World Duathlon Champs Head to Edinburgh

by Brad Culp on 01 Sep, 2010 05:16 • Español
World titles will be contested at Edinburgh’s iconic, and very hilly, Holyrood Park – one of the most challenging courses ever.

The 2010 GE Edinburgh ITU Duathlon World Championships are set to take place this weekend, 3-5 September, in Scotland, UK. World titles will be contested at Edinburgh’s iconic, and very hilly, Holyrood Park – one of the most challenging courses ever used for an ITU Duathlon World Championships, as confirmed by those athletes already at the race site.

The Edinburgh crowd will be hoping for a home win from former World and European Champion, Catriona Morrison, who lives and trains in Broxburn, a few miles away from Holyrood Park.

Morrison will have to overcome the European Champion, Ruth Van der Meijden (NED) and runner-up Katie Ingram (GBR) from the ETU Duathlon European Championships held in Nacy, France in May. Van der Meijden was also 4th at the ITU Duathlon World Championships in Concorde, USA, last year.

The 2009 defending champion, Vendula Frintova (CZE), is not racing this year, but runner up, Sandra Levenez (FRA) will be. The women’s line up also includes Gwen Jorgensen (USA), an exceptionally fast runner and one to watch. She was second earlier this year at the World University Games Triathlon.

In the elite men’s event, Sergey Yakovlev (RUS) starts as number one based on his current world number one ranking. Manuel Del Corral Morales (ESP) is number two and was second at the ETU Duathlon European Championships this year in Nancy.

Damien Derobert
(FRA) won silver behind the USA’s Jarrod Shoemaker last year in Concord. Shoemaker is not racing, as he will contest the ITU World Championships Grand Final in Budapest next weekend.

Bryan Keane
will carry Ireland’s hopes. The former professional cyclist turned triathlete was seventh at the recent ITU World Sprint Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Joerie Vansteelant features headlines a strong Belgian team. Although the distance might not suit him, the former World Long Distance Duathlon champion will be one of the best known international names at the event. His late older brother, Benny, was one of the best duathletes the world has ever known.

The Elite races will be preceded on Friday by the Elite Paraduathletes race and on Saturday by amateur athletes racing for world duathlon titles in their age group. Scotland and Great Britain will be well represented alongside athletes from Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand and the USA.

Live results may be found here

Related Event: 2010 Edinburgh ITU Duathlon World Championships
03 - 05 Sep, 2010 • event pageall results
Results: U23 Women
1. Sophie Coleman GBR 02:15:02
2. Lois Rosindale GBR 02:15:56
3. Alice Capone ITA 02:20:41
4. Ami Haishima JPN 02:24:12
5. Romana Slavinec AUT 02:25:51
Results: U23 Men
1. Etienne Diemunsch FRA 01:53:33
2. Matthew Gunby GBR 01:54:27
3. Oscar Vicente ESP 01:56:01
4. Felix Duchampt ROU 01:57:23
5. Ritchie Nicholls GBR 01:57:43
Results: Junior Men
1. Uxio Abuin Ares ESP 01:03:52
2. Michael Gosman AUS 01:04:02
3. Jose Luis Cordova MEX 01:04:08
4. José Veiga POR 01:04:16
5. Hugo Alves POR 01:04:21
Results: Junior Women
1. Sofie Hooghe BEL 01:12:44
2. Marjon Van Der Wansem NED 01:13:32
3. Liis-Grete Arro EST 01:16:15
4. Elinor Thorogood GBR 01:16:55
5. Cindy Schwulst RSA 01:21:50
Results: Elite Women
1. Catriona Morrison GBR 02:02:47
2. Sandra Levenez FRA 02:03:05
3. Felicity Sheedy-Ryan AUS 02:06:14
4. Jenny Schulz GER 02:06:20
5. Ana Burgos Acuña ESP 02:06:42
Results: Elite Men
1. Bart Aernouts BEL 01:50:22
2. Rob Woestenborghs BEL 01:50:23
3. Joerie Vansteelant BEL 01:50:30
4. Victor Manuel Del Corral Morales ESP 01:51:06
5. Sergio Silva POR 01:51:45
Results: 80-84 Male AG
1. Edwin Bixenstine USA 03:44:10
2. Edward Maruna USA 05:02:30
Results: 75-79 Male AG
1. Wolfgang Funk GER 02:55:51
2. Roger Brockenbrough USA 03:07:35
3. Arnott Kidd GBR 03:09:52
4. John Anthony Marriott CAN 03:15:27
5. Robert Chapman NZL 03:28:04
Results: 75-79 Female AG
1. Pat Fossum USA 04:07:15
Results: 70-74 Male AG
1. Roberto De Marcellis ITA 02:36:07
2. George Black GBR 02:41:19
3. John Wood NZL 02:42:54
4. Theo Herberger GER 02:52:32
5. John Gordon NZL 02:54:05
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