<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Pro Field - Duathlon247</title><link>http://www.duathlon247.com/index.html</link><description>Latest pro field articles from Duathlon247</description><item><title><![CDATA[Kat Grimmett retires from Duathlon]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.duathlon247.com/article_5749.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coming up this weekend in Edinburgh is the 2010 ITU World Duathlon Championships (www.edinburghduathlon2010.com).
One member of a strong GB ladies team was due to be ETU European Championship bronze medal winner Kat Grimmett, who made such an impact on the sport in 2009, and but for an unfortunate crash in sight of T2 last year  could well have been the defending ITU World Champion this week.
However, Kat has now decided to retire from the sport of duathlon slightly earlier than planned, and focus fully on her running career, where success over the marathon distance is her ultimate aim.
You can read more about Kat&#039;s decision HERE on our sister site www.run247.com. 
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sutz and Schwalbe take Powerman Germany]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.duathlon247.com/article_5739.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Andy Sutz (SUI) and Ulrike Schwalbe (GER) win  2010 Powerman Germany 
If you wanted to participate in a challenging  race this weekend, you had to be at the 2010 Powerman Germany in Falkenstein  Germany. A difficult run route with steep rolling hills,  combined with a difficult climb immediately after transition, rain, strong cold  wind and in between some sunshine, good organisation and positive, enthusiastic  sporty spectators   would have been your  world this weekend.
Female:
Susanne Svendsen (DEN) showed in the first run  that she had very good legs today. She and local world class duathlete  Ulrike Schwalbe (GER) took the lead in the  female race after the first run.  Susanne  Svendson did a fast transition and started the bike leg 20 seconds before  Ulrike Schwalbe and  over 3 min ahead of  Jacqueline Uebelhart (SUI). Today Jacqueline Uebelhart was the fastest on the  bike. It took her 2:11:05 for the 64 km hilly bike course.  She was able to  overtake Susanne Svendsen(GER) and closing  the gap between her and Ulrike Schwalbe (GER). Despite gear shift problems  Ulrike Schwalbe took the lead in the race on  the bike and brought the 2010 Powerman Germany and 2010  National Duathlon Champion victory home.
Male:
A very strong male field lined up at the 2010  Powerman Germany start line. Anyway everybody knew that the Swiss Andy Sutz  and the British Matt Moorhouse were the men to beat today. The top German athletes were also at the start  for their 2010 National Duathlon Championship.   Several of them wanted to show today that it was their race and that the  Germans were the men to beat in Falkenstein.
Daniel Rockoff (GER) came first in transition  after a heavy and rainy 16km in 52min. 34sec. with Andy Sutz (SUI) and Matt  Moorhouse (GBR) within 10 sec.  Soon  after them came a long line of duathletes from all over Europe such as David  Vaughan (IRL), Boris Stein (GER), Karl Prungraber (AUT), Philippe Linder (SUI)  and  Esben Kaczmann (DEN).
Matt Moorhouse (GBR) had the fastest bike time  of 1:49:52 and came in transition first, closely followed by Andy Sutz (SUI).  The German surprise of the day was Boris Stein with a very strong bike ride (2nd  fastest) and second run to finish 3rd in Powerman Germany and to  become the 2010 German Long Distance Duathlon Champion.

