ITU World Champion Flora Duffy has won her second world title of 2016, the Xterra World Championships in Kapalua, Hawaii. This was Duffy\u2019s third Xterra World Championship title in a row, equalling Julie Dibens record of three straight wins from 2007-09.<\/p>\n
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Always the favourite Duffy led from the outset and posted the fastest swim, bike, and run times to take the win in 3:14:59, more than 10-minutes ahead of runner-up Lesley Paterson from Scotland. Fellow Brit Jacqui Slack came 7th.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 3-peat is really cool. It\u2019s actually probably even cooler with the fact that I also won the ITU World Championship and then to back it up with this, wow, it\u2019s really a year I could not have asked for. And to tie Julie\u2019s record of three in a row, it\u2019s not easy to do, so many things can go wrong out there. You really need a bit of luck, to prepare meticulously.\u201d<\/p>\n
Duffy took part in her first Xterra triathlon back in 2013 and credits the off-road series with helping her success on the ITU circuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first Xterra I did in 2013 in Beaver Creek, I swore I was never going to do one again,\u201d she explained. \u201cThankfully I did, and it sort of led me to finding myself in triathlon. Here you are racing against yourself, you have to do everything to get through the race, so I\u2019ve kind of taken that to the road side of life. I\u2019m going to race my own race and shape the race to suit my strengths. I think Xterra has really aided my success on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n
Together the 20-mile mountain bike, which traversed the West Maui Mountains, and the run had more than 4,000-feet of climbing, and wet conditions turned a fairly technical course into a \u201cmatter of survival\u201d said competitor after competitor.<\/p>\n
Duffy herself didn\u2019t escape unscathed herself: \u201cIt was really tough out there,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cI crashed on the bike, went over the handlebars and flying into the bushes.\u00a0 My gears weren\u2019t working, and all the while Lesley was back there charging hard behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n
21-year-old Mauricio Mendez, who posted the fastest run of the day with 0:42:06, won the men\u2019s race, after overtaking the leader Ruben Ruzafa from Spain with one-mile left in the run.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a dream come true,\u201d said Mendez, the first pro from Mexico to win an Xterra World title.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve looked up to these guys for so long and now to be up here with them is very special. I\u2019m just happy, really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy first Xterra was in 2010 in Mexico, in the junior kids race, and I won it, and I remember Dan Hugo was first place at the time and thinking wow, this is amazing, I want to be like him,\u201d said Mendez.\u00a0 \u201cAnd I just got into it and from that day I dreamed about being the world champion. I don\u2019t know, I feel like I am still sleeping.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Both Mendez and Duffy earned $20,000 USD for their respective victories.\u00a0 The total purse was $100,000, and the event was filmed for international television distribution.<\/p>\n
TOP 10 ELITE MEN AND WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n Pl<\/strong><\/p>\n Name<\/strong><\/p>\n Age<\/strong><\/p>\n Hometown<\/strong><\/p>\n Time<\/strong><\/p>\n Purse<\/strong><\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n Mauricio Mendez<\/p>\n 21<\/p>\n Mexico City, Mexico<\/p>\n 2:49:38<\/p>\n $20,000<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n Ruben Ruzafa<\/p>\n 32<\/p>\n Malaga, Spain<\/p>\n 2:51:02<\/p>\n $12,000<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n Ben Allen<\/p>\n 31<\/p>\n Wollongong, Australia<\/p>\n 2:53:49<\/p>\n $7,000<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n Braden Currie<\/p>\n 30<\/p>\n Wanaka, New Zealand<\/p>\n 2:55:48<\/p>\n $4,000<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Josiah Middaugh<\/p>\n 38<\/p>\n Vail, Colorado, USA<\/p>\n 2:57:06<\/p>\n $2,500<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n Leonardo Chacon<\/p>\n 32<\/p>\n Liberia, Costa Rica<\/p>\n 2:57:14<\/p>\n $1,500<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n Ben Hoffman<\/p>\n 33<\/p>\n Boulder, CO, USA<\/p>\n 3:01:41<\/p>\n $1,100<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n Courtney Atkinson<\/p>\n 37<\/p>\n Queensland, Australia<\/p>\n 3:02:22<\/p>\n $800<\/p>\n 9<\/p>\n Sam Osborne<\/p>\n 25<\/p>\n Rotorua, New Zealand<\/p>\n 3:02:52<\/p>\n $600<\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n Rom Akerson<\/p>\n 32<\/p>\n Tambor, Costa Rica<\/p>\n 3:05:16<\/p>\n $500<\/p>\n Pl<\/strong><\/p>\n Name<\/strong><\/p>\n Age<\/strong><\/p>\n Hometown<\/strong><\/p>\n Time<\/strong><\/p>\n Purse<\/strong><\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n Flora Duffy<\/p>\n 29<\/p>\n Devonshire, Bermuda<\/p>\n 3:14:59<\/p>\n $20,000<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n Lesley Paterson<\/p>\n 36<\/p>\n Sterling, Scotland<\/p>\n 3:25:01<\/p>\n $12,000<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n Suzie Snyder<\/p>\n 34<\/p>\n Reno, NV, USA<\/p>\n 3:29:03<\/p>\n $7,000<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n Myriam Guillot-Boisset<\/p>\n 37<\/p>\n Brindas, France<\/p>\n 3:30:51<\/p>\n $4,000<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Helena Erbenova<\/p>\n 37<\/p>\n Jablonec, Czech Republic<\/p>\n 3:32:54<\/p>\n $2,500<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n Michelle Flipo<\/p>\n 28<\/p>\n Palma De Mallorca, Mexico<\/p>\n 3:35:49<\/p>\n $1,500<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n Jacqui Slack<\/p>\n 33<\/p>\n Stoke-on-Trent, England<\/p>\n 3:41:45<\/p>\n $1,100<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n Lizzie Orchard<\/p>\n 31<\/p>\n Auckland, New Zealand<\/p>\n 3:42:14<\/p>\n $800<\/p>\n 9<\/p>\n Carina Wasle<\/p>\n 32<\/p>\n Kundl, Austria<\/p>\n 3:44:19<\/p>\n $600<\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n Joanna Brown<\/p>\n 24<\/p>\n Guelph, ON, Canada<\/p>\n 3:56:59<\/p>\n $500<\/p>\n Want to try Xterra? It is coming back to the UK on\u00a0June 4, taking place at UWC Atlantic College in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Xterra returns to UK in 2017<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Related<\/strong><\/p>\n Xterra triathlete heroes: 6 of the best ITU World Champion Flora Duffy has won her second world title of 2016, the Xterra World Championships in Kapalua, Hawaii. This was Duffy\u2019s third Xterra World Championship title in a row, equalling Julie Dibens record of three straight wins from 2007-09. Advertisement Always the favourite Duffy led from the outset and posted the fastest swim,…<\/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-7769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769","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=7769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nXterra: 16 tips for race day from Ben Allen & Jacqui Slack
\nFour off-road racing tips from British Xterra pros<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"