Official Launch of 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships

by Masa Takaya on 11 Jan, 2011 11:07 • Español

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

24 - 25 Sep, 2011 • event page • all results

Results: U23 Women
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
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
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
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
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
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	AIN	01:51:35
5.	Matt Russell	USA	01:51:36