Results May 30, 2010 Powerman  Germany/Falkenstein

  
    2010 Powerman Germany 
     2010 PowerWOman Germany
  
  
     1. Andy Sutz (SUI)- 3:11:47
     1. Ulrike Schwalbe (GER)-3:48:57
  
  
     2. Matt Moorhouse (GBR)-3:11:55
     2. Jacqueline Ueberhart (SUI) 3:50:57
  
  
     3. Boris Stein (GER)-3:12:50
     3. Susanne Svendsen (DEN)-3:51:51
  
  
     4. Karl Prungraber (AUT)-3:17:16
     4. Katrin Esefeld (GER)- 3:56:59
  
  
     5.Sebastian Retzlaff (GER)-3:18:43
     5. Christine Rausch (GER)-4:02:49
  
  
     6.Michael Wetzel (GER)-3:20:20
     6. Marion Hofmann (GER) 4:03:54
  
  
     7. Esben Kaczmarek (DEN) 3:20:57
     7. Claudia Hille (GER) 4:11:23
  
  
     8. David Vaughan (IRL) 3:21:08
     8. Annabelle Konczer (AUT) 4:11:57
  
  
     9. Sebastian Kuefner (GER) 3:23:11
     9. Elfi Rose (GER) 4:13:12
  
  
     10. Dirk Strohtmann (GER) 3:23:37
     10. Antje Strohtmann (GER) 4:15:44
  

Powerman Germany:
www.powerman.org
  www.powerman-germany.de
  Results on  www.tollense-timing.de ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gernika International Duathlon report]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.duathlon247.com/article_5732.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arguably the world&rsquo;s most famous annual short distance duathlon, the Gernika International, once again lived up to it&rsquo;s reputation for class and precision. In the elite races, Belgian Bart Aernouts defended his 2009 crown and Frenchwoman, Alexandra Louison tuned up for next week&rsquo;s European Championships with a sharp running display.

Under the guidance of race director, Cesar Ramos and the Urdaibai Triatlon Taldea, the event was once again highlighted by the atmosphere of the African drums and central urban running circuits used in the race. Some 5000 spectators were out on a perfect afternoon and easily changed vantage points throughout the race to keep abreast of the competition and maintain enthusiastic support for the athletes.
In the woman&rsquo;s competition, the three invited athletes- Louison, Czech Radka Vodicova and Spain&rsquo;s Inma Perriero quickly separated from the pack and showed their class. They would stay together until the end of the undulating bike with only Perriero trying to attack from the group. She was unsuccessful and the effort showed as she fell away in the final run to finish behind the charging Louison and Vodicova. Louison&rsquo;s victory was just reward after finishing 2nd and 3rd in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

For the elite men, the 12 invited athletes included most of the major names on the International circuit- most notably 2008 World Champion, Rob Woesteborghs and former World Junior Champions, Bart Aernouts and Sergio Silva. The race started with a very quick first 5.3km circuit which disintegrated the lead pack and whittled it down to only 7 at the first transition. The international lead group resulted in a tactical start to the bike leg, before Aernouts launched his customary attack here on the climb out of Gernika. He was joined by Spanish Champion, Victor Del Corrales and Australian Champion, Daniel Green. The gap was no more than 15 seconds on the outward section of the 23km bike leg as the chasing group was hauled by Frenchman, Nicolas Capoferri. On the return however, the group extended their advantage to almost a minute at T2. Onto the final run and immediately Del Corrales asserted his presence. It took almost 1km for Aernouts to catch up to the Spaniard and he launched a decisive kick 500m from the line to demonstrate his class and match his victory of 2009.

In all, the event and sponsors continue to be the best example of Basque pride. The field of 400 athletes once again sold out within 24 hours of entries opening and the sponsorship, government and spectator support continues to expand.

Results:

Woman

1 LOUISON, ALEXANDRA (Fra) 1 0:18:10 2 0:50:15 31,04 1 0:08:39 1:17:04 
2 VODICKOVA, RADKA (Tch) 2 0:18:11 1 0:50:12 31,07 2 0:09:07 1:17:30  
3 PEREIRO GONZALEZ (Esp) 3 0:18:12 3 0:50:25 30,94 3 0:09:31 1:18:08  
4 ROUTIER CA&Ntilde;IGUERAL, (Esp) 6 0:20:42 4 0:50:49 30,69 8 0:10:44 1:22:15  
5 RUIZ TERAN, INMACULADA BILBAO (Esp) 8 0:20:53 6 0:51:19 30,39 5 0:10:11 1:22:23 


