It was a cold and wet day on Canada’s west coast today as close to 600 age-group athletes brave the tough conditions at the 2008 Vancouver BG Triathlon World Championships.
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The first wave ran into the chilly waters of English Bay in Vancouver at 6:30am. After a point-to-point swim over to Second Beach, athletes then rode through the city’s iconic Stanley Park. After the 5-kilometer run through the streets of Vancouver’s west end, the wet but elated athletes trickled across the finish line. Among today’s finishers was Loreen Barnett, executive director of the International Triathlon Union, who finished fourth in the women’s 60-64 age category. Barnett admitted she was tempted to quit early in the swim after the shock of the cold water. But she hung in there and finished strong, posting a 28-minute run split.
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Related Event: 2008 Vancouver BG Triathlon World Championships
| Results: Elite Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Javier Gomez Noya | ESP | 01:49:48 |
| 2. | Bevan Docherty | NZL | 01:50:12 |
| DNF. | Brian Fleischmann | USA | DNF |
| DNF. | Eligio Cervantes Islas | MEX | DNF |
| DNF. | Zvonko Cubric | CRO | DNF |
| DNF. | Javier Cuevas | DOM | DNF |
| DNF. | Andrea D'aquino | ITA | DNF |
| DNF. | Andriy Glushchenko | UKR | DNF |
| DNF. | Felipe Van De Wyngard | CHI | DNF |
| DNF. | Filip Ospaly | CZE | DNF |
| Results: Elite Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DNF. | Marina Damlaimcourt | ESP | DNF |
| DNF. | Tania Haiböck | AUT | DNF |
| DNF. | Joelle Tesche | GER | DNF |
| DNF. | Daniela Chmet | ITA | DNF |
| DNF. | Maria Czesnik | POL | DNF |
| DNF. | Pilar Hidalgo Iglesias | ESP | DNF |
| DNF. | Zuriñe Rodriguez Sanchez | ESP | DNF |
| DNF. | Saori Ohmatsu | JPN | DNF |
| DNF. | Evelyn Williamson | NZL | DNF |
| DNF. | Eva Ledesma Calvet | ESP | DNF |
| Results: U23 Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DNF. | Roman Nikitenko | KAZ | DNF |
| DNF. | Erik Strand | SWE | DNF |
| DNF. | Jung-Ho Kim | KOR | DNF |
| DNF. | Francisco Fernandez-Cortes | ESP | DNF |
| DNF. | Jose Miguel Perez | ESP | DNF |
| DNF. | Sebastian Rank | GER | DNF |
| DNF. | Ethan Brown | USA | DNF |
| DNF. | Massimo De Ponti | ITA | DNF |
| DNF. | Felipe Rodriguez Rojas | COL | DNF |
| DNF. | Mayafumi Wakasugi | JPN | DNF |
| Results: U23 Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DNF. | Miu Hiraide | JPN | DNF |
| DNF. | Pamella Oliveira | BRA | DNF |
| DNF. | Hyun Ju Lee | KOR | DNF |
| DNF. | Aoi Kuramoto | JPN | DNF |
| DNF. | Anna Elvery | NZL | DNF |
| DNF. | Yayoi Ito | JPN | DNF |
| DNF. | Elizabeth Bravo | ECU | DNF |
| DNF. | Yeimi Cuevas Romero | COL | DNF |
| DNF. | Melissa Rios | PUR | DNF |
| DNF. | Barbara Clemente | POR | DNF |
| Results: Junior Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vincent Luis | FRA | 00:57:06 |
| 2. | Denis Vasiliev | RUS | 00:57:36 |
| 3. | Jonathan Brownlee | GBR | 00:57:43 |
| 4. | Joshua Amberger | AUS | 00:57:52 |
| 5. | Rodrigo Gonzalez Lopez | MEX | 00:58:19 |
| DNF. | Kirill Solovyev | KAZ | DNF |
| DNF. | Christopher Pons | CHI | DNF |
| DNF. | Rudolf Naude | RSA | DNF |
| DNF. | Ivan Lo Ching Hin | HKG | DNF |
| DNF. | Juan Vicente Herrera | CRC | DNF |
| Results: Junior Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kirsty Mcwilliam | GBR | 01:04:05 |
| 2. | Ashleigh Gentle | AUS | 01:04:43 |
| 3. | Zsófia Tóth | HUN | 01:04:47 |
| DNF. | Sonia Zavaleta | ESA | DNF |
| DNF. | Agueda Rodriguez Martin | ESP | DNF |
| DNF. | Solymar Rivera | PUR | DNF |
| DNF. | Sofia Oberlander | ARG | DNF |
| DNF. | Ana Jimenez | PUR | DNF |
| DNF. | Kyla Coates | CAN | DNF |
| DNF. | Fiama Rodriguez | VEN | DNF |
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