Posted on August 11th, 2008 by Trispace | No Comments »
Scotland’s Catriona Morrison put an injury-stricken start to the season behind her as she defended her ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championship title in Geel, Belgium.
Athletes endured an 18Km opening run, followed by a cycle of 74 kilometers, before finishing off with a 9Km run.
With a commanding second run performance which took her away from the chasing athletes, Morrison showed once again why she is one of the best duathletes in the world. Having suffered with plica syndrome in her knee earlier in the year she missed out on the chance to defend her European Duathlon title. She has now won one standard distance and two long distance world titles in the past three years. GB’s Michelle Lee finished in fifth following a silver medal in last year’s competition.
In the elite men’s race Belgium’s Joerie Vansteelant also defended his 2007 crown with an outstanding display, listing the fastest 1st run and bike splits. Meanwhile Bristol University medical student Oli Mott was an excellent ninth in the senior men’s competition, with Matt Moorhouse a very well placed 14th.
You can get the full results here, including some excellent photos of the event.
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Posted on August 6th, 2008 by Trispace | 1 Comment »
With the big Beijing shadow being cast over most of the MultiSport world, not to be forgotten is the 2008 Geel ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championships on August 10 from Geel, Belgium. More than 100 avid duathletes are on the start list in elite and age-group categories. The elites will battle for a $50,000 prize purse.
Elite men to watch:
Joerie Vansteelant (BEL) - defending world champion 2007, bronze medallist 2006
Lino Barruncho (POR) - Duathlon European Champion in 2006, 2nd at Duathlon world championships in 2004
Nicolas Lebrun (FRA) - multisport specialist, multiple medallist in winter triathlon and duathlon
Rob Woestenborghs (BEL) - 3rd at Duathlon world champs (10-40-5) in 2006
Javier Garcia (ESP) - silver medallist 2007
Koen Maris (BEL) - bronze medallist 2007, silver medallist 2006
Elite women to watch:
Catriona Morrison (GBR) - defending world champion, 2nd in 2006, Duathlon World Champion 2006
Michelle Lee (GBR) - silver medallist 2007
Miek Vyncke (BEL) - U23 World Champion in Geel in 2004
Athletes will begin with an 18-kilometer opening run (4 laps of 4.5 kilometers), then will cycle 74 kilometers (4 laps of 18.5 kilometers). They’ll finish with a 9-kilometer run (2 laps of 4.5 kilometers) before crossing the finish line. The course is flat but the bike course contains some technical corners.
In 2004, Geel was host to one of the most successful Duathlon world championships ever and another highly successful event is expected this weekend.
You can watch the event unfold live online by clicking here.
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