Men


1 AERNOUTS, BART (Bel) 6 0:15:33 2 0:39:15 39,74 1 0:07:34 1:02:22
2 DEL CORRAL MORALES (Esp) 2 0:15:32 1 0:39:14 39,76 2 0:07:38 1:02:24 
3 GREEN, DANIEL (Aus) 4 0:15:32 3 0:39:25 39,57 8 0:08:02 1:02:59 
4 SILVA, SERGIO (Por) 1 0:15:31 5 0:40:18 38,70 3 0:07:38 1:03:27 
5 CAPOFERRI, NICOLAS (Fra) 7 0:15:34 4 0:40:01 38,98 5 0:07:55 1:03:30 
6 ETXEANDIA LEJARCEGUI, IURGI EXTREM ZORNOTZA ABM 3 0:15:32 7 0:40:31 38,50 6 0:07:56 1:03:59 
7 BAUGH, RAF (Aus) 5 0:15:33 6 0:40:28 38,55 16 0:08:19 1:04:20 
8 DI MARCO, FABRICE (Fra) 14 0:16:12 8 0:40:38 38,39 4 0:07:48 1:04:38 
9 ATTARD, JAMES (Gbr) 9 0:16:02 10 0:40:47 38,25 10 0:08:06 1:04:55 
10 RUIZ ICHAZO (Esp) 11 0:16:11 9 0:40:44 38,29 9 0:08:03 1:04:58 


OTHER 11. Felix Martinez (Esp) 12. Rob Woestenborghs (BEL) DNF L. Galinier (FRA)

]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powerman Alabama: Vansteelant and Asplund take the titles]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.duathlon247.com/article_5722.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first Powerman (www.powerman.org) duathlon of 2010 took place this past weekend at Oak Mountain State Park - Powerman Alabama (www.team-magic.com). 
Joerie Vansteelant (BEL) and Marisa Asplund (USA) took the overall race wins, ain an event that also hosted the USAT Elite Duathlon National Championships. Here is the full report from the event.

The one uncontrollable factor in a race? The weather. The weather at Powerman Alabama has been called epic on more than one occasion and not in a good way. Racers and spectators were delighted when this year&amp;rsquo;s event was highlighted by beautiful sunny 70 degree weather for Saturday&amp;rsquo;s races; even the predicted rain storms held out for most of Sunday. However one Powerman Alabama tradition held true. The challenging course.
The Powerman Alabama Multisport Weekend events were held March 27 and 28 at Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, AL. The weekend included kids duathlons, an off-road duathlon and road race, and three amateur road duathlons. The highlight of the weekend was the stand-alone Elite Duathlon National Championship which started with a dynamic field of twenty-five professional athletes.
Professional Men
The front runner for the men&amp;rsquo;s race was the number one ranked duathlete in the world, Joerie Vansteelant, and he did not disappoint. Joerie was third into the first transition 19 seconds behind leader Derek Yorek and in a pack with Matthew Sheeks and Joshua Merrick. Soon after that is when Joerie took control. After completing the three loop bike course, Joerie was ahead of the pack and stayed out in front. He finished with a strong 2:36 lead over the next finisher. Matthew Sheeks took second place overall and snagged the title of USAT Elite Duathlon National Champion as the first American finisher. Powerman Alabama 2009 winner David Thompson placed third after coming in just under a minute behind Sheeks.
Professional Women
The women&amp;rsquo;s race was especially exciting to the local spectators. Birmingham-area locals Jessica Jacobs and Deanna Newman took second and third place respectively. The overall female winner and the female USAT Elite Duathlon National Champion was Marisa Asplund. Marisa was fourth into transition after the first run behind Uli Bromme, Jessica Jacobs and Melissa Miller. But she made up some time with the fastest bike split of the day. The 2009 Powerman Alabama winner Jacobs finished just over a minute behind Asplund followed by Newman.
Amateur Races
The weekend was kicked off by the PowerKids Duathlons which included five races for various age groups. They were exciting events with close to 100 children ages 3 &amp;ndash; 12 years participating. The overall XTERRA 8k Trail Run winners were Jackie
  Witherspoon (first overall) and Mark Ingle. Casey Fannin and Krista Casazza took the overall wins for the XTERRA Off-Road Duathlon. Overall winners for the Double Oak Duathlon were Patrick O&#039;Brien and Johanna Gartman. Keith Marshall and Mary Rosser took the top podium spots for the Team Magic Signature Duathlon. The overall winners for the Powerman Alabama amateur race were James McCurdy and Carrie Andrews.
Full results from all Powerman Alabama weekend events can be found at www.team-magic.com.
RESULTS - Professional 

