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Knibb nabs Women’s Junior World title

By Erin Greene | 16 Sep, 2016
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In the women’s ITU Triathlon Junior World Championship race at the 2016 World Triathlon Grand Final Cozumel on Friday, Taylor Knibb (USA) nabbed her first world championship title with a dominating bike and run performance. Lisa Tertsch (GER) produced a speedy run for second and in a sprint finish, Hye Rim Jeong (KOR) out ran Ines Santiago (ESP) for bronze. The bronze is the first-ever World Championship medal of any level for Korea.

“That was probably the worst swim of my entire life, I just had to be patient and move my way up,” Knibb said. “If someone had told me that was how the race would have panned out, I would have just laughed. I live in DC, so it’s been a very humid summer, so I’m kinda used to going out and feeling like you hit a wall of heat.”

Japan’s Fuka Sega and Minami Kubono, along with Hungary’s Dorka Putnoczki, managed to maneuver their way through the swim first for a 10-second lead. While several pockets of women formed out of the swim, 32 women came together after the first of four bike laps, including pre-race favourites Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA) and Taylor Knibb (USA).

Lena Meißner (GER), Therese Feuersinger (AUT) and Knibb knocked out a 20-second lead over the field midway through the bike. On the third lap, Knibb stretched out her top place over the main chase to 35 seconds, while her break away partners Feuersigner and Miesner dropped to 17 seconds back.

While the pair continued to fall back to the chase as the bike ended, Knibb ran out nearly half a minute before the rest of the women arrived to T2. Nimble on her feet as she is in saddle, Knibb hung onto her lead after the first of two run laps, while Lisa Tertsch (GER), Hye Rim Jeong (KOR), Cecilia Santamaria Surroca (ESP) and Ines Santiago (ESP) positioned themselves next in the run.

But there was no stopping or slowing Knibb as she cruised over the finish line to win the Junior World Title, meaning the US won both the men’s and women’s titles in the category.

Behind her, Tertsch went unchallenged in the final lap for silver, while Santiago and Jeong engaged in a sprint battle down the finish chute. In a last burst of speed, Jeong passed Santiago for the final medal.

 

 

Related Event: 2016 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Cozumel
11 - Sep, 2016 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
LAP. Gergo Simon ROU LAP
LAP. Mehdi Essadiq MAR LAP
DNF. Dorian Coninx FRA DNF
DNF. Ryan Sissons NZL DNF
DNF. Stefan Zachäus LUX DNF
DNF. Gábor Faldum HUN DNF
DNF. Adrien Briffod SUI DNF
DNF. Tamás Tóth HUN DNF
DNF. Miguel Arraiolos POR DNF
DNF. Gonzalo Raul Tellechea ARG DNF
Results: Elite Women
LAP. Long Hoi MAC LAP
LAP. Claire Michel BEL LAP
LAP. Erin Storie USA LAP
DNF. Rebecca Spence NZL DNF
DNF. Nicky Samuels NZL DNF
DNF. Yurie Kato JPN DNF
DNF. Miriam Casillas García ESP DNF
DNF. Summer Rappaport USA DNF
DNF. Emma Jackson AUS DNF
DNF. Pamella Oliveira BRA DNF
Results: U23 Men
LAP. Ruslan Terekhov RUS LAP
LAP. Facundo Medard ARG LAP
LAP. Jose David Amaya VEN LAP
LAP. Christophe De Keyser BEL LAP
LAP. Menno Koolhaas NED LAP
LAP. Marc Greyling RSA LAP
LAP. Roee Zoarets ISR LAP
DSQ. David Castro Fajardo ESP DSQ
DSQ. Jiri Kalus CZE DSQ
DNF. Matthew Roberts AUS DNF
Results: U23 Women
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
LAP. Valeria Avila CRC LAP
DNF. Ivana Kuriackova SVK DNF
DNF. Maddie Dillon NZL DNF
DNF. Vittoria Lopes BRA DNF
DNF. Lizeth Rueda Santos MEX DNF
Results: Junior Men
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
DNF. Chin Wa Wong MAC DNF
DNF. Kamil Damentka POL DNF
DNF. Nicholas Quenet RSA DNF
DNF. Maxime Fluri SUI DNF
DNF. Ben De La Porte RSA DNF
Results: Junior Women
1. Taylor Knibb USA 00:59:05
LAP. Gabrielle Dumont de Chassart ZIM LAP
DNF. Dorka Putnóczki HUN DNF
DNF. Elizabeth Stannard NZL DNF
DNF. Luma Guillen BRA DNF
DNF. Gal Rubanenko ISR DNF
DNF. Andrea Garrido CHI DNF
DNF. Gabriela Ribeiro POR DNF
DNF. Catalina Iñiguez CHI DNF
DNF. Cassandre Beaugrand FRA DNF
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