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Great Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee kicked off his Olympic season with a dominant performance in San Diego, winning his second ITU World Triathlon Series event ahead of Switzerland’s Sven Riederer and South Africa’s Richard Murray.
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Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins continued her brilliant start to 2012 with a dominating run to crush the field in San Diego, in a race that had a huge impact on London Olympic qualification. After an eight-women bike breakaway put 2 minutes and 30 seconds on the first chase group coming out of T2, Jenkins and Australia’s Erin Densham went to the lead into the first lap of the 10km run.
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Flora Duffy (BER), Simon De Cuyper (BEL) beat the heat to claim first career ITU Triathlon World Cup wins in Huatulco
Huatulco, Mexico (6 May 2012) – Bermuda’s Flora Duffy (BER) and Belgium’s Simon De Cuyper (BEL) earned their first ITU World Cup victories in hot and humid conditions in Huatulco on Sunday. In the women’s race, Duffy used a brilliant first run lap to set up her win over silver medallist Pamela Oliveira (BRA) and bronze medallist Claudia Rivas (MEX). In the men’s race, an incredible third-lap run surge led De Cuyper to the win ahead of Ryan Sissons (NZL) and Danylo Sapunov (UKR).
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Javier Gomez storms to victory at 2012 Eilat ETU Triathlon European Championships
Eilat, Israel (21 April 2012) - Spain’s Javier Gomez stormed the run and left nothing to chance at the 2012 Eilat ETU Triathlon European Championships to take the European title for the third time in his career. Russia took silver and bronze with powerful performances by Alexander Bryukhankov and Ivan Vasiliev who just beat Tony Moulai (FRA) in a sprint to the line for third.
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Alonso-McKernan and Badmann take IRONMAN SA title beating competitors and harsh weather conditions 22 April 2012
The 8th edition of the Spec-Savers IRONMAN South Africa provided a true test of character today as athletes were faced with trying weather conditions.
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Henning and Lidbury take out Challenge Fuerteventura (April 14, 2012) – Rasmus Henning (DAN) has retained his title at today’s Challenge Fuerteventura with a convincing win 3:57:16 win while Britain’s Emma Kate Lidbury took out the women’s title in 4:32:41.
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Erin Densham (AUS) and Steffen Justus (GER) run away to first ITU World Triathlon Series wins in Sydney
Sydney, Australia (14 April 2012) – Australia’s Erin Densham proved her incredible World Cup win in Mooloolaba wasn’t just a one-off performance in Sydney, when she blitzed the field in the run again to claim her first ITU World Triathlon Series win and further stake her claim for Olympic selection.
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PRINSLOO in the Money
Elite Swimmer and one of South Africa’s finest long distance stars, Troyden Prinsloo walked away with the lions share of the R36 000 on offer at the inaugural Triathlon Plus SA OCEAN MILE held in Durban on 1st April. Prinsloo entered all 3 events on the day comprising the double mile swim, then the half mile swim and finally ending off with the single mile swim.
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Murray and Sanders claim two Olympic spots for South Africa in Le Morne
South Africa’s Richard Murray and Gillian Sanders have secured two spots at the London Olympics for their NOC thanks to their respective wins at the 2012 Le Morne ATU Triathlon African Championships in Mauritius on Saturday.
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