{"id":8141,"date":"2021-05-07T11:44:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T11:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8141"},"modified":"2021-05-07T11:44:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T11:44:12","slug":"gb-paratri-team-grab-gold-silver-and-two-bronze-at-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8141","title":{"rendered":"GB paratri team grab gold, silver and two bronze at Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tensions were high among the paratri squad following the previous night\u2019s storms, which had delayed the Junior Men\u2019s Champs by two hours. With more inclement weather forecast today, the GB squad had had a restless night.\u00a0As time changes were announced for the Women\u2019s Elite and Junior events, the paratri squad breathed a sigh of relief when their event was given the green light as planned.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PT4 GB athlete Lauren Steadman hasn\u2019t lost a race since May 2014, and having won the Olympic test event in August the reigning world champ went in to the final with a sizeable target on her back. Never one to play it safe, however, Steadman pushed hard to guarantee her 10th consecutive win.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was probably my toughest race yet, said Steadman. \u201cObviously the standard has risen a lot since last year. I didn\u2019t have the best swim, on the bike I was holding, I wasn\u2019t getting further away and then my head coach and my father said \u2018look, you\u2019ve got to have the best 5k of your life.\u2019 [US National Paratri champion and eventual silver medallist] Grace Norman is a track runner and has the ability to outrun me easily. I just focused on my form and it took me home.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is a stepping stone for next year and again I\u2019ve got to up my game 10 times as much because next year they\u2019re going to come at me twice as hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Second at last year\u2019s champs and third in the Rio test event, Faye McClelland followed Steadman through in fourth place.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a bit gutted about that but I\u2019ve got to be pleased because I\u2019ve had a bit of an up-and-down season with injury and niggles,\u201d said McClelland. \u201cBut I had a solid race. The swim I was on my own so I didn\u2019t have anyone\u2019s feet to catch and I knew I was playing catch-up. I went out to go as hard as possible on the bike but I started fatiguing on the second lap. I kept pushing and I was pleased it was consistent. Then the run has been causing me issues for some months but all in all my run was fine and I was making some ground on third place, but it just wasn\u2019t enough. It\u2019s great points for next year but I\u2019m disappointed to not medal for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Relative newcomer to the sport, PT2 athlete Ryan Taylor has been slowly making his way up the top 10 since his first ITU race last May. With a win at the Detroit Paratri event in August, the Worlds were always going to be a tougher challenge for the 22-year-old. But running through the line for bronze, Taylor had a grin as wide as the 46sec gap to fourth place: \u201cI had a decent swim, fell off on the first corner on the bike, so basically I was on catch-up on the bike to get back to the group. But I know my run isn\u2019t the strongest so I just ran into third. I\u2019m really happy, really happy! Such a great result for me. Even with a mistake on the bike I now know I can run through the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teammate and fellow PT2er Andy Lewis crossed the line in a disappointing 10th, having done one too many laps of the bike leg.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was third on the bike and then I just stupidly did an extra lap,\u201d he lamented. \u201cI made up another three or four places on the run, but still, to come to a world champs and mess it up\u2026 but it\u2019s a learning curve. I was having a really good race up until then.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reigning PT5 champ Alison Patrick and guide Hazel Smith faced new competitors in the shape of Aussies Katie Kelly and guide Michellie Jones. Yes, that Michellie Jones, former ITU and Ironman world champion and Olympian. But crossing the line in second, Patrick and Smith couldn\u2019t have been more pleased:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a really hard swim and a solid bike, taking the first lap a little cautiously cause it was wet,\u201d said a Patrick post-race. \u201cWe were in the lead going into the bike but they [Kelly and Jones] caught us up, and then we were just catching on the run. But we\u2019re actually really excited because that gives us something to drive for for next year. I\u2019ve not been pushed on the run this year, this is the first race and it\u2019s exciting. It just means that next year we\u2019re going to have to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teammate and reigning silver medallists Melissa Reid and her guide Nicole Walters had a day to forget following a puncture during the bike leg. But they still managed a top-10 finish with a sixth place.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was at the furthest point from the wheel stop possible!\u201d said Reid. \u201cWe were second at that point, going really well. But there\u2019s nothing you can do and you just stick back in as soon as you can. At least it happened today and not next year [in Rio]. It\u2019s disappointing but there are plenty of positives to be taken from today.\u201d<\/p>\n

George Peasgood (PT4) was in fine shape at the end of the bike leg, exiting T2 in fourth place. But with the run his biggest weakness, he was soon chased down before finishing in ninth place, two places behind teammate David Hill, who was racing only his second event of the year due to injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis whole experience has been an absolute bonus this year,\u201d admitted Hill at the line. \u201cI was ready to put my head down and begin a very tough 12 months\u2019 training in the lead-up to Rio. I was really hoping to be in the top 10 today, so a really solid performance. I executed my race plan pretty much to perfection and then just really hunted people down on that run.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStraight away it was hard, a straight point-to-point swim, and then on the bike I just tried to hold it in there,\u201d said Peasgood at the finish. \u201cThen as soon as I got to the run it just wasn\u2019t quite my day again. For me, it\u2019s been really challenging this year, but overall I think it\u2019s been a really good season.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last wave to come through was PT1. Phil Hogg was the first Brit male over the line in sixth, followed by Joe Townsend in seventh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cTough race,\u201d said Hogg at the line. \u201cI had to put some demons to bed after my poor performance in Rio [Phil had been ill in the lead-up and had to seek medial attention at the end of the race, but still finished sixth]. But all my race processes went really well. I\u2019m happy with my performance, but I know I couldn\u2019t have gone any harder. The swim was just amazing. The bike was strong and the run took a lap to get into it, just cause I\u2019d gone so hard on the bike. But I\u2019m pretty happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lizzie Tench, racing in PT1, took the team\u2019s final medal of the day with a bronze. A regular podium visitor in the wheelchair category, Tench sadly won\u2019t be attending the Games as women\u2019s PT1 isn\u2019t featuring. For the women, Rio will host PT2, PT4 and PT5, and for the men it\u2019s PT1, PT2 and PT4.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For a full list of 2015 Worlds times and finishing positions, head to\u00a0www.triathlon.org\/results\/event\/2015_itu_world_triathlon_grand_final_chicago<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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