  
    Pos
    Men
    Women
  
  
    1st
    Joerie Vansteelant Torhout BEL 2:42:51
    Marisa Asplund Durango CO USA 3:06:05
  
  
    2nd
    Matthew Sheeks Woodinville WA USA 2:45:28
    Jessica Jacobs Maylene AL USA 3:06:57
  
  
    3rd
    David Thompson St Paul MN USA 2:46:27
     Deanna Newman Birmingham AL USA 3:13:23
  
  
    4th
    Matthew Russell Ogdensburg NY USA 2:46:49
    Uli Bromme Boulder CO USA 3:13:50
  
  
    5th
    Dereck Treadwell Laurens NY USA 2:49:03
    Melissa Miller San Antonio FL USA 3:17:38
  
  
    6th
    Robert Wade Arlington VA USA 2:49:56
    Anne Curi Preisig Falmouth MA USA 3:19:55
  
  
    7th
     Brad Seng Boulder CO USA 2:51:11
    Jennifer Garrison Naperville IL USA 3:20:03
  
  
    8th
    Clive Cooper Cambridge NZL 2:58:49
    Rachel Chambers Sarasota FL USA 3:31:10
  
  
    9th
    John Phillips Denver CO USA 3:02:02
    &amp;nbsp;
  
  
    10th
    Ryan Giuliano Schaumburg IL USA 3:04:05
    &amp;nbsp;
  
  
    11th
    Maciej Kurka Chicago IL USA 3:24:07
    &amp;nbsp;
  
  
    12th
    Guy Petruzzelli Westmont IL USA 3:32:09
    &amp;nbsp;
  
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raf's Corner: The Mekong Multi-Sport Festival]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.duathlon247.com/article_5710.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we&#039;ve got Jez Cox taking care of the domestic race calendar we&#039;ve got the ITU&#039;s World #3 duathlete, Raf Baugh, taking care of the international calendar. In this month&#039;s &#039;Raf&#039;s Corner&#039; we&#039;ve got Raf taking a look at a very &#039;hot&#039; race, but if Thailand seems a little too far then there&#039;s always Spain, which is renowned for putting on some great races! 


Howdy Folks,

Trust your all getting fitter and faster as the season approaches...

For March, I highly recommend a race I have attended the past three editions of The Mekong Multi-Sport Festival in Thailand. It is unique, challenging (largely due to the heat and humidity), carries decent prize money and most importantly has heaps of great Thai hospitality.

The event is conducted by the Thai Triathlon Association at various venues (changing annually) along the Mekong Delta in the north of Thailand. Over the three day festival there is an Aquathon (Friday) ITU Asian Cup Duathlon (Saturday) and ITU Triathlon Asian Cup (Sunday) and it is not uncommon to see the locals racing all three events chasing some of the age-group prize money which is on offer. In the Pro field, there is around 10,000 US dollars given away between all the pro events and this has helped to attract some solid fields in the past. All the event details are available at www.thaitriathlon.com. As an extra note; the swim times are always around ten minutes for the leaders of the Olympic Triathlon as it is straight down stream and just by floating you should exit the water in under 20 minutes if you want to try the Triathlon as well!

