Great Britain’s Andrea Whitcombe stepped onto her first triathlon World Cup podium since 2005 to take victory in the Hungarian town of Tiszaujvaros.
The Brit exited the swim in the chasing group, however bridged up to the leaders early on the bike to put herself in contention for the final run as the pack of five pulled away to establish a four minute advantage by second transition.
Whitcombe stormed away after the first of the four run laps to lead out on her own and was able to cross the finish line comfortably in first place to take her third career world cup win ahead of Australia’s Felicity Abram. Mariana Ohata from Brazil was third.
In the men’s race Britain’s Olly Freeman finished sixth, just a week after taking third position at the BG Triathlon World Cup in Hamburg, Germany. The race was won by Spain’s reigning world champion, Javier Gomez.
2008 Tiszaujvaros BG Triathlon World Cup, Hungary
Elite Women - Unofficial Results
Gold - Andrea Whitcombe (GBR) 2:02:48
Silver - Felicity Abram (AUS) 2:03:34 +:46
Bronze - Mariana Ohata (BRA) 2:04:07 +1:19
4th - Sarah Groff (USA) 2:04:58 +2:10
5th - Helle Frederiksen (DEN) 2:05:20 +2:33
Picture credit: triathlon.org
About British Triathlon
British Triathlon is the National Governing Body for triathlon, the UK’s fastest growing sport. At international level Great Britain boasts a strong squad of world ranked elite triathletes who regularly achieve international success and has some outstanding young talent emerging from its development programmes. Since becoming an Olympic sport in 2000, British Triathlon has seen annual increases in membership numbers of 10%. There are over 650 triathlon events conducted in Great Britain each year, including the Corus Elite Series which attracts athletes from all over the world and the renowned Mazda London Triathlon and. For more information visit BritishTriathlon.org.
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