{"id":6720,"date":"2020-11-12T08:32:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T08:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=6720"},"modified":"2020-11-12T08:32:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T08:32:58","slug":"aussies-win-abu-dhabi-mixed-relay-as-britain-finish-seventh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=6720","title":{"rendered":"Aussies win Abu Dhabi mixed relay as Britain finish seventh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Commonwealth champions Australia underlined their mixed relay credentials with victory on the opening World Series weekend, as Britain\u2019s quartet toiled home in seventh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite having two debutants in their line-up, Jake Birtwhistle, fast becoming a relay specialist, brought the Aussies to the tape in Abu Dhabi, having caught USA\u2019s Eli Hemming on the final bike leg and eased clear on the 1,500m run.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand finished in third, with Alex Yee, runner-up in the individual contest yesterday, running Britain up to seventh, 68sec adrift of the winners.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.ifootballshop.com\/liverpool-424.html' title='liverpool mens jersey'>liverpool mens jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over a 300m swim, 7.6km bike and 1.5km run course, Britain, who were led off by Vicky Holland struggled to make an impact throughout.<\/p>\n<p>The race was split early as USA\u2019s Taylor Spivey biked clear on the first leg to build an 18sec lead into T2, with Australia\u2019s Ashleigh Gentle pegging back most of the deficit on the run.<\/p>\n<p>Germany and Italy then joined the USA\u2019s Ben Kanute and Australia\u2019s Luke Willian to form a front pack of four, with Tom Bishop battling to keep Britain in the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>Kanute and Willian broke free on the run to give Katie Zafares and Emma Jeffcoat some breathing space on the changeover, with Zafares superior footspeed giving the Americans a 17sec lead on to the final leg.<\/p>\n<p>That was soon whittled away though as Birtwhistle caught Hemming, and the former track ace was dominant over the final 1.5km to take the tape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve never used this team before, but once again we\u2019ve come out and won the race,\u201d Birtwhistle said. \u201cIt\u2019s great for us all and great for triathlon in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A strong second half of the race by Leonie Periault and Leo Bergere had put reigning world champions France clear in third, but with Bergere having to stand down for a penalty, New Zealand\u2019s Hayden Wilde ran through for the bronze. Non Stanford and Yee rounded out the British effort, but it never looked enough to challenge the podium.<\/p>\n<p>The first of four mixed relays in the 2019 World Series, Abu Dhabi will be followed by Nottingham (June), Edmonton (July) and Grand Final in Lausanne (August).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To watch all the coverage live, plus highlights, race re-runs and interviews, visit triathlonlive.tv<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commonwealth champions Australia underlined their mixed relay credentials with victory on the opening World Series weekend, as Britain\u2019s quartet toiled home in seventh. Advertisement Despite having two debutants in their line-up, Jake Birtwhistle, fast becoming a relay specialist, brought the Aussies to the tape in Abu Dhabi, having caught USA\u2019s Eli Hemming on the final&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}