
The Grand Final in Auckland produced fantastic opportunities to capture images for the 2012 Photo of the Year contest. After a long season that included the London Olympics, athletes dug deep to finish the year strong. The bountiful photos captured from the elite, U23, junior and paratriathlon races set against the beautiful New Zealand landscape made selecting this week’s photos one of the hardest yet.
With minimal points separating Olympic medallists Erin Densham (AUS) and Lisa Norden (SWE), the pair were set to duel for the World Championship title. However, Densham fell ill a week prior to the racing, forcing her to pull out midway. Norden, who was also sick with food poisoning before racing managed to grab fourth place which earned her the title as best female athlete of the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series. The win for the day went to Norden’s training partner Anne Haug (GER). Check out race highlights here.
Similar to the women’s race, the men’s race was a tight battle. The hunt to call themselves the best came down to Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) and Javier Gomez (ESP). Despite suffering an injury weeks prior to the race, Gomez delighted the crowds when he overtook Brownlee with a blistering sprint down the finish chute. While Gomez won the race, the world title went to Brownlee. Watch their battle here.
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Related Event: 2012 Barfoot and Thompson World Triathlon Grand Final Auckland
Results: Elite Men | |||
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1. | Javier Gomez Noya | ESP | 02:00:29 |
2. | Jonathan Brownlee | GBR | 02:00:31 |
3. | Sven Riederer | SUI | 02:01:18 |
4. | Steffen Justus | GER | 02:01:40 |
5. | Gregor Buchholz | GER | 02:01:46 |
DNF. | Jarrod Shoemaker | USA | DNF |
DNF. | Harunobu Sato | JPN | DNF |
DNF. | Sergio Sarmiento | MEX | DNF |
DNF. | Simon De Cuyper | BEL | DNF |
DNF. | Alexander Bryukhankov | RUS | DNF |
Results: Elite Women | |||
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DNF. | Erin Densham | AUS | DNF |
DNF. | Anja Dittmer | GER | DNF |
DNF. | Margit Vanek | HUN | DNF |
DNF. | Kiyomi Niwata | JPN | DNF |
DNF. | Carole Peon | FRA | DNF |
DNF. | Irina Abysova | RUS | DNF |
DNF. | Ricarda Lisk | GER | DNF |
DNF. | Hideko Kikuchi | JPN | DNF |
DNF. | Aileen Reid | IRL | DNF |
DNF. | Katrien Verstuyft | BEL | DNF |
Results: U23 Men | |||
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DNF. | Hans Korman | EST | DNF |
DNF. | Uxio Abuin Ares | ESP | DNF |
DNF. | Flávio Queiroga | BRA | DNF |
DNF. | Ron Darmon | ISR | DNF |
DNF. | Matheus Diniz | BRA | DNF |
DNF. | Fabian Flores | GUA | DNF |
DNF. | Alexander Hinton | CAN | DNF |
DNF. | Nikko Huelgas | PHI | DNF |
DNF. | Shogo Ishitsuka | JPN | DNF |
DNF. | Marco Van Der Stel | NED | DNF |
Results: U23 Women | |||
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1. | Non Stanford | GBR | 02:13:06 |
2. | Sarissa De Vries | NED | 02:13:15 |
3. | Joanna Brown | CAN | 02:14:12 |
4. | Claudia Rivas | MEX | 02:14:26 |
5. | Natalie Van Coevorden | AUS | 02:14:28 |
6. | Sara Vilic | AUT | 02:15:06 |
7. | Ashlee Bailie | AUS | 02:15:09 |
DNF. | Arina Shulgina | KAZ | DNF |
DNF. | Kaitlin Donner | USA | DNF |
DNF. | Fanny Beisaron | ISR | DNF |
Results: Junior Men | |||
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DSQ. | Dmitry Baruzdin | RUS | DSQ |
DNF. | Alexis Lepage | CAN | DNF |
DNF. | Shichao An | CHN | DNF |
DNF. | Adrien Briffod | SUI | DNF |
DNF. | Bob Haller | LUX | DNF |
DNF. | Jeffrey Tang Ho Fai | HKG | DNF |
DNF. | William Huffman | USA | DNF |
DNF. | Anton Portnyagin | KAZ | DNF |
DNF. | Delian Stateff | ITA | DNF |
DNF. | Isikeli Rawlinson | FIJ | DNF |
Results: Junior Women | |||
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DNF. | Ivana Kuriackova | SVK | DNF |
DNF. | Andrea Nazareth Arenas Toloza | VEN | DNF |
DNF. | Mikayla Nielsen | NZL | DNF |
DNF. | Maria Cristina Farez Pucha | ECU | DNF |
DNF. | Renáta Fuchs | HUN | DNF |
DNF. | Johanna Gartman | USA | DNF |
DNF. | Anastasia Gorbunova | RUS | DNF |
DNF. | Rafelix Naomi Martinez | VEN | DNF |
DNF. | Lisa Schanung | ITA | DNF |
DNF. | Steffy Mishel Salazar Perez | ECU | DNF |