20-24 Female AG
1.	Laura Wolfson	AUS	02:14:34
2.	Fiona Bracegirdle	GBR	02:15:05
3.	Taneil Davidson	AUS	02:15:14
4.	Marissa Graham	NZL	02:15:16
5.	Emma Scally	AUS	02:17:46

Results: 20-24 Female AG Sprint
1.	Daniela Montserrat Soler Torres	MEX	01:07:26
2.	Sarah Short	AUS	01:09:16
3.	Elyse Foster	AUS	01:09:23
4.	Sabrina St-Gelais	CAN	01:09:57
5.	Bridgitte Burge	AUS	01:19:59

Results: 20-24 Male AG
1.	Kieran Storch	AUS	01:53:12
2.	Jason Matulick	AUS	01:54:09
3.	Alistair Young	AUS	01:57:04
4.	Sam Bell	NZL	01:57:19
5.	Mitchell Sharkey	AUS	01:59:48

Results: 20-24 Male AG Sprint
1.	Cameron Roberts	AUS	00:57:11
2.	Keith Jackson	USA	00:58:06
3.	Matt Darvell	AUS	00:58:50
4.	Sean Price	USA	00:59:50
5.	George Gwynn	NZL	01:00:16

Results: 25-29 Female AG
1.	Jacqueline Henricks	AUS	02:09:38
2.	Samantha Aplin	GBR	02:13:35
3.	Alex Mcdougall	AUS	02:15:03
4.	Briony Martin	GBR	02:16:29
5.	Gina Boone	NZL	02:21:12

Results: 25-29 Female AG Sprint
1.	Claire Steels	GBR	01:06:21
2.	Harriet Enoch	GBR	01:07:54
3.	Rebecca York	GBR	01:08:24
4.	Alejandra Rodriguez Machorro	MEX	01:09:23
5.	Lindsey Torgerson	USA	01:10:56

Results: 25-29 Male AG
1.	Leigh Stabryla	AUS	01:56:20
2.	Taylor Elms	AUS	01:57:41
3.	Balinga Pasco	AUS	01:58:30
4.	Matthew Fisher	AUS	01:59:43
5.	Andrew Stenson	GBR	01:59:58

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