Gordon Benson and Elena Danilova claim European U23 titles in Penza
Gordon Benson (GBR) and Elena Danilova (RUS) are the new European U23 Champions after a pulsating completion in Penza.
Danilova delighted the home crowd with victory, her third win in three years on this course following her 2012 and 2013 European Cup victories.
She held off the challenge of the impressive Leonie Periault (FRA) who was competing in her first U23 European Championships and finished in second place. Sofie Hooghe (BEL) continued her improvement at this level. In 2012 she finished 12th, last year she broke into the top ten and here in Penza she finally made it onto the podium with third place.
In the U23 Men’s race, Gordon Benson, already a Junior European Cup winner and a podium finisher in Elite European Cups, just pipped Vicente Hernandez (ESP) to the gold medal.
Hernandez, who finished in third place last year, made it two podiums in two years in this competition in second place.
Pedro Mendes (POR) continued his fine form in 2014 with another bronze medal to follow his third place finish at the ETU Aquathlon Championships in Cologne last month.
ETU U23 European Championships Penza
Related Event: 2014 Penza ETU Triathlon U23 and Youth European Championships
Results: U23 Men | |||
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1. | Gordon Benson | GBR | 01:50:37 |
2. | Vicente Hernandez | ESP | 01:50:40 |
3. | Pedro Mendes | POR | 01:50:44 |
4. | Jelle Geens | BEL | 01:50:51 |
5. | Christophe De Keyser | BEL | 01:51:07 |
6. | Anthony Pujades | FRA | 01:51:34 |
7. | Uxio Abuin Ares | ESP | 01:51:43 |
8. | Andrey Bryukhankov | RUS | 01:51:45 |
9. | Amitai Yonah | ISR | 01:52:22 |
10. | Marten Van Riel | BEL | 01:52:47 |
Results: U23 Women | |||
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1. | Elena Danilova | RUS | 02:05:51 |
2. | Leonie Periault | FRA | 02:06:01 |
3. | Sofie Hooghe | BEL | 02:06:41 |
4. | Miriam Casillas García | ESP | 02:06:58 |
5. | Oleksandra Kokhan | UKR | 02:07:07 |
6. | Anastasia Polyanskaya Protasenya | RUS | 02:07:19 |
7. | Petra Kurikova | CZE | 02:07:51 |
8. | Melina Alonso Aradas | ESP | 02:08:49 |
9. | Sara Papais | ITA | 02:08:52 |
10. | Anastasia Gorbunova | AIN | 02:08:53 |
Results: Mixed U23 Relay | |||
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1. | Team I Spain | ESP | 01:12:37 |
2. | Team I Russia | RUS | 01:12:58 |
3. | Team I Belgium | BEL | 01:13:09 |
4. | Team I Italy | ITA | 01:13:56 |
5. | Team I Czech Republic | CZE | 01:14:35 |
6. | Team I Ukraine | UKR | 01:15:39 |
7. | Team I Israel | ISR | 01:16:47 |
8. | Team I Belarus | BLR | 01:17:03 |
DNS. | Team II Russia | RUS | DNS |
Results: Youth Men Relay | |||
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1. | Team I Russia | RUS | 00:54:15 |
2. | Team I Great Britain | GBR | 00:54:34 |
3. | Team I Spain | ESP | 00:54:49 |
4. | Team I Austria | AUT | 00:55:27 |
5. | Team I Portugal | POR | 00:56:49 |
6. | Team I Hungary | HUN | 00:59:10 |
7. | Team I Belarus | BLR | 01:00:17 |
8. | Team I Turkey | TUR | 01:00:22 |
DNF. | Team I Azerbaijan | AZE | DNF |
NC. | Team II Russia | RUS | 00:57:00 |
Results: Youth Women Relay | |||
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1. | Team I Great Britain | GBR | 00:59:47 |
2. | Team I Russia | RUS | 01:00:23 |
3. | Team I Spain | ESP | 01:00:39 |
4. | Team I Austria | AUT | 01:01:38 |
5. | Team I Hungary | HUN | 01:02:22 |
6. | Team I Slovenia | SLO | 01:02:50 |
7. | Team I Portugal | POR | 01:03:13 |
NC. | Team II Russia | RUS | 01:03:01 |