NEWS

It has begun - welcome to Geneva !

By Paul Groves | 09 Jul, 2015

This weekend, Geneva has come alive with swim, bike, run fever.

The venue is built.

The systems are all working.

While the LOC have been furiously working away to ensure that everything goes like clock-work (well, it is Switzerland) the Technical Officials have had many briefings to ensure that they are all prepared and they have checked in the 800+ bikes. 800+, that's for just one race. The LOC is anticipating over 2,000 athletes will compete for medals and a further 500 will participate in the Open Race

The Age Group Sprint athletes have racked their bikes.

The Parade of Nations has made its way along the closed roads close to the swim start.

The Alpine horns have welcomed everyone to the Opening Ceremony and ETU President, Renato Bertrandi has declared the ETU Geneva European Championships, 2015, open.

Meanwhile, tucked away in a seminar room in the Kempinski Hotel, the Presidents and Representatives from the National Federations that make up ETU have worked their way through the Annual Congress.

With addresses from Patrick Schmid, President of the Swiss Triathlon Federation and from Marisol Casado, President of the ITU and IOC member, those attending were provided with a full and detailed account of the year's work as well as projections and plans for the future. A more detailed account will be provided later.

As is the tradition, both athletes and technical officials have sworn an oath to respect and abide by the rules in the true spirit of sportsmanship and to officiate in the Championships with complete impartiality.

A full weekend of racing will see medals presented to the Age Group Sprint athletes and ParaTri on Friday, to the Juniors and Elite on Saturday and to the Age Group Standard athletes and Elite Mixed Relay and Junior Mixed Relay on Sunday. If you are wondering about the ranking for the Elite Athletes then their allocation is based upon their performance at the 2014, Kitzbühel event (results are here)

For all the start lists, click here.

Do you want to see the race briefings for the athletes? Then click on the event website and see not only the briefings but also the athlete guides.

If you want to follow the athletes using the Datasport live tracker, then click here.

Related Event: 2015 Geneva ETU Triathlon European Championships
09 - Jul, 2015 • event pageall results
Results: 16-19 Male AG Sprint
1. Lars Holenweger SUI 01:04:45
2. Simon Weber GER 01:05:23
3. Pierre Moraz SUI 01:05:41
4. Alexandre Picard SUI 01:05:55
5. Joshua Jones GBR 01:06:23
6. Antonin Salamin SUI 01:07:00
7. Cristian Trujillo SUI 01:07:28
8. Joseph Ricciardi GBR 01:07:37
9. Finn Barnes GBR 01:07:39
10. Harry Palmer GBR 01:07:40
Results: 18-19 Male AG
1. Titas Pumputis LTU 02:02:21
2. Sebastian Kuhn GER 02:04:27
3. Harry Preston GBR 02:06:55
4. James Kershaw GBR 02:13:52
5. Jacob Anson GBR 02:16:23
6. Axel Hagenauer AUT 02:20:59
7. Joshua Evans GBR 02:31:16
DNF. Theodore Patel GBR DNF
Results: 20-24 Female AG
1. Désirée Gmür SUI 02:07:48
2. Alice Jenkins GBR 02:08:04
3. Hannah Johnston GBR 02:09:59
4. Nina Derron SUI 02:11:02
5. Hannah Cutajar MLT 02:15:31
6. Sabrina Rinaldi FRA 02:17:39
7. Jana Petr SUI 02:18:04
8. Sabrina Stadelmann SUI 02:18:29
9. Sophie Douziech FRA 02:18:57
10. Sabrina Exenberger AUT 02:19:52
Results: 20-24 Female AG Sprint
1. Malgorzata Wasik POL 01:11:34
2. Imogen Simmonds GBR 01:13:15
3. Hannah Cutajar MLT 01:16:08
4. Celine Senia FRA 01:16:57
5. Elle Twentyman GBR 01:17:00
6. Marion Marmorat FRA 01:17:24
7. Emily Legg GBR 01:17:59
8. Lisa Elena Grandjean SUI 01:20:54
9. Lea Hoffmann DEN 01:21:25
10. Elise Quarrington GBR 01:21:31
Results: 20-24 Male AG
1. Luke Pollard GBR 01:56:08
2. Thomas Davis GBR 01:57:32
3. Jordan Skelly GBR 01:59:28
4. Fraser Rounds GBR 02:00:51
5. Manuel Sainjon FRA 02:00:53
6. Antoine Cheval FRA 02:01:22
7. Massimo Köstl AUT 02:01:56
8. Jocelyn Mourier FRA 02:02:05
9. Peter Hogben GBR 02:02:22
10. Angus Smith GBR 02:02:40
Results: 20-24 Male AG Sprint
1. Nicklas Røssner DEN 01:04:21
2. James Phillips GBR 01:05:33
3. Marcel Pachteu AUT 01:05:54
4. Kristian Trier DEN 01:06:32
5. Christian Tschudi SUI 01:06:43
6. Tautvydas Kopustas LTU 01:07:17
7. Jeremy Basset Sagarminaga SUI 01:07:54
8. Michael Singer AUT 01:07:54
9. John Rutledge GBR 01:08:05
10. Kamil Magott POL 01:08:15