Official Launch of 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships
The 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships, set to take place on 24-25 September, organised an official event launch ceremony at the end of 2010. D. José Ramón Tuero, Councilor for Sports of the Municipality of Gijón hosted the launch ceremony, joined by D. Ramon del Rio of the Government of Principado de Asturias, Jorge Garcia of the Spanish Triathlon Federation, and Alfredo Lorenzo, Vice-President of the Principado de Asturias Triathlon Federation.
Gijon is a northern coastal city in Spain and is also recognised as one of the most important touristic areas. The city is confident that athletes, coaches and other guests from around the world will enjoy the incredible competition venue, which is set in the heart of the city.
Along with Elite competitions, Junior, U23, Mixed Team Relay, Age-Group Sprint, Standard, and ParaDuathlon are going to take place. Hosting ParaDuathlon will be a unique opportunity to demonstrate a commitment from the entire triathlon family developing the sport with disabilities at every corner of the world. Paratriathlon has been recently added to the RIo 2016 Paralympic Games programme.
The official website, www.duathlongijon.org, was also revealed.
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Related Event: 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships
Results: U23 Women | |||
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1. | Alexandra Cassan Ferrier | FRA | 02:05:43 |
2. | Sofie Hooghe | BEL | 02:09:24 |
3. | Arina Shulgina | KAZ | 02:13:32 |
4. | María Ortega De Miguel | ESP | 02:14:17 |
5. | Ami Haishima | JPN | 02:14:53 |
Results: U23 Men | |||
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1. | Etienne Diemunsch | FRA | 01:50:36 |
2. | Matthew Gunby | GBR | 01:51:40 |
3. | Miguel Arraiolos | POR | 01:51:51 |
4. | Fernando Alarza | ESP | 01:51:54 |
5. | Miguel Angel Fidalgo | ESP | 01:52:28 |
Results: Junior Women | |||
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1. | Joselyn Daniely Brea Abreu | TRI | 01:03:12 |
2. | Elena Maria Petrini | ITA | 01:03:37 |
3. | Melina Alonso Aradas | ESP | 01:03:51 |
4. | Georgina Schwiening | GBR | 01:04:07 |
5. | Aleksandra Antkiewicz | POL | 01:04:31 |
Results: Junior Men | |||
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1. | Matthias Steinwandter | ITA | 00:56:31 |
2. | David Mendoza | MEX | 00:56:36 |
3. | David Castro Fajardo | ESP | 00:56:36 |
4. | Nan Oliveras | ESP | 00:56:38 |
5. | Delian Stateff | ITA | 00:56:42 |
Results: Elite Women | |||
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1. | Katie Hewison | GBR | 02:02:45 |
2. | Jenny Schulz | GER | 02:02:47 |
3. | Sandra Levenez | FRA | 02:02:54 |
4. | Stefanie Bouma | NED | 02:03:29 |
5. | Ainhoa Murua Zubizarreta | ESP | 02:03:47 |
Results: Elite Men | |||
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1. | Roger Roca Dalmau | ESP | 01:51:22 |
2. | Victor Manuel Del Corral Morales | ESP | 01:51:29 |
3. | Benoit Nicolas | FRA | 01:51:30 |
4. | Sergey Yakovlev | RUS | 01:51:35 |
5. | Matt Russell | USA | 01:51:36 |
Results: 80-84 Male AG | |||
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1. | Edward Maruna | USA | 04:35:18 |
Results: 75-79 Male AG | |||
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1. | Raino Kiander | FIN | 02:34:18 |
2. | Wolfgang Funk | GER | 02:44:43 |
3. | Arnott Kidd | GBR | 02:51:45 |
4. | Eric Barber | GBR | 02:58:49 |
5. | David Peck | GBR | 03:05:01 |
Results: 75-79 Female AG | |||
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1. | Gabriele Pelz | GER | 04:20:28 |
Results: 70-74 Male AG | |||
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1. | Francesco Fiori | ITA | 02:25:07 |
2. | Warren Taylor | USA | 02:35:56 |
3. | James Girand | USA | 02:47:02 |
4. | Frank Lalo | FRA | 03:05:00 |
5. | Ray Bunn | GBR | 03:10:56 |