{"id":8642,"date":"2021-07-27T19:18:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T19:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8642"},"modified":"2024-12-23T03:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T03:57:22","slug":"challenge-bahrain-post-race-press-conference-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8642","title":{"rendered":"Challenge Bahrain post-race press conference quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1st, Helle Frederiksen, DEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve been training very hard. I didn\u2019t have the race that I wanted at the 70.3 worlds. I wanted to make Bahrain my Worlds. To win over girls like this makes it all the more sweet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn October I was like, I don\u2019t know if I can do this [race]. But I turned it around and I couldn\u2019t be happier now!<\/p>\n

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2nd, Rachel Joyce, GB<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really hard work on the bike. I had two objectives; try and catch Jodie and try and drop Helle. I got one but not the other!<\/p>\n

\u201cI had my plan but it didn\u2019t really work out because everyone was so strong. I need to practise my cornering a bit cause I kind of fell back a little bit at that point on the bike!<\/p>\n

\u201cBut to get to the front on the bike was a little bit of a surge. I wanted to catch Jodie [who at the start of the bike was in front], but I knew that if I went at a steady rate everyone would just stay with me, so I anticipated this tactic of surging on the bike. I\u2019ve been practising holding a certain amount of power before backing off. So I did it once and I looked back, and Helle was still there. Then I regrouped\u2026 but she was quite persistent. I think at that point we joined up to Jodie. But I\u2019d burnt a few matches. So I just had to sit in a bit. I tried to go ahead of Jodie and then I needed a drink so she was straight back past me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way these two went out of T2, I was like \u2018oh my word. It is 21k right?!\u2019 They were like bullets, it was quite something to see.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t raced that many 70.3s so I\u2019m delighted to come second and I got a lot of information from this race.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing into 2015, having all these podiums but no top spot is a real motivator for me. Even though I would\u2019ve loved a big win this year, the sport gives me so much more that I can kind of live with it, and is the big thing that motivates me in training.\u201d<\/p>\n

3rd, Jodie Swallow, GB<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt [the race] was almost like a computer game, it was a surreal. It was like I was let out into the safari park. It was just absolutely amazing. This beats ITU racing: just the attitude of the organisers, having the royal family involved and absolutely loving it. In 10 years of racing I\u2019ve never had that, it was an absolutely amazing experience. And the women\u2019s race definitely felt as special as the men\u2019s race. And that\u2019s a big progression in the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always feel more comfortable with others beside me so this race was ideal [Jodie ran with Frederikson for the first half of the run]. But yeah, it was a pleasure to run with Helle for 10k and then get spat out the back\u2026!<\/p>\n

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1st, Michael Raelert, GER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just really happy to be back racing [Michael has been plagued with injury for the past two years]. I was just happy to be in the middle of the pack and next to all these guys. I felt like I\u2019d already won the race!<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was pretty hard to get motivated for the race having had such an amazing experience in the lead-up. We\u2019ve been treated like kings and queens! What Challenge did today was professional but familiar. It\u2019s so unique.<\/p>\n

[Michael ran a 1:10hr half marathon.] \u201cHonestly, I hope I can go even faster. Right now I feel good, but not great. I hope I can still improve.\u201d<\/p>\n

2nd, Andreas Dreitz, GER<\/strong><\/p>\n

[On hearing that he clocked a 1:57:22 90km bike split] \u201cThat\u2019s incredible! It was a fast course and I was pushing really hard. I had a new bike set-up, we made some adjustments, but sub-2hrs is just amazing.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing there was a live feed, also gives you the energy to push harder!<\/p>\n

\u201cComing into T2 I knew it was close [to Michael in second]. I had good pace at the beginning of the run. At kilometre 6, I j heard it was still the same distance to him and I thought maybe I can go for it. But I\u2019m glad the guys behind couldn\u2019t see the live stream cause it was a struggle at 20k.\u201d<\/p>\n

3rd, Tim Reed, AUS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as the 20m draft ruling came in I thought the Germans are going to be happy with that. They always bike really hard and I\u2019ve always respected the way that they\u2019ve raced. I missed the first swim group, but I knew we had the 20m rule so I knew it was going to be fair. So I just ran my own race, which these guys did too. And the best athlete won, and that\u2019s always a good feeling.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt also means that the stronger bikers can change the race. I mean we saw that with Andreas, to get out 1:30min back [on the swim] and then to kill it on the bike, that\u2019s what we want in this sport. To even be in the mix with these guys is a real honour.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople were giving me splits to second place. But I was like , \u2018I don\u2019t care about second place, where\u2019s Tim [Don]?! It was stressful. I think it was good on the run because there were so many turns so I couldn\u2019t see him. But when you\u2019ve got a guy like that behind you, you can never let up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cTo come here and be valued as a professional, I hope this is a game changer across the sport. It\u2019s tremendous.\u201d<\/p>\n

For full Challenge Bahrain results from head to: http:\/\/raceresults.sportstats.ca\/display-results.xhtml?raceid=20744<\/p>\n

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Click:filling outdoor lighter 1st, Helle Frederiksen, DEN Advertisement \u201cI\u2019ve been training very hard. I didn\u2019t have the race that I wanted at the 70.3 worlds. I wanted to make Bahrain my Worlds. To win over girls like this makes it all the more sweet. \u201cIn October I was like, I don\u2019t know if I can…<\/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-8642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8642","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=8642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11769,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8642\/revisions\/11769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}