at the races:gold coast
down under for worlds
photo courtesy of Jayme Ramson / USA Triathlon
Haskins
Andrea Hewitt, both contenders for the Dextro Energy Triathlon World Championship
World Championship Series win. Series Grand Final and earning the series
narrowly
Haskins consistently placed in the top victory.
10 at World Championship Series races in The 21-year-old from Great Britain used
Misses Medal
2009, finishing fifth in Madrid, fourth in a final surge near the end of the 10k run to
Washington, DC, sixth in Hamburg and ninth drop Spaniard Javier Gomez, the defending
By Jayme Ramson
in Yokohama. Despite her consistent top world champion. Olympic gold medalist Jan
performances, Haskins wanted more. Frodeno of Germany placed third.
a
merican Sarah Haskins used the
“I’ve been fourth or fifth or sixth all year – “I gave my best, one of my best races
conditions to her advantage in the
just so close but never quite there,” she said. ever, but Alistair was flying,” Gomez said. “I
Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World
Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins finished one tried many times on the hill to drop him, but
Championship Grand Final but ultimately fell
spot ahead of Haskins in the Grand Final and I couldn’t get rid of him. He’s been the best
one place shy of the podium.
pushed Haskins to sixth place in the World today and the best the whole season.”
Australia’s Emma Moffatt, who won three
Championship Series final standings. Jarrod Shoemaker was the top American
straight World Championship Series races
USA Triathlon Sport Performance Director in 14th place. Shoemaker, who won the
earlier in the year, overcame a late-season
Scott Schnitzspahn said Haskins is right on Hamburg World Championship Series
injury to cap her dominant year with a win in
track for the first year of the Olympic quad. race earlier this summer, said he was
her home country, posting a time of 1 hour,
American Sarah Groff finished 13th. Other disappointed with not finishing inside the
59 minutes, 14 seconds on the mostly flat
Americans in the race were: Mary Beth Ellis top 10.
course on the sunny Australian Gold Coast.
(23rd) and Jillian Petersen (29th). “I’m not going to lie, that was a pretty big
Choppy, cold water proved to be the
disappointment. I felt great leading into it
perfect swim conditions for Haskins, who
and then I just got a cramp a kilometer and
exited the water with a 15-second lead.
Brownlee Flawless
a half into the run. I just couldn’t breath at
After being caught by six others on the bike,
including teammate Sarah Groff, Haskins
in Finale
all,” Shoemaker said. “I felt great this whole
week. I have a lot more in me.”
and the group used the crosswinds to stay
away from a chase pack that included
Switzerland’s Daniela Ryf and New Zealand’s a
listair Brownlee’s dominance was
Other American finishers included Mark
on display yet again, capping a near
Fretta – 24th, Kevin Collington – 37th, Matt
perfect season with a win at ITU
Reed – 43rd, and Matt Chrabot – 47th.
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