Race Coverage

Appetite For Victory...

Friday, 08 April 2016 00:10

ED. In case you haven't read Triathlete.com's coverage of Gwen Jorgensen's victory in New Zealand, here it is. It's good stuff.

The second round of the ITU World Cup circuit threw up another round of outstanding sprint racing which saw Richard Murray (RSA) repeat and Gwen Jorgensen (USA) continue her unbeaten run. Both have had confident starts to the 2016 season and Rio Olympic build up and today executed perfectly timed performances to claim wins at New Plymouth.

Women’s Recap
The American megastar Gwen Jorgensen continued her domination on top of the podium with another impressive performance, winning the 2016 ITU World Cup in New Plymouth and getting her racing season and Olympic build up off to a confident start....

New Zealand’s Andrea Hewitt chose a home race in New Plymouth to get her season 2016 under way and what a performance taking second place. Kirsten Kasper (USA) again featured on the podium with a bronze.

“I have been in New Plymouth for a couple weeks now because my coach is originally from here and it has been great, the community has been so welcoming. I have loved being here,” Jorgensen said.

“I came here, there was a lot of good and tough athletes, a lot of fast swimmers so it was a good test. We were really pushing it on the swim, the bike and the run, so it was a really hard race.

“Next week I will start my WTS debut I guess for 2016 in Gold Coast, but the sole focus for me in August 20th, the Rio Olympics, so all of this has just been kind of training for that.” 

2016 New Plymouth ITU Triathlon World Cup
New Plymouth, New Zealand – April 3, 2016
750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run

Women
1. Gwen Jorgensen USA 0:58:51
2. Andrea Hewitt NZL 0:59:13
3. Kirsten Kasper USA 0:59:20
4. Mari Rabie RSA 0:59:28
5. Miriam Casillas García ESP 0:59:38

Men
1. Richard Murray RSA 0:53:08
2. Andreas Schilling DEN 0:53:28
3. Rostyslav Pevtsov AZE 0:53:32
4. Ryan Sissons NZL 0:53:33
5. Marten Van Riel BEL 0:53:34