Athletes from Oceania and throughout Asia are always present and there is a spattering of European countries represented through ex-pats and also athletes in training camps. In previous editions, Brett Sutton has sent athletes from his squad to compete while they are doing training in the Asian region; including none other than Chrissie Wellington who made the podium in 2007 in the year of her maiden Hawaii Ironman victory.

The post race festivities are a no holds barred affair with heaps of traditional thai food, dancing and entertainment. Expect to see some elephants thrown in somewhere as well and it all makes for one heck of a party. The post race massages on the Delta are also a bargain at two Pounds a pop (3-4 US Dollars).

This race is definitely one to mark in your calender. Race Director Vijitr and his team are always very accommodating to international athletes and you can contact him direct at vijitr_thailand@yahoo.com .

If Thailand is simply too far, then the Spanish season is definitely in full swing in March. The National Qualifying Series (you have to qualify for the National Championships) includes four races during the month so check out the competition calendar here and turn on your translation skills. 

Another option in Spain is two very famous Basque Duathlons (fly into Bilbao):

March 13th Duatlon de Onati (8km/40km/4km) for race information click here. 
March 27th Duatlon de Durango (9/41/5k) for race information click here. Last year the winner here was Patxi Villa (8th 2007 GC Giro D&rsquo;Italia).

Both are very hilly on the bike but carry prestige of being tough hard events. All categories are draft legal in the region (which doesn&rsquo;t help too much up a mountain) and prize money is present (600 Euro for the winner in Durango and 300 Euro in Onati).

All the best for the final preparations for 2010 and next month we have some ripper races to fill you in on for April.
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[www.goodwoodduathlon.co.uk]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.duathlon247.com/article_5657.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[We recently reported on the launch of the Goodwood duathlon, but just in case you missed it we&#039;ve decided to make their website our website of the week! Hopefully it will give you a chance to check out the race and may even tempt you to get your entry in! We&#039;ve checked out the course and take it from us; it&#039;s definitely a duathlon worth giving a go.

The Goodwood Duathlon is an impressive site, and contains everything you need to know about the race, right down to the finest detail. To find out more go to: www.goodwoodduathlon.co.uk


]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kat: almost perfect...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.duathlon247.com/article_5642.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, I was rather hoping to use the headline &#039;Kat gets the cream!&#039; after this weekend&#039;s ITU World Duathlon Championship, and while I didn&#039;t put it in print - not wanting to put any more pressure on such inexperienced shoulders - I was very confident that Kat Grimmett would be the latest in a line of GB females to become World Duathlon Champion. 
Alas, Kat crashed out on the bike leg at Lowe&#039;s Motor Speedway in North Carolina, and was a DNF. Given the wet conditions, that may have lead to assumptions of &amp;quot;well, she&#039;s inexperienced at bike handling&amp;quot;, which while true, doesn&#039;t appear to be the case here. In fact, I&#039;d suggest that Kat was just 500 metres away from executing the perfect race, as husband Kevin outlines below: 
&amp;quot;Hope you don&#039;t mind the email, I thought I would let you  know what happened to Kat at the Worlds...we have just got home after what  can only be described as an emotional race!
The race started really well and she sat in with the  front pack and looked really comfortable throughout, even managing a quick  conversation with Rick (Velati, coach) and I before going into T1, much to our ammusement.
She was first into T1 after a short sprint to get a clean  transition and sailed out on her own, taking a drink and waiting to get caught  up by the front bunch of about 8-9. This happened and she handled herself  really well on a very technical course in bad conditions with a lot of surface  water and this made for a greasy surface.
All had gone well throughout the bike and I was really pleased  to see her showing good biking skills and maturity on the bike covering  breakaways. As I watched her go round for the final lap I was getting excited  as I am sure no one could have been close to her on the second run.
About 500m from transition one of the French girls who  was to the front left of Kat undid her right shoe, and in the process swerved  right across Kats front wheel taking it clean out - no time to react and not  in anyway her fault. 
This resulted in an immediate high speed head plant,  which smashed up her helmet and knocked her out. She then slid for a bit along  the course and has some very impressive cuts, bruises and gravel rash from head  to foot down her right side.
The medical team were very good and she was ambulanced  off the course and checked straight away on site by an excellent Doctor called  Scott.
The up shot is that she is battered and bruised but touch  wood, nothing appears too serious. It goes without saying she is GUTTED and I  can say she looked a class apart and a different athlete from the Europeans. (I  am aware I am biased!).&amp;quot;
Well, the team at Tri247 would like to wish you all the best in your recovery - and I for one, am certain we haven&#039;t heard the last of Kat Grimmett. 

