{"id":7553,"date":"2021-03-13T23:24:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T23:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7553"},"modified":"2021-03-13T23:24:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T23:24:32","slug":"british-paratriathletes-shine-bright-at-dorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7553","title":{"rendered":"British Paratriathletes shine bright at Dorney"},"content":{"rendered":"

The late Bank Holiday proved prosperous for Britain\u2019s elite paratriathletes, who collected nine gold medals at the first-ever Dorney Lake-hosted ITU World Cup event. International athletes were welcomed to West London, where temperatures topped 25\u00b0C at the London 2012 Olympic rowing venue.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gold medal-winning performances were achieved by Commonwealth Champions, Joe Townsend and Jade Jones, while Rio Paralympic champions Andy Lewis and Martin Shultz (GER) also won their respective categories.<\/p>\n

It was also a big day for the nation\u2019s emerging talent, including Britain\u2019s Hannah Moore, who won PTS4 gold just a year after trying her first paratriathlon, and a group of potential new guides for the visually-impaired athletes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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After winning the PTWC race, Townsendsaid: \u201cThe sport just keeps moving on; you can see the fields are stacked and it\u2019s close, hard racing. With a lot of guys coming across from different sports to paratriathlon, it means I\u2019ve got to keep on pushing the boundaries and training hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cTo have my family here today and see me come across the finish line, and for me to see smiles on their faces too is phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n

His fellow PTWC Commonwealth champ, Jade Jones-Hall, also continued her winning streak to take gold at the Dorney Lake race. Jones, who has been working through her law degree finals, couldn\u2019t apply much power on the bike after a mechanical issue meant she had to cover the whole 20km flat course in her easiest gear. But she demonstrated her supreme class to claim the win from teammate Lizzie Tench.<\/p>\n

Rio Paralympic champion, Andy Lewis, enjoyed every moment of racing at home. He claimed PTS2 gold ahead of Maurits Morsink (NED) having missed some training this year due to injury. He said: \u201cMy little boy and my little girl are here today, and hearing them today has really helped me, because I found that tough today, and probably one of the toughest races I\u2019ve done ever, just because I\u2019ve not raced for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The visually impaired events (PTVI) proved valuable opportunity to not only witness some world-class racing but also trial some new guides. Paralympic silver medal winner, Alison Patrick won gold with Hannah Drewitt while world champion Dave Ellis was a winner with Mark Buckingham.<\/p>\n

Patrick said: \u201cI haven\u2019t raced since the European\u2019s last year so it\u2019s good to back out there. Me and Hannah have only worked together this week, but she did really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMark\u2019s just got so much experience,\u201d enthused Ellis at the line. \u201cI felt really comfortable on the bike with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buckingham, who guided at short notice after Carl Shaw broke his collarbone, added: \u201cIt was a good race. There\u2019s still a bit of learning to be done though; my shoes came off the pedals as we were mounting the bike and my saddle came loose. It\u2019s nothing we can\u2019t work on for next time, though!\u201d<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s other golds came from Paralympians Lauren Steadman and Ryan Taylor, and Steve Crowley. George Peasgood had another fine race to claim silver behind superstar Martin Schulz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

British gold medals:<\/strong><\/p>\n

PTWC: Jade Jones, Joe Townsend
PTS2: Andy Lewis
PTS3: Ryan Taylor
PTS4: Hannah Moore, Steve Crowley
PTS5: Lauren Steadman
PTVI: Alison Patrick, Dave Ellis<\/p>\n

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Full results available via\u00a0www.triathlon.org\/results\/result\/2018_eton_dorney_itu_paratriathlon_world_cup<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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