Europe Triathlon

2 days of fire this past week in Asiago saw nearly 300 athletes compete in the snow in a new Winter tri format that sees athletes compete a run, bike, ski format twice in a row. Snowfall the days prior to the race and a bright sunny day meant the conditions were perfect for some fast and furious racing.

Both the Elite Mens and Womens race was dominated by Russia as they took the full podium in both events with commanding performances. The U23 competition was also headed by Russia, even though Slovakia and Italy got in the mix with podium performances. The younger category of the Juniors instead, saw Italy take the majority of the podium spots.

PODIUM ELITE MEN:
1° Andreev Pavel from Russia
2° Yakimon Pavel from Russia
3° Evgenii Uliashev from Russia

PODIUM ELITE WOMEN:
1° Daria Rogozina from Russia
2° Svetlana Sokolova from Russia
3° Anna Medvedeva from Russia

PODIUM U23 MEN:
1° Danila Egorov from Russia
2° Mario Kosut from Slovakia
3° Andrea Tamara from Italy

PODIUM U23 WOMEN:
1° Valeria Kuznetsova from Russia
2° Zuzana Michalickova from Russia
3° Lydia Drahovska from Slovakia

PODIUM JUNIOR MEN:
1° Lukas Lanzinger from Italy
2° Riccardo Giuliano from Italy 
3° Guglielmo Giuliano from Italy

PODIUM JUNIOR WOMEN:
1° Kseniia Skvortsova from Russia
2° Katja Krenn from Austria
3° Lena Goller from Italy

PODIUM 2X2 MIXED RELAY:
1° RUSSIA (Andreev Pavel+Daria Rogozina)
2° SLOVAKIA (Mario Kosut+Zuzana Michalickova)
3° ITALY (Franco Pesavento+Sandra Mairhofer)

It was a record year for the event with 207 athletes competing overall. The age group races were packed with athletes who completed the race and brought home medals for their own nations. Italy was the clear winner overall with 17 golds, 17 silvers and 11 bronze medals. Germany was second and Austria came third.

Renato Bertrandi, the ETU president after the race said: “In Asiago we had a great weekend of Sport. After hosting 2 editions of the World Winter Tri Champs this year, in conjunction with the World Cup, the best European Triathletes raced with perfect snow conditions for the European Title. The discipline of Winter Tri is great and, even if we have reached record numbers with 12 NFs at the start, there is great margin for improvement. The “big” northern NFs that are leading in Cross Country Skiing once more were missing, leaving the Russian Federation the opportunity to dominate the Elite field with full podiums in men and women. For this discipline to take off, we need the famous “Olympic Dream”. World Triathlon is seriously working on it and, with a combined strategy, we are entitled to “dream”. Congratulations to all the Athletes, FITri and the Organizing committee.”

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