]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victories for Shoemaker and Frintova at ITU Duathlon World Championships]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.duathlon247.com/article_5639.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jarrod Shoemaker, the 2008  Olympic triathlete from the United States, claimed the elite men&#039;s title at the  2009 ITU Duathlon World Championship today on home soil in Concord, North  Carolina, USA.  Shoemaker utilized a strong finishing kick to edge out  Damien Derobert of France and Jurgen Dereere of Belgium.  Shoemaker  finished the 10km run - 40km bike - 5km run course in a time of 1 hour 49  minutes and 2 seconds.  This is Shoemaker&#039;s second world title, after  winning Under23 triathlon gold at the 2005 ITU Triathlon World Championship in  Gamagori, Japan.
The 60 competitors went out strong and remained closely packed throughout the  opening 10 kilometre run, with Portugal&#039;s Sergio Silva along with Shoemaker  ushing the pace. Out onto the bike, the lead group was 14 for half of the six  laps, but grew to as many as 18 as four chasers bridged up over the course at  Lowe&#039;s Motorspeedway.
A crash on lap five nearly ended Shoemaker&#039;s day, but he was able to join a  chase group and worked his way back to within sight of the leaders. Starting  the second run Derobert, Dereere and Silva were side by side and headed for the  podium, with Shoemaker out of the top ten, close to twenty seconds back. But  the American was able to pull to fourth after the first 2.5k and continued to  pick off competitors until he entered the speedway complex with Dereere and  Derobert and the finish line in sight. 
After Shoemaker pulled slightly ahead and Dereere fell off the pace, Derobert  started a kick that looked like it would take him to the top of the podium.  Shoemaker, however, had other ideas and one final burst moved him past the  Frenchman at the tape.
Coming into the event, Shoemaker was a darkhorse. He had a strong running  resume, but having never raced a duathlon before, the jury was still out on  whether he could hang with the duathlon specialists over the fast and technical  course. He proved the doubters wrong.
&amp;quot;On the first run we decided to keep the tempo up high. I wanted to feel  good. I didn&#039;t want to push it too hard because I&#039;ve never done this  before,&amp;quot; said Shoemaker. &amp;quot;Then on the bike it was really technical,  really tough. I crashed and thought my race was over then, but luckily a pack  was right there and Paul Amey helped to pull me back up. I came off the bike  and that&#039;s it; you have to go as hard as you can go. These guys are great  athletes. I knew Derobet would do a sprint. I saw him right next to me and I  said &#039;this is it&#039;.&amp;quot;
Alessandro Fabian of Italy won the U23 men&#039;s title, followed by Antoine  Duvivier of Belgium and Tiago Silva of Portugal.
Another American in Lukas Verbicas won the junior men&#039;s world title, just  beating out recently crowned world junior triathlon champion Mario Mola from  Spain.  Carlos of Chavez of Mexico was third.
2009 Concord ITU Duathlon World Championships - Concord, USA
  10-kilometre run, 40-kilometre bike, 5-kilometre run
  Elite Men&#039;s Results
  Gold - Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) 1:49:02
  Silver - Damien Derobert (FRA) 1:49:02
  Bronze - Jurgen Dereere (BEL) 1:49:09
  4 Sergio Silva (POR) 1:49:26
  5 Victor Manue Del Corral Morales (ESP) 1:49:28
  6 Raphael Baugh (AUS) 1:49:33
  7 Richard Hobby (GBR) 1:49:44
  8 Alessandro Fabian (ITA) 1:49:50
  9 Lino Barruncho (POR) 1:49:52
10 Morimichi Iihoshi (JPN) 1:49:53
2009 Concord ITU Duathlon World Championships - Concord, USA
