Official Launch of 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships

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By Masa Takaya | 11 Jan, 2011

The 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships, set to take place on 24-25 September, organised an official event launch ceremony at the end of 2010. D. José Ramón Tuero, Councilor for Sports of the Municipality of Gijón hosted the launch ceremony, joined by D. Ramon del Rio of the Government of Principado de Asturias, Jorge Garcia of the Spanish Triathlon Federation, and Alfredo Lorenzo, Vice-President of the Principado de Asturias Triathlon Federation.

Gijon is a northern coastal city in Spain and is also recognised as one of the most important touristic areas. The city is confident that athletes, coaches and other guests from around the world will enjoy the incredible competition venue, which is set in the heart of the city.

Along with Elite competitions, Junior, U23, Mixed Team Relay, Age-Group Sprint, Standard, and ParaDuathlon are going to take place. Hosting ParaDuathlon will be a unique opportunity to demonstrate a commitment from the entire triathlon family developing the sport with disabilities at every corner of the world. Paratriathlon has been recently added to the RIo 2016 Paralympic Games programme.

The official website, www.duathlongijon.org, was also revealed.

Related Event: 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships

24 - Sep, 2011 • event page • all results

Results: U23 Women
1.	Alexandra Cassan Ferrier	FRA	02:05:43
2.	Sofie Hooghe	BEL	02:09:24
3.	Arina Shulgina	KAZ	02:13:32
4.	María Ortega De Miguel	ESP	02:14:17
5.	Ami Haishima	JPN	02:14:53
DNF.	Alice Capone	ITA	DNF
DNF.	Elena Danilova	RUS	DNF
DNF.	Nelmare Loubser	RSA	DNF
DNF.	Thays Dos Santos	BRA	DNF
DNF.	Yasuko Yatogi	JPN	DNF

Results: U23 Men
DSQ.	Erick Peña	VEN	DSQ
DNF.	João Amorim	POR	DNF
DNF.	Zsombor Deak	ROU	DNF
DNF.	Tsuyoshi Ohno	JPN	DNF
DNF.	Shigeki Yoshida	JPN	DNF
DNF.	Mart Suurkivi	EST	DNF
DNF.	Jose Luis Cordova	MEX	DNF
DNF.	José Veiga	POR	DNF
DNF.	Eduardo Espinoza	MEX	DNF
DNF.	Collier Kempton	USA	DNF

Results: Junior Women
1.	Joselyn Daniely Brea Abreu	TRI	01:03:12
2.	Elena Maria Petrini	ITA	01:03:37
3.	Melina Alonso Aradas	ESP	01:03:51
4.	Georgina Schwiening	GBR	01:04:07
5.	Aleksandra Antkiewicz	POL	01:04:31
6.	Rita Lopes	POR	01:04:32
7.	Laura Gomez Ramon	ESP	01:04:37
8.	Sinem Francisca Tous Servera	ESP	01:04:45
DNF.	Anna Godoy Contreras	ESP	DNF
DNF.	Miriam Casillas García	ESP	DNF

Results: Junior Men
1.	Matthias Steinwandter	ITA	00:56:31
2.	David Mendoza	MEX	00:56:36
3.	David Castro Fajardo	ESP	00:56:36
4.	Nan Oliveras	ESP	00:56:38
5.	Delian Stateff	ITA	00:56:42
6.	Rodolphe Von Berg	USA	00:56:49
7.	Michael Pienaar	RSA	00:56:55
8.	Rhys Park	GBR	00:56:59
9.	Anton Melnikov	RUS	00:57:06
DNF.	Erick De La Torre	MEX	DNF

Results: Elite Women
1.	Katie Hewison	GBR	02:02:45
2.	Jenny Schulz	GER	02:02:47
3.	Sandra Levenez	FRA	02:02:54
4.	Stefanie Bouma	NED	02:03:29
5.	Ainhoa Murua Zubizarreta	ESP	02:03:47
6.	Ana Burgos Acuña	ESP	02:04:02
DNF.	Karla Urbina	VEN	DNF
DNF.	Estefania Dominguez	ESP	DNF
DNF.	Rachel Chambers	USA	DNF
DNF.	Alae Brand	RSA	DNF

Results: Elite Men
DSQ.	Sergio Silva	POR	DSQ
DSQ.	Daniel Antonioli	ITA	DSQ
DNF.	Gered Dunne	USA	DNF
DNF.	Masaaki Kurihara	JPN	DNF
DNF.	Wouter Kegge	NED	DNF
DNF.	Travis Johnston	RSA	DNF
DNF.	Carlos Guanchez	VEN	DNF
DNF.	Damien Derobert	FRA	DNF
DNF.	Luís Almeida	POR	DNF
DNF.	Raul Amatriain Arraiza	ESP	DNF