The USA’s Austin Hindman won the men’s ITU Triathlon Junior World Championship race in Cozumel on Friday with a powerful come from behind run performance. Canada’s Charles Paquet took silver, followed by Great Britain’s Ben Dijkstra.
“I’m at a loss for words,” Hindman said. “Coming into this race I was feeling strong. To be able to take the win, that felt great, to come here and take first place is really a dream come true. I can’t believe it.”
The junior men started the day with a dive start into warm, clear ocean water for a one-lap 750m swim. The short course wasn’t enough for any of the athletes to split away from the school of swimmers, as only one minute separated the first and 75th athlete, meaning each athlete came out in one big line.
Norway’s Endre Espedal looked like he was attempting to break away from a 37-deep lead group after the first lap, riding through the transition area five seconds faster than anyone else. But with Youth Olympics Champion Dijkstra in the hunt, Espedal’s attack was held off. They did, however, manage to drop five men, cutting the end of the train off slightly by the end of the bike.
Daniel Hoy (NZL) and Dijkstra, the pair of whom sprinted to a photo finish at the 2014 Youth Olympics, looked to repeat their history from Nanjing, with them taking the lead out of T2.
“I thought if i go off hard, I’ll see who goes with me,” Dijkstra said. “I like it to be a hard race, that’s how I like racing. It was me, and a few others dragging everyone on the bike and I was happy to do it because I figured if the pace was hard it’d favor the strongest sort of athletes.”
But it was Canada’ Paquet that charged through the first lap of the run with a seven-second lead, followed by Dijkstra, Hindman and Hoy. The early blast looked to be in Paquet’s favor, but Hindman bid his move perfectly, executing a late surge to bypass Paquet for the gold.
“It was pretty hard, I faded 2k into the run, my quads started feeling tired,” Paquet said. “The heat was so hard today, I just tried to drink a lot of water. I was just trying to keep the pace. I knew Austin was coming. I was so happy to be first and keep that place, but Austin was faster today. I’m pretty happy today though.”
Paquet hung strong for silver, followed by Dijkstra.
Related Event: 2016 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Cozumel
Results: Elite Men | |||
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1. | Henri Schoeman | RSA | 01:46:50 |
2. | Jonathan Brownlee | GBR | 01:47:08 |
3. | Alistair Brownlee | GBR | 01:47:08 |
4. | Richard Murray | RSA | 01:47:35 |
5. | Mario Mola | ESP | 01:47:36 |
6. | Ryan Bailie | AUS | 01:47:40 |
7. | Crisanto Grajales Valencia | MEX | 01:47:46 |
8. | Jelle Geens | BEL | 01:47:52 |
9. | Fernando Alarza | ESP | 01:47:53 |
10. | Adam Bowden | GBR | 01:47:55 |
Results: Elite Women | |||
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1. | Flora Duffy | BER | 01:57:59 |
2. | Gwen Jorgensen | USA | 01:59:16 |
3. | Charlotte McShane | AUS | 01:59:25 |
4. | Helen Jenkins | GBR | 01:59:28 |
5. | Ai Ueda | JPN | 01:59:39 |
6. | Vendula Frintova | CZE | 01:59:44 |
7. | Sarah True | USA | 01:59:58 |
8. | Non Stanford | GBR | 02:00:16 |
9. | Mariya Shorets | AIN | 02:00:21 |
10. | Ashleigh Gentle | AUS | 02:00:34 |
Results: U23 Men | |||
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1. | Jorik Van Egdom | NED | 01:52:39 |
2. | Manoel Messias | BRA | 01:53:00 |
3. | Bence Bicsák | HUN | 01:53:02 |
4. | Simon Viain | FRA | 01:53:12 |
5. | Tom Richard | FRA | 01:53:13 |
6. | Cesar Saracho | MEX | 01:53:19 |
7. | Léo Bergere | FRA | 01:54:02 |
8. | István Király | HUN | 01:54:42 |
9. | Xavier Grenier-Talavera | CAN | 01:54:50 |
10. | Declan Wilson | AUS | 01:54:56 |
Results: U23 Women | |||
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1. | Laura Lindemann | GER | 01:59:18 |
2. | Leonie Periault | FRA | 01:59:33 |
3. | Sandra Dodet | FRA | 02:00:05 |
4. | Georgia Taylor-Brown | GBR | 02:00:50 |
5. | Kaidi Kivioja | EST | 02:01:07 |
6. | Sophie Coldwell | GBR | 02:01:36 |
7. | Julie Derron | SUI | 02:01:48 |
8. | Melanie Santos | POR | 02:02:06 |
9. | Jaz Hedgeland | AUS | 02:02:25 |
10. | Sara Papais | ITA | 02:02:44 |
Results: Junior Men | |||
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1. | Austin Hindman | USA | 00:54:02 |
2. | Charles Paquet | CAN | 00:54:12 |
3. | Ben Dijkstra | GBR | 00:54:20 |
4. | Daniel Hoy | NZL | 00:54:23 |
5. | Alex Yee | GBR | 00:54:24 |
6. | Oliver Blecher | CAN | 00:54:28 |
7. | Matevž Planko | SLO | 00:54:35 |
8. | Samuel Dickinson | GBR | 00:54:38 |
9. | Abraham Rodriguez Moreno | MEX | 00:54:41 |
10. | Vasco Vilaca | POR | 00:54:47 |
Results: Junior Women | |||
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1. | Taylor Knibb | USA | 00:59:05 |
2. | Lisa Tertsch | GER | 00:59:41 |
3. | Hye Rim Jeong | KOR | 00:59:50 |
4. | Ines Santiago Moron | ESP | 00:59:51 |
5. | Cecilia Santamaria Surroca | ESP | 00:59:56 |
6. | Desirae Ridenour | CAN | 01:00:02 |
7. | Lena Meißner | GER | 01:00:07 |
8. | Minami Kubono | JPN | 01:00:08 |
9. | Kyleigh Spearing | USA | 01:00:16 |
10. | Ekaterina Matiukh | AIN | 01:00:25 |