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Dorian Coninx (FRA) repeats World Championship winning ways

By Erin Greene | 30 Aug, 2014
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After winning the junior men's world title last year, Dorian Coninx (FRA) repeated his winning World Championship ways at the Edmonton Grand Final, this time as an Under23 competitor. Great...

After winning the junior men’s world title last year, Dorian Coninx (FRA) repeated his winning World Championship ways at the Edmonton Grand Final, this time as an Under23 competitor. Great Britain’s Marc Austin was a close second to Coninx while fellow countryman Gordon Benson took third.

“It’s just amazing for me,” Coninx said. “It’s crazy, I would like to be the same as him [ youth, U23 and elite World Champion Alistair Brownlee] but it will be hard. It’s been a good weekend for France,  good for young new French people.”

The nature of the triangular swim course that encircles an island forced the Under23 men into a single file formation, which was led by Seunghun Seo (KOR), Pedro Mendes (POR) and Sheldon on the first of two laps.

But spurred on by a home crowd, Alexis Lepage (CAN) moved up on the second dip in the lake and thundered through transition followed by pre-race favourites Grant Sheldon (GBR), Justus Nieschlag (GER), Austin and Coninx.

A flight of 19 men managed to get away on the first of two 11km bike laps, with another handful attempting to hang on the back. After bridging together on the second loop, with all the main players in the group, they forged further and further ahead, racking up more than two minutes over the chase by the end of the longer circuits.

While the pace escalated to fast and furious on the four shorter 5km circles, the 25 men stuck together leaving it all to the four-lap 10km run.

Speed monster Coninx managed to sprint out of T2 first, but Austin, Benson and Wian Sullwald (RSA) responded quickly and together the four ran shoulder to shoulder through the first three laps.

The bell lap told a different story, as Coninx and Austin kicked into overdrive to ensure their positions on the podium. In a final spur, the Frenchman left Austin behind to cross the finish line first. Austin took second, while compatriot Benson scooped up bronze.

Related Event: 2014 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Edmonton
29 - Sep, 2014 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
DNF. Franz Löschke GER DNF
DNF. Fernando Alarza ESP DNF
DNF. Henri Schoeman RSA DNF
DNF. Gregor Buchholz GER DNF
DNF. Benjamin Shaw IRL DNF
DNF. Yegor Martynenko UKR DNF
DNF. Ivan Tutukin KAZ DNF
DNF. Andres Cabascango ECU DNF
DNF. Kohei Tsubaki JPN DNF
DNF. Ryan Sissons NZL DNF
Results: Elite Women
DNF. Yuka Sato JPN DNF
DNF. Maria Czesnik POL DNF
DNF. Anneke Jenkins NZL DNF
DNF. Celine Schaerer SUI DNF
DNF. Sarah Haskins USA DNF
DNF. Lisa Perterer AUT DNF
DNF. Ainhoa Murua Zubizarreta ESP DNF
DNF. Sarah-Anne Brault CAN DNF
DNF. Lina Maria Raga COL DNF
DNF. Raquel Torres DOM DNF
Results: U23 Men
1. Dorian Coninx FRA 01:53:06
2. Marc Austin GBR 01:53:20
3. Gordon Benson GBR 01:53:30
4. Simon Viain FRA 01:53:46
DNF. Juan Sebastian Rubio COL DNF
DNF. Tak Hei, Arthur Cheung HKG DNF
DNF. Jose Salazar CHI DNF
DNF. Shiruba Taniguchi JPN DNF
DNF. Delian Stateff ITA DNF
DNF. Ilya Prasolov RUS DNF
Results: U23 Women
1. Sophia Saller GER 02:04:52
2. Gillian Backhouse AUS 02:05:25
3. Erin Storie USA 02:06:59
DSQ. Fumika Matsumoto JPN DSQ
DSQ. Adriana Barraza MEX DSQ
DNF. Ayaka Shibata JPN DNF
DNF. Ivana Kuriackova SVK DNF
DNF. Andrea Berenice Gutierrez Gonzalez MEX DNF
DNF. Maria Cristina Farez Pucha ECU DNF
DNF. Joanna Brown CAN DNF
Results: Junior Men
1. Raphael Montoya FRA 00:56:27
2. Jacob Birtwhistle AUS 00:56:28
3. Calvin Quirk AUS 00:56:45
4. Lasse Nygaard Priester GER 00:56:50
5. Russell Pennock CAN 00:57:05
6. Manoel Messias BRA 00:57:11
7. Lukas Pertl AUT 00:57:13
8. Gustav Iden NOR 00:57:14
9. Xavier Grenier-Talavera CAN 00:57:18
DNF. Eli Hemming USA DNF
Results: Junior Women
1. Laura Lindemann GER 01:02:35
2. Cassandre Beaugrand FRA 01:02:38
3. Audrey Merle FRA 01:02:44
4. Sophie Coldwell GBR 01:03:37
5. Avery Evenson USA 01:03:44
6. Brittany Dutton AUS 01:04:05
7. Margot Garabedian FRA 01:04:06
8. Vanesa De La Torre MEX 01:04:10
9. Taylor Knibb USA 01:04:13
DNF. Sophie Malowiecki AUS DNF
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