  10-kilometre run, 40-kilometre bike, 5-kilometre run
  Under23 Men&#039;s Results
  Gold - Alessandro Fabian (ITA) 1:49:50
  Silver - Antoine Duvivier (BEL) 1:50:03
Bronze - Tiago Silva (POR) 1:50:07
2009 Concord ITU Duathlon World Championships - Concord, USA
  5-kilometre run, 20-kilometre bike, 2.5-kilometre run
  Junior Men&#039;s Results
  Gold - Lukas Verbicas (USA) 55:29
  Silver - Mario Mola (ESP) 55:39
Bronze - Carlos Chavez (MEX) 55:59
In the women&#039;s elite race, the 2009 Duathlon title went to another triathlon  regular, Vendula Frintova of the Czech Republic used her kick to nip Sandra Levenez  of France by four seconds in another exciting finish. Ana Burgos of Spain was  third.  Frintova finished in a time of 2 hours 18 minutes and 18 seconds.
Levenez produced the fastest opening 10-kilometre run of the day, as she and  Samantha Warriner of New Zealand pressed the pace early one. A 40k bike in and  out of the Lowe&#039;s Motor speedway didn&#039;t provide much drama with one large group  coming together and staying together; the athletes were just waiting for the  final five kilometre run.
And it did come down to the run, with the top nine second run splits exactly  matching the order of finish for the top nine athletes. Frintova&#039;s 15:57 was  the fastest though and gave the Czech athlete her first world title.
&amp;quot;I&#039;m really, really happy. I&#039;m a specialist for triathlon, but my season  was up and down. This is my best result for the year,&amp;quot; said Frintova.  &amp;quot;The race was really hard, especially the first run for me. I was  suffering. I didn&#039;t really expect to be the fastest at the end. The bike was quite  calm, no one wanted to go hard, so we were just sitting back and waiting for  the second run.&amp;quot;
Evgenia Sukhoruchenkova of Russian claimed the Under23 women&#039;s championship,  followed by Kinga Lauf of Hungary.
Great Britain&#039;s Sophie Coleman was crowned world junior duathlon champion with  teammate Vicky Graves in second.  Marjon Van Der Wansem of the Netherlands  finished third.
2009 Concord ITU Duathlon World Championships - Concord, USA
  10-kilometre run, 40-kilometre bike, 5-kilometre run
  Elite Women&#039;s Results
  Gold - Vendula Frintova (CZE) 2:08:18
  Silver - Sandra Levenez (FRA) 2:08:22
  Bronze - Ana Burgos (ESP) 2:08:30
  4 Ruth Van Der Meijden (NED) 2:08:40
  5 Anne Haug (GER) 2:08:48
  6 Andrea Steyn (RSA) 2:08:55
  7 Evgenia Sukhoruchenkova (RUS) 2:09:04
  8 Alexandra Louison (FRA) 2:09:11
  9 Immaculada Pereiro (ESP) 2:09:15
10 Samantha Warriner (NZL) 2:09:26
2009 Concord ITU Duathlon World Championships - Concord, USA
  10-kilometre run, 40-kilometre bike, 5-kilometre run
  Under23 Women&#039;s Results
  Gold - Evgenia Sukhoruchenkova (RUS) 2:09:04
Silver - Kinga Lauf (HUN) 2:23:21
  2009 Concord ITU Duathlon World Championships - Concord, USA
  5-kilometre run, 20-kilometre bike, 2.5-kilometre run
  Elite Women&#039;s Results
  Gold - Sophie Coleman (GBR) 1:04:30
  Silver - Vicky Graves (GBR) 1:04:42
  Bronze - Marjon Van Der Wansem (NED) 1:04:49]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Onwards and upwards...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.duathlon247.com/article_5615.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some you win and some you lose. We can of course all cope with winning, but it&#039;s how an athlete copes with losing, or deals with the disappointment of not achieving the result he&#039;d planned that really counts. The very likeable Duathlon247 columnist, Jez Cox, has certainly had his fair share of disappointment this year but one things for sure, he&#039;ll be back a fitter and stronger athlete following his two very, very tough Powerman races.

