Best of 2014: Camilla Pedersen’s comeback

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By Erin Greene | 31 Dec, 2014

Camilla Pedersen (DEN) no doubt claimed the comeback story of the year. Late in 2013, the Danish athlete endured a training accident on her bike that required her to be in an induced coma for a month with doctors doubting the eventual outcome.

But with an abominable will, Pederson defied the odds and made a full recovery. Despite it all, she somehow found the energy to begin training again after her brush with death.

Almost a year to the day of her accident, Pederson not only competed in, but clenched her first world title in the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Weihai, China.

“It is one year since my bad accident. I have come back and I am speechless,” said Pedersen after the race.

WOW what a day, what a year!

Related Event: 2014 Weihai ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships

21 Sep, 2014 • event page • all results

Results: Elite Men
1.	Bertrand Billard	FRA	05:09:09
2.	Sylvain Sudrie	FRA	05:11:50
3.	Cyril Viennot	FRA	05:15:34
4.	Graham O'grady	NZL	05:17:53
5.	Craig Alexander	AUS	05:20:45
6.	Gustavo Rodriguez Iglesias	ESP	05:21:53
7.	Rasmus Petræus	DEN	05:22:09
8.	Samuel Betten	AUS	05:23:26
9.	Antony Costes	FRA	05:24:24
10.	Nikolay Yaroshenko	AIN	05:25:41

Results: Elite Women
1.	Camilla Pedersen	DEN	05:43:31
2.	Kaisa Lehtonen	FIN	05:47:47
3.	Andrea Hansen	NZL	05:54:29
4.	Ewa Bugdol	POL	05:58:49
5.	Eva Potuckova	CZE	06:00:44
6.	Laura Bennett	USA	06:02:55
7.	Vanessa Gianinni	BRA	06:05:40
8.	Natsumi Higashi	JPN	06:34:14
9.	Gurutze Frades Larralde	ESP	06:34:25
10.	Yasuko Miyazaki	JPN	06:41:04

Results: 18-19 Female AG
1.	Emma Langley	USA	07:11:43

Results: 20-24 Male AG
1.	Ryan Waddington	AUS	05:36:50
2.	Guillaume Lecallier	FRA	05:56:03
3.	Takaaki Hiraoka	JPN	06:21:36
4.	Pengcheng Li	CHN	06:30:21
5.	Ryosuke Otsuka	JPN	06:35:22
6.	Ben Coventry	AUS	06:39:23
7.	Yusuke Kobayashi	JPN	06:57:37
8.	Yeerjianati Baolati	CHN	07:10:13
9.	Ryo Sagara	JPN	07:20:17
10.	Adam Palmer	NZL	07:21:50

Results: 20-24 Female AG
1.	Daniela Kaminska	POL	06:58:11
2.	Claire Johnstone	CAN	07:32:27
DNF.	Jade Winter	NZL	DNF

Results: 25-29 Male AG
1.	Craig Davis	AUS	05:42:55
2.	Grant Wilesmith	RSA	06:21:00
3.	Tim Glinski	USA	06:24:55
4.	Alexandru Diaconu	ROU	06:31:10
5.	Stephen Morriss	NZL	06:44:01
6.	Ryuuya Kidokoro	JPN	06:49:49
7.	Akhil Viz	GIB	06:54:56
8.	Daniel Coombes	NZL	07:03:05
9.	Nicholas Guz	AUS	07:03:33
10.	Biao Wang	CHN	07:06:57