{"id":8383,"date":"2021-05-08T04:49:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T04:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8383"},"modified":"2021-05-08T04:49:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T04:49:44","slug":"jonny-brownlee-lucy-hall-to-race-wts-auckland-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8383","title":{"rendered":"Jonny Brownlee, Lucy Hall to race WTS Auckland on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auckland, New Zealand is where the ITU World Triathlon Series 2015 continues this Sunday, with Jonny Brownlee and Lucy Hall among the athletes carrying British hopes in the first standard distance race of the year (1.5km swim\/40km bike\/10km run).<\/p>\n

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The elite women\u2019s race will get underway at 12.50pm local time (11:50pm Saturday evening UK time), with series leader Gwen Jorgensen\u00a0(USA) confirmed to start, along with compatriots Katie Zaferes \u2013 second at WTS Abu Dhabi a few weeks ago \u2013 and last seasons WTS Stockholm winner Sarah True.<\/p>\n

Apart than Lucy Hall, the only other British female racing is Jessica Learmonth, 26, recently named into British Triathlon\u2019s 2015 World Class Programme.<\/p>\n

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Racing competing alongside them will be New Zealand\u2019s own Andrea Hewitt, a strong cyclist who placed 6th at London 2012, and Germany\u2019s Anne Haug, who also has collected two golds and a silver medal at previous WTS Auckland races.<\/p>\n

Not to forget Olympic silver medallist Lisa Norden (SWE) and WTS Abu Dhabi\u2019s bronze medallist Flora Duffy (BER). For the full start list head here.<\/p>\n

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\nMen\u2019s race<\/p>\n

Getting underway at 4.40pm local time (4.40am Sunday morning UK time, taking daylight saving into account), the men\u2019s race features Spain\u2019s two top athletes \u2013 the current WTS 2015 leader, Mario Mola, and last year\u2019s champion Javier Gomez.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Jonny Brownlee comes into this race seeded third after his fifth-place finish in Abu Dhabi earlier this month, while elder brother Alistair won\u2019t be racing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Other British men include Tom Bishop, Grant Sheldon and Philip Graves. Internationally, the other big names include Jo\u00e3o Silva (POR), who placed fourth in Abu Dhabi, Slovakia\u2019s super-swimmer Richard Varga and South Africa\u2019s Henri Schoeman. Full start list here.<\/p>\n

You can watch all the action live on the BBC Red Button and\u00a0BBC Sport\u00a0website or\u00a0on triathlonlive.tv\u00a0(\u00a3), and highlights will be shown on BBC 2 at 4pm on Sunday (29th March). We\u2019ll be carrying race reports online as soon as possible after they finish.<\/p>\n

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Who do you think will win WTS Auckland? Let us know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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