In his column this month Jez talks us through his amusing account of two very different races. The results were, he thought, quite similar, but there is a twist in the tale and the two results turned out to be quite different. It appears that a little investigative work maybe needed to try to understand one of the results, although for the time being Jez maybe happy to let this one lie.

To read Jez&#039;s September column click here.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory for Csomor and Vansteelant at the Powerman World Championships]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.duathlon247.com/article_5613.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Racing for the first time at Powerman Zofingen this weekend, the current Powerman European Champion, Joerie Vansteelant, accomplished what very few rookie&#039;s do in Zofingen; he won! And not only did he win, but his time of 6:11:35 broke Koen Maris&#039;s 2007 course record by an impressive eight minutes and 25 seconds.

Following in the footsteps of his late brother, the legendary Benny Vansteelant, Joerie rode away from the rest of the field before the halfway point on the bike and continued to gain time over his nearest rivals for the rest of the race - eventually finishing a massive 16 minutes ahead of last year&#039;s winner Andy Sutz. The new World Champion had made it look easy and didn&#039;t deny this in the press conference following the race, &quot;I had a great day and was feeling good during the entire race - it was really only the last 10k of the run that felt a bit tough&quot;. With over 40 elite male athletes racing from 25 countries it was the strongest field Powerman Zofingen has seen in several years.


Over 50 athletes raced in the women&#039;s race, which was without a doubt one of the largest fields ever seen at Powerman Zofingen - nevertheless from the start of the race it was clear who the main favourite was. Erika Csomor&#039;s record in Zofingen is outstanding, she&#039;s won the past five Powerman World Championships, but the run up to this year&#039;s event was far from perfect. A knee injury which has plagued her since early July has effected her training but, renowned as an incredibly tough competitor, the Hungarian athlete wasn&#039;t ready to give up her title just yet. Her winning margin of six minutes 36 seconds over Great Britain&#039;s Jessica Petersson, was evidence, not only of her dominance over this distance and race, but her mental strength, something which she confirmed in her post-race speech, &quot;It was a tough race, physically I wasn&#039;t at my strongest, but mentally I was strong and that&#039;s what carried me through&quot;.

Men&#039;s results:


1.Joerie Vansteelant (BEL) 6:11:35
2.Andy Sutz (SUI) 16:00
3.Anthony Le Duey (FRA) 18:08
4.Thibaut Humbert (FRA) 18:37
5.Karl Prungraber (AUT) 21:23
6.Soren Bytrop (DEN) 24:48
7.Josh Beck (USA) 25:30
8.Ussher Richard (NZL) 33:00
9.Sleutel Frederik (BEL) 35:00
10.Baumann Jonas (SUI) 35.46


Women&#039;s results


1.Erika Csomor (HUN) 7:20:36
2.Jessica Petersson (GBR) 6:36
3.Camilla Lindholm (SWE) 9:49
4.Julia Wagner (GER) 13:32
5.Elina Ussher (NZL) 15:27
6.Maja Jacober (SUI) 19:08
7.Victoria Beck (NZL) 19:35
8.Jacqueline Uebelhart (SUI) 23:27
9.Maja Meneghin (SUI) 27:22
10.Annamaria Halasz (HUN) 27:45



A full set of results will